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After seeing the TV ads for the Yellow Treehouse restaurant, Mike Bush decided to check it out online. "The yellow.co.nz website was the obvious place to find it, but I was surprised when my searches came up with nothing! Guess they didn't buy an ad in the Yellow
Pages? Lucky Google still works."
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A reader writes: "I am 22 years old. I have worked hard and paid my taxes, yet when I left work to continue my studies, the Government told me that my parents earned too much (even when I was 21 and they had no legal obligation to support me) so I had to take out a loan that paid me $150 a week. But wait. I finished my studies and had to go on to the benefit. But can you believe that they are paying me almost double what I received when studying - and I don't have to pay it back. So what I understand is that we as a country value being on the dole more than getting an education. I would prefer my money to go to those willing to learn rather than those who are too lazy to work."
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Tony Haggerty writes: "What a silly piece on ATM withdrawals. The bank doesn't "steal" the money. It takes it back for safe keeping until the poor souls who can't concentrate for more than 30 seconds get their acts together to complete a transaction. Is it any wonder the world is in financial strife if that represents the quality of upcoming generations."
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A bank worker writes: "In most circumstances, the machine will recognise that the cash has not been taken and will credit your account. If you use another bank's ATM you will not only incur a fee, it will also take longer (and require forms) to credit this money back. Would you rather the machine left the cash there for a would-be thief?"
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Lawyer Zahir Mohamed writes: "If the 20-year-old Austen can satisfy his insurer of the truth of his allegations by supporting evidence such as the nature of the damage to his vehicle, together with a report from an experienced panel beater or an accident investigator, it is highly likely that the insurer will indemnify him in full, waiving the excess. Failing this, the Disputes Tribunal might accept his evidence in a claim against his insurer."
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Bad driving: "On a visit to Fiji I was dismayed to see a car approaching at high speed on my side of the road. My colleague, a regular visitor, told me not to worry as the driver was 'only driving in the shade to avoid the heat of the sun and would move over before a collision was inevitable'. I am pleased to say that this is exactly what happened."
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