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Wellington’s funniest improvisers pit themselves against each other in a battle of wits with the audience as judge, jury and (possibly) executioner. More real than reality TV, this is comedy the way you want it – stand up, sit down, lie about – ...
2:
National
Congratulates Inglis
The National Party has congratulated double amputee and mountaineer Mark Inglis and his team for successfully scaling the world's highest peak.
3:
Another
Eritrean UN Staff Member Is
Detained
The move follows the release, earlier this month, of one of the 11 local UN staff members who have been detained by Eritrea. The mission has been awaiting a response from the Eritrean authorities to its letters asking why they had arrested the local ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
New Zealand board game publisher, Matt Taylor, says "The disturbingly high school drop out rate, the alarmingly high youth suicide rate, and our appallingly high drug and violent crime rate is attributable to a clear failure in the way many children ...
5:
Hide
Cheats Dancing Death Despite Dreadful
Doble
After scoring possibly the lowest marks ever in a New Zealand Dancing with the Stars performance ACT's leader Rodney Hide and his partner Krystal Stuart live to fight another day thanks to the power of their fans. For the evicted David Wikaira's partner ...
6:
Will
Major Media Finally Cover Election
Fraud?
That the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 were stolen has become an article of faith for millions of mainstream Americans. But there has been barely a whiff of coverage in the major media about any problems with the electronic voting machines ...
7:
One
News Colmar Brunton: Nat 47, Lab
38
Party Vote: National 47% (up 2) Labour 38% (down 4) Greens 5% (down 2) New Zealand First 4% (up 2) Maori Party 3%. United Future 1.4% Act 1.1%
8:
"Digger"
Don digs himself deeper into
trouble
National leader Don Brash continues to peddle the myth of a brain drain to Australia as he clings to the notion that tax cuts are a panacea for economic growth, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
9:
UQ
Wire: Porter Goss Resignation
Solved
The “mystery” of Porter Goss’ resignation last month as CIA Director is apparently directly related to the huge seizure in Mexico several weeks earlier of over 5.5 tons of cocaine, according to government documents recently obtained by the The MadCowMorningNews ...
10:
Larry
Johnson: Wrong Way Bush
Let's give credit where credit is due. George W. Bush finally admitted some mistakes last night. For instance, he noted that tough talk, such as challenging the Iraqi insurgents with the retort, "bring 'em on," sent the wrong signal and was counterproductive. ...
11:
Brash
rubbishes claims he's bagging NZ
National Party Leader Don Brash has today rubbished Labour's claims that he is bagging New Zealand by highlighting Australia's far more attractive tax system.
12:
New
nationwide postcode system to be announced
Some 1.8 million mailers are to be sent to every household, rural address and New Zealand Post PO Box from Thursday 1 June as New Zealand Post publicly launches its new four-digit postcode system.
13:
First
Results from 2006 Census
Released
The number of people counted in New Zealand on census night was 4,116,900, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the first information available from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March 2006.
14:
Big
overseas education contract with Oman
signed
A consortium of tertiary education organisations have signed a deal to provide course content to the Omani Ministry of Higher Education in one of the biggest international education contracts this country has signed.
15:
Stateside
With Rosalea: Cowboys and
Indians
... to improve US politics. First, I'd set term limits for US Senators. Because of gerrymandered districts and the likelihood that the longer a senator is in office they will remain in office, they are the US equivalent of the British peerage, only ...
16:
Scoop
Full Coverage: Timore Leste
Update
Failed Coup To Blame For Timor Leste Violence - NZ Commits 200 Troops To Timor - U.S-based security monitors are reporting that a failed coup is to blame for the clashes between Timor Leste security forces and former soldiers, Prime Minister Mari ...
SOLD OUT at the 2005 ODDFELLOWS NZ International Comedy Festival and direct from a SELL OUT tour of MALAYSIA and SOUTH AFRICA, From India with Love returns for a limited season in Auckland and Wellington as part of the 2006 International Comedy ...
18:
Meridian
pays $800 million special
dividend
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed receipt of the $800 million special dividend from Meridian Energy.
19:
Don
Brash - Proud to be a Kiwi
Speech to the Rotary Club of Auckland, at the Auckland Club
20:
Aung
San Suu Kyi's Detention Extended,
Again
World's Most Prominent Political Prisoner's Detention Extended, Again - Time for Action at the UN Security Council, Say Activists
21:
Public
Address 29/05/06 - Mao Chicken Memories
Okay so my SST column on the Mao/'Chinese threat' jokes didn't actually say what I thought of Mao. That's because it's not important what I say about Mao to an English language newspaper audience; I said it to Mao instead...
22:
NGOs
respond to Indonesia earthquake
NGOs respond to Indonesia earthquake The 6.2 Richter scale earthquake that struck Yogyakarta in the early hours of Saturday morning with devastating results has elicited a quick response from New Zealand Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
23:
Taxpayers
and businesses pay for Nats' GST
blunder
Papers obtained from the Electoral Commission by the Greens have revealed that the National Party short-changed private and public broadcasters by $112,493 at the last election, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
24:
Broadcasting
Member's Bill
This bill requires the reimbursement of broadcasting spending by the Electoral Commission in relation to the New Zealand National Party prior to the general election on 17 September 2005, but currently unable to be paid under the Broadcasting Act 1989.
There has been renewed political debate about whether New Zealanders are more or less highly taxed than Australians, sparked by the Australian government’s announcement of tax reductions in its recent budget.
26:
Results
from 2006 Census Released - PDF
Tables
The number of people counted in New Zealand on census night was 4,116,900, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the first information available from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March 2006.
27:
Utah
Newspapers Ignore Voting Machine Sec.
Reports
Utah Newspapers Neglect to Cover Voting Machine Security Reports Released May 11 & 22 Diebold Should Replace Its Voting Machines with Its More Secure Ones! By Kathy Dopp, National Election Data Archive
28:
Rakon's
story does not add up - Greens
A statement from Rakon over claims that it is supplying crystal oscillators for use in American military smart bombs, shells and missiles, contradicts information in internal company emails, Green Party MP Keith Locke says. "In a statement this ...
Rodney Hide says that ACT will support Don Brash's Bill enabling National to pay broadcasters $112,500 for election advertising, and is inviting the Labour Party to repay taxpayers' money used to produce Labour's pledge card.
30:
Current
NZDF Commitment To Timor-Leste
New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa Media Release Sunday 28 May 2006
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