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The commercial fishing industry is showing contempt for New Zealanders’ wishes by filing a lawsuit against measures to
protect endangered Hector’s dolphins, conservation organisation WWF said today.
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NZ POLITICS------------
The major New Zealand political parties that were in Government between 1972 and 2005 honoured at least half of their
pre-election manifesto pledges, with some administrations nearly 90 percent true to their word. These are the findings
of a six-year study... which reviewed 33 years spanning 11 terms from 1972-2005. More »[1]
Helen Clark: I have advised the Administrator of the Government today that the date for the dissolution of Parliament will be 3
October. Writ day will follow on 8th October and nomination day will be on 14th October. The general election will be
held on 8th November. More »[1]
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According to Clark, the election will be “all about trust”. Such has been the declaration of virtually every other
leader of an unpopular long term government, bereft of any new ideas, and attempting to set the scene for unrelenting
attacks on their opponents. More »[1]
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The Green Party welcomes the passing of the Waste Minimisation Bill into law and calls on Ministers, businesses and the
community to use the tools it provides to achieve a zero-waste New Zealand. "Seeing this important bill passed has been
a long journey for the Green Party. It has been more than two years since it was drawn from ballot." More »[1]
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Winston Peters goal last night was simple survival. And if the rules of natural justice rules still apply, he did manage
to shake Owen Glenn’s testimony just enough to avoid summary execution. More »[1]
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The Ministry of Health's drug regulatory arm Medsafe and Government drug-funding agency PHARMAC are well advanced in
their efforts to source an alternative brand to the funded thyroid medicine Eltroxin. More »[1]
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Police are interviewing two men at the centre of this morning's double shooting of Police Officers in Mangere. One
officer was killed and another received several shots and was assaulted. More »[1]
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Homicide Arrests [1]
Officer Named [2]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra knew in August that a Chinese company it owns almost half of was selling contaminated
baby milk. One child has died, and hundreds of others are sick after drinking the baby formula made by the Sanlu
company, and there has been a huge backlash online. More »[1]
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The Chair of Wool Partners International, Theresa Gattung, has today announced the appointment of Iain Abercrombie as
Chief Executive Officer. More »[1]
New Zealand’s glaciers are showing the lowest total ice mass on record and most are continuing to shrink at a rapid
rate. Research released by NIWA shows the Southern Alps glaciers have lost 2.5 km³ of permanent ice from April 2007 to
March 2008, the fourth highest annual loss since monitoring started. More »[1]
A team from the University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital completed a post-mortem examination of the 38-year-old dolphin
this afternoon. Kelly had been unwell for several days and died on Wednesday. More »[1]
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Interim relief from new fishing restrictions to protect the livelihoods of fishermen whose businesses will otherwise be
destroyed has been sought today in the High Court... “We’re absolutely not asking for interim orders that will threaten
our Maui’s and Hector’s dolphin populations.” More »[1]
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Industry specialist returns to Unisys to lead trans-Tasman industry practice. Unisys has appointed Paul Allen as sales
manager, Australia and New Zealand, Financial Services. More »[1]
Professor of physics Tony Signal is on the international team working to replicate the “big bang” that created the
Universe. More »[1]
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COMMENT------------
In the quest for a more positive dialogue between women and men, it's worth revisiting George Lucas' classic scifi film
THX-1138 set in an underground city of tomorrow where sex is forbidden and drug sedation laws are to be obeyed. In the
film LUH tells... More »[1]
(Wash. DC) Senator John McCain can't live without Sarah Palin but he can't live with her either, at least not much
longer. McCain is much like Professor Rath in "The Blue Angel." He's infatuated with someone... More »[1]
Katie Llanos-Small writes: Why is Robert Fisk so hacked off with the way much of the Western media portrays the Middle East conflicts? Katie
Llanos-Small interviews an author who has reported three decades of horror and injustice to find some answers. More »[1]
(Wash. DC) On 9/11 Susan Lindauer will have the second of three hearings to prove her competence to stand trial as an
accused ''unregistered foreign agent'' for Iraq prior to the 2003 U.S. invasion. She was indicted in April 2004 and has
consistently ... More »[1]
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Experts from CA's 'Top-to-Bottom Review' of E-Voting Systems Demonstrate How to Insert Virus, Access Machines Without
Disturbing 'Security Seals' in Hack Which Would Not Be Discovered Even in 100% Audit of 'Paper Trails' More »[1]
The McCain/Palin GOP is already in the process of stealing the Ohio vote, as was done in 2004. Among those at the center
of the GOP strategy is Bush Family computer operative Michael Connell, who programmed the key vote counting mechanisms
that were ... More »[1]
When I reached origins of life investigator David Deamer by phone at his lab at the University of California, Santa
Cruz, he told me the NASA Astrobiology program he's part of encourages public... More »[1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
The New Zealand Schools' Debating Team, sponsored by Russell McVeagh, has finished as runners-up at the World Schools
Debating Champs, after losing this morning (NZ time) to England in the Grand Final at the Reagan Centre in Washington
D.C. More »[1]
Sir Jon Trimmer is thrilled to be playing the lead role in the Royal New Zealand Ballet's vibrant, new production of Don
Quixote. More »[1]
Three decades have surged by since the release of the superlative AK 79 album; and on Saturday 22nd November at the
Monte Cristo Room, five bands from that culturally-important release are re-forming to take part in AK 79 live. More »[1]
Animal Planet, the world’s only entertainment brand dedicated to the unique relationship between people and animals,
will officially launch a bold new look in October 2008 in New Zealand. More »[1]
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WORLD------------
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday gave the US ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, 72 hours to leave
Venezuelan soil, and has withdrawn Venezuela's Ambassador to the US, Bernardo Álvarez. Announcing the measures in Puerto
Cabello yesterday, ... More »[1]
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The United Nations is providing assistance to a number of countries in the Caribbean that have been badly affected by
recent severe weather, particularly Haiti which has been the worst hit, the world body’s top humanitarian official said
today. More »[1]
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A senior Buddhist monk was arrested in Rangoon on Friday after security forces raided his monastery, according to the
Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners—Burma (AAPP). Military intelligence officers raided the
monastery in ... More »[1]
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More than 3 million people have been uprooted and 60 people killed by the worst flooding to hit north-east India in five
decades, the United Nations World Health Organization WHO reported today. More »[1]
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A technical conference for Burmese bloggers, scheduled to take place in Rangoon, has been banned by Burma's paranoid
military junta. More »[1]
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