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Katie Boom's contact with children in Cambodian was her inspiration for a quirky fundraising idea.

Barefoot campaign for charity

Katie Boom is feeling the onset of winter more than most. Well she would, she's not wearing shoes. In fact, she hasn't worn shoes for six months and now, she says, it feels strange to wear them.

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Aussie blokes run scared?

It would appear Aussie rural bachelors aren't all they're cracked up to be - they're as rare as rain on Ayers Rock.

  • Olivia Johnstone

Expo a hit with women

Thousands of women - and the occasional bloke - flocked to Claudelands Event Centre last weekend to explore the Women's Lifestyle Expo.

Feed hungry kids, say principals

Principals of two decile-three Hamilton primary schools say funding to feed hungry kids should be available on a needs basis, not a "one size fits all" approach.

  • Danielle Nicholson

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Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia

Powerful 8.0 earthquake strikes Russia

A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow. Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan. She said the quake registered 8.0 on the Richter scale. Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards. Kolomiyets said the earthquake originated 600 kilometres underground and with the tremors so far down they have…

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