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Auckland Zoo
Auckland Zoo's three 14-week-old Sumatran tiger cubs make their much-anticipated public debut today.
Suzan Mazur
Over the phone I detect a touch of William Shatner's Kirk in the voice of NASA astrobiologist Christopher P. McKay .
McKay admits he was inspired by the television series Star Trek 30 years ago and the "great voyages of discovery". But
while most of his professional ...
Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar
Paul G. Buchanan writes: The introduction of Sarah Palin into the US presidential race has simplified the equation for
victory. She has acquitted herself in her first mainstream media interviews, and she looks to be committed to the long
haul.
Air New Zealand
Hundreds of people flocked to Victoria Square in Christchurch today to watch daring Kiwis get their heads shaved and
'tattooed' for Air New Zealand's Cranial Billboards campaign.
Undernews
Stop talking like them. As Harry Truman said, "Give the people a choice between a Republican and a Democrat who talks
like a Republican and they'll choose the Republican every time." Ever since closet conservative Bill Clinton conned his
party into thinking ...
bhootan.org
Catholic Charities' Refugee Resettlement Program is scrambling to find homes, beds, furnishings and jobs for 450
refugees, majority of them Nepalese-speaking Bhutanese who were expelled from their home in Bhutan in the late 1990s.
Tim Wise
For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some
easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
New Zealand National Party
“A paper from the New Zealand Law Society describes Labour’s Electoral Finance as an ‘unwarranted intrusion on the right
to freedom of political expression’,” says National Party Deputy Leader Bill English.
Jim Miles
Economics as the “dismal science” was greatly emphasized in a recent Scientific American article concerned about the
“unscientific assumptions in economic theory…undermining efforts to solve environmental problems.”[1] Economists are
great at using wonderful ...
University of Auckland
Scientists are studying whether animals look at the physical world in the same way as humans, and have discovered some
birds are better at physical reasoning than apes.
New Zealand Government
I have been asked to talk about the challenges the energy industry faces moving forward, and how the government is
working to meet them. I will start by talking about the government’s goals for the energy sector and the programmes we
are putting in place ...
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand is reinforcing its claim to the title of the world’s most environmentally responsible airline by
installing new equipment that will reduce the carbon emissions from its international jet fleet.
New Zealand Government
National leader John Key should get his health spokesman Tony Ryall to apologise for his blatant attempt to bully
district health boards, Health Minister David Cunliffe said today.
Verge
Air New Zealand Fashion Week’s elite select Michelle Wilson as the inaugural winner of Verge’s $10,000 Business
Development Grant
Back Benches
Tonight on Back Benches our panel is Jeanette Fitzsimons co-leader of the Greens, Peter Dunne United Future leader and
Charles Chauvell from Labour.
Nom D
"Bedlam" is another in the series of experiments in form and construction which have become the hallmark of the label.
Margi Robertson and her team have long been aware that fresh new ideas are often born from the chaos of creativity.
LawFuel
A LawFuel poll showed only two percent of respondents believed Winston Peters in the ongoing saga over New Zealand First
donations and Peters' contempt hearing before the Privileges Committee.
New Zealand Government
Te Runanga-ä-iwi Ngäti Kahu, today signed an Agreement in Principle with the Crown, Treaty Negotiations Minister Dr
Michael Cullen said.
The Maori Party
Well, we finally got a date. On November 8, New Zealanders go to the polls and I’m glad all of the posturing is over.
New Zealand Police
The grandfather of a young Matamata boy killed in a tragic accident on Sunday has asked for privacy as his family carry
out his grandson's funeral and grieve.
Soul PR
It's the cheapest and most effective way to protect yourself or your business in a faltering economy - it's free, simple
and has been a proven winner down through time.
Skeptics
The NZ Skeptics Bent Spoon for the most irresponsibly gullible statement in the media in the past year goes to Detective
Senior Sergeant Ross Levy of the New Zealand Police Force for promoting psychics as "just another tool" in the
investigative policing ...
Jason Miller
Savage animal slaughterer that she is, it’s apt that Sarah Palin has now brutally plunged a razor-sharp knife into the
very heart of the seemingly invincible doubts concerning her capacity to be Vice-President of the United States.
Wielding her chutzpah ...
New Zealand Government
Crime is not just an issue that should be resurrected once every three years and addressed by simplistic slogans in
election year campaigns. It is a serious issue, because it hits at a fundamental human right and need to feel safe in
your home, ...
SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists
Recently, the Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force, Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae wrote, 'Those who doubt the
courage, commitment, comradeship or integrity of the men and women of New Zealand Defence Force are misinformed.'
Green Party
Fonterra has a responsibility to ensure that the families and children affected by their Chinese partner's contaminated
products are getting the medical attention they desperately need, Green Party MP Sue Kedgley says.
Suzuki
Suzuki has continued on its record-breaking way in the New Zealand new car market, with the best-selling Swift making
further in-roads.
Rosalea Barker
The most important event I went to during either convention was the press conference held at the Denver Press Club to
discuss “threats to our electoral infrastructure”. Included in the materials I picked up at the press conference was a
DVD of Stealing ...
New Zealand Government
Hon Nanaia Mahuta Minister of Youth Affairs Hon Ruth Dyson Minister of Social Development and Employment
Joint Media Statement
Housing affordability improved by a record amount in August to its best level since January last year after house prices
fell sharply and fixed mortgage rates fell below 9%, the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report shows.