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Images of Helen Clark are everywhere at the moment. Two days running last week her toothy grin has graced the front
cover of the Dominion – first, at the launching of her “Joan of Arc” doppleganger tribute at the Backbencher Bar - on
Friday she ...
Two things this morning. Firstly, in their interviews over the weekend and this morning, the media have featured
overwhelmingly the views of Fijian Indians, and have disregarded any indigenous Fijian viewpoint. Hardly a balanced
response.
This week’s falling Kiwi dollar indicates fundamental structural weaknesses in the New Zealand economy compared with
Australia. Let me speculate. This structural weakness can be traced back to the 1976 Muldoon government decision to can
the Kirk-Rowling ...
Fiji Coup: Counter Revolutionary Expert Revolts - Dollar Down But Not Out - Meanwhile Sludge Is Sorry But.. - Turning
Our Children Into Drug Users, Dealers and Abusers
West Coasters, on one view are now not happy about the Government. In fact, this could perhaps be seen as something of
an understatement. Certainly if one was to believe everything that the Coastal Action Network has to say, no Government
MP should ...
I don't want to seem rude, and I accept much of what Himona says about the way Maori issues are reported. However, I am
confused by his column on Fiji.
SUVA: The leader of the kidnappers holding the Fiji Islands government captive in Parliament has been branded as a
terrorist by both the Pacific country's president and the leading daily newspaper Fiji Times.
A Canadian labour law specialist currently visiting New Zealand says problems lie ahead in regulating good faith
bargaining, a major feature of the Employment Relations Bill.
While the Reserve Bank Governor thinks about his response to the question posed by New Zealand Banking Reform in an
earlier release (See… Dr Brash Invited To Explain Money Creation System ), the following are a few interesting
statements from other ...
SUVA: Interim Lands and Energy 'minister' Iliesa Duvuloco in the rebel government claims he will abolish all land tenure
agreements between Fijian landowners and Indo-Fijian tenants.
Within three years, GST could be partly replaced by a carbon tax to help reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions,
according to those who make and operate wind turbines. “Even sooner, there are likely to be energy efficiency
regulations for ...
Green Party MP Keith Locke today said he is concerned that the "creeping coup" may take hold in Fiji.
Rape Crisis said the guilty plea today by Dr Morgan Fahey vindicated the stories of his victims, and that the case
highlighted the difficulty of reporting for sexual abuse survivors.
Labour Minister Margaret Wilson has continued her daily seminar on the Employment Relations Bill during Question Time
with the long suffering, slightly wan humour of a parent who has refused her children any dessert until they’ve eaten up
their ...
Sport, Fitness and Leisure Minister Trevor Mallard said he was disappointed at the decision by two key players in Team
New Zealand to move on.
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* Yaya, a first-year student journalist from Fiji, and Aurere, from Papua New Guinea, report on how they got caught in
crossfire at the besieged Parliament in Fiji's armed insurrection.
The latest issue of LOOP hits the stands on Monday. On top of the customary serving of thought-provoking articles and
reviews, bold fashion and of course the LOOP CD/CDrom, look forward to the following in the May/June issue:
SUVA: Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by armed gunmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled
"civil coup" were freed early today after being forced to resign from office.
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began
shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.