Canterbury Picks Up Pieces After Massive Quake
Report By Jackie Llewellyn – A massive earthquake which shattered Canterbury in the early hours of this morning has left many amazed that no one has yet been found dead.
The 7.1 magnitude quake struck at 4.35 am reducing buildings in central Christchurch to rubble, but there have so far been just a few reports of serious injury.
The earthquake ripped through Christchurch and Canterbury’s infrastructure cutting power, creating gas leaks and rupturing water and sewerage systems. More>>
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Waterview Project: Motorway Put On Fast Track
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says confirmation today that the application for resource consent and route designation for Auckland’s Waterview Connection will be assessed by a Board of Inquiry is an important day for Auckland transport and the economy. More>>
Hospitals: Three Day Radiographers Strike Begins In Auckland
Minister of Health Tony Ryall must take at least some of the blame for the radiographers’ strike that will this weekend affect hundreds of patients, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says. More>>
Military: Minister Pays Tribute To Merchant Seamen
The hard work and sacrifice of New Zealand merchant seamen during WWII made an important contribution to Allied victory in 1945, Veterans Affairs Minister Judith Collins said today. More>>
Pharmac: Cancer Drug Deal Will Benefit More Patients
Health Minister Tony Ryall has welcomed a cancer drug agreement between Pharmac and pharmaceutical company Roche that will enable more patients to get new cancer drugs, and more cancer patients overall to receive treatment. More>>
Foreign Investment: "Is The PM A Racist Too Mr Williamson?"
Maurice Williamson is wrong to call New Zealanders who are concerned about the loss of our productive farmland to overseas interests racist, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More>>
Retirement: Govt Plans To Cut Supergold Card Travel Subsidy
The possibility that pensioners in Dunedin may have to pay for what have been free bus trips under the SuperGold Card free travel scheme shows National can’t be trusted to keep the scheme going anywhere, says Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes. More>>
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Spring Here, Green Shoots There
Stocks in Europe and on Wall Street held their ground as an unexpected gain in pending home sales, a decline in claims for jobless benefits and better-than-expected retail sales eased concerns about U.S. economic outlook. More>>
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Big Three Womens’ Mag Publishers Become Big Two
Australian-owned rivals APN News & Media Ltd. and ACP Media Ltd. have become virtually equal forces in the battle for the woman’s magazine reader, after another Aussie publisher, Pacific Magazines, sold its key womens’ titles to APN. More>>
Scoop Business: NZ Regulator Files Suit Against Freight Forwarders
The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court in Auckland against a number of multi-national freight forwarding companies alleging price collusion. More>>
Land Access: Transpower, Farmers Take "Positive Step Forward"
Federated Farmers and Transpower this week got one step closer to overcoming the traditionally entrenched position around land access and upgrades to Transpower’s infrastructure. More>>
Economy: IMF Says NZ Doing Okay, Debt-Wise
Fiscal Space examines debt sustainability across a range of advanced economies, and estimates the degree to which governments have room for fiscal maneuver before markets force them to tighten policies sharply. More>>
Light Houses: Support Builds For Kiwi Solar Bach
National and international groups are getting behind a student led team from Victoria University who will take a solar powered Kiwi bach to the United States. The team will build and operate the house next year in Washington D.C. as they compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon More>>
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Matthias Chang: Too Big To Fail Global Banks Will Collapse Between Now and First Quarter 2011
Readers of my articles will recall that I have warned as far back as December 2006, that the global banks will collapse when the Financial Tsunami hits the global economy in 2007. And as they say, the rest is history. More >>
Behind The Israeli Wall: A Lesson In Reality
Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book - or any piece of writing for that matter – is meant to provide a sense of completion. Sociological explanations are offered to offset the confusion caused ... More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Viktor Bout & Thaksin in the Sky With Sirichoke?
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Suspected Russian weapons smuggler Viktor Bout, who is fighting against extradition to the U.S., said a Thai Parliamentarian asked him how to ''intercept'' the private jet of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra so the fugitive politician ... More >>
Martha Rosenberg: Is Meat And Milk From Clones Really Safe?
