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Sideswipe: April 12: Queen size typo 11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 2 minutes to read Phil from Birkenhead was mooching around Auckland s Downtown area, in front of Britomart over Easter and while, walking over the new squillion-dollar paving area, noticed on the corner of Quay and Queen Sts our main CBD street has been renamed Queens St (carved into the paving). Deal friend or real friend? There is one type of friend almost everyone has: the buddy who can help you get ahead in life, the friend from whom you need or want something, writes Arthur C. Brooks in the Atlantic. You don t necessarily use this person the benefit might be mutual but the friendship s core benefit is more than camaraderie. These are what some social scientists call expedient friendships with people we might call deal friends and they are probably the most common type most of us have. The average adult has roughly 16 people they would classify as friends, according t ....
Wheels on the bus go round - powered by green hydrogen 5 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 2 minutes to read Auckland Transport unveiled New Zealand s first hydrogen-powered bus. Photo / AT NZ Herald By: Alex Robertson It s been touted as the future for heavy transport. Residents of Auckland s eastern suburbs will be the first to experience New Zealand s foray into that future with the first hydrogen-powered bus operating along bus route 70 from Botany to Britomart, via Panmure. The three-axle bus, AT s largest single-decker, can accommodate over 70 passengers. It was built in Christchurch by Global Bus Ventures at a cost of $1.175million and will be part of a two-year trial which starts this month to assess the relative operating costs compared to diesel and electric buses of a similar size. ....