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The National Party has congratulated double amputee and mountaineer Mark Inglis and his team for successfully scaling
the world's highest peak.
Wellington’s funniest improvisers pit themselves against each other in a battle of wits with the audience as judge, jury
and (possibly) executioner. More real than reality TV, this is comedy the way you want it – stand up, sit down, lie
about – ...
It has been described as the people’s sport because it speaks a universal language. No matter your culture, your
religion, your social standing or your political views, the game of football transcends these barriers and unites the
globe.
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed the endorsement of the government's economic work programme in the latest
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook. The Yearbook lists five challenges to assist New Zealand in improving its
competitiveness.
Why is it that some Big Men are exempt from punishment no matter what their crime? They live charmed lives--rising
higher and higher in national political life--no matter how serious the offense.
As expected the Reserve Bank didn’t increase the Official Cash Rate on the 27th of April. It remains at 7.25%. They say
they can’t see any more rises - but don’t expect any drop this year.
ACT Leader Rodney Hide's twinkle toes will keep twinkling for at least another week after he pulled himself out of the
scoring basement and edged his way up the cellar steps of dancing glory in last evening's Dancing with the Stars.
The Haps; The key statistics; What is not in the budget; Inflationary; Fueling inflation; Predictions always wrong; Spin
not substance; Huge risk; Paying for mis investment; Charles Chauvel; Caucus Unsettled; Pinch National policy?; Survived
another week; ...
The second and the largest lot of Army V8 Landrovers will be auctioned 'on site' at Linton Military Camp on Wednesday 24
May 2006 at 10.30am. One hundred and eight Landrovers will go under the hammer. 68 landrovers auctioned at Burnham last
week ...
New Free Topic Paper from The Diffusion Group Explores Issues in Leveraging Metadata to Monetize Advanced Networks
The National Party's billboards may be a big thumbs up for Australia, but they offer no vision for New Zealanders, says
Education Minister Steve Maharey.
"I used to be called brother, John, Daddy, uncle, friend," John Allen Muhammad said at his trial in Maryland earlier
this month. "Now I'm called evil." Muhammad, formerly known as "the DC Sniper", was on trial for six slayings in
Maryland in 2002. Already ...
assigning nefarious motives to even the most casual and untested of my acquaintances. As a result, I believe I tend to
inspire similar confidence on the part of others.
At 5:00am yesterday morning, Auckland Airport's final stage of the runway rehabilitation project was completed. This
signalled the end of a programme that began in 1991. While the work - known as 'R6' this year - was in progress,
aircraft used the standby ...
Today’s comments from Green Party spokesperson for children, Metiria Turei, that New Zealand should change its
legislation to allow gay couples to adopt children, are outrageous.
Council On Hemispheric Affairs MONITORING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC ISSUES AFFECTING THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Friday, May 19, 2006 COHA MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESS
The "Telecon" ad mash-up that hit the wires on Friday afternoon is a bit unfair to Telecom. It's also an instant Kiwi
classic. Let's start with the unfairness. The spoof ad opens with the now-infamous Theresa clip, posted here two weeks
ago...
QUESTION: But first, yesterday Nouri al-Maliki was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Iraq. Here to talk about that
and more is the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. Welcome back.
While many in the media were obsessed with haranguing Dr Cullen for tax cuts – presumably to enable them to take that
extra overseas holiday– Scoop rose before any self respecting crow the day after Budget 2006 and attended Public Health
Association's annual post ...
I want to thank Vector for inviting me to utilise their Winter Lecture Series to announce the detail behind the Budget
announcement of the Regulatory Frameworks Review.
Australia West Papua Association spokesperson Joe Collins expressed grave concerns at the proposed new security treaty
with Indonesia and in particular at the Indonesian demand for a clause in the treaty urging Canberra to reject West
Papuan claims for ...
John Kerry Delivers Kenyon College Commencement Address By Senator John Kerry Kenyon College Saturday 20 May 2006
This White House has challenged the frontiers of propaganda and political discourse in ways that make previous
administrations look like rank amateurs. Mainstream news media outlets may occasionally report, but the vast majority
shy away from labeling ...
Beatrice Faumuina's lengthy reign as Centrebet's Dancing with the Stars series favourite is over.
Isn't the point of a budget to live within your means and not everybody else's? Nothing makes a budget look sicker than
high living and that's exactly what Cullen and the Labour socialists delivered yesterday. After filching a record $8.48
billion surplus ...
Whether the Solomons was a failed state or not, there is no doubt that in the hour of our greatest need, the Regional
Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) failed us. The heroics of police personnel, ordinary citizens, both men
and women, ...
The National Party welcomes the decision by the Securities Commission to investigate Communications Minister David
Cunliffe and his public statements regarding Telecom’s investment policy, says Associate Finance spokesman Bill English.
“On Friday, the ...
Leading international and New Zealand information and communications technology companies IBM, Hewlett Packard (HP),
Jade Software Corporation and Tait Electronics are to be key partners in a new multi-million dollar research centre at
the University of ...
The Aviation Industry Association is hosting Bob Feerst , a respected international aviation safety practitioner, to
help reduce the risk posed by wires during low flying operations in New Zealand.
QUESTION: Secretary Rice, welcome back to Fox News Sunday. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, Chris. QUESTION: President Bush
praised the formation of a new Iraqi government, but they failed to agree on three of the most critical posts: the
ministers of interior ...
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