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PMC director launches new Pacific 'secret stories' book
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 3:48 pm | Pacific Media Centre
Founder of the Pacific Media Centre, Professor David Robie, will have his latest book launched at the Auckland University of Technology library next week. The book, Don't Spoil My Beautiful Face - Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific, published ... More >>
Harper rants against Russia
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 3:43 pm | Jim Miles
It is aggravating to see our little banty Rooster chicken-hawk Harper strut his stuff while he spouts the false corporatist philosophy about freedom and democracy in the Ukraine. More >>
Ukraine SITREP April 16 - Ukrainian civil war day 2
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 3:26 pm | The Vineyard of the Saker
It is still a little early to call this day over, especially considering the time it takes for the information to seep out of the eastern Ukraine and make it to the Internet. Furthermore, we have to be extremely cautious with the news not only because ... More >>
Veterans And Victims To Be Priority
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 2:20 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
After a two week adjournment, the Government intends to give priority to the Veterans' Support Bill , Deputy Leader of the House Anne Tolley said today. More >>
America’s Great Leap towards Global Tyranny
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 2:19 pm | John Chuckman
The darkness to which I refer is something largely unanticipated in political studies and even in science fiction, a field which definitely enters this discussion, as readers will see. More >>
Welfare Fraud Bill Set To Pass
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 1:03 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
A bill which widens welfare fraud to include partners of those committing it, is set to pass into law this afternoon. More >>
Gordon Campbell: drone strikes & Judith Collins‘ last stand
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 10:55 am | Gordon Campbell
Reportedly, US drone operators refer to their kills as "bug splat” - mainly because when the carnage is viewed on their screens thousands of kilometres away at home, it looks like an insect strike on a windscreen. The name has even been bestowed on ... More >>
Treaty Bills Under Extended Hours
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 9:08 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
MPs will hold the third reading debates on the Ngati Apa ki te Ra To, Ngati Kuia, and Rangitane o Wairau Claims Settlement Bill , Ngati Koata, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Tama ki Te Tau Ihu, and Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Maui Claims Settlement Bill and the Te Tau ... More >>
House Rises Debating Justice Bills
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:00 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
MPs worked their way through the committee stage debates on a number of justice bills this evening. More >>
MP Seeks Transgender Amendment In Statutes Bill
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 5:19 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
An MP has sought to include an amendment to the Human Rights Act covering discrimination against transgender people into the Statutes Amendment Bill. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: The Godwits Fly
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 4:54 pm | Martin Doyle
The news that over a quarter of us were born in another country is no surprise considering the numbers who depart our fair shores every year never to return. In some ways, New Zealand is the world's busiest hotel. More >>
Ukraine SITREP April 15 - Ukrainian civil war day 1
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 4:19 pm | The Vineyard of the Saker
The first day of what will become the Ukrainian Civil war has finished and since by tomorrow morning a lot can happen, I have decided to provide this intermediate SITREP update tonight rather than to wait for tomorrow. More >>
Undernews: April 15, 2014
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 2:21 pm | Undernews
U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black ruled that Ohio’s ban on recognizing the out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples is unconstitutional — a move he announced in court earlier this month that he would be taking. More >>
Reports Presented
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 2:13 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The report of the Minister for the Environment on the operation of the Ozone Layer Protection Act was presented when Parliament sat at 2pm. More >>
Gordon Campbell on the life & ACC work of Sir Owen Woodhouse
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:49 am | Gordon Campbell
With the death of Sir Owen Woodhouse, the founding father of the Accident Compensation Scheme, New Zealand has lost one of the titans of its post-war social policy. In its original incarnation in the early 1970s, ACC had been a globally innovative “no ... More >>
Justice Bills Dominate
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:42 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
MPs will debate the committee stages of a number of justice related bills when Parliament sits today. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion - Holy Week 2014 - Parts 11-15
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 8:50 am | Katya Rivas
Through Lent 2014 Scoop has been publishing a 25 Party serialisation of Katya Rivas’ “The Passion”. For Holy Week this serialisation is being recalled in five parts. More >>
Ukraine SITREP April 15 10:54 EST - Sharp turn for the worse
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 8:34 am | The Vineyard of the Saker
It appears that after a few days of confusion and chaos, the regime in Kiev and its western sponsors have decided to try to solve the problem by brute force. More >>
Slave Fishing Boat Exemption To Be Removed
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 10:05 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The Govt has decided to remove exemptions allowing “slave” fishing boats to work in New Zealand waters. More >>
