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Lindsay Shelton
TelstraClear rang me the other day. They wanted to offer me a deal for telephone and internet which they said I couldn’t
refuse. I told them I was ready to accept their deal, but first I wanted them to remove their thick and ugly black cable
which ...
Kea New Zealand
Overseas voters in New Zealand’s 2008 General Election changed the outcome of two seats in Parliament, analysis by the
overseas network Kea New Zealand shows.
Duncan Graham
Is NZ the land of opportunity where all who want work can work? The old adage of Buyer Beware applies in the job market
as much as used car yards.
New Zealand Labour Party
Labour transport spokesman Darren Hughes says KiwiRail will bleed slowly to death if it is denied the funding it needs
to buy new rolling stock.
Content.net
Dec. 18 – The New Zealand dollar rose for the fourth day in a row, reaching its highest in a month, as the U.S. dollar
plummeted on the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut U.S. interest rates to a record low.
Yellow
Yellow’s ambitious advertising campaign to build a real restaurant ten metres high in a redwood tree has been completed.
The occasion was marked with a traditional ‘roof party’ for the project’s suppliers – all of whom were found through ...
Binoy Kampmark
It’s being touted as the biggest fraud in history. This is quite something, given the competition U.S. financial trader
Bernard Madoff is up against in this year’s financial rogue sweepstakes. Madoff, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment
Securities ...
New Zealand Defence Force
Members of the New Zealand Defence Force bomb squad will head to the West Coast today to assess and render safe what is
believed to be a WW1 Hertz Horn sea mine.
Gordon Campbell
In every crisis there is an opportunity, and Commodore Bainimarama has given the new National-led government the chance
to rescue New Zealand from the dead end policy stance of the Clark government. Later today, we will find out whether
Foreign Affairs ...
United Nations
The Security Council today voiced support for the joint military operation launched by the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC), Uganda and Southern Sudan to flush out the Ugandan rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) from a remote
national park ...
Government Of The Cook Islands
Cook Islands deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate says he’s very disappointed by the deportation of TVNZ reporter
Barbara Dreaver “because it’s just not the Pacific way.”
Dave Berman
After missing several consecutive monthly meetings of the ad hoc volunteer Election Advisory Committee (EAC), convened
by Humboldt County, CA Registrar of Voters Carolyn Crnich, on Tuesday night I rejoined the group to learn Crnich has at
last given up ...
The White House
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please be seated. (Applause.) Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm sorry I'm late.
(Laughter.) But I am honored to be back at the Army War College.
The White House
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. President, bienvenido de nuevo. I am honored to have you back. I appreciate your friendship, and I
appreciate your strong leadership for the people of our close ally, El Salvador.
Green Party
On behalf of the Green Party may I congratulate you on your new role, Mr Speaker, and thank the Clerks office for its
excellent management of the House this year. I want to thank our hard working and fantastic Parliamentary staff,
everyone who ...
New Zealand Government
Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett has welcomed the decision in the Crown’s favour in the Child
Poverty Action Group’s case against the in-work tax credit.
The White House
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for coming out to say hello. General, thank you for the introduction, I am honored to be at
Camp Victory.
William Rivers Pitt
I met a chef from Texas who was like an oak tree with tattoos, and made a mean barbecue sauce. He'd been in the 101st
Airborne and was about to be deployed to Iraq, but destroyed his knee in a training exercise and wound up getting
discharged. He knew ...
The White House
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. Thanks, Mr. President, it's good to be with a dear friend. You and I have spent a lot of
time together and we have done a lot of work together, all aiming to give the people of Afghanistan a better life. I'm
glad to ...
Zespri
ZESPRI™ GREEN and ZESPRI™ GOLD kiwifruit may strengthen the body's natural defences for everyday protection, according
to studies published this week in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand
Visa
Local Visa debit, credit and prepaid cardholders can snap up advanced tickets to the New Zealand leg of COLDPLAY’s Viva
La Vida tour, to be held at Vector Arena in Auckland next year in March.
The White House
THE PRESIDENT: I have just had the distinct pleasure and honor of visiting with Dr. Halima Bashir, who wrote a book
called "Tears of the Desert." This good soul brings firsthand accounts to what life is like in Darfur. She has witnessed
violence, deprivation, ...
Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss how NZ's Treasury & Finance Minister are to announce a rather gloomy economic fiscal update. ALSO, Police have been paying people to spy on
Greenpeace and other legitimate protest groups.
New Zealand Government
Streamlining the Resource Management Act (RMA) is off to a good start with today’s announcement of the RMA Technical
Advisory Group to support the Government’s programme of reform of the Resource Management Act, Minister for Regulatory
Reform, Hon Rodney ...
David Swanson
Given the fates of the other two members of Bush's axis of evil, some would argue that the best defense Iran could have
would be a nuclear bomb. They would, however, be wildly wrong. The best defense Iran could have would be awareness in
the minds ...
Federated Farmers
"State-led economic tinkering has almost led New Zealand into an economic abyss. If New Zealand needs an economic
miracle we have one. It's called agriculture," said Federated Farmers economics spokesperson, Philip York.
Settlement Support
On Thursday we acknowledge the contribution migrants make in our communities and workplaces during the United Nation’s
International Migrant’s day.
New Zealand Defence Force
It was a spectacular sight over the skies of the Manawatu this afternoon as Number 3 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand
Air Force flew all of its Iroquois and Sioux aircraft.
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out continues to add to this year's line-up with the announcement that Christchurch's Bang Bang Eche have
won a nationwide radio competition for the opening slot on the Smokefree Local Produce stage. Intriguing Hamilton robot
band The Trons ...
David Swanson
As George Bush prepares to leave office, he and his aides are trying desperately to rewrite history, especially on Iraq.
Nearly six years after invading Iraq on the basis of lies that were manufactured inside the White House, the Bush
Administration ...