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Urban legend? Perhaps. But then again it could also be Gospel truth. Certainly to Sludge it is a story that rings true
enough, but then Sludge has been ruminating on it for a year or two.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... the emergency doctors gather anxiously around the patient. They charge the paddles, shout
"Clear!" and send a few thousand volts coursing through the patient's torso. They can't get a heartbeat. But they keep
trying. For a decade.
"God will need to defend New Zealand with the emerging Labour-Alliance government defence policy," National's Defence
spokesman Max Bradford said today.
The Prime Minister’s personal agenda to isolate New Zealand puts every family at risk, strategically and economically,
ACT Trade Negotiations Spokesman Owen Jennings said today.
THE star-studded Hurricanes will struggle to make the Super 12 playoffs after being blown off WestpacTrust Stadium by
the Western Stormers who dominated the final 10 minutes to earn a crucial 27-15 away victory.
If the Government presses ahead with the Electricity Industry Bill, in its present form, I will lead by example and
close the gates to my property and refuse access for lines crews, ACT Agriculture spokesman Gerry Eckhoff said today.
Ciudad Vieja or the Old City, is the original site for Montevideo. There are some very old and rather grand buildings
there, and some that are very old and ratshit. As a general rule it is an area that was ignored for a long time but is
now making ...
“The recent announcement of the Minister of Immigration, Hon Lianne Dalziel that approval for an additional 10,000
immigrants to New Zealand is to be given, and that the current English language requirements are to be reduced, is a
silly move said ...
What's going on? Shell Oil appears to be on a global buying spree for oil and natural gas resources following its
successful bid for New Zealand's Fletcher Challenge. Shell has now made a hostile US$1.8 billion bid for the US company
Barrett Resources ...
Wellington - Internationally renown artist Frederick Hundertwasser gifted 20 original art posters to Moriah College
together with a book which he personally inscribed to the children. The gift arrived one year ago and poignantly, after
the death of ...
Who'd be an employer? All that money - YOUR money - that you have to give to the Molesworth Mafia via the IRD; all that
time - YOUR time - you have to waste deducting portions of what you pay your employees - THEIR money - on the Mafia's
behalf; all ...
My partner and I are now in the process of starting a neighbourhood e-mail group which will hopefully improve the
quality of life for people in our street. The plan is that we will supplement the Internet with some real life
interactions to build ...
The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws today issued a health warning that marijuana sprayed by the
Police with a deadly poison is being sold in Auckland.
Hurricane winger Jonah Lomu places the ball in his other corner in the second half of Friday night's loss to the Cape
Town Stormers at WestpacTrust stadium. Photographs by Mark Graham - 52@clear.net.nz
Critical defence changes being planned by the Government require across the board political consensus before
implementation because of their long term impact on New Zealand, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne.
Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath believes the University Students Association has got it all wrong over the
issue of rights for working women. "The only way women would ever be on an equal footing in the workplace or anywhere
else would be ...
In March last your President, Tony Gibson, and Professor Peter Brothers of the Auckland University School of
Engineering, came to see me to discuss the ideas and suggestions of the Institution of Professional Engineers about how
to develop a knowledge economy.
The Federal Opposition has admitted that if it wins Government it will alter the spending commitments of the Defence
White Paper to enable the purchase of two additional Collins class submarines.
Internet Magazine shows how easy it is to buy prescription medicines online. In an investigation into buying
prescription-only medicines over the net, Internet Magazine has discovered that it’s a simple matter to buy the
prescription drugs of your choice. ...
Reactionary Green MP Keith Locke is at best confused, and at worst an ideological dupe, ACT Transport Spokesman Penny
Webster said today.