House Marks Death Of Sir Owen Woodhouse
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 7:58 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Parliament held a moment’s silence this evening to mark the death of Sir Owen Woodhouse More >>
ITO Reform Passes
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 5:15 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The Government says it has completed reform of industry training with the third reading of a bill tonight More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Accidental forms of treatment
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 2:43 pm | Martin Doyle
The ACC itself is an accident waiting to happen. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: The world is burning
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 2:41 pm | Martin Doyle
The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is as close to a fire alarm going off for Planet Earth as we're ever going to get. Let the record show who answered the call. More >>
Two Bills Reported Back
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 2:06 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
When Parliament resumed at 2pm a number of select committee reports were presented including two on bills for further consideration. More >>
Gordon Campbell on royalty and its tourism spin-offs
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 11:26 am | Gordon Campbell
Ultimately the Queen’s longevity has been one of her most significant accomplishments. A transition to Prince Charles while the monarchy was in the pits of public esteem in the mid to late 1990s would have been disastrous for the Royal Firm. More >>
Parliamentary Officers’ Budgets To Be Debated
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 10:43 am | ParliamentToday.co.nz
The budgets for the Officers of Parliament will be debated when the House resumes today. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion - Holy Week 2014 - Parts 6-10
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 8:45 am | Katya Rivas
Through Lent 2014 Scoop has been publishing a 25 Party serialisation of Katya Rivas’ “The Passion”. For Holy Week this serialisation is being recalled in five parts. More >>
Ukraine SITREP April 14, 13:00 EST | The Saker
Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 8:14 am | The Vineyard of the Saker
The following cities have seen uprisings taking place over the week-end: Kharkov, Slaviansk, Krasnyi Liman, Kramatorsk, Lugansk, Enakievo, Gorlovka, Donetsk, Khartsyzk, Ilovaisk, Mariupol. To get a feel for the spread, check out this map: More >>
Westpac NZ claims world first finger scan banking
Monday, 14 April 2014, 9:50 pm | Digitl
Westpac New Zealand says it hopes it's customers will soon be able to use fingerprint scanning as a quick way to get secure access to mobile banking, At the moment it is at the 'proof of concept' stage. When it arrives, it says the technology will ... More >>
NZ Samsung Galaxy S5 plans compared
Monday, 14 April 2014, 8:52 pm | Digitl
Want to get your hands on a Samsung Galaxy S5 without paying the full $1050 asking price upfront? New Zealand's mobile phone carriers have a range of plans that could get the Android smartphone into your paws if you commit to a monthly plan. More >>
Whangarei: New Zealand's first fibre city
Monday, 14 April 2014, 8:42 pm | Digitl
In the next few weeks NorthPower will finish building Whangarei's fibre network. It will be the first city in New Zealand to have a full, ultrafast broadband network. More >>
PM Press Conference – Royal Visit, Economy, Housing Prices
Monday, 14 April 2014, 5:56 pm | Jamie Neikrie
This week at his weekly press conference in Wellington, Prime Minister John Key discussed the visit of the British Royal family, the state of the economy, and how to deal with rising housing prices. More >>
Torture is Mainstream Now
Monday, 14 April 2014, 3:22 pm | David Swanson
As Rebecca Gordon notes in her new book, Mainstreaming Torture, polls find greater support in the United States for torture now than when Bush was president. And it's not hard to see why that would be the case. More >>
In One Word: Poof!
Monday, 14 April 2014, 11:51 am | Uri Avnery
Poor John Kerry. This week he emitted a sound that was more expressive than pages of diplomatic babble. In his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations committee he explained how the actions of the Israeli government had torpedoed the “peace ... More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion - Holy Week 2014 - Parts 1-5
Monday, 14 April 2014, 10:11 am | Katya Rivas
Through Lent 2014 Scoop has been publishing a 25 Party serialisation of Katya Rivas’ “The Passion”. For Holy Week which began yesterday with Palm Sunday the serialisation is recalled in five parts - each containing links to five parts of the serialisation. More >>
Triumph of the Ill - Ukraine Coup Leaders Turn on People
Monday, 14 April 2014, 9:11 am | Michael Collins
Ukrainian security forces are entering the city of Slavyansk in the eastern Ukraine according to reports from both RT and the Associated Press . More >>
NZ dollar jumps against euro on prospects of ECB stimulus
Monday, 14 April 2014, 8:58 am | BusinessDesk
April 14 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar jumped against the euro on signals the European Central Bank is poised to introduce more stimulus to boost inflation. More >>
World Week Ahead: Earnings, data to dominate
Monday, 14 April 2014, 7:52 am | BusinessDesk
April 14 (BusinessDesk) – Wall Street is beginning a four-day week on shaky ground following last week’s selloff. More >>
The Problem of Heartbleed: Trivial Errors and Severe Impacts
Sunday, 13 April 2014, 4:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
We truly live in fearful times. One utterance of a potentially dangerous virus – be it biological or structural – and a pall comes over the public conversation. The language used is that of climate catastrophe, ecological doom, or, in the case ... More >>
Rumsfeld Personifies Our Society
Saturday, 12 April 2014, 2:31 pm | David Swanson
When Donald Rumsfeld used to hold press conferences about the Iraq war, the press corps would giggle at the clever ways in which he refused to actually say anything or answer any questions. More >>
Can auction house victory accelerate Cultural Protections?
