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Jim Anderton Associate Minister of Health and Progressive Leader opened the 4th International Conference, hosted by the Phobic Trust of New Zealand, promoting awareness of anxiety disorders in Auckland today.
Brrrrr. In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s winter. That means it’s time for Auckland-based, nationwide radio station George FM to do the right thing, and help pull party people everywhere up out of their winter blues.
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Education
appointment applauded
The appointment of Karen Sewell to the position of chief executive of the Ministry of Education is good news for New Zealand education, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today.
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4:
Hello
World
Broadband's role in bringing the world closer is being celebrated in a major brand campaign launched today by TelstraClear.
The impact of housing loans; High ranking for business research; International leadership in small business
Formthotics foam foot insoles are significantly more cost effective than hard plastic orthotics, a landmark Australian study has found.
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Outstanding
Contribution awards
Two Cantabrians this week received outstanding contribution awards from Environment Canterbury, in recognition of their work spent managing Canterbury water resources.
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Business
Performance Conference
A prestigious international conference on developing management and organisational capability is being held in New Zealand in December, with the Minister of Economic Development Hon Trevor Mallard as a keynote speaker.
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Worst
Ever Security Flaw In Diebold Voting
Machine
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA -- “This may be the worst security flaw we have seen in touch screen voting machines,” says Open Voting Foundation president, Alan Dechert. Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch screen ...
The Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association welcomes comments made by Meridian Energy’s Alan Seay last week that more investment into New Zealand’s electricity system is required but his admission that the country had to draw upon all available generation ...
11:
Media
Release
Hokitika, renowned for giving New Zealanders the excuse they need to come on over the hills to enjoy some West Coast hospitality, is doing it again. From 2004 the Wet West Film Festival has shown in the grand old Regent Theatre for four days in ...
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Questions
And Answers - Tuesday, 1 August
2006
1. MOANA MACKEY (Labour) to the Minister of Education: What is the Government doing to ensure all schools are providing students with the knowledge, values, and competencies they need to succeed in a 21st century economy?
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Julie
Webb-Pullman: Viva Fidel!
If there was ever any doubt of the extent of the moral and ethical bankruptcy of the Unites States of America’s hard-line Cuban community, spawn of Batista and his henchmen honed to pornographic precision by the CIA, the mean-spirited displays ...
14:
Compensation
for cancelled cricket tour
A compensation deal has been reached between the government and New Zealand Cricket over the cancelled tour of New Zealand by the Zimbabwe cricket team. The government has agreed to pay New Zealand Cricket $406,000.
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Playstation
3 Website Launched!
In response to consumer demand, Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand (SCENZ) today announced the launch of the first official consumer communications channel to share information about the eagerly awaited PLAYSTATION®3.
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Lebanon:
Press Under Fire During Israeli
Offensive
Lebanon: Press Under Fire as Israeli Offensive Continues 2. Russia: Reporter Strangled to Death 3. Pakistan: Officials Promise to Review Journalist Murders 4. Brazil: Two Journalists Killed in One Week 5. Central America: Poor Denied Equal Access to Airwaves: ...
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Questions
for Oral Answer - 2 August 2006
1. Dr DON BRASH to the Prime Minister: Is she satisfied that all Ministers referred to in the Ingram Report acted with propriety at all times; if not, why not?
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Kiwi
Herald Digest: News Too Good To Be
True
Ground-breaking stories from the Kiwi Herald, award winning newspaper of the small but wonderful New Zealand community of Moenui. The town is the current holder of the Northern Region Best Kept Grass – or so says the website of the Kiwi Herald. ...
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Ordinary
Kiwis Defenceless Against Armed
Criminals
"A shop assistant brutally bashed by an armed criminal on Saturday night shows that Kiwis should be allowed to have the means to defend themselves," says Peter Linton, Libertarianz Firearms Spokesman. "Simply compare this poor guy with ...
20:
TeenScreen
- Normal Kids Labeled Mentally
Ill
Despite years of public outcry, based on recommendations by President Bush's New Freedom Commission to screen all school children for mental illness, TeenScreen is now being administered in the nation's public school system and children are being ...
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Scoop
Link: Rolling Stone – Iran, The Next
War
Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country. Their covert campaign once again relied on false intelligence and shady allies. But this time, the target was Iran.
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GlaxoSmithKline
Sued Over Paxil Birth Defects
A lawsuit was filed against GlaxoSmithKline on July 28, 2006, in Philadelphia on behalf of Adrian Vasquez, who was born on April 19, 2004, with birth defects as a result of his mother, having been prescribed Paxil during pregnancy. Paxil belongs ...
23:
Women,
Sexual Politics & the American Dream
With the dramatic lowering of the competency bar in the Bush II Presidency, no one can say any longer that American women are unqualified to govern. Still the issue of how to get a critical mass of women in public office -- so crucial to America ...
24:
Statement
by Taito Phillip Field
Madam Speaker, I accept wholeheartedly the New Zealand parliamentary principle of not accepting any consideration from constituents on whose behalf members are advocating, and I accept that members of this House have been concerned by some inferences which ...
25:
Depleted
Uranium Situation Worsens Requires
Action
The delivery of at least 100 GBU 28 bunker busters bombs containing depleted uranium warheads by the United States to Israel for use against targets in Lebanon will result in additional radioactive and chemical toxic contamination with consequent adverse ...
26:
Finalists
for The Air New Zealand Screen Awards
The top people and productions in New Zealand film and television have once again been found to compete for the country’s premier industry titles in 47 categories.
27:
Robert
Anderson: The Global Threat of
DU
Adding to the horrors of the current offensive into Lebanon, with Afghanistan close to anarchy and Iraq drifting into civil war, Bush is now rushing depleted uranium (DU) bombs to Israel. This supports their colossal act of homicide and will increase ...
28:
Rice:
MCC Compact with the Republic of Ghana
AMBASSADOR DANILOVICH: Thank you. Your Excellency, President Kufuor, Madame Secretary, Ambassador Tobias, MCC board member Ken Hackett, Secretary Chao, Secretary Jackson, Mayor Williams, Ambassadors and distinguished guests, I'm delighted to welcome you ...
29:
Blair
- "Complete Renaissance" On Foreign
Policy
Tony Blair is calling for a radical rethink of foreign policy to combat "Reactionary Islam" with an "arc of moderation" across the Middle East. The Prime Minister says that the battle against global extremism will not be won unless current strategy ...
30:
Audio:
Brash n Wammo - The Four Letter C***
Word
KiwiFM Audio: Features Wammo interview with National Party leader Don Brash. Does Mr Brash really say on air the four letter C*** word? This and more in the Wammo Brash four letter word IV.
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Gordon Campbell: On Fast Track Powers, Media Woes And The Tiktok Ban
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