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National Distribution Union
"Workers, families and the two small communities of Foxton and Feilding will be devastated by today's announcement that
their former-Feltex plants, now owned by Godfrey Hirst, are being closed," said Robert Reid, President of the National
...
Independent Music New Zealand
Well, this might be just about the biggest new we’ve ever had – it’s definitely up there in the ‘Wow’ stakes at least –
Flight of the Conchords picked up the Grammy for Best Comedy Album at the 50th Grammy Awards on February 10 in LA for
their ...
Reserve Bank
The past decade has highlighted challenges that small open economies like New Zealand face in trying to run monetary
policy in a connected world, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said in remarks to be delivered at an International
Symposium at the ...
BuzzFlash.Com
As I watched Hillary Clinton's post-Ohio spin on CNN, I took heart after a brief period of despondence. As a lifelong
Democrat who likes Obama for president, I need some hope. The DNC strategy to wrap up the primary season early and focus
on the ...
Bill Berkowitz
"Ignored, and often even censored and demonized" is how the promotional materials for the Heartland Institute 's recent
conference "The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change," described the way "distinguished scholars from the
U.S. and around ...
The Chip Group
The Chip Group has achieved a world first with the launch of a set of industry standards aimed at helping independent
chip shop operators to make takeaway chips healthier.
Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition
Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) Media Release, Auckland 8 March 2008 For Immediate Release Biking for Boobs
Gives Thrill at Sky City The Sky City forecourt resounded to the roar of motorcycles last night as the Herceptin Riders
'Biking for ...
Harcourts
Successful bidders Nicholas Eagleson and Karen Forsyth with (from left to right) celebrity Tina Cross, Harcourts Manly
sales consultant Mary Amodeo (one of two Harcourts sales consultants working with the buyers), Harcourts National
Auction Manager Phil ...
Vodafone
Vodafone customers with a rocker penchant have the chance of a lifetime to see six icons of rock this Easter at the
Westpac Stadium in Wellington for the special ticket price of $95.
NZ Dairy Industry Awards
The 2008 Waikato Sharemilkers of the Year Brock and Janine Fiske love the lifestyle and benefits dairy farming offers
them and their family.
Jason Leopold
Jonathan Schulze was awarded two Purple Hearts in 2005 after a lengthy tour of duty in Iraq. But the Marine veteran
couldn't escape the war inside his head. Drugs and alcohol temporarily numbed his pain. Yet the guilt he carried around
with him having ...
Royal Forest And Bird Protection Society
Forest & Bird’s beach clean-up at Wellington’s Oriental Bay gathered a mountain of garbage including everything from a used
syringe to a hat.
Automobile Association
The AA has tonight announced the 13 winners of the 2008 AA Motoring Excellence Awards, the Oscars of the New Zealand
motoring industry.
ITUC
Israel: ITUC Condemns Massacre of Students Brussels, 7 March 2008 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has condemned the killing of
at least eight religious students in Jerusalem, and the wounding of several others, by an assassin on 6 March. Militant
group Hamas ...
New Zealand Government
The people in this room are more aware than most of the success the New Zealand economy has enjoyed over the last eight
years. You know that our economy is in much better heart than it was at the turn of the century, because it is the
businesses you serve, ...
Bill Quigley
Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before
Hurricane Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages in low-cost housing, few now expect tens of thousands
of poor and working ...
NZ Bloodstock
The 2008 Carnival Yearling Sale reflected a decidedly more subdued yearling market than seen in recent weeks, with mixed
results at today's one-day Sale at Karaka.
Simes
Simes has been awarded the "Site of the Week" by the company Best Practice.com.au.
Green Party
The Green Party today launched its 'Proud to be Green' billboards in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The
billboards feature trans-Atlantic rower Rob Hamill and actress Miranda Harcourt alongside Green Co-leaders Jeanette
Fitzsimons and Russel Norman.
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Queen Elizabeth Park has a fascinating history of massive forces that have shaped its stunning landscape. Now’s your
chance to find out more about its unique landforms from an expert geologist in Landforms of the Park, part of Greater
Wellington’s ...
Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union says Government plans to bring rail and ferries back under public ownership would be a major step
forward for New Zealand.
New Zealand Geothermal Association
Geothermal energy is renewable energy generated from heat naturally stored beneath the surface of the earth. Generation
and heat supply technologies are well-established in New Zealand and are a sound, low maintenance alternative to fossil
fuel energy ...
New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Phil Goff meets his Australian counterpart Joel Fitzgibbon in Sydney on Friday. Mr Goff explains what’s
on the agenda.
Glen Johnson
Venezuela’s Charge d’Affairs Nelson Davila, a close ally of President Hugo Chávez, will give two public speeches in
Christchurch on March 16 and 17. He will be discussing the formation of the five-million strong ‘Partido Socialista
Unido de Venezuela’ ...
The Maori Party
Tai Tokerau Member of Parliament Hone Harawira doesn't often get the chance, or even want the chance, to say something
nice about political opponents.
Emma King
Emma King writes: Dick “Magik” Johnson, the father of House music, burst onto the New Zealand music scene six years ago
fresh from Blackpool, the United Kingdom. Since then he has become an influential figure in New Zealand music.
Ali Al-Saffar
On Sunday the 2nd of March the trial of Hakim al Zamili and Hameed al Shimmari, both accused of 13 accounts of murder,
kidnapping, embezzlement and corruption, started. The trial brought with it high hope of change in the country, as it
was touted as ...
Scoop Audio
Audio: The week in Parliament for 4- 6 March, 2008: ... Tom Frewen presents the week's big political issues raised
during Parliament's question time and general debate..
Transit New Zealand
Transit New Zealandadvises motorists of next week’s proposed closures for work on State Highway 1.
Glen Johnson
Red Road is the first instalment of a trilogy, conceived by Anders Thomas Jensen and Lone Scherfig, dubbed the ‘Advance
Party’. Inspired by Danish director Lars Von Trier’s Dogme movement of the mid-nineties, directors of Advance Party
films ...