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Police Commissioners from every state and territory in Australia and New Zealand have joined together to combat family
violence.The Australasian Policing Strategy on the Prevention and Reduction of Family Violence was launched today to
coincide with White Ribbon Day - White Ribbon Day is the international day when men in particular, wear a white ribbon
to show they do not tolerate or condone men's violence towards women. More »[1]
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White Ribbon Day [10]
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0811/S00072.htm [10]
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00313.htm [11]
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00282.htm [12]
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0811/S00199.htm [13]
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NZ POLITICS------------
The clip on last night’s television of George W. Bush genially patting new boy John Key on the back at the APEC
gathering in Peru was not only embarrassing to watch. It was a reminder that a change of government is not just about
policy settings. It is also about who represents New Zealand on the world stage, and how that makes us feel... More »[1]
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"Our starting point is New Zealand needs a more responsive health system: one that responds to the priorities of New
Zealanders. It is the public’s priorities that inform the new Government’s priorities. New Zealanders want better,
sooner, more convenient healthcare, and they want accountability for results. And that is our goal too." More »[1]
The Family party was formed out of the Destiny party - a Faith based party - achieving some 14,000 votes in the ‘05
election; however the Family party vote dropped to 6,900 in November 8, ‘08 election.
More »[1]
The Chief Electoral Officer has declared the official results for the 2008 General Election. In summary: - The number of
seats in Parliament will be 122. - The National Party has lost one list seat compared to election night, and now has 58
seats in total. - The Green Party has gained one list seat compared to election night, and now has nine seats in total. More »[1]
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New Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Associate Defence Minister Heather Roy joined families and well-wishers today at
Ohakea Air Force Base to farewell 149 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel bound for a six month tour of duty in
Timor-Leste. More »[1]
Labour Party Leader Phil Goff today announced Labour's shadow Cabinet and spokesperson allocation.
The front bench has five newcomers in Ruth Dyson (health), Clayton Cosgrove (law and order, SoEs), Nanaia Mahuta
(environment and tourism), Maryan Street (trade and tertiary education), and Darren Hughes (transport). Former front
bencher in Government Pete Hodgson is No. 16 More »[1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
The 2008 New Zealand Sharemilkers of the Year say the intangible benefits from entering the competition are ten-fold
compared to any monetary reward. More »[1]
Shell has again led a price decrease with a 5 cent drop in petrol prices, effective 11.00am today, Monday 24 November.
The price drop is due to the continued decrease in the cost of refined product. This is the sixth price decrease in
petrol this month. Petrol is now 29 cents cheaper than it was at the beginning of November. More »[1]
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New Zealand skifields had their best year ever in 2008. Ski Areas Association members sold 1,402,000 passes, up 116,000
from last year‘s 1,286,000. The 2008 result surpasses by 1,000 the previous record of 1,401,000 ski area passes sold in
2006. More »[1]
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Initial reaction to today's restructure plan from Hanover has been mixed. While investors want to retrieve their
investment funds as soon as possible, investors ongoing concerns relate to the management of the Hanover restructure. More »[1]
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It is not stretching a point to call the latest Venezuelan rightwing salvo political pornography. In a last-ditch
attempt to resist the tsunami of support for PSUV candidates, a million copies of a video produced by an organisation
called SYNERGIA began circulating ... More »[1]
The clip on last night’s television of George W. Bush genially patting new boy John Key on the back at the APEC
gathering in Peru was not only embarrassing to watch. It was a reminder that a change of government is not just about
policy settings. ... More »[1]
Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar
tragedies. But their losses also helped further delineate the plight of millions of women in war zones and poor
countries. More »[1]
THE DAY before yesterday, two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian
Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll. More »[1]
So far this year, at least two dozen vessels have been boarded and seized by armed men off the coast of Somalia, the
latest a Saudi Arabian supertanker capable of carrying two million barrels of oil. I'm avoiding... More »[1]
Lieberman Keeps "Made Man" Status The "three wise guys" at the Republican National Convention Image cc Triumph of The
Money Party & the Collective Amnesia Michael Collins More »[1]
Queenstown, New Zealand - You might think it hard to think about politics when you're in a place as extraordinary as
this on New Zealand's South Island. The landscape fills the eye with glacial and volcanic lakes, valleys and mountains
so breathtaking ... More »[1]
The US secret service codename him Renegade. But will Barack Obama conform and relinquish his treasured Blackberry?
Probably: the pressures of those padding, muffling forces within such a bureaucratic creature as the White House may
hold sway. The cardinal... More »[1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Last Christmas Santa elves overheard careless whispers on the factory floor; Mrs Claus was up to no good. The spirit of
Xmas had departed her heart and poor Santa was left alone. Luckily this Xmas Santa wised up. More »[1]
The 2008 Handle the Jandal DIY Music Video Awards will be held this Thursday, September 27, at the St James Theatre,
Courtenay Place, Wellington. More »[1]
The judges for the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards have positioned their deck chairs, turned off their phones and
slapped on the sunscreen as they embark on what will be a wonderful summer of reading. More »[1]
In a game dominated by The Wellington Phoenix, the final score of 2-0 easily made the 12th round of the A-League one of
the most exciting and fast-paced games in the series. Here are a few photo highlights... More »[1]
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karimsahai.com [2]
[2] - http://karimsahai.com/ [2]
While peace was not officially announced until June 1919, the November Armistice was cause for great celebration and
considerable relief in New Zealand as elsewhere. More »[1]
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Arctic Monkeys kick start 2009 with shows in Wellington and Auckland alongside their Big Day Out performance. More »[1]
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24 November 2008 – Some 3,000 prisoners, staff and their families in Kenya will have access to clean water and basic
sanitation thanks to a new United Nations-backed programme. More »[1]
More than one in every 10 Central Africans in their country’s northwest is acutely malnourished, the United Nations
humanitarian wing reported today as it called on international donors to support more than 100 separate projects. More »[1]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Israel and the Palestinians to continue their negotiations, as well as to
improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. More »[1]
24 November 2008 – The top United Nations envoy to Iraq has strongly condemned the series of bombings that struck
Baghdad today, killing and injuring innocent civilians on their way to work. More »[1]
Among those sentenced in further closed trials at Rangoon’s infamous Insein Prison was prominent monk Ashin Gambira, the
leader of the monk-led September 2007 Saffron Revolution. More »[1]
The security situation in war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is calm, with the recent ceasefire
apparently holding, the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the country reported today. More »[1]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed work in northern Somalia after its operations there were
temporarily halted following the coordinated series of deadly bomb attacks in the city of Hargeisa late last month that
killed two UN ... More »[1]
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