1.  It's operated from the platform or bucket attached to the machine and used
extensively to trim or prune street trees or palms.

2.  The waste dropped off will be dismantled and recycled in New Zealand and
overseas for further use there.

3.   Applications for the City Council's Local Initiatives Fund have now opened
and people have until October 15 to make application.

4.   We were prepared to be blunt and tell them things they didn't know but
they often knew already.

5.   Brown teal were once very prolific in New Zealand but their numbers are
over a thousand.

6.   The sakura, the cherry blossom the which the festival celebrates, is
Japan's national flower.

7.   The Ka'ba, a square black sanctuary in the holy city of Mecca and centre
of worship, contained the idols of 360 gods.

8.   They are encouraged to engage with the natural environment as part of the
daily programme, while native trees attract birds.

9.   An eclectic mix of art from Ireland, China, Africa, Korea, France, Mauke
Cook Islands, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  and Japan draw from such
different traditions and cultures, but are untied in one exhibition coming up
in Palmerston North.

10.  And then there are contributions from French cartoonist Mops or Philippe
de Maupeou d'Ableiges, whose son Axel landed at the Ethnic Council as
employment facilitator two years ago, on the guidance of his wife and Google.

11.  "We strive to advance our student from where they're at," says Ms xxx.

12.  The layby has a landscaped entrance, car parking facilities and picnic
tables and the xxx Actioin group reports that it is in regular use.