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The latest Herald Digipoll published today shows more worries for the government and a swing towards smaller parties
rather than the big two.
From Pretoria to Old Trafford, a look at some of the weekend's sporting action.
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath says his stomach churned as he read the speech given by John Delamare in
China last night. "I am disgusted to find a representative of our semi-free country offering moral support to the
bloodthirsty ...
The bodies of two children and one woman have been found in a suburban house in Totara Heights, Manukau City.
It is a great privilege and an honour for me to be here tonight to address you and to further develop the excellent
relations that exist between the People's Republic of China and New Zealand.
Registered unemployment figures and benefit forecasts show the government's claims of WINZ' success are pure fantasy,
says Labour social welfare spokesman Steve Maharey.
The Government's Five Steps Ahead programme will be launched simultaneously in five centres on August 18, Enterprise
and Commerce Minister Max Bradford announced today.
Matthew Thomas finds that the evolutionary theory of memes, or `viruses of the mind', can be used to explain recent
media coverage of cancer treatments.
The Green Party has polled 2.5 per cent in the latest Herald digipoll, putting the party ahead of New Zealand First,
"An announcement has been made by the Office of the British Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, that The Queen
has been graciously pleased to approve that:
Students from the seven Tertiary Institutes in Christchurch and Otago gathered yesterday to form DEBTiE - Determined to
Elect Better Tertiary Education. DEBTiE aims to campaign in the lead up to the General Election against the oppressive
tertiary policies which ...
The Green Party today asked the Dairy Board for a public debate on board plans to spend $150 million over five years on
biotechnology, including genetically engineering cows.
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Today in New Zealand Politics everyone is talking about vision. No one seems to know what that is but apparently it is
an attachment that every politician should have but does not
John Howard reports on a breaking news story that new experiments in the US could destroy the Earth.
ACT Finance spokesman Rodney Hide said today that it was appalling that IRD had to admit that it had got it wrong again.
The top rating items for the week ending August 6 on the Scoop Website were…
"The continued weakness in New Zealand's external accounts underlines the need for a coherent and determined export
strategy, Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today.
The condition of a man shot by police in Greenhithe on Auckland's North Shore is causing hospital staff concern.
Tough anti-cannabis laws fail to deter most offenders from using the drug again and can often have serious long-term
social costs, including relationship breakdowns and loss of employment, a study has found.