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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.
New Zealand Government
The New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) enters into force tomorrow, Trade Minister Phil Goff said.
New Zealand Government
The first phase of the government's personal tax cut package will deliver tax cuts of between $12 and $28 a week for
full-time workers, delivering some relief for households hurt by skyrocketing global commodity prices this year, says
Finance Minister Michael ...
Undernews
Craig Crawford, CQ - How did anyone think the public would get behind something sold as a bailout of Wall Street
multi-millionaires? Make it a bailout of homeowners, and you would have something that could pass in Congress. But to do
that, the Bush ...
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 ...
New Zealand First Party
Rt Hon Winston Peters has asked the Labour Party to stop stealing all New Zealand First’s thunder over benefits for
senior citizens that take effect today.
Martha Rosenberg
In April, Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), wrote that pharma's
influence on medicine "is so blatant now you'd have to be deaf, blind and dumb not to see it," adding, "We should all
get ...
Cynthia Boaz
If you've ever read Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," you will recall the key role that was
played by the women assigned to be the "Aunts." The story revolves around a futuristic American society in which
fundamentalist Christians ...
Scoop Full Coverage
So the House has rejected the bailout plan – or more correctly, the House Republicans rejected the plan concocted by
their own President and Treasury Secretary. Has any president ever been so humiliated as Bush? President Bush was
treated like a plague ...
St Andrew's on The Terrace
Last night 180 people attended the Wellington premiere of "For the Bible Tells Me So" at St Andrew's on the Terrace
Presbyterian Church. Attendees were a mix of church-goers and members of Wellington's gay community, including some who
will be attending the ...
Michael Moore
Everyone said the bill would pass. The masters of the universe were already making celebratory dinner reservations at
Manhattan's finest restaurants. Personal shoppers in Dallas and Atlanta were dispatched to do the early Christmas
gifting. Mad Men ...
Back Benches
Tonight on Back Benches we’ve got four of the Wellington Candidates … Stephen Franks from National, Sue Kedgley from the
Greens, Grant Robertson from Labour and Heather Roy from ACT.
Bernard Weiner
There's been so much happening politically -- the daily scandals, flippity-floppities, hypocrisies, lies -- that it's
hard to know where to begin. Let's start with quick reactions to Obama vs McCain, Round 1, then move on to the upcoming
Palin-Biden debate, ...
ACT New Zealand
NZ faces a serious financial situation says Sir Roger Douglas and it has been made much worse by the incredible waste of
public expenditure over the last 12 years.
Reserve Bank
The Reserve Bank today reiterated its previous comments that the New Zealand banking system remains sound. Its comments
follow financial market turbulence following the failure of the US Troubled Assets Relief Program to pass through
Congress.
New Zealand Government
Free off-peak travel, better subsidies for hearing aids and tax cuts boosting superannuation will provide senior
citizens with even more reasons to celebrate International Day of the Older Person today.
First National
First National Progressive has intensified its services to property investors, offering a special service to help
investors shop wisely in the current property market.
Hugh Pavletich
The major reason for initiating the Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Surveys back in late 2004
with Wendell Cox of Demographia, St Louis, USA - was to illustrate to Australian’s and New Zealanders in particular at
the time - just ...
Greenhouse Policy Coalition
The executive director of the Greenhouse Policy Coalition, Catherine Beard, says the much needed tax cuts will
unfortunately be eaten into significantly by the increased costs households will face from the emissions trading scheme.
New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Helen Clark and Michael Cullen have had so many different stories on
tax that they can't be trusted.
New Zealand Government
Today, the New Zealand Railways Corporation acquires the shares in KiwiRail and a new management team begins work with
the board on charting a course for the future.
United Nations
With the crisis of contaminated milk products in China having driven over 54,000 children to seek medical treatment, the
UN World Health Organization has issued guidance to help authorities decide on health concerns of melamine levels in
food.
Westpac Franchise Awards
>From successful home grown franchise businesses such as Paper Plus to other New Zealand greats like the Rodney Wayne
Ltd, the franchise industry plays a huge part in the New Zealand economy with an annual turnover of $16 billion.
Energy Networks Assn
Electricity lines businesses stress that the concern over Contact Energy’s price rise announcement yesterday relates to
the unregulated energy trading segment of the electricity industry, and that their own charges have stayed flat in real
terms ...
Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has linked the delay of the PGG Wrightson / Silver Fern Farms settlement on upheaval in global
finance markets.
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.
New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark today welcomed the 1 October tax cuts for all workers, and New Zealand Superannuitants,
Working for Families increases, and free off-peak public transport for Super Gold Card holders.
New Zealand Government
The National Party’s ‘bold’ plan to introduce standardised national testing has been greeted with almost universal
hostility in the education sector and now we have seen yet another policy flip-flop from National, says Education
Minister ...
Kai Mahi Maori Council of Trade Unions Runanga
A prominent Maori unionist is sending the Maori Party a strong reminder of Nationals track record with workers.
Skip Ink
The casting of New Zealand's most famous Phantom Rob Guest (full bio follows) has been cast as The Wizard in the
multi-million Australian production of the Broadway smash-hit Wicked. The announcement has been made this afternoon in
Melbourne where ...