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Lyndon Hood
YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE - go left A HUGE GREEN FIERCE SNAKE BARS THE WAY! - kill snake
WITH WHAT? YOUR BARE HANDS? - slap snake with 'slippery' tag
Problem Gambling Committee
The Problem Gambling Foundation is challenging Skycity to return stolen money spent at their casino.
Jack Yan and Associates
Wellington, April 21 (JY Media) Paraparaumu-born Samantha Powell, 20, representing Horowhenua, is the newly crowned Miss Universe New Zealand
2008 in a ceremony at the Novotel Ellerslie, near Auckland City. Hannah Matthews of Auckland, Miss Masport, ...
Kelpie Wilson
With food riots across the globe in the news, the immediate cause of food shortages is simply this: grain prices have
doubled over the last year and poor people can no longer afford to buy enough food. There is no one single cause for the
price rise; ...
Problem Gambling Foundation
The Problem Gambling Foundation says the Salvation Army should be congratulated for their stance on gambling. The
Salvation Army is so alarmed about the social devastation caused by pokie machines it has decided to reject all funds
from the gambling industry.
Undernews
Management cannot solve problems. Nor can it stir creativity of any sort. It can only manage what it is given. If asked
to do more, it will deform whatever is put into its hands. - John Ralston Saul
Gordon Campbell
To date, media coverage of the Iraq war has barely touched on its startling new phase - namely, the convergence of
interests between Iran and the US. This odd relationship was played out in last month’s onslaught by US forces and
Maliki government troops ...
Green Party
Today is Earth Day. It began in the USA in 1970 and is often seen as the start of the modern environmental movement. In
1990 it mobilised 200 million people in 141 countries and gave impetus to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
United Nations
This year's United Nations Environment Programme Special Prize was bestowed upon Prime Minister Helen Clark of New
Zealand, which has blazed the trail towards climate neutrality and hopes to meet the goal of 90 per cent renewable
energy by 2025.
Undernews
WALL ST JOURNAL - According to the 2006 General Social Survey, which has tracked gun ownership since 1973, 34% of
American homes have guns in them. . . It turns out they have the same level of formal education as nongun owners, on
average. Furthermore, ...
Scoop Video
Video on Demand of NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference for Parliamentary press gallery
journalists held this afternoon. The cabinet readout was followed by Q beginning with the latest verbal gaffes from Labour Party President ...
Jason Leopold
Top officials at the Veterans Administration tried to conceal information from the public about the sudden increase of
attempted suicides among veterans that were treated or sought help at VA hospitals around the country, a previously
undisclosed internal ...
Business Council for Sustainable Development
The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, whose 71 member companies' $44 billion in annual sales
equate to more than 34% of the gross domestic product, says focus should go onto encouraging clean coal research and
development, not issuing ...
Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: Paul Deady talks to Scoop affiliated Election08 editor and election coverage go-to guy Gordon Campbell
about his return to journalism, and how he hopes to fill some of the gaps left by mainstream media.
United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the future of New Zealand needs a vastly improved broadband infrastructure, not the
current bout of political bickering.
New Zealand Government
National’s plan for broadband rollout lacks detail and credibility and smacks of opportunism says Communications and
Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe.
Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says John Key’s policy of rolling out fibre optic cable to 75% of New
Zealand homes is a step in the right direction, but is concerned the task may be impossible given the current skills
shortage.
New Zealand Police
"Three weeks ago Marie Davis was a 15 year old school girl looking forward to her school holidays," says Detective
Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas. "A person in our community is responsible for taking Marie's future and life from her."
Gordon Campbell
John Key’s $1.5 billion boost for broadband is his first major policy announcement that isn’t an endorsement of
existing Labour practice ( interest free student loans etc) or a dog bone and whistle ( boot camps for young offenders)
to a niche support ...
New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First has questioned National’s plan to give $1.5 billion of taxpayers’ money to Telecom to improve
broadband services and says the money could be used as a deposit to buy the company back for New Zealand ownership.
Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: Deralie Flower from the NZ Resident Doctor's Association talks with Paul about her frustration around the
junior doctors strike. She says the money's there, and can't fathom why doctors aren't being paid what they're worth.
Bill Quigley
Riots in Haiti over explosive rises in food costs have claimed the lives of six people. There have also been food riots
worldwide in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivorie, Egypt, Guinea, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan and
Yemen.
Tibetan Solidarity Network
Representatives of Wellington’s Tibetan, Buddhist, and human rights communities gathered today at parliament to present
a petition to parliament that calls for Helen Clark and the rest of the NZ government to act more strongly on the human
rights ...
Dell
LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2008 – Green information technology (IT) can be one of the world’s strongest assets in achieving
and sustaining a prosperous, low-carbon economy, Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell told attendees gathered at today’s
FORTUNE Brainstorm: ...
Zahir Ebrahim
The abominable shared fates that unite Iran (“Bush and Iran, again”, WSJ April 15, 2008 ), and Pakistan, from President
Bush calling Pakistan “Terror Central” in 2007 , to this week, April 13, 2008 , 'clairvoyantly' asserting that “If
another ...
Slingshot
Slingshot, part of CallPlus New Zealand’s largest 100% kiwi owned full service telecommunications company launched a
unique referral campaign for its existing broadband customers. The concept is simple, refer five friends to Slingshot
and get a free ...
Joint Media Statement
Small initiative with a potentially big impact in support of the problem gambler has come to fruition. ILT Foundation’s
Manager, Ann Eustace, and Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Trust Problem Gambling Health Promotion worker, Eru Loach have
spent energy ...
New Zealand Government
Hon Phil Goff Minister of Trade 23 April 2008 Speech Notes Trade stock take – speech to Wellington Regional Chamber of
Commerce Luncheon
Telecom New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand has today announced the appointment of Simon Moutter to the newly-created role of chief
transformation officer, Telecom Group.
New Zealand Government
The Health Minister, David Cunliffe has commended the way District Health Board staff have responded during the two day
Junior Doctors’ strike.