Saturday, 12 April 2014, 1:37 pm | Franklin Lamb
Will a Syrian victory at a posh London auction house accelerate Global Cultural Protections? Franklin Lamb More >>
The Death of Yarmouk Palestinian Camp
Saturday, 12 April 2014, 1:31 pm | Franklin Lamb
This observer does not write these words casually. And he is no huge fan of some of the intellectually lazy quick spun internet conspiracy theories, too many of which appear given to flights from reality when facts get complicated and dispositive information ... More >>
NZ dollar drops as sliding equity markets sap risk appetite
Friday, 11 April 2014, 5:11 pm | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell as weak equity markets around the world sapped demand for risk-sensitive assets, though the prospect of higher interest rates will likely give the local currency support. More >>
US record labels follow movie studios, Dotcom’s Megaupload
Friday, 11 April 2014, 3:15 pm | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - Four major US record labels are suing Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his associates in an almost identical suit filed by six Hollywood movie studios earlier this week. More >>
US Screening: Lost American Films Found in NZ
Friday, 11 April 2014, 2:26 pm | Connie Lawn
Some classic, silent American films were preserved by collectors in New Zealand. Thanks to their frugality and sense of history, the films can be seen by the world. I attended a recent viewing at the Motion Picture Association of America studio in ... More >>
Public Address 11 April 2014 - Dropping Some Science
Friday, 11 April 2014, 1:21 pm | Public Address
Does anyone remember the Great New Zealand Science Project? The year before last, you may have noticed some ads on tv. Ads involving scientists and small children – and with an associated Facebook page that got 16885 likes. Oh, and the small ... More >>
The Poverty Incentive: Making the Poor Carry the Refugee Can
Friday, 11 April 2014, 1:16 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The poorer you are, the more likely you need to shoulder more. This axiomatic rule of social intercourse, engagement and daily living is simple and brutal enough: the poor shall hold, conserve, preserve. More >>
War For Dummies
Friday, 11 April 2014, 1:06 pm | David Swanson
Sorry for the headline if it got you hoping for a quick 1-step guide on how to bomb a country without breaking a sweat. I didn't actually mean that I could teach a dummy to wage a war. I meant that only dummies want to wage wars. Need proof? More >>
BBC misreports John Kerry on talks failure
Friday, 11 April 2014, 12:59 pm | Nureddin Sabir
For once, US Secretary of State John Kerry was not mincing his words when he blamed Israel for the breakdown of talks with the Palestinians. But you would not have known this if you were following the story from the BBC News website. More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: Power Blocks
Friday, 11 April 2014, 12:47 pm | Martin Doyle
New Zealand is currently being treated to an object lesson in how to (and how not to) build effective coalitions. More >>
Renaissance capital return unlikely before June
Friday, 11 April 2014, 10:53 am | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - Shareholders in Renaissance Corp, which sold its last business unit earlier this month, are unlikely to receive any payments before June in what will probably be a two-part distribution if they decide to liquidate the company. More >>
March NZ house sales drop 10% as loan curbs bite
Friday, 11 April 2014, 9:41 am | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand house sales dropped 10 percent in March from a year earlier as the Reserve Bank’s restrictions on low-equity mortgages continue to weigh on sales of cheaper property. More >>
Chorus to appeal copper pricing judgment
Friday, 11 April 2014, 9:02 am | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus will appeal a High Court ruling upholding the Commerce Commission’s determination setting the regulated prices on the telecommunications network operator’s copper lines. More >>
NZ dollar falls vs. A$ after strong Australian job figures
Friday, 11 April 2014, 8:54 am | BusinessDesk
April 11 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar extended its decline against its trans-Tasman counterpart after figures showed Australian unemployment unexpectedly fell last month. More >>
Katya Rivas' Passion : The Sorrows of the Virgin Mary
Friday, 11 April 2014, 7:31 am | Katya Rivas
That was how God satisfied my desire for humiliations. This was the Lord’s compensation for becoming the Mother of God: to be considered as a fallen woman. Daughter, learn the knowledge of love, learn to esteem holy humility, and do not fear because it ... More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise on broad based rally
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 6:25 pm | BusinessDesk
April 10 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand stocks rose in a broad-based rally. Xero extended its gains, leading the benchmark index higher, while investors also returned to companies offering reasonable dividends, such as Telecom and property trusts. More >>
House Rises Early For A Royal Reception
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 5:40 pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
A 90 minute long Question Time was followed by the second reading of the Veterans' Support Bill . More >>
NZ dollar holds near 3-year high as CPI and China GDP loom
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 5:36 pm | BusinessDesk
NZ dollar holds near 3-year high as traders look ahead to CPI, China GDP More >>
New American Reality: An Empire beyond Salvation
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 5:34 pm | Ramzy Baroud
US Secretary of State John Kerry couldn’t hide his frustration anymore as the US-sponsored peace process continued to falter. After 8 months of wrangling to push talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority forward, he admitted while in a visit to Morocco ... More >>
Warehouse shareholders cool on $15mln share purchase plan
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 4:51 pm | BusinessDesk
April 10 (BusinessDesk) – Warehouse Group, New Zealand’s largest listed retailer, has completed a $115 million capital-raising, although the final $15 million tranche offered to shareholders was not fully taken up. More >>
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