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Good afternoon, KAYA ORAAAA & welcome to the Politically Incorrect Show on the free speech network, Radio Pacific, for Wednesday May 10, proudly
sponsored by Neanderton Nicotine Ltd, the show that says bugger the politicians & bureaucrats & all ...
A wide-ranging survey by Massey University reveals that New Zealanders are divided about the causes of social
inequality and what should be done about it. The survey also throws light on attitudes to big earners and the unemployed
and reveals big ...
In Dublin the roads are always full of shiny new cars, driven by the celtic tiger slowly down the quays alongside the
river Liffey. But bicycles are so much greener...
The inquiry into the operation of monetary policy announced this week looks like being a fairly narrow affair. The
inquiry will not investigate whether the Reserve Bank should target inflation, or whether the target should be revised.
Rather, the ...
Today's Questions concerned the subjects of:. - Construction Bills - Contractors In The ERB - Disease Imports - Winz --
Native Timber - Health Reforms - Education Funding - Health Tax - Environment Media Training For Marion Hobbs - Airways
Allegations ...
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: ERB And Contractors – Digital TV – Thames Hospital – More Airways Corp
Allegations – PM’s Comments On Waitara – WINZ Report – Ken Livingstone – Carbon Tax – Cigarettes – Closing The Gaps –
Infrastructure ...
The feature THE SINFUL DWARF (due to play at the Seventh Annual INCREDIBLY STRANGE FILM FESTIVAL has upset the
Classification Office and they are demanding the film be cut or banned from these shores.
United New Zealand leader, Hon Peter Dunne, has hailed Parliament’s historic vote this afternoon in favour of the
Republic of China on Taiwan.
The passage of an opposition backbencher's notice of motion in Parliament today does not signal any change in the
Government's One China policy.
IN THIS ISSUE: Damien! Damien! Damien! - What Have You Done? - What Black Market In Cigarettes? What A Good Idea! – THE
LOVE BUG: Nonarchists fight back
1. Willie Jackson to the Associate Minister of Commerce: What progress has been made in solving problems surrounding
security of payment issues in the construction industry?
More and more salaried staff are receiving bonuses, often at the sacrifice of salary increases, the latest New Zealand
Salary Survey from Cubiks Limited, previously PA Consulting's assessment and development practice, shows.
Green Party Social Services spokesperson Sue Bradford today said WINZ needed more than a name change if it was to
provide adequate services to people seeking jobs.
“Did New Zealand today take an overdue move away from its servile policy towards Communist China?,” said ACT MP Stephen
Franks.
New Zealand First has welcomed a renewed emphasis on public service implicit in the name change sought for WINZ, but has
urged the Department not to get involved in another round of corporate “branding.”
Author’s Note: Today I delivered the keynote address at the AdTech conference in San Francisco which fronted up to the
challenge "what does the Internet mean for advertising". I had a few things to say about this proposition, no surprises
...
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (May 10): The spate of ethnic violence in Solomon Islands today escalated to a new level when a
bank manager was hacked with a bush knife in his office this morning by intruders wearing hoods, reports Wantok Press.
Today's admission that the promised review of Infrastructure Auckland has been placed on the backburner is a major
victory for Auckland and a major defeat for Judith Tizard and Sandra Lee, according to National's spokesman on Auckland
Issues Murray McCully.
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton could end up devastating the local music industry by banning creative industry
parallel imports, said ACT commerce spokesman Stephen Franks.
The defeat of the Shared Parenting Bill in Parliament last night just reiterates the Labour/Alliance 'we know best'
approach to government says Auckland National MP Belinda Vernon.