Posts Tagged ‘ myer ’

Local Insurance Man Knows The Meaning Of True Commitment

May 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Business

As noteworthy as Deane Myer’s 61 years of service to the insurance industry is, a more impressive milestone will come early this summer when he and his wife Evelyn celebrate 65 years of matrimonial bliss.
So what’s the key to a lengthy marriage?
“That’s easy,” says Myer, who happened into the insurance business as an afterthought in [...]



Nibbles in the Ribble

Apr 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

The Ribble Valley is best known for two things: twitching and JRR Tolkien. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Forest of Bowland - “forest” meaning a royal hunting ground here, as opposed to a wooded area - is home to various rare birds. Tolkien, meanwhile, a regular visitor to Stonyhurst college in Hurst Green, [...]



Logie sun still shines for Ritchie

Apr 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

She left Summer Bay in a flood of tears last week but Home
And Away stalwart-turned breakfast radio host Kate
Ritchie claims she doesn’t want the sympathy vote to win her
the TV Week Gold Logie for the second year running. “Just because
it happened before it doesn’t make it any less exciting,” Ritchie
told SiT yesterday of her nomination [...]



Animal activists see red and violet and tangerine

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

SOMETHING had to give. The Melbourne Fashion Festival was going
swimmingly: packed houses, catwalk shows slicker than ever.
Everybody happy.
Then the budgie died. And the purple poodle hit the catwalk.
There was a pink poodle, too, and two fluffy cream ones %26#151; with
tangerine and red ribbons %26#151; at yesterday’s Beautiful Girls’
Fashion Lunch, staged for 700 by Myer and [...]



Animal activists see red and violet and tangerine

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

SOMETHING had to give. The Melbourne Fashion Festival was going
swimmingly: packed houses, catwalk shows slicker than ever.
Everybody happy.
Then the budgie died. And the purple poodle hit the catwalk.
There was a pink poodle, too, and two fluffy cream ones %26#151; with
tangerine and red ribbons %26#151; at yesterday’s Beautiful Girls’
Fashion Lunch, staged for 700 by Myer and [...]



Animal activists see red and violet and tangerine

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

SOMETHING had to give. The Melbourne Fashion Festival was going
swimmingly: packed houses, catwalk shows slicker than ever.
Everybody happy.
Then the budgie died. And the purple poodle hit the catwalk.
There was a pink poodle, too, and two fluffy cream ones %26#151; with
tangerine and red ribbons %26#151; at yesterday’s Beautiful Girls’
Fashion Lunch, staged for 700 by Myer and [...]



Insiders guide to Auckland

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Travel

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Watch comedian Rhys Darby singing Aukland’s praises
What’s the vibe?Auckland is a collection of hilly suburbs, with beaches encompassing a small but modern city that drops into a harbour full of boats. It’s got a laid-back vibe, so even though it’s the biggest city in New Zealand, there’s a village feel to [...]



And the winner will be …

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Entertainment

However, this month would have to take the cake as one of the most bizarre pre-election Februaries on record.
The entire month was a series of political accidents that all collided into each other.
This weeks parliamentary prize for bizarre behaviour would have to go to Winstone Peters for his press conference where he continually raised a [...]