The sign as we drove into Ithala Game Reserve was red and bold: “Attention. You may come across elephants. Do not approach closer than 30m.” The land surrounding us was dried red with drought; flat grasslands stretched to either side.
We had arrived at the main gate, to the east of the park, at sunset. [...]
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Mar
Queen Elizabeth opened a giant, luxury terminal at London;s Heathrow airport on Friday, despite security breaches by protesters opposed to expanding the world;s busiest international air gateway.
The soaring glass and metal Terminal Five, Britain;s largest enclosed space, will be the new home of British Airways, channelling passengers past Gucci and Prada boutiques and a restaurant [...]
14
Mar
By Lea Ann Schnakenberg
Galapagos Islands - Your interaction with the wildlife on the Galapagos Islands begins soon after you leave immigration at the airport.
Your welcoming party could well be a nonchalant sea lion flopping at your feet as you wait at the nearby dock to board your tourist ship.
At your next stop, you could [...]
11
Mar
Shiny, spacious and still having the construction dust brushed away before opening next month, London Heathrow;s Terminal Five is Britain;s latest bid to help unclog the world;s busiest international airport.
After the longest public inquiry in British planning history, lasting nearly four years, the 4.3 billion pound ($8.5 billion) passenger terminal may go some way to [...]
11
Mar
A self-taught broker who lost more than $2 million of investors; money has been fined $20,000 for running a business that a court heard was over her head.
Michelle Jensen;s case, and the amount of money she lost from primarily innocent people, has been described as an unprecedented prosecution under the Securities Act.
But Jensen, a 31-year-old [...]
11
Mar
The Dominion Post has been barred from revealing the contents of a draft report investigating conflict of interest allegations at Hawke;s Bay district health board.
%26bull; Auckland doctors slam board’s planning
The newspaper obtained the leaked contents of the report yesterday but was last night issued with an interim court injunction forbidding publication of them.
Allegations of a [...]
11
Mar
The Retirement Villages Association (RVA) is urging the Ministry of Economic Development to investigate a Christchurch retirement complex where residents are being forced to leave their units.
The residents of eight units in the Crossdale Courts retirement complex in Riccarton were told about two weeks ago they had to leave their homes because the owner had [...]
11
Mar
Protesters breached tight security at Britain;s parliament, getting on to the roof and unfurling banners protesting against government plans to expand London;s Heathrow airport.
One of the banners hanging down the side of the building read NO THIRD RUNWAY, while another read BAA HQ, referring to the British Airports Authority which owns Heathrow. BAA is itself [...]
11
Mar
About 1.2 million hectares of forest planted before 1990 could be locked up forever as forest because of the Government;s planned new deforestation land tax, according to a new lobby group.
A group of big and small forest and land owners, the Flexible Land Use Alliance, says that if the Government does not back down on [...]
11
Mar
Followers of Falun Gong say it;s a spiritual movement with no political motives. But the community;s sometimes alienating methods of protesting their persecution, and their evasiveness over links to front organisations, don;t help their cause, writes Tim Hume.
Two portraits dominate the living room of Huang Guohua;s sparsely furnished Highland Park, Auckland home, depicting [...]
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