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New Zealand Government
John Key’s attempt to gloss over difficult aspects of New Zealand’s history is not befitting of a man who wants to be
Prime Minister, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen said today.
Lyndon Hood
If it's not assault to repeatedly baton and pepper spray a man who was offering no harm to himself or others - just
imagine what you can do to your child!
New Zealand National Party
National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says Michael Cullen and Labour have scored an embarrassing own
goal in their desperate attempts to make political mileage out of a reported comment by John Key.
Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. and Thai security officials spent much of June probing Bangkok-linked international gangs,
after police seized thousands of counterfeit and genuine American and foreign passports and pages, including passports
smuggled ...
Office of the Clerk
1. DAVE HEREORA to the Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: What recent progress has been made on
Treaty of Waitangi settlements? 2. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Justice: How many times will the Electoral
Commission meet before ...
GNS Science
A fossil hunter has discovered that one of the largest known dinosaurs, a titanosaurid, roamed New Zealand about 80
million years ago.
ITUC
Two more trade unionists have been murdered. The ITUC, together with its Colombian affiliates, CUT CGT and CTC,
categorically denounce those latest atrocities. Twenty-eight trade unionists have been murdered in Colombia since the
start of the year.
New Zealand Government
The Government Maori caucus says John Key's ignorance of New Zealand history absolutely proves he is not someone who can
be trusted to lead this country.
Kevin List
Unless we get a few choice email leaks from John Key’s office - yoo hoo, ready and waiting - we can only estimate what
National’s policies will be in government by checking its public statements to date.
Drinking Liberally NZ
The world wide Drinking Liberally phenomenon has its Auckland premier next Wednesday night at the London Bar with
special guest speaker David Slack.
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
"The public has to be more alert", warned one "international terrorism expert" in the Daily Mail late last year, because
Scotland "is set to become another Israel within five years". "[A]nti-terror measures will soon become a common feature
of ...
The Kiwi Party
Kiwi Party Leader and CIR Petition organiser Larry Baldock said he was outraged at the Prime Ministers arrogance in
declaring in Parliament today that the referendum on the Anti-smacking law would not be held until 2009.
New Zealand Defence Force
In what is a significant milestone for the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Boeing 757 modification and upgrade programme,
the first of two aircraft (NZ7571) has completed successful test flights at Mobile Aerospace Engineering in Mobile,
Alabama.
Public Service Association
A PSA-led negotiating team has reached a settlement in its collective agreement negotiations with the Department of
Labour and all industrial action by department staff is being withdrawn.
LG Electronics
26 June 2008: LG Electronics, worldwide leader in mobile communication technology and design, announces the launch of
the third LG Black Label Series handset, LG Secret (KF750).
Sky Television
It was billed as the biggest and best spectacle the cricket world has ever seen. Eight franchise teams stacked with
international stars playing boundary-smashing Twenty20 in front of 60,000 feverish Indian fans in the stands, and
millions more ...
New Zealand Government
The Royal New Zealand Air Force has undertaken a number of successful test flights of one of its Boeing 757 aircraft,
which is currently undertaking a significant upgrade in the United States state of Alabama, Defence Minister Phil Goff
said today.
Office of the Clerk
1. JOHN KEY (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement, in relation to the
possibility of holding a referendum alongside the general election, that “Just in terms of sheer organisation I don't
think that is possible.”; ...
New Zealand Government
Following Gerry Brownlee's comments in the House today, full speech notes from Michael Cullen's 2005 Waitangi Day Speech
are attached.
Scoop Audio
Scoop Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss how gang violence and rivalry is challenging provincial leaders, and, there's
good snow and skiing on offer for Aussies should they want to cross the ditch. Meanwhile, ...
UK Government
Zimbabwe, Energy Prices and the NHS were on the agenda at today's PMQs. The PM also took questions on Child Poverty,
Trade Union Laws, Crime, IRA, Immigration, Education, Free bus travel, Railway, Seaside resorts, Organ donations and the
Gurkhas.
Association of University Staff
The Association of University Staff (AUS) has welcomed confirmation today that academic staff will continue to have
visa-free access to the United Kingdom for periods of up to twelve months.
New Zealand Government
Justice Minister Annette King today said that John Key has shown breathtaking ignorance of the problems caused when
referenda are held at the same time as a general election.
Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: The peace advocate Harmeet Sooden talks to Paul about his deportation from Israel. Arriving in Tel Aviv to
work with the International Solidarity Movement he was instead detained by Israeli officials who said he was a threat to
their national ...
Montana NZ Book Awards
Celebrated New Zealand poets, Sam Hunt, CK Stead, Glenn Colquhoun and Poet Laureate Michelle Legott take to the stage to
celebrate Montana Poetry Day, Friday 18 July.
United Nations
The Security Council has called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to send a fact-finding mission to the border between
Djibouti and Eritrea, where several days of fighting earlier this month led to several deaths and dozens of wounded.
Green Party
The Green Party has renewed calls for a Commerce Commission investigation into supermarket pricing practises and has
revealed the large mark ups that supermarkets have placed on two Kiwi staples.
New Zealand Customs Service
In the four years since New Zealand Customs Service Drug Detector dogs have been trained to detect pseudoephedrine, they
have found over 100kg. This amount of precursor would have been used to make approximately $25 million worth of crystal
methamphetamine.
Fight the Obesity Epidemic
"The Health Select Committee has watered down the ability of future governments to make regulations to reduce obesity",
says Dr Robyn Toomath, spokesperson for FOE (Fight the Obesity Epidemic).
New Zealand Government
“We should all be proud of what the iwi of the Central North Island have achieved with this settlement” Minister of
Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia said today.