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Big Day Out
With the global economy on the brink of collapse, what better time to ask people to hand over their hard earned money to
escape the world for a day.
Michael Moore
Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no
guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion
dollars to line the ...
Undernews
In Washington, for officials and media alike, numbers are treated like adjectives - created, inflated or diminished to
serve the purpose of the moment. So instead of saying "awesome," one declares "$700 billion," as confirmed by the
Treasury official ...
Michel Chossudovsky
The Army Times reports that the 3rd Infantry’s 1st Brigade Combat Team is returning from Iraq to defend the Homeland, as
"an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks." The
BCT unit ...
Green Party
The Green Party is calling on the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to buy back the South Island electricity grid if
Wachovia Bank - which effectively owns the grid - collapses as expected.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Helen Clark’s promise of a ‘pay jolt’ in education coupled with
Michael Cullen’s comments that he is beyond his comfort zone, clearly mean Labour’s future tax cuts are in doubt.
Gordon Campbell
Luckily for Sarah Palin, the focus on the presidential debates and the $700 million bailout plan helped to bury a
horrific series of news events for her last week. First, Palin kept stonewalling her way through the investigation into
her role in the attempted ...
Xbox
Xbox Australia and Universal Music Australia today announced an exclusive live event with The Pussycat Dolls on the
northern broadwalk of the Sydney Opera House. The event is the first in a series entitled Xbox Sounds, which will see
music artists ...
TV3
TV3 has cancelled its proposed Campbell Live Leader’s Debate scheduled for Thursday, October 9.
Wellington City Council
Today's Dominion Post story, headed 'Capital's beaches open to nudists', is somewhat misleading. Wellington's beaches
aren't 'open to nudists' despite the fact the City Council has removed and replaced an old bylaw relating to the
requirement to wear ...
EcoShow
The Ecoshow is shaping up to be a very popular event with bus loads will be arriving from as far afield as Kaitaia.
Michael Collins
(Wash. DC) The White House and Congressional leaders from both parties announced a tentative bill to bailout failed
financial institutions. The bill is a response to the $700 billion initially request by the White House last week. The
bill allocates ...
Hugh Pavletich
“Housing: Taking A Bubble Bath To Reality” Hugh Pavletich Co author Annual Demographia International Housing
Affordability Survey DEMOGRAPHIA Christchurch New Zealand September 29, 2008 The major reason for initiating the Annual
Demographia International Housing ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Leader John Key says New Zealand will weather the global credit storm and National has a carefully
balanced economic package that will help get the country growing again.
New Zealand Business Roundtable
Scholars today widely agree that the Great Depression of the 1930s was largely ‘made by government’ – via excessively
tight monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve, ‘beggar thy neighbour’ protectionist trade policies and other errors.
New Zealand Government
Thank you for the invitation to speak this afternoon at the first session of the PECC Roundtable discussions.
PPTA
I extend a very warm welcome to our annual conference, the occasion where we gather every year to talk about issues of
concern for us as secondary teachers. I am particularly pleased to welcome you at this time because we have more members
than ever before. ...
Family First
Family First NZ is accusing the Wellington City Council of being sneaky, undemocratic, and ignorant to the concerns of
families after they admitted that they ‘quietly got rid of’ a bylaw restricting nudity on public beaches.
Robert Half Finance and Accounting
Now specialist recruiter Robert Half has released a podcast with winning tips for great CVs aimed not just at new
entrants to the job market, but also more senior candidates who need to refresh their resumes.
MAPLight.org
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives today voted against a $700 billion financial system bailout. MAPLight.org
has found that, over the past five years, banks and securities firms gave an average of $231,877 in campaign
contributions to each Representative ...
Kevin List
The cabinet readout - including discussion of electoral enrolment - was followed by Q concentrated the decision by Labour and National not to participate in full leaders debates with minor party leaders.
Rosalea Barker
The bank I wrote about last week was the victim of a takeover robbery on Thursday night. Not by masked gunmen demanding
the money out of customers’ wallets, but by barefaced Feds demanding customers’ deposits: Washington Mutual was taken
over ...
The Kiwi Party
On behalf of the Kiwi Party, leader Larry Baldock is pleased to announce the choice of top ten list candidates for this
years election.
Big Day Out
Promoters have today unveiled two of the most essential pieces in the Big Day Out puzzle for 2008 – the site map and
stage times for the one day music festival in Auckland on Friday 18 January. Students at Auckland Orienteering College
welcomed ...
www.pundit.co.nz
Pundit, New Zealand’s first online current affairs and culture magazine, launches today. The site, www.pundit.co.nz,
offers in-depth analysis of events in New Zealand and abroad, commentary from the most insightful political writers,
polls, blogs, ...
Nova Gas
Nova Gas said today that in the wake of price rise announcements, Wellington energy consumers needed to know that they
still had a cheaper choice. Cressida Gates, Nova Gas Spokesperson, said that in contrast to price rise announcements by
other energy ...
Southern PR
Music lovers will have the chance to see Kiwi favourite Anika Moa live in concert on 24 October in a very special ‘one
night only’ ASB JazzFest Queenstown performance at Queenstown Memorial Hall.
New Zealand Government
The 'alarming' power price rises announced by Contact Energy for South Island customers will be put under the microscope
by government, Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel and Energy Minister David Parker said today.
SKYCITY
SKYCITY, in conjunction with World Poker Seminars, is proud to announce two of the biggest names in professional poker
will hold a Poker Academy when in town for the SKYCITY Festival of Poker next month.
Auckland City Council
On October 17, Aucklanders have the rare opportunity to see Auckland Zoo elephants Kashin and Burma paint, then hear a
thought-provoking lecture on animals in art by Auckland Art Gallery art expert, Mary Kisler.