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Jim Anderton Associate Minister of Health and Progressive Leader opened the 4th International Conference, hosted by the
Phobic Trust of New Zealand, promoting awareness of anxiety disorders in Auckland today.
Brrrrr. In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s winter. That means it’s time for Auckland-based, nationwide radio station
George FM to do the right thing, and help pull party people everywhere up out of their winter blues.
3: Hello World
Broadband's role in bringing the world closer is being celebrated in a major brand campaign launched today by
TelstraClear.
The appointment of Karen Sewell to the position of chief executive of the Ministry of Education is good news for New
Zealand education, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today.
Formthotics foam foot insoles are significantly more cost effective than hard plastic orthotics, a landmark Australian
study has found.
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association welcomes comments made by Meridian Energy’s Alan Seay last week that more
investment into New Zealand’s electricity system is required but his admission that the country had to draw upon all
available generation ...
Two Cantabrians this week received outstanding contribution awards from Environment Canterbury, in recognition of their
work spent managing Canterbury water resources.
Hokitika, renowned for giving New Zealanders the excuse they need to come on over the hills to enjoy some West Coast
hospitality, is doing it again. From 2004 the Wet West Film Festival has shown in the grand old Regent Theatre for four
days in ...
In response to consumer demand, Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand (SCENZ) today announced the launch of the first
official consumer communications channel to share information about the eagerly awaited PLAYSTATION®3.
The ever-present threat to any export industry is that new, lower-cost producers will compete their way into our
markets, driving down prices for all producers.
With the dramatic lowering of the competency bar in the Bush II Presidency, no one can say any longer that American
women are unqualified to govern. Still the issue of how to get a critical mass of women in public office -- so crucial
to America ...
When newly appointed foreign ambassadors landed in the Nepalese capital after the heady political changes of April,
their dilemma was evident. Going to the palace to present their credentials to King Gyanendra, as their predecessors
had, would ...
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA -- “This may be the worst security flaw we have seen in touch screen voting machines,” says Open
Voting Foundation president, Alan Dechert. Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch
screen ...
If you thought that a global conflagration on the order of a world war was more the stuff of Biblical prophecy, science
fiction and apocalyptic end-of- times novels, think again.
15: Business Briefs
The impact of housing loans; High ranking for business research; International leadership in small business
A prestigious international conference on developing management and organisational capability is being held in New
Zealand in December, with the Minister of Economic Development Hon Trevor Mallard as a keynote speaker.
The delivery of at least 100 GBU 28 bunker busters bombs containing depleted uranium warheads by the United States to
Israel for use against targets in Lebanon will result in additional radioactive and chemical toxic contamination with
consequent adverse ...
1. MOANA MACKEY to the Minister of Education: What is the Government doing to ensure all schools are providing students
with the knowledge, values and competencies they need to succeed in a 21st century economy?
Ground-breaking stories from the Kiwi Herald, award winning newspaper of the small but wonderful New Zealand community
of Moenui. The town is the current holder of the Northern Region Best Kept Grass – or so says the website of the Kiwi
Herald. ...
1. MOANA MACKEY (Labour) to the Minister of Education: What is the Government doing to ensure all schools are providing
students with the knowledge, values, and competencies they need to succeed in a 21st century economy?
As Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz recently boasted of “changing the reality on the northern border,” the citizens
of Israel became the subjects of a serious reality change. Make-shift morgues are amassing corpses of the civilian
victims of ...
Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country.
Their covert campaign once again relied on false intelligence and shady allies. But this time, the target was Iran.
HOWARD KURTZ had an interesting roundup of liberal media avoidance of the Lebanon issue. One exception is the Nation:
"It makes no sense for Israel to destroy the civil infrastructure of the Palestinians and of Lebanon in response to the
kidnapping ...
The Green Party will move a motion in the House this afternoon expressing concern at the findings of the Ingram report,
and calling on Taito Phillip Field to apologise.
Slighted McCain Vows to Destroy New Zealand; Nations Not Exactly Cueing Up to Join Lebanon Peacekeeping Force for Some
Reason; Tsunami Sequel Disappoints Critics
"A shop assistant brutally bashed by an armed criminal on Saturday night shows that Kiwis should be allowed to have the
means to defend themselves," says Peter Linton, Libertarianz Firearms Spokesman. "Simply compare this poor guy with ...
Thank you for inviting me to appear before the Committee today. I would also like to thank you and your colleagues for
the support you have given me over the course of the past year.
The Independent UK - The controversy over the US-run detention centre at Guantanamo Bay is to erupt anew with
confirmation by the Pentagon that a new, permanent prison will open in the Cuban enclave in the next few weeks.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in hospital after contracting a tropical illness during his recent trip to Malaysia
for the ASEAN Regional Forum. Mr Peters became unwell at the weekend after stopping in Brisbane en route from Kuala
Lumpur and was ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that Israel’s suspension of air raids over southern Lebanon is a first step
towards peace but both sides must immediately move to a complete cessation of hostilities. “The Qana bombing and the
deaths of around ...
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