Cause of Paradise Valley Rd fire won t be released: Artist loses everything
12 Feb, 2021 07:05 PM
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Firefighters battle big house fire in Rotorua overnight. Video / Supplied
A Givealittle page has been set up for a Rotorua artist who lost everything in a blaze on Paradise Valley Rd.
The cause of last week s fire remains under wraps but the blaze destroyed a large shed and its contents including at least three classic cars and a large truck.
The blaze broke out about 11pm on February 4 with neighbours telling the Rotorua Daily Post last week they were woken by the sound of explosions.
Covid 19 catastrophe: How one hospitality business turned itself around
11 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Kyria Warren, CEO of Luxury LAS, thought she d have to close the doors late last year. Photo / Dean Purcell
Kyria Warren, CEO of Luxury LAS, thought she d have to close the doors late last year. Photo / Dean Purcell
Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz
When Covid-19 caused international tourists to disappear Kyria Warren s business, catering for high-end clients, nearly folded. Now her company does everything from corporate incentives and charter boats to organising no-expense-spared birthday bashes for youngsters.
Sideswipe: February 12: Making dinner is a real scream
10 Feb, 2021 06:43 PM
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The horror of the bathroom scales If you ve ever stepped on the bathroom scales, then managed to glimpse their evil numbers, her s what to do next:
Step one: Pick up the scales and wrap them in a towel. The horrendous numbers you saw on the scale must be hidden. So, like when the kids threw Jumanji in the river, wrap the numbers so you can no longer see them, and more importantly, they cannot see you.
Step two: Begin a month-long hike into the darkest forest you can find. Find an area of deep forest. Germany is good. Take the most complicated path you can find. Go in circles, through rivers, underground. If possible, abseil. All these movements will disorientate the scales so they cannot find their way home.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Woman barred from flight to father s funeral because she didn t have a full Covid test lab report
9 Feb, 2021 01:25 AM
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Sarah Thomas was barred from a flight to her father s funeral because she didn t have the correct paperwork proving that she doesn t have Covid-19. Photo / Supplied
Sarah Thomas was barred from a flight to her father s funeral because she didn t have the correct paperwork proving that she doesn t have Covid-19. Photo / Supplied
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By: Julia Gabel and Simon Collins
Sarah Thomas thought she had done everything she was meant to do to board a plane in the Covid era.