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Round the Bays
Around 70,000 walkers, runners and wheelchair participants, including 47,000 registered entrants, laced up their shoe
laces in fine Auckland style this morning for HSBC Round the Bays, an event described as one of the biggest and most
spectacular fun ...
Scoop Photo-Essay
Photo-Essay: It's been 5 years since the US invaded Iraq. Since 2003, somewhere between 600,000 to one million people
have died as a consequence of this war. In Auckland, a group of about 100 people marched for peace in Iraq and the
Middle East.
Peter Hausmann
Peter Hausmann said today that the actions of two former Hawke's Bay District Health Board members asking police to
investigate conflict of interest issues and the actions of DHB Board management were farcical, and further evidence of
dysfunctional governance ...
Service And Food Workers Union
Air NZ has been caught out paying foreign crews at below minimum wage to work on its flights in and out of New Zealand.
ASB Polyfest
Year 11 Student, Josie Marie Matthewman may provide the necessary inspiration for Rutherford College when their kapa
haka group hit the stage at the ASB Polyfest tomorrow (Saturday, 15 March).
bhootan.org
A team of 15 observers from 13 different European Union countries arrived in the Bhutan to observe the first ever
general election that is scheduled on the 24th of March, 2008. The Druk National Congress welcomes this. But taking into
account the ...
Phoenix Organics
Phoenix Organics’ CEO Stefan Lepionka has committed $2000 to help send Abby Cormack to the U.S. to undergo a series of
SPECT scans aiming to prove aspartame consumption has an effect on brain function, and wants Govt and Coca Cola to do
the same.
New Zealand National Party
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says there are “definite shades of Sir Humphrey” in a study to
determine whether it is possible to measure public sector productivity.
www.UnansweredQuestions.org
Crucial details in the biography of "Professor” Abdussattar Shaikh, the San Diego man called the "best chance to
uncover the Sept. 11 plot before it happened” by the Joint Congressional 9.11 Intelligence Committee, are untrue,
mis-leading, or false, ...
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New Zealand Police
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Scoop Photo-Essay
Photo-Essay: It was tipped as being "the most entertaining St Patrick's Parade" in the southern hemisphere. The 2008 St
Patrick's festival parade was a family event involving Irish musicians, dancers, and even St Patrick himself.
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
For the second week in a row, Lotto, Powerball and Strike have all jackpotted which means a huge $17 million in their
top prizes is up for grabs next Saturday night, says NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive, Todd McLeay.
Katya Rivas
Holy Friday was followed by the glorious dawn of the Sunday of the Resurrection. If I have decided not to destroy the
world, it means that I want to renew it and rejuvenate it. The old trees need to lose their leaves and be pruned so that
they ...
Jeremy Rose
Many readers of Lloyd Jones’s Mr Pip come to the novel unaware that there is even an island called Bougainville let
alone with any knowledge of the conflict that provides the backdrop to the award winning work.
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New Zealand National Party
Total child support debt has topped $1.2 billion, an all-time high, says National’s Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins.
Andreas von Warburg
Can celebrities save the world? They might be only fictional heroes of large Hollywood productions, but their image and
money have great power when it comes to support humanitarian causes and serve as a tool to make this world a better
place.
Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand
Love Ferrari, Nissan, Honda, Dodge, BMW, Aston Martin, Subaru and Lotus? You’ll love Gran Turismo 5 Prologue™ – the
prequel title showcasing the forthcoming Gran Turismo 5 for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™). Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is the latest
...
Jackson Payne
A man has been killed after a truck and train collided at Orari, north of Timaru.
United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended Chad and Sudan for reaching an agreement regarding reconciliation and the
normalization of relations between the neighbouring African nations.
Palestine Chronicle
The Palestine Chronicle (www.palestinechronicle.com) continues to appeal to its friends, supporters and readers - and
those who wish to preserve and support independent, alternative media - to come to its support, as it strives to raise
needed funds to ...
Andreas von Warburg
The United Nations is strengthening its presence in the Pacific and is in the process of opening a new office in the
Marshall Islands to improve its reach in the region and better assistance services.
Rethinking Crime and Punishment
"Garth McVicar's claim that the reoffending rate in Maricopa County, Arizona is around 16% is wrong and he knows it",
says Kim Workman, Project Leader of the Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project The Sensible Sentencing Trust are
deliberately ...
United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official today voiced concern over the rising tensions between protesters and
security forces in the Tibet Autonomous Region and surrounding areas of China, noting that there have been reports of
deaths and property ...
David Geary
Owen Marshall’s new novel, DRYBREAD , is frank and funny. A wry meditation on how we come together and fall apart. It
revolves around Christchurch print journo, Theo Esler. He has the scoop on Penny Maine-King, an ex-pat Kiwi who’s done a
runner ...
University of Vienna
Scientists from the University of Vienna unearth the earliest evidence of Jewish inhabitants in Austria
SGCNZ
With the top six Drama Scholarship students having been in Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand's (SGCNZ) University of
Otago Sheilah Winn Festivals of Shakespeare in Schools (UOSWFSS) and its National Shakespeare Schools Production (NSSP),
the majority ...
Ministry For Culture And Heritage
March 21 is observed around the world as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year
Race Relations Day falls on Good Friday, so the official day of celebration will be Tuesday 18 March.
ITUC
Brussels, 14 March 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Forty-five Indian construction workers have been sentenced to six months’
imprisonment under charges of holding illegal gatherings, vandalism, and violating public security following their
participation in a strike ...
United Nations
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for $6 million so that it can continue to feed up to 90,000
Burundian refugees returning to their home country from neighbouring Tanzania.