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Lena Maria Fa'asino
The High Court in Auckland has relaxed bail conditions to allow Tame Iti to travel to Europe to play a part in a play
that ironically explores sovereignty issues and unlawful detention in an uneasy post 9/11 world.
Global Research
Humanity is undergoing in the post-Cold War era an economic and social crisis of unprecedented scale leading to the
rapid impoverishment of large sectors of the World population. National economies are collapsing, unemployment is
rampant. Local level ...
Bernard Weiner
Finally some time to respond to your recent letter, where you asked me to explain the "crazy American political
situation" and why "the U.S. is behaving so recklessly" with regard to Iran. Your terms are right on the mark.
Undernews
PROGRESS REPORT In a press conference, President Bush said, "I think we're making progress in Afghanistan" -- days
after President Hamid Karzai was the subject of an attempted assassination plot. The Interior Ministry said the Taliban,
nearly vanquished ...
Healthscope
Healthscope’s appeal to overturn a High Court ruling invalidating its eight-year contract to provide community pathology
services to Auckland gets underway in the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow (Monday May 5).
The Maori Party
Kahurangi Taylor last night confirmed what her parents always knew, when she won Miss World New Zealand.
Waikato District Health Board
Mary-Beth Wood, 15, thought the driver of a car that lost control and slid into the crowd outside a bach in Otahu Rd,
Whangamata yesterday was just "kidding and showing off".
Natasha Burling - AUT Journalism Student
Natasha Burling reports that while opportunities have improved for deaf people in New Zealand there is still much to be
done to assure sign language is accepted not just by governments but also understood. Interpretation is the key.
J. Sri Raman
Nepal has belied prophecies of a post-election upheaval. All sections of the Himalayan nation and its political
spectrum would appear to have accepted the Maoist victory in the polls to the Constituent Assembly (CA). None has
rejected the results - not ...
Electricity Commission
New Zealand taxpayers have paid the Electricity Commission $230 million over the past four years but have next to
nothing to show for it, says National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee.
Global Research
As threats of military action against Iran continue to issue from various spokesmen of the war party in the U.S., the
Islamic Republic has launched an ambitious initiative aimed at preventing war, based on a comprehensive package of
economic, political ...
The Family Party
4 May 2008. The Family Party will hold a party conference (open to the public) on Saturday 17th May at the Nga Tapuwae
Community Centre in Mangere. The date coincides with The UN's International Day of the Family (Families Day), which is
being celebrated ...
New Zealand National Party
The thousands of patients missing treatment through this week's junior doctor strike can blame the Health Minister for
their cancelled operations and specialist appointments, says National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall.
District Health Boards
District Health Boards say junior doctors should see the full details of the new pay offer before they strike and
disrupt the health services to thousands of people.
The Family Party
As part of its policy package being announced at conference on 17th May in Mangere, Family Party leader Richard Lewis
says the party will outline details of its policy to remove GST on basic (primary staple) food groups, infant and
elderly necessities, ...
Agenda
Energy Minister David Parker says higher petrol prices are causing the Government to reconsider proposed emissions
trading charges to be imposed on petrol next year and said by some critics to be at least five cents a litre.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says the latest sickness and invalid benefit numbers suggest
Treasury's concerns about Labour's Working New Zealand reforms were well-founded.
New Zealand National Party
Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove must ensure that the State Services Commission inquiry into allegations of
conflict of interest at the Immigration Service thoroughly investigates all the disturbing allegations revealed today,
says National Party Immigration ...
The Maori Party
Friday 2 May 2008; 1.30pm ‘What remains to be done to ensure New Zealand has the best possible early childhood
education?’ It hasn’t been a good week for children. On Monday, the report by the Child Poverty Action Group, Left
Behind, told us that ...
New Zealand Government
1. How many times during the Labour government’s term have the lights gone out as result of insufficient electricity
generation? a) 3 times b) twice c) once d) Never
National Rescue Coordination Centre
Good evening Please find the attached release re the successful rescue of an injured girl in the MacKenzie Basin area
this afternoon. Rgds Ross Ross Henderson Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand Media Ph (04) 499 7318 (on call duty
media line) ...
John Boscawen
The march against the Electoral Finance Act in Tauranga yesterday (Saturday 3 May) has been hailed an 'outstanding
success' by John Boscawen, trustee of the Freedom of Speech Trust.
World Youth Day
The Vatican has confirmed that His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will spend three extra days resting in Australia before
heading to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008 (WYD08).
Media Statement
A public forum with NICKY HAGER and JANE KELSEY at the Whare Wananga, Second Floor, Auckland Central Library, Lorne
Street
Greenpeace New Zealand
Pacific Ocean, Saturday, May 3 2008: Today Greenpeace freed sharks, tuna, marlin and an endangered Olive Ridley turtle
from the hooks of a Taiwanese longline vessel (1) fishing in the international waters of the Pacific.
Brendan Sheehan
Amidst reports of rising electricity prices Labour Candidate for Botany, Brenden Sheehan, today called on the
electricity industry to begin offering discounted power bills to senior citizens.
Waikato District Health Board
The 18-year-old involved in a serious crash at Whangamata on the Coromandel yesterday afternoon is Nigel Loll (crrct)
Fluharty of Tauranga. Mr Fluharty has multiple fractures, mainly to the left side of his body, his spleen is extensively
damaged and he suffered ...
United Nations
The Security Council today stressed the need for the upcoming referendum and elections in Myanmar to include the full
participation of all political actors and respect for fundamental political freedoms.
New Zealand Government
Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel Lianne Dalziel says she is investigating whether the monitoring of petrol prices could
be strengthened further, to ensure competition and consumer issues are addressed.
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