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1 Revealed: Hawke's Bay school

expulsion, suspension rates

2 ‘Annoyed and sad': 150 year-old

Hastings oak to be cut down

3 One knocked unconscious in

suspected gang fight in Hastings 4 Hawke's Bay rescue helicopter's

chopper scramble

5 $27k needed to bring Napier man

fighting for his life back home

Quiz

1 What is the gestation period of a

mouse?

2 Which sport did Oscar Wilde describe as “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”?

3 In which country do they serve

chicken in chocolate sauce?

4 What aviation invention is

attributed to Igor Sikorsky?

5 What group had a huge hit with

the song Kiss You All Over?

Joke of the day

Q: Can a kangaroo jump higher than a house?

A: Of course, a house doesn’t jump at all.

Bible quote

And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. — Mark 16:15

History

1927: Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.

1936: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., giving the green light to traffic. 1942: The World War II naval Battle of Guadalcanal began.

1948: Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.

1970: The Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan; it's believed half a million people, possibly more, were killed. 1984: Space shuttle astronauts Dale Gardner and Joe Allen snared a wandering satellite in history's first space salvage; the Palapa B2 satellite was secured in Discovery's cargo bay for return to Earth.

1987: The American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive.

Birthdays

● Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 73.

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● Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comaneci is 57.

● Figure skater Tonya Harding is 48. ● Actor Ryan Gosling is 38.

● Actress Anne Hathaway is 36.

Quiz Answers

1. 21 days 2. Fox-hunting 3. Mexico 4. Helicopter 5. Exile.

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