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The second-phase of Operation Enduring Freedom was launched last week: to hunt Abu Sayyaf in the jungles of Basilan and
Sulu. Whilst originally a breakaway from the Moro (Muslims of the southern Philippines) independence movement, the
800-strong ...
2: Kevin Smith
“Kevin Smith was a wonderful New Zealand actor who was known not only for his enormous talent and amazing beauty, but
also for his intelligence and self-effacing humour,” Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said
today.
Lest you think that my comment about the New York Stock Exchange is too strong, let's look at one event that occurred
before our "war on drugs" went into high gear through Plan Colombia, banging heads over narco dollar market share in
Latin America.
"Laila Harre should butt out of businesses she doesn't own and should not control" said Libertarianz Commerce
Deregulation spokesman Scott Wilson in response to the Associate Minister of Labour's jackbooted assertion of
Ayatollah-like control of ...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... just where is Bill English getting his strategic advice? And should he be asking for a refund?
New Zealand has lost a unique actor with the tragic death of Kevin Smith, National's spokesperson for Arts, Culture and
Heritage, Belinda Vernon, said today.
More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay .
Journalists feel conned after allowing themselves to be locked up to hear the government's innovation package. The only
sensitive information in the package was the fact that there was no policy. To add to the insult, the government invited
Waitakere City ...
Upton-on-line provides a first glimpse of the strange maneuverings that herald the beginning of the French Presidential
election campaign and (strictly for devotees) gives some ‘order-of-magnitude’ feel for what sort of initiatives might
help developing ...
”The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” -Ross Perot
Suddenly money as motive is immoral, at least if you're an impoverished woman renting the only space you have left. Your
womb. But what of the people who buy the babies? Are they not the true immorals?
The Lordz of the Rings, Various Street Locations, 12.30pm Much Ado about Nothing, Muritai School Yard, Eastborne, 7.30p
The Last Gasp, No.5 Cable St, 6.30pm Wild Man Eyes, BATS, 8pm
In a move to cut costs and streamline bureaucracy, people on welfare in Australia will be able to take out loans from
the Government over the telephone to help them through emergencies. Maree Howard writes.
The report for the Minister of Courts on Justice Fisher should tell us all why the Hon Margaret Wilson feels compelled
to try to second-guess the Chief Justice, who dealt with this more than a year ago. It should also tell us why officials
are snooping ...
Housing New Zealand Corporation today inspected 11 HNZC houses in Cowley Place, Highbury, Palmerston North.
"The Clark Government is using private aircraft for defence training which it could do with its own aircraft and pilots,
National's Defence Spokesperson Max Bradford said today.
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Islam - Where Is NATO Now?
For someone like me, who comes from a country where a political candidate risks censure for 'treating' prospective
voters by throwing a couple of snarlers on the barbie, the huge amounts of money that are spent on political campaigns
here in the States ...
“Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From
this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a
hostile ...
Government attempts to rework Rodney Hides' Shop Trading Hours Bill have turned into yet another Margaret Wilson
hash-job, the ACT Finance Spokesman said today
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings
trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
Today's rejection by secondary teachers of the government's pay settlement is a clear case of biting the hand that
feeds, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne.
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Christian Heritage Party Leader Graham Capill has today confirmed that high profile Women’s Refuge Chief Executive,
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, would be seeking election to the New Zealand Parliament this year as a Christian Heritage
Candidate.
The Lordz of the Rings, Various Street Locations, 12.30pm Becoming A dad ain’t no cricket match, The Market Space, 7pm
The Odyssey, Capital E, 6pm Post – punk, BATS, 8pm The Last Gasp, No.5 Cable St, 6.30pm
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is appalled by Merepeka Raukawa-Tait’s decision to stand as a
candidate for the Christian Heritage Party.
Poor Bono, he doesn't get it. At first I thought he looked silly. But now I see him as dangerous. Okay, well, silly and
dangerous. At least that's how he looked at the World Economic Forum held recently in New York.
One of the things that makes me proud to be a New Zealander is how few of us know the words to our national anthem.
Okay, let's start at ground zero. It is 1947, and World War II is over. America is ready to go back to work to build the
corporate economy. We are in New Orleans on the docks.
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says his party is the centre party New Zealand needs to make MMP work
effectively.