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Helen Clark said that the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government.
Three United Nations peacekeepers who were injured in a road accident in the Eritrean-Ethiopian border area had to be
evacuated over land in an eight-hour trip "under very precarious conditions" because Eritrea did not respond to a
request to lift ...
A Press Conference to announce the new Cabinet lineup is presently underway at Parliament. Scoop will bring Audio and
image coverage of the press conference shortly. In the meantime the major changes on the front bench include:
DEPARTMENT Secretary Rice's Meeting with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan / Topics Discussed / Scheduling of Meeting
"Finance Minister Michael Cullen returns to Cabinet with his integrity and his reputation already in tatters," says
National Party Finance spokesman John Key
Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is trying to determine whether Vice President Dick Cheney had a role in the outing
of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame-Wilson, individuals close to Fitzgerald say. Plame’s husband was a vocal critic of
prewar ...
National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee has attacked Helen Clark’s reshuffled Cabinet as a “rearrangement of the
deck chairs”.
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced tonight the result of the ballot conducted by the Labour caucus for positions in
the Cabinet.
Nothing in politics is so simple that it can't be misunderstood. The closed-door coalition shuffle is mercifully at an
end. And did it take its time! We had an election over a month ago and we got what we least expected: a result that
should have come ...
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Helen Clark now has a vice-like grip on government, thanks to Winston Peters and
Peter Dunne.
The new government is bad news for unions and bad news for New Zealand workers, Green Party Industrial Relations
Spokesperson Sue Bradford told the CTU Biennial Conference in Wellington this morning. "While New Zealand First presents
a mixed picture ...
On election night I said the Labour team would fight to regain the Whanganui electorate for Labour. I intend to help
lead the fightback and I will not be continuing as Senior Government Whip in the new Labour-led government, MP Jill
Pettis said.
17 October 2005 Immediate release Futuristic concept from Hyundai shocks Tokyo Hyundai has grabbed the opening limelight
at the Tokyo Motor Show with a startling new concept for a crossover vehicle. Called the Neos III, the radical newcomer
sports a big V8 ...
Not since 1983 when Lorraine Downs brought home the title of Miss Universe, has a New Zealand woman won an international
beauty pageant.
Having noted Paola Totaro's love letter to New Zealand this week, it seems only fair to also acknowledge Douglas Davis's
unintentionally hilarious account for The Spectator of "visiting Auckland the other week" and finding it "even more dour
...
In light of recent statements made my the Maxim Institutes director, Bruce Logan regarding copying large amounts of the
work of others and passing it off as his own in national newspapers, HappyClappingHomos would like to ask the Institute
exactly ...
NBC Universal International Television Distribution and TV3 have extended their exclusive multi-year licensing agreement
for the free terrestrial television rights in New Zealand to NBC Universal's current and library television programming
Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton leaves New Zealand today to attend an important meeting in Geneva as part of the
World Trade Organisation multilateral trade negotiations.
Images from the Insidious Fix show at Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2005
HIV vaccine development topped the agenda today at a United Nations-backed meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that is
bringing together some 200 experts, including African and international scientists, representatives of research
agencies, donors and government ...
QUESTION: First I wanted to ask you about the next visit of our Prime Minister to Washington. What do you think will be
the main message from Mr. Bush and from everybody there?
The incompetence of the U.S. government’s policy in Iraq was demonstrated by this weekend’s referendum on the Iraqi
Constitution. The Constitution, written by the Shi’a and Kurds, has passed, over the objections of many Sunnis. Yet it
symbolizes ...
New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Argentina will be career diplomat Lucy Duncan, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced
today.
Appointing a person with no judicial experience whatsoever to the Supreme Court is by no means an unprecedented act.
Indeed, some of the most influential Justices ever to serve never wore the robe before assuming that high seat. Earl
Warren and William ...
This controversial SBS report which includes extracts from an interview with the former President of Indonesia
Abdurrahman Wahid, points to the involvement of the Indonesian Military Intelligence and Police in the 2002 Bali
bombing.
With confirmation of the left’s victory in the election, the creators of keepleftnz.org have decided to relocate
themselves from cyberspace to the bar, awarding themselves a three-year drinking fellowship in recognition of their
contribution to the LPG ...
Today, the afternoon after what was clearly not a high point in the political history of the Green Party, 95Bfm News
Director Noelle McCarthy interviewed Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald about the election 2005 coalition negotiations,
their outcomes and the ...
"Incoming Health Minister Pete Hodgson has a huge job ahead of him in dealing with the health needs of New Zealanders"
ACT Health Spokesman Heather Roy said today.
The New Zealand Press Association, in a dramatic departure from its traditional role as the national news agency, has
launched its photo and graphics arm, NZPA Images, to coincide with the start of Auckland Fashion Week.
Probation Officer Josie Bullock was dismissed today for breaching the Department of Corrections’ Code of Conduct by
publicly criticising the Department’s policies for managing offenders.
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