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Sport Wellington
The $2.5 million dollar Johnnie Walker Classic Champion Mark Brown is the Dominion Post Wellington Sportsperson of the
Year for 2008. For Brown the 2007/2008 season has been one that most golfers can only dream of. Brown also has taken out
the Tui ...
Gordon Campbell
1. In the wake of Sharon Stone’s comments at the Cannes Film Festival about Tibet and the Dalai Lama, China’s official
state news agency has branded her “the public enemy of all mankind” - an even harsher review than those she got for
Basic Instinct ...
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After extending Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest for one year, Burma's
military junta on Thursday (May 29) blamed her political party members, and fake donors, for inciting Cyclone Nargis
survivors to ...
Undernews
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions, and composed our
masterpieces. Never will the world know all it owes to them, nor all they have suffered to enrich us - Marcel Proust
Sherwood Ross
George W. Bush may not be much of a president but his latest comments comparing his Iraq war to World War II indicate he
is even less of a historian.
Kevin List
Click for big version A man accustomed to chucking on the odd Hoodie – Green MP Nandor Tanczos
William Rivers Pitt
Despite what the mainstream news media choose to report, Senator John McCain of Arizona is not the last remaining
Republican candidate for president today. Congressman Ron Paul of Texas never abandoned his run for the GOP nomination,
and he fully intends ...
Keith Rankin
John Key, in his recent statements, talks not merely of tax cuts, but of more widespread changes to the structure of
personal income tax. Thus, he is (or at least he says he is) planning tax reform, and not merely a lowering of average
tax rates under ...
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition
The State Services Commission should investigate whether scientists of NIWA have crossed the boundary into politics with
their sudden flurry of advocacy for action on so-called global warming at a time when the Government is struggling to
gain support ...
United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has reaffirmed his call for a referendum on the future of the Maori seats in light of a
report released today.
UK Government
"Many young people carry a knife because they are fearful; these ads tell powerful stories about the dangers. People
have got to get the message that if they carry a knife, there's more chance of it being used against them." - UK Home
Office Minister.
Terry Evans
According to a recent announcement by Myanmar Teleport, technical changes are being made to prevent the use of proxy
servers in Burma. Myanmar Teleport, one of the country’s two Internet Service Providers, states that the new measures
are to improve service ...
Office of the Clerk
1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime Minister: Does she still aspire for New Zealand to be carbon
neutral and “the first nation to be truly sustainable”, as she said in her statement to the House in February last year?
The Nielsen Company
New Zealand consumer confidence in the economy plunged 18 points from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2008,
according to a global online survey by The Nielsen Company.
New Zealand National Party
“How fair is it that the chief executive of Housing New Zealand is likely to have her pay docked for hosting a
conference at a venue which the Minister endorsed?”
Intel
New 34 Nanometer 32 Gigabit NAND Chip is Industry’s Most Advanced NAND Process Technology Available Enabling Increased
Storage Capacity in Small Form-Factor Applications
ELECTRICITY NETWORKS ASSOCIATION
A smarter way to achieve sustainable electricity in New Zealand was presented to the Energy Trusts of NZ conference in
Wellington today by Windflow Technology Chief Executive and Director Geoff Henderson.
Housing New Zealand
Housing New Zealand today published details of conferences held by its Property Improvement Team since 2002.
John Bishop
Criminal investigations going wrong, politicians making blunders and plenty of bad language in this issue. Oh did anyone
mention a budget: tax cuts seem to be overwhelmed by other events. And there’s some thoughts on the PR benefits of
natural disasters ...
Jason Leopold
Editor’s Note: In light of explosive revelations made Thursday morning by former White House Press Secretary Scott
McClellan claiming that President Bush ordered the leak of classified information in the CIA leak case, The Public
Record is republishing ...
New Zealand Government
Agreement on a ground-breaking new treaty banning cluster munitions in Dublin yesterday has been warmly welcomed by
Disarmament Minister Phil Goff. “This new Convention will save lives and help prevent the unacceptable civilian
casualties caused by cluster ...
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
Long-time supporters of the arts, Roderick and Gillian Deane, have been honoured for their substantial and sustained
generosity to the arts with the annual Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage, presented by Perpetual Trust.
www.NZHistory.net.nz
A new era in New Zealand’s digital history begins today with the launch of www.VietnamWar.govt.nz, asking people to
share their stories, experiences and memorabilia of the Vietnam War.
Telecom New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand today announced two key appointments to its executive team. Alan Gourdie has been appointed as Chief
Executive Officer Retail, and Frank Mount has been appointed as Telecom’s Group Chief Transformation Officer.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says for the first time a person claiming to be a Work and Income
insider has confirmed widespread abuse of sickness benefits by those seeking to avoid work.
New Zealand Government
New Zealand’s smoking rate has fallen to its lowest level since monitoring of tobacco use began more than thirty years
ago, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Associate Health Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.
HCD Research
A national study among 309 self-reported Republicans, Democrats and independents indicated that Americans were less
favorable of President Bush after viewing the Scott McClellan interview on the Today Show
Pacific Journalism Review
Media: Three thought-provoking commentators challenge the media as it faces digital decisions for the future in the
latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review . Including, Prime Minister Helen Clark who finds much to fault in New
Zealand journalism in her ...
LawFuel
In a judgment today from Justice Rhys Harrison, a rare award of indemnity costs in the amount of $1.057,691.25 was made
in respect of an action that arose from Clive Bradbury's "deep-seated sense of grievance" over the Bank's ending of a
solicitor-client ...
Scoop Audio
Audio: Today in Parliament for Thursday 29 May, 2008: ... Tom Frewen presents the day's big political issues raised
during Parliament's question time and general debate..