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Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars N Z

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:49:55 GMT

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JUST AROUND THE CORNER...

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Hamilton 400 V8 Supercars

UFO invades lounge

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:53:41 GMT

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Mysterious UFO invades lounge

Mystery today surrounded an unidentified flying object that smashed through the roof of a Hawke's Bay house, landing on the lounge floor yesterday.

The resident of Whakatu, eight kilometres northeast of Hastings, was home but in a different room.

It was first thought a small mechanical part had fallen from a small plane, but the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has discounted that theory.

CAA spokesman Bill Sommers told NZPA an aeronautical engineer studied the part and found it was not from a plane.

"So we don't know what it's from."

The metal object had rust on it, was about 11cm long, 4.5cm wide and weighed about a kilogram, Mr Sommer said.

It would be "impractical" to consider that it had fallen out of the plane somehow, he said.

He also discounted the object coming from outer space.

"It's not the kind of thing you'd want to put into space because it's too heavy," Mr Sommer said.

"So it's a bit mysterious."

Survivors barred from calling home

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:46:40 GMT

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Survivors barred from calling home

Elim Christian College pupils on the ill-fated Tongariro adventure course were ordered not to phone or text their parents to let them know they were alive.

"That was the worst thing," Tom Cozens, 15, said. "We weren't allowed to contact our parents because the parents of the dead students didn't know." With cellphones already confiscated on arrival, they had no choice but to comply.

Six pupils and a teacher, part of a group staying at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, died after flash flooding turned a gentle central North Island stream into a torrent.

Their classmates from the Auckland college endured an agonising wait while three survivors were brought back to camp - then eventually were told no more would be returning alive.

Tom said his parents were among the last to find out their child was alive, as there were two Toms in the group and it took them a while to work out which one was dead.

"People at home knew before we did," Tom said.

V8s Hamilton New Zealand TV 850 m

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:29:24 GMT

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V8s by numbers

Maximum worldwide television audience - 850m

Estimated extra money into the Waikato economy - $20.3m

Fans expected overthree days - 150,000

Concrete barriers- 2096

Race related jobs - 1000

Weeks to build the track - 6

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Hamiltonians, start your engines. After more than two years of planning, preparing, painting and paving New Zealand's leg of the V8 Supercars is less than a day away.

Maximum worldwide television audience - 850m