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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 – ...
The National Party has congratulated double amputee and mountaineer Mark Inglis and his team for successfully scaling
the world's highest peak.
The move follows the release, earlier this month, of one of the 11 local UN staff members who have been detained by
Eritrea. The mission has been awaiting a response from the Eritrean authorities to its letters asking why they had
arrested the local ...
New Zealand board game publisher, Matt Taylor, says "The disturbingly high school drop out rate, the alarmingly high
youth suicide rate, and our appallingly high drug and violent crime rate is attributable to a clear failure in the way
many children ...
After scoring possibly the lowest marks ever in a New Zealand Dancing with the Stars performance ACT's leader Rodney
Hide and his partner Krystal Stuart live to fight another day thanks to the power of their fans. For the evicted David
Wikaira's partner ...
That the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were stolen has become an article of faith for millions of mainstream
Americans. But there has been barely a whiff of coverage in the major media about any problems with the electronic
voting machines ...
Party Vote: National 47% (up 2) Labour 38% (down 4) Greens 5% (down 2) New Zealand First 4% (up 2) Maori Party 3%.
United Future 1.4% Act 1.1%
National leader Don Brash continues to peddle the myth of a brain drain to Australia as he clings to the notion that tax
cuts are a panacea for economic growth, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
The “mystery” of Porter Goss’ resignation last month as CIA Director is apparently directly related to the huge seizure
in Mexico several weeks earlier of over 5.5 tons of cocaine, according to government documents recently obtained by the
The MadCowMorningNews ...
Let's give credit where credit is due. George W. Bush finally admitted some mistakes last night. For instance, he noted
that tough talk, such as challenging the Iraqi insurgents with the retort, "bring 'em on," sent the wrong signal and was
counterproductive. ...
National Party Leader Don Brash has today rubbished Labour's claims that he is bagging New Zealand by highlighting
Australia's far more attractive tax system.
Some 1.8 million mailers are to be sent to every household, rural address and New Zealand Post PO Box from Thursday 1
June as New Zealand Post publicly launches its new four-digit postcode system.
The number of people counted in New Zealand on census night was 4,116,900, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is
the first information available from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March 2006.
A consortium of tertiary education organisations have signed a deal to provide course content to the Omani Ministry of
Higher Education in one of the biggest international education contracts this country has signed.
... to improve US politics. First, I'd set term limits for US Senators. Because of gerrymandered districts and the
likelihood that the longer a senator is in office they will remain in office, they are the US equivalent of the British
peerage, only ...
Failed Coup To Blame For Timor Leste Violence - NZ Commits 200 Troops To Timor - U.S-based security monitors are
reporting that a failed coup is to blame for the clashes between Timor Leste security forces and former soldiers, Prime
Minister Mari ...
SOLD OUT at the 2005 ODDFELLOWS NZ International Comedy Festival and direct from a SELL OUT tour of MALAYSIA and SOUTH
AFRICA, From India with Love returns for a limited season in Auckland and Wellington as part of the 2006 International
Comedy ...
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed receipt of the $800 million special dividend from Meridian Energy.
Speech to the Rotary Club of Auckland, at the Auckland Club
World's Most Prominent Political Prisoner's Detention Extended, Again - Time for Action at the UN Security Council, Say
Activists
Okay so my SST column on the Mao/'Chinese threat' jokes didn't actually say what I thought of Mao. That's because it's
not important what I say about Mao to an English language newspaper audience; I said it to Mao instead...
NGOs respond to Indonesia earthquake The 6.2 Richter scale earthquake that struck Yogyakarta in the early hours of
Saturday morning with devastating results has elicited a quick response from New Zealand Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGOs).
Papers obtained from the Electoral Commission by the Greens have revealed that the National Party short-changed private
and public broadcasters by $112,493 at the last election, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
This bill requires the reimbursement of broadcasting spending by the Electoral Commission in relation to the New Zealand
National Party prior to the general election on 17 September 2005, but currently unable to be paid under the
Broadcasting Act 1989.
There has been renewed political debate about whether New Zealanders are more or less highly taxed than Australians,
sparked by the Australian government’s announcement of tax reductions in its recent budget.
The number of people counted in New Zealand on census night was 4,116,900, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is
the first information available from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March 2006.
Utah Newspapers Neglect to Cover Voting Machine Security Reports Released May 11 & 22 Diebold Should Replace Its Voting Machines with Its More Secure Ones! By Kathy Dopp, National Election Data Archive
A statement from Rakon over claims that it is supplying crystal oscillators for use in American military smart bombs,
shells and missiles, contradicts information in internal company emails, Green Party MP Keith Locke says. "In a
statement this ...
Rodney Hide says that ACT will support Don Brash's Bill enabling National to pay broadcasters $112,500 for election
advertising, and is inviting the Labour Party to repay taxpayers' money used to produce Labour's pledge card.
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media Release Sunday 28 May 2006
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