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Te Papa
Scientists from Australia, the United States and New Zealand have gathered at Te Papa for the dissection of a pygmy
right whale Caperea marginata to study the anatomy and evolutionary relationships of this unusual species.
Wild on Saxton
One women was mauled by a cow whilst mustering, another had a black eye from hunting in the bush only days before a
dozen brave Haast women shed their inhibitions and their clothing in an initiative to raise money for the Saxton Appeal
Trust.
Undernews
STEVE CHAPMAN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE Obama has been justly criticized for his ties to former Weather Underground member Bill
Ayers, who in 1995 hosted a campaign event for Obama and in 2001 gave him a $200 contribution. The two have also served
together ...
Employers And Manufacturers Association
Prime TV: Important Viewing For Everyone Who Cares about the Planets future and our Standard of living.
Greenpeace New Zealand
Greenpeace says it's a sign of how desperate climate sceptics are that they've used the names of eminent New Zealand
scientists to falsely back their cause.
United Nations
The number of people requiring humanitarian assistance following the deadly cyclone which struck Myanmar a few days ago
could number in the hundreds of thousands, according to the United Nations which is mobilizing aid in the wake of the
disaster.
New Zealand Government
Corrections Minister Phil Goff announced today plans for the replacement of the Victorian era Mt Eden Prison. “The new
prison will meet three key objectives,” Phil Goff said.
New Zealand Government
John Key’s claim that he supported the government purchase of the rail tracks in 2004 is yet another revisionist
interpretation of his own history, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said.
Governor General
The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, received a prestigious international disability award on behalf of New
Zealand at the United Nations in New York today. At 5pm Tuesday 6 May (9am Wednesday 7 May in New Zealand), at a
ceremony attended by the UN Secretary-General, ...
United Nations
After 23,000 refugees returned home to South Sudan, the UN refugee agency has closed two camps in western Ethiopia. The
UNHCR announced today that it had closed Bonga and Dimma camps after the organization assisted refugees to return.
Expedia
Two New Zealand hotels, the Westin Auckland Lighter Quay and the Heritage Hotel in Christchurch, achieved rankings on
the Expedia Insiders’ Select™ list of the world’s best hotels (www.expedia.com/insidersselect). The Expedia Insiders'
Select™ ...
Alpha Domus
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please email me and I will send them to you.
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Wounded and terrified survivors waited for help on Tuesday, picking through flimsy bamboo, thatch
and wooden wreckage in villages flattened by Cyclone Nargis, which Burma's military regime said killed more than 22,000
people ...
ACT New Zealand
ACT New Zealand Education Spokesman Heather Roy today demanded to know how Education Minister Chris Carter could sit by
and allow Longbeach School pupils to be taught in a shipping container - especially given that it is his Ministry that
has put the ...
The Maori Party
Racism and Rage, UCOL, Whanganui Hon Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party [speech delivered on her behalf by Ken
Mair]
Back Benches
Rodney Hide, Act Leader and MP for Epsom Moana Mackey, Labour List MP Chester Borrows, National MP for Whanganui Sue
Kedgley, Greens List MP
UMR Research Ltd
Asked who they would like to see as a Democratic Presidential candidate, 47% of New Zealanders chose Obama, 31% Clinton
with 22% unable to offer an opinion.
Suzan Mazur
In his new book, Reinventing the Sacred , legendary complexity pioneer Stuart Kauffman continues to challenge the view
of most biologists that natural selection is the only source of order. However, Kauffman is more charitable than
hundreds of other ...
Save The Children
To coincide with Mother's Day, Save the Children has published its ninth annual State of the World's Mothers report,
comparing the best and worst countries in which to be a mother and child.
TEAR Fund
As Myanmar (Burma) reels from the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis, TEAR Fund has launched an emergency appeal to
help its victims. TEAR Fund is responding through its long-established, local partners, to provide emergency relief.
Family First
Family First NZ is welcoming the latest statistics on marriage, civil unions and divorce showing a declining rate of
divorce down 500 to 9,600 in 2007. Less than half of all marriages dissolved in 2007 involved people with children.
Statistics New Zealand
To acknowledge all mothers' hard work and caring, Statistics New Zealand is marking Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May with
some facts about mothers.
Newmarket Business Association
The head of Auckland's leading retail district says New Zealand Post's radio advertising for Mother's Day amounts to
emotional blackmail and the adverts should be pulled immediately because they are not in the spirit of Mother's Day.
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to National Party leader John Key about carbon emissions trading scheme and
railways.
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
In the wake of its backdown on the Emission Trading Scheme Bill, the Government has been asked by Terry Dunleavy,
secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, to explain what he describes as “a glaring contradiction.”
VOA News
Burma's govt says at least 22,000 people are confirmed dead, in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and 41,000 are missing. The
military government has begun allowing foreign assistance and granting unprecedented access to some international aid
agency reps.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in New Zealand has launched an appeal to help the millions of people believed to have been left
homeless by the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar.
Green Party
Many schools will get a fail grade under the new Food and Nutrition for Healthy Confident Kids guidelines that come into
effect on 1 June, according to the Green Party's latest school food survey.
Wellington Palestine Group
The Wellington Palestine Group will conduct a vigil outside Temple Sinai on 7 May to protest the Zionist Federation of
New Zealand celebration of the founding of Israel.
New Zealand Government
Everyone looking forward to one day being entitled to universal New Zealand Superannuation should be worried when the
National Party’s mates publicly undermine confidence in the system, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.