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Mrs Pitt of Auckland wonders if the new Westfield Albany has leaky building syndrome. "The roof was leaking and you can't really see it in the photo but it was definitely missing the buckets ... not a good look - is there going to be a new 'leaky
mall crisis' to hit the building industry?"
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Murray Hunter writes: "Soccer has been ruined by blatant acting to get penalties and win games. This has tarnished the beautiful game. Now it has crept into rugby in New Zealand on Friday night with an Auckland Blues player smiling before throwing himself on the ground in apparent agony. It worked and reversed a kick earned by the opposition. This act will tarnish our beautiful game too and must be heavily stomped on by banning that player from all rugby till next year. The evidence was shown to all on the TV replay. Fix it now before we go the sad way of soccer."
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Episodes of the hit TV show Doctor Who have been examined by Church of England vicars in Britain as part of an attempt to make Christianity more appealing to teenagers.
A conference watched episodes from the sci-fi series to study religious parallels, similarities between the Doctor and Christ and whether the evil daleks are capable of changing. "There are countless examples of Christian symbolism in Doctor Who which we can use to get across ideas that can otherwise be difficult to explain," the Sunday Telegraph quoted Andrew Wooding, a spokesman for conference organising group Church Army.
"Clergy shouldn't be afraid to engage with popular culture as for many young people television plays a large role in their thinking." (source - AAP)
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John and Linda Hutt note road "rehabilitation" is widespread: "The road between Queenstown and Glenorchy has also been rehabilitated recently. We wondered if it had strayed from the straight and narrow and was now to be encouraged to be more upright, or whether it had simply been keeping bad company."
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Support for Britain's dress-up chainsaw murderer from Lauren: "How about my experience with NZ police where I was going to an A party ( you dress up as something starting with A) and the police pulled me over for carrying a piece of brown cardboard shaped like an axe which looked nothing like a real axe and they confiscated it. It only took me two mins to cut out a new one at the party but surely this is over-reacting?"
Today's Webpick: Check out the attitude on this seven-year-old, who stole his grandmas car for a dangerous joy ride. Watch it here.
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