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Vincent Murwira
How bad is the American financial crisis and stock market turbulence going to affect the rest of the world? Vincent
Murwira focuses on Tuvalu - a tiny Pacific nation – as a symbol of how the world markets impact on small and developing
nations.
New Zealand National Party
Realising Maori aspiration is the aim of National's Maori Affairs and Treaty Negotiations policies released today by
National Party Leader John Key.
Green Party
The collaboration of Helen Clark and John Key to refuse to share a TV platform with other party leaders is extreme
arrogance and signals the start of a major attack to undermine MMP, says the Green Party.
Sheila Samples
So here we sit, our heads jerking back and forth so rapidly most of us are suffering severe whiplash. Will the US attack
Iran? Will Israel attack Iran? Or will the two war-mongering bullies join forces and "bomb, bomb, bomb" that belligerent
twit-nation ...
Move2NZ
Leading New Zealand migration community, move2nz.com and Air New Zealand are working together to ensure safe and
comfortable arrival to NZ.
UCOL
Secondary students at UCOL’s Science Open Day had an up-close experience with bacteria research today.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Justice & Corrections spokesman Simon Power says the surge in knife violence is one more reason why the country needs "National
answers" to law and order.
New Zealand Government
The New Zealand Government representative on the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, Phil Goff, today welcomed CMAG’s
reaffirmation of its strong support for the Pacific Islands Forum to achieve the restoration of democratic and
constitutional ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Deputy Leader Bill English says all New Zealanders with an interest in free speech will welcome John
Key's confirmation today that a National-led Government will repeal the oppressive Electoral Finance Act.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Education spokeswoman Anne Tolley says the Education Minister must say whether he is satisfied with the
way the Teachers Council is enforcing the competency among those in front of our classrooms.
Electoral Enrolment Centre
Almost 36,000 people have enrolled or updated their details since the election date was announced, but a further 235,000
are running out of time to enrol and make voting easy for themselves.
United Nations
A radical overhaul of policies focusing more on economic and social assistance rather than military strength is needed
if Afghanistan is to ever achieve peace and stability, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov told the General Assembly
today.
Iona Pannett
“The decision of Wellingtonians to retain STV (Single Transferable Vote) is a fantastic outcome,” said Wellington City
Councillor Iona Pannett.
nupe
“The Union representing Fishery Officers is disappointed that Parliament did not pick up a proposed amendment to the
Fisheries Act Amendment Bill (No 2) when the Bill was passed under urgency in the last week,” said Martin Cooney,
Organiser ...
Alastair Thompson
The fourth and final part of a series chronicling the pilgrimage of Scoop's Wendy Cooper and Alastair Thompson across
Northern Spain to Santiago Compostella.
New Zealand Alliance Party
Alliance Party co leader Kay Murray says the New Zealand public should boycott the televised leaders debates if only
Helen Clark and John Key take part.
Libertarianz Party
"The headlines in recent days say it all: '*Stabbing In Central Auckland*' - '*30 police hunt Wanganui man's killers*' -
'*Fatal Stabbing In Invercargill*'.
Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust
The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust has been awarded a prestigious BirdLife International Conservation Achievement Award for
their innovative conservation work. The Trust is the first New Zealand conservation organisation to receive this award.
Sky Television
CAMPAIGN 08 is a live ‘Meet the Press’ style programme where, in the run up to this year’s election, party leaders are
questioned on their policies and performance by some of the country’s top political journalists, editors and
broadcasters.
Zahir Ebrahim
The 47 minute film titled “The Capitalist Conspiracy: An Inside View of International Banking”, by the author of the
famous book on the founding of the Federal Reserve System “ Creature from Jekyll Island ”, can be watched here . The
material that ...
Cycling Advocates Network
Cycling advocacy group Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) today launched a General Election 2008 resource to help
candidates and voters who want to support cycling. The aim is to build the numbers of cyclists who vote 'with their
wheels'.
United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continue to help authorities in
Guinea-Bissau combat an outbreak of cholera that has claimed at least 133 lives since May and forced thousands of others
to be hospitalized.
The Family Party
Family Party leader Richard Lewis will announce today his decision to contest the Manurewa electorate against Labour MP
George Hawkins.
Hamilton Zoo
The unnamed chick, whose sex is not yet known, was hatched on 15 September to first-time parents, Tane (15) and Kowhai
(9). The chick will take up to 13 weeks to leave the nest so won’t be visible to the public until around mid-December.
United Nations
The world’s estimated 1.1 billion Muslims deserve specific representation on an expanded Security Council, Indonesia’s
Foreign Minister said today, calling for any reform of the 15-member body United Nations body to consider the need for a
variety ...
Scoop Link
Washington Mutual, the giant lender that came to symbolize the excesses of the mortgage boom, was seized by federal
regulators on Thursday night, in what is by far the largest bank failure in American history.
Alastair Thompson
The last couple of days have involved walking over a mountain range between Astorga and Ponferrada. The distance, 56
kms, is probably a bit like walking to Greytown and the height of the hill not that different than walking over the
Rimutakas. We ...
Rosemary and Walter Brasch
It was Monday evening and the phone rang—again. It was probably the fifth time in two hours. A pleasant voice said she
was from the—oh that really doesn’t make any difference. Both presidential candidates have volunteer minions on the
phones ...
US State Department
Tina Frundt, thank you so much for your introduction. Tina is one of the extraordinary people who have worked on the
front lines of the anti-slavery movement, forging the best ways to do street outreach, for example, in downtown DC. I am
so happy to know ...
University of Auckland
A venture that will help scientists reduce the time and cost of setting up clinical trials has claimed top prize in the
final of the Spark $40K Challenge at The University of Auckland (as at 8pm Friday 26 September).