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Caching in the news - New Zealand
A hodge-podge of news directly related to caching in New Zealand.
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  Link   Cache in a flash
26 February 2008. Apparently 'The Numbers' do count... For some people.
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  Link   Co-ordinates of treasure
26 February 2008. First published in The Press on August 1, 2006.
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  Link   Bomb Scare - The aftermath...
14 February 2008. Radio NZ News live interview.
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  Link   Treasure box behind security scare
14 February 2008. This is actually an accurate report.
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  Link   Online Treasure Hunt Sparks Bomb Scare
13 February 2008 @ 10:00pm. Radio New Zealand's version.
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  Link   Computer game causes Auckland bomb scare
13 February 2008. Possibly Crunch Time in NZ?
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  Link   Police Communication Centre Update
13 Feb 2008
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  Link   First Police Communication Centre Release
13 Feb 2008
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  Link   Secret letterbox found in Hokitika
04 January 2008. Letterboxing originated over a century ago and has expanded to include the uses of a GPS'r. There are also 'hybrid' leterbox / geocache sites.
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  Link   Suprise find near Ross
03 January 2008. A short article about a muggle finding a cache that had apparently been swept away in a flood. Not quite the full story, of course, and I'm sure the cache owners have an alternate opinion! Fun though!
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  Link   In search of buried treasure
Three NZ cachers are interviewed in this excellent overview of geocaching, published on Sunday December 30, 2007. As well, there is an add-on story about the group of eight kiwi cachers who found 196 caches in 24 hrs in Adelaide,
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  Link   Jandal Day Jandal walks to Portugal!
Kiwicaching members, rchdlyn, are Surf Life Saving supporters. They released a TB to support the Bach 22 National Jandal Day message. Published 20 December 2007.
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  Link   Centenary celebration planned for the Dominion Observatory
Saturday 8 December 2007 marked the Centenary celebration planned for the Dominion Observatory in Wellington. Included in the festivities was a geocaching “treasure hunt” using GPS to navigate to sites that related to the history of time.
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  Link   Get out: adventures with GPS
Geocaching, the hi-tech adventure game for GPS, is a subtle and challenging activity that can only occur outdoors. Published Tuesday, 06 November 2007.
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  Link   How it works: GPS
A follow up article, also published on Tuesday, 06 November 2007, where rediguana explains the workings of GPS.
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  Link   Otago Girls High School Geocaching Club
This article in the Otago Girls' High School September 2007 PDF Newsletter about their Geocaching Club is excellent.
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  Link   The thrill of the hi-tech chase
ADV, the fastest cacher in New Zealand and Australia to find 1,000 caches - Monday, 20 August 2007.
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  Link   Treasure hunts new GPS craze
Navigull, as interviewed on Friday March 04, 2005.
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  Link   Recommending Geocaches
This PDF file is a paper published by Andrew Trotman, Tim Jones, and Chris Handley at the University of Otago in 2005 and seeks to determine a method of recommending caches. Interesting reading.
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  Link   Geocaching, or How To Get Booty With Your Pocket PC
A small news item posted on Geekzone on 4th December 2003.
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  Link   Geocaching in New Zealand, a hide and seek game using a GPS
Ever wanted to have more fun while tramping? Do you own or can get hold of a hand held GPS? Well this could be for you... 5th April 2002 by Kaimai Kid.
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  Link   Geocaching: Dave Ulmer started it by...
A short article published on Tuesday February 06, 2001.
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