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Reaching all those in need of assistance must remain the basic aim of the Ethiopian Government and its partners as it
grapples with the problems posed by transition following a year of erratic rain and the lingering economic effects of a
two-year ...
A march in support of striking workers and their demands for a fair pay increase and democracy will be held this
Saturday (Sept 3rd) at noon. Marchers will gather at the bottom of Queen Street
Over the weekend there came a report which was truly disturbing. It referred to the lengths to which those with
insidious agendas are prepared to go in order to thrust their views on an unsuspecting public.
The Bush administration’s decision last month to welcome India to the “nuclear club” – weeks after the two governments
signed a 10-year defense cooperation agreement -- has prompted contrasting reactions from two principal quarters in
Asia.
Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey has called on Don Brash to back his Deputy Gerry Brownlee or pull him into line, after he
accused Labour of being behind leaks of emails sent to Brash from the Business Round Table.
My, what a busy summer it’s been! I’ve been away for awhile enjoying time with the family and, during my travels; I’ve
noticed something very odd happening out there. People are talking about Iraq instead of “American Idol.” They’re
bitching about ...
We are not running out of oil yet – but we are running out of cheap oil. The Peak Oil scenario describes the point where
half of any given oil supply has been used. Production rates fall rapidly after the peak –the date of which only becomes
apparent ...
This series of articles is an outlet for the people who are living through an overwhelming crisis. They want to tell
everyone how bad it really is, and how terrible their day-to-day living conditions have become. Their voices will reveal
the true depth of despair ...
Today ACT launched an exciting new fundraising initiative by launching donated products and political memorabilia on
online auction site Trade Me.
So the Maori Trustee Office enjoys a reprieve, apparently. In yesterday's Herald lead story, which was presumably based
on somebody's actual statement, the trustee's office was one of those over which Don Brash's "knife" was said to be
hovering...
Some time ago I purchased a new National Party Leader(TM). At first it was barely rating as well as the one I upgraded
from. Then I spoke to a friend about it and he suggested installing a race card - that worked a treat.
In a simply remarkable investigative report in today's Sunday Star Times Ruth Laugesen reports on a startling series of
emails and faxes to National Party Leader Don Brash around the time of his coup against former leader Bill English in
October 2003 .
“It is a tragedy for this nation that Dr Brash sees no future for the Treaty outside of the settlement process” said
Tariana Turia today in response to the statement by Dr Brash, ‘We are all New Zealanders’.
He's held out longer than Woodward, Bernstein & Deep Throat. But it's time British archaeologist James "Jimmie" Mellaart, now age 80 or so and in his golden years,
finally fesses up to the whereabouts of the priceless "Royal Treasure of Dorak," ...
A small, mostly polite crowd was able to observe the democratic process first hand over the weekend in Wellington. Six
leaders from the minor parties (represented in Parliament) were invited by Radio New Zealand to take part in a debate
moderated ...
More than 12,000 people have voted in the first week of the Muffin Break Bean Poll and the results put Labour in the
lead..but only just.
Anyone who types the words "9/11" and "conspiracy" into an online search engine soon learns that not everybody buys the
official narrative of what took place on Sept. 11, 2001.
Ngapuhi leader David Rankin had his phone running hot all weekend following the first outing of the All Blacks’ new
Haka. ‘People were shocked’, says Mr. Rankin. ‘It’s not a haka in the traditional sense of the term – it’s a cultural
patchwork’. Many ...
National Party Leader Don Brash says the Maori seats on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council will go under the next
National Government.
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Transport Minister Pete Hodgson today got the latest project in Auckland's western
roading corridor underway, the $169 million Mt Roskill extension to state highway 20.
Don Brash's "uneducated gaffe" about the number of historical treaty settlements still to be completed shows a
disturbing ignorance of the process for resolving historical treaty grievances that is in itself dangerous for New
Zealand's race relationships, ...
NORTH KOREA Six-Party Talks / Delay of Talks / Ambassador Hill Travel to the Area / U.S. Prepared for Talks /
Appointment of Lefkowitz / Annual Defense Exercises Between the U.S. and South Korea / Denuclearized Peninsula /
Possible Return to Talks Week ...
EFTPOS New Zealand, the country’s largest EFTPOS terminal supply company, is reassuring merchants that it is business as
usual ahead of MasterCard and Visa’s new EMV and 3DES global security standards.
This protest is the first public protest of the GPJA "Parasites on Poverty" campaign which is calling for action against
pokie machines and loan sharks.
The speech was very deliberately titled "Nationhood", and I will return to that theme in my concluding comments.
Don Brash has rehashed his Orewa speech in laying out National's treaty policy, and in doing so made it crystal clear
that there is no place for Maori under a National government. Instead, he wants to disband Te Puni Kokiri and Te Mangai
Paho , expunge ...
"Everyone knows that if it came to the crunch Helen Clark would do a deal with the Maori Party," says National Party
Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee.
BETWEEN EDWIN CHRISTOPHER BROWN Applicant AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL Respondent JUDGMENT OF THE COURT A. The application for
leave to appeal is dismissed. B. Any question of costs is reserved.
Green Co-Leader Rod Donald says Winston Peters should stop playing games with the New Zealand public and declare once
and for all which major party he wants to lead the next government.
Cindy Sheehan, a grieving mother of 24-year-old son Casey, killed only days after joining his army unit in Iraq — is an
ordinary woman with extraordinary bearings.
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