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New Zealand Government
National's leader John Key needs to explain to rural and business people why he wants to take $700 million of Government
funding off them, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today.
Jason Leopold
On paper, Lieutenant Commander Brian K. Waite, a United States Navy chaplain, appears to be one of the nation's foremost
scholars on a wide-range of topics such as traumatology, theology, and Biblical history.
New Zealand Government
John Key’s attack on public servants is just the latest example of slippery politics from the National Party Leader,
Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
LawFuel
When the New Zealand Police decided to use a “wiki” to collect ideas for the rewriting of their own Act, they had little
idea that it would lead to worldwide interest and the decision by several countries and agencies, like the US Department
...
United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne is calling for the Prime Minister to meet urgently with the Afghani Ambassador over the
impending execution of student Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh in Afghanistan.
Office of the Clerk
1. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her response, when asked whether her Government got many of its
ideas from the New Zealand Public Service, “No. It is a very blunt answer but it is true. We generate the ideas.”; if
not, why ...
Auckland University Students Association
Auckland students called on the New Zealand government to uphold fundamental human rights, by pressuring the Afghanistan
government to overturn a death sentence handed down to a student who exercised his rights to freedom of opinion and
expression.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says a National Government will halt the growth of the Government’s core bureaucracy. “My
commitment to New Zealanders is this – in the first term of a National Government, we will not grow the size of the core
...
New Zealand National Party
Ladies and gentlemen. Every week brings news of worsening economic conditions. Throughout New Zealand, individuals and
businesses are feeling the pinch from higher interest rates and increased costs for everyday essentials like food and
petrol.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley has revealed that Housing New Zealand tenants paying market rentals are
under no obligation to declare whether they have bought an investment property or a holiday home.
Transpower
Transpower New Zealand announced today that the mitigations needed to return a half pole 1 of the HVDC inter island link
to service will be completed prior to winter.
Hudson
Companies who correctly invest in attracting and retaining staff are at a distinct advantage - Research confirms
significant gaps between what job seekers want and what’s offered - Employers selling themselves short; job ads leaving
candidates ...
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
“National leader John Key’s policy announcement today on the public service shows just how inexperienced he is in this
area of important public policy,” CTU president Helen Kelly said.
New Zealand Government
Health Minister David Cunliffe today launched extensive delegations to a strong team of Associate Health Ministers
giving them a wide scope for action.
New Zealand National Party
It is astonishing that Inland Revenue is reluctant to use its powers to apply for arrest warrants to nab fleeing child
support defaulters, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins.
Public Service Association
“The PSA has major concerns about National’s public services policy,” says Brenda Pilott, National Secretary of the PSA
which has 55,000 members working in the state sector.
Office of the Clerk
1. JOHN KEY (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Finance; if
so, why?
Oxfam
Virisila Buadromo, Executive Director of Oxfam New Zealand programme partners, Fiji Women's Rights Movement, has won an
International Women of Courage Award. The award was given yesterday in Washington by the U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice. ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says National will make a significant increase in funding for agricultural research and
development, but it does not support the model announced by Labour today.
Global Intelligence Solutions
Global Intelligence Solutions Ltd a New Zealand based company has been invited by Professor Taylor from the USA to be
part of a team of experts to analyse imagery that may indicate the presence of an anomaly that could turn out to be,
Noah’s ...
New Zealand Government
“John Key calling the $700 million NZ Fast Forward Fund for research, development, and innovation in the primary sector
a ‘gimmick’ betrays an appalling lack of judgement,” Minister for Economic Development Pete Hodgson said today.
New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that the Labour-Progressive Government is committing $700 million to a new
research, development, and innovation plan for the future in New Zealand's pastoral and food industries.
Liberal Party
Lord Ashdown the former leader of the British Liberal Democrats and European Union High Representative for Bosnia and
Herzegovina today welcomed the launch of the New Zealand Liberal Party.
New Zealand International Arts Festival
Lively, spirited and fiercely written, Where We Once Belonged is a starkly honest, sometimes brutal, yet often wildly
funny coming-of-age story is co-produced by the Festival and Auckland Theatre Company during March. Written by Sia
Figiel and adapted ...
The Maori Party
“A very constructive meeting was held with members of the Maori Party in Ikaroa Rawhiti tonight” said Professor
Winiata.
Anonymous
As Project Chanology continues, thousands of people worldwide will stage a protest on March 15th against the Church of
Scientology's corruption, and abuse of its members and critics. The group Anonymous, will picket at local Church of
Scientology centers ...
Child Cancer Foundation
On Friday March 14th the parent support group for families of children with cancer - the Child Cancer Foundation of
Tonga will be launched in Nukualofa, Tonga. Tonga will be the first Pacific Island country to have such a support group.
The launch ...
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
As last week's diplomatic crisis between Venezuela & Colombia demonstrates, Chávez has once again sought to appropriate historical symbols in an effort to score political
points. "Some day Colombia will be freed from the hand of the (U.S.) empire.
New Zealand Government
Minister of Health David Cunliffe has dismissed claims by some former Hawke’s Bay DHB members that he could breach the
Bill of Rights. “Clearly claims that I would breach the Bill of Rights Act are an act of desperation,” Mr Cunliffe said.
Libertarianz Party
Primitive superstition meets contemporary vacuousness in the revised list of mortal sins issued by the Vatican, observes
SOLO Principal Lindsay Perigo.