Poll: Would you try ultra-distance cycling?
While the world’s top cyclists are riding for Olympic medals in Paris, one professional cyclist is cracking out 270km or more a day as part of world record attempt that’s rolled through New Zealand this week.
Ultra-distance cyclist Lael Wilcox is trying to ride around the world in 110 days and seven of those have just been spent covering 1534.36 kilometres of New Zealand roads.
Is ultra-distance cycling something you'd ever try? Tell us your reasons in the comments (add NFP if you don't want them used in print).
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0% Yes
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0% Maybe
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0% No way
Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
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9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
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43.4% I want to be able to choose.
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47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
The butcher with a taste for adventure
Jonathan and Sarah Walker are a couple with a give-it-a-go attitude to life, whether it’s travelling the world in a Land Rover or starting a butchery business with no experience.
Nestled below Hakarimata Scenic Reserve just outside of Ngāruawāhia is Soggy Bottom Holding, the local butcher you’ll recognise from frosty mornings at the farmer’s markets.
‘Devastated and disappointed’ - former students hope it wasn’t one of their own
Former students of Taupō Nui-a-Tia College say they’re “devastated” and “disappointed” after the alleged arson at their school which has left an entire block of classrooms, and a health centre destroyed by fire.
Emergency services were called to the school about 2.15pm on Sunday, when plumes of black smoke could be seen across town.
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