The heartbreaking loss of Aisling Symes 

Source: Close UpCommunity shows their support for Aisling's family

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It was news at last, but not the news any of us wanted to hear - little Aisling Symes' body found metres from where she went missing, metres from where her family, friends and a whole community had been searching.

There are questions - from the mayor who says he was not told about the litany of compaints about the very drain she was found in, to the pastor who has been a rock for the family as they spent these last dreadful days in forlorn hope.

On Monday night hundreds of people lined the streets waiting for news of Aisling.

On Tuesday the outpouring of emotion has turned, in some quarters, to anger. Anger out west with their very own council, a council that had received four complaints over the last five years about the state of the drain that claimed Aisling's life, the most recent being days before Aisling went missing.

It would seem a shock for Waitakere mayor Bob Harvey who had been involved daily in the search.

Mark Sainsbury talks to mayor Bob Harvy and Pastor Russell Watts from the Ranui Baptist Church.

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fjj12 ; 2010-03-16 @ 19:17 NZDT  

With regards to the mother with her kids on the plane....unfortunately all mothers see their children through rose-tinted glasses. The MP would never have said "I wish those kids would shut up" for no reason.

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ponderosakarenk ; 2010-03-16 @ 19:14 NZDT  

The parents of those little tiddles who irritated a nice MP on their flight to Wellington should get with the programme and stop trying to get airtime and political mileage out of a trivial situation. If you travel with four small children you're bound to irritate other passengers, and since when did we write to policital leaders to complain about that?!

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Porsche ; 2010-03-12 @ 09:17 NZDT  

Kaitaia Water - In the 'good old days' the council used to deal witht he alge problem in the dam buy a very simple method - they used to have a small jet boat whizz around in it for a couple of hours thereby airating the water and this killed/controled the alge. Simple but effective!!

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bsb_gurl ; 2010-03-10 @ 18:48 NZDT  

Heya, Can you ask the backstreet boys, and every other famous groups or artist why they dont come down to the South Island i.e Chistchurch? Thanks!!! And is there any other way that we can register for the backstreet boiys cruise, besides being a member of their site? Thanks heaps Maria

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cherrypie ; 2010-03-09 @ 22:53 NZDT  

Another beating....a 62 war veteran no less! This was in Tauranga in a posh part of town. How would these teenagers feel if it was there grandfather???!! It is appalling. He was only trying to help a crying girl and gets a bashing for his trouble.

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