It's just a matter of time before the US is eating clones, if it is not eating them now. When Canadian agricultural leaders asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this month after a scandal about unlabeled clone products in Europe if ''cloned cows or ... More >>
The Weekly Coitus: Serious Freud Office Probes Mothers, Sex, Dreams
Companies run by leading business personality Timothy Wright-Vincent are under investigation by the SFO today as the Government seeks to answer recent allegations of impropriety and other odd behaviour. More>>
Stacey Knott: Life And Death In New Orleans, Five Years Later
Drunkenness on Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, fresh shrimp and ghost tours have all returned since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, but some neighbourhoods are still hounded by poverty, rotting homes and crime as Kiwi journalist Stacey Knott discovered this week - the fifth anniversary of “The Storm”. More>>
Werewolf: Internet Stalkers - Rage Within The Machine
There was a certain intimidation inherent in not knowing my enemy, or possibly even enemies. While I did not fear for my safety, I was troubled – my mind endlessly second-guessing at how this had, or who had forced this to, come about. More>>
Werewolf: Gordon Campbell On Miscarriages Of Justice
Arthur Allen Thomas, David Bain, Rex Haig, David Dougherty, Scott Watson…almost every major criminal case in New Zealand seems to have left large numbers of people with the feeling that our justice system regularly gets it wrong More>>
Connie Lawn Audio: White House Middle East Talks Continue
Talks are underway in Washington DC, to try to establish a Palestinian State next to Israel. Connie Lawn attended the public events at the White House... More>>
Connie Lawn Audio Report: Obama Speaks On 'End Of Iraq Combat Mission'
President Obama has now delivered his speech on Iraq, with some warnings to Afghanistan, and admissions the nation is hurt by these long wars. Connie Lawn gives us an audio report... More>>
Pacific.Scoop: Australian ‘Outsourcing’ Pacific Plan For Asylum Seekers Strikes Strong Opposition
Report - Adrian Hatwell: The Australian government’s proposal for a new regional processing centre to deal with asylum seekers arriving in the Pacific has drawn a chorus of opposition from within nations to be affected by the plan. More>>
Aboriginal Rights: International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People
Today UNICEF joins in celebrating the vibrant diversity, rich culture and remarkable contributions of the world’s indigenous peoples. This year’s celebration comes at a significant time, as world leaders prepare to gather ... More>>
International Law: Legal Database Launched For War Victims
Geneva (ICRC) – To mark the 12 August anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a new database of the organization's major study of customary international humanitarian law. Developed ... More>>
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Wednesdays With WIT: Improv Lab
From the dark, cobwebbed recesses of the minds of Wellington's top improvisers come a whole new weird and wonderful collection of improv formats. Once again Wellington Improv Troupe (WIT) is at the forefront of freakish creative experimentation with Improv Lab. More>>
Snaps: Wanaka Photographer Makes Finals Of Red Bull Award
Wanaka photographer, Camilla Stoddart, has earned a place in the final of the prestigious Red Bull Illume photography awards. Not only is she the only New Zealander, she is also the only female in the 50 finalists ... More>>
Men's Health: Crosses To Symbolise Lives Lost To Prostate Cancer
Now the most common cancer in New Zealand men, prostate cancer is taking centre stage this Friday 3 September (Blue Friday) with 600 blue crosses positioned in key centres throughout the country. More>>
Collaboration: NZ’s Contribution To 'Life In A Day' Time Capsule
On July 24, hundreds of Kiwis joined people in 197 countries who went out and filmed their lives for the upcoming documentary Life in a Day. More>>
Music: VNZMA 2010 Finalists Announced
Gin and Dane Rumble are finalists in six categories and the Phoenix Foundation in five. Anika Moa and J. Williams are finalists in three categories each. More>>
Kiwi Pride:Local Software Used For 15 Seconds Of Emmy-Winning Project
Thinking Cactus, a Christchurch based software company has had its animation software ‘Voovees Director’ used in the Star Wars Uncut movie winning an Emmy Award last week. More>>
From The French! Action-Packed Musketeers On Now
Nine swords, fourteen wannabe heroes and five sexy women make for a fun and fast-paced interpretation of The Three Musketeers, opening at the Gryphon Theatre on 1 September. More>>
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