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Phantom of the Opera
NZ waits no longer The Phantom of the Opera returns Tickets on sale Monday May 5 at 9am
Gordon Copeland
Independent MP Gordon Copeland today confirmed that he would like to see the Grand Theft Auto 4 video game banned in New
Zealand.
Association of University Staff
In what must be one the most banal news features emanating from a university this year, Massey has trumpeted the
success of one of its students in finishing third in the Miss Universe New Zealand beauty pageant this month after being
first runner-up ...
Lyndon Hood
ABSTRACT: The research team investigated the tastiness of the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni). A complete
specimen was dressed and prepared using a variety of traditional methods. All tests found the squid to be not delicious
in any way.
Massey University
Former Massey student Rhonda Grant finished third in the Miss Universe New Zealand beauty pageant this month after being
first runner-up in last year's Miss Manawatu contest.
Ploughshares
This morning, 30 April 2008, we entered the Waihopai Spy Base near Blenheim. Our group, including a Dominican Priest,
temporarily closed the base by padlocking the gates and proceeded to deflate one of the large domes covering two
satellite dishes.
Jason Leopold
Dick Cheney’s tenure at Halliburton ended eight years ago, but a federal investigation of alleged bribes from a company
subsidiary to Nigerian officials lingers from the Cheney era, raising questions about what the Vice President knew or
should have known.
freepress.org
The US Supreme Court has just dealt a serious blow to voters' rights that could help put John McCain in the White House
by eliminating tens of thousands of voters who generally vote Democratic.
New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First says the raid on Waihopai spy base by a Dominican friar who sheltered Algerian fugitive Ahmed Zaoui
should send shivers up the spine of every security conscious New Zealander.
Commerce Commission
One of New Zealand's largest supermarket companies has been found guilty of breaching the Fair Trading Act by offering
the opportunity to enter into a prize draw to win a holiday, months after the competition had closed. The company has
been fined $17,000 ...
Peace Movement
Following on from our message earlier this morning, 'ANZAC Ploughshares deflate Waihopai spy dome', below is
information about how you can support Ploughshares Aotearoa.
GiveLife
An ‘innovative’ new healthcare solution to help increase the number of organ donors in New Zealand was launched from
Parliament today. Andy Tookey of Givelife NZ, a campaign for reform to the organ donation system, held a press
conference in ...
United Nations
The United States and the European Union have taken a "criminal path" by contributing to an explosive rise in global
food prices through using food crops to produce biofuels, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the
right to food.
Undernews
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies -- in the final sense -- a theft from those
who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense.
. . . It ...
Business New Zealand
Business NZ has dissociated itself from a public statement made by the Climate Change Leadership Forum. The statement
contained ‘10 key points’ supporting the government’s plans for an emissions trading scheme.
Scoop TV
Scoop Doco: Pacific Forum governments are determined to force Fiji's military Govt to hold elections by March 31 2009.
But will Commodore Bainimarama honour his commitment and comply with the dictate?
New Zealand Police
Police are now able to release the name of the 21 year old English Tourist who died in the Kawarau River after becoming
trapped between rocks while riverboarding.
New Zealand Government
The Crown and Central North Island iwi have reached agreement on an iwi developed proposal to settle historic Treaty of
Waitangi claims in the region, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen announced today.
Phantom of the Opera
The internationally and critically acclaimed masterpiece, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA returns to New Zealand for a strictly
limited season from October 14, at The Civic, The Edge in Auckland.� Tickets go on sale Monday, May 5 at 9am and given
the anticipation ...
Rick Harriss
The above photo well illustrates the real problem of New Zealand and its ongoing failure internationally. New Zealand
butter next to Australian butter in a major wholesale supermarket in China. Photo is taken this week. The same and equal
product ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Labour's total failure to future proof our energy infrastructure is
about to be laid out in front of New Zealand households.
Global Peace And Justice Auckland
Global Peace and Justice Auckland congratulates the activists from the Ploughshares group who entered and deflated one
of the domes at Waihopai spybase near Blenheim early this morning. The photo of the deflated dome is a powerful symbol
of resistance ...
SAP
Seven Industry Leaders and SAP Band Together to Expand the Vision of “Smart Grid” by Bringing Smarter, More Advanced
Metering Solution to Market
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has welcomed a New Zealand Press Council decision upholding complaints about Investigate magazine’s
cover story on charter flights published in September 2007.
Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio : Mikey Havoc talks to Manu Caddie who is the spokesperson for the three protesters arrested for breaking
into the Waihopai Base and deflating one of the domes.
Hugh Pavletich
In March 2007 there were 1077 lots sold for a median price of $172,000 and in March 2008 there were 430 lots sold for a
median price of $180,000 (refer REINZ Section / Lot Tables below) – clearly illustrating that the lack of reasonably
priced fringe ...
Gordon Campbell
Interesting headline in the NZ Herald this morning about the Waihopai spy base invasion : “ Spy Base Priest’s History
of Trouble…” In fact, the only ‘trouble” the Herald can dig up on Dominican priest Peter Murnane is that he took in the
Algerian ...
The Maori Party
The Maori Party honours the distinctive presence of the Kingitanga as an important force in the past and future design
of a nation.
Steve Weissman
When Senator John McCain serenaded reporters last April with his "Bomb Bomb Iran," I had to wonder. Was this a taste of
his aging flyboy humor? Or was he telling us what to expect should he ever become president? We may never find out. If
Vice President ...
US State Department
Hamas is choosing violence. They are refusing to recognize Israel's right to exist, and refusing to respect all previous
Palestinian agreements with Israel. The leaders of Hamas are increasingly serving as the proxy warriors of an Iranian
regime.