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Reckless Smith puts Crown at risk

Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party Media Statement Reckless Smith puts Crown at risk Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith today put Crown interests at risk by recklessly quoting part of a sensitive Cabinet document in...

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John Key's former primary school to close

Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced that Prime Minister John Key's former primary school, Aorangi School in Christchurch, will close in January.The decile-three school, with a roll of about 90, was facing the axe...

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Public want entertainer named after PM says he knows identity

The gossip grapevine is circumventing name suppression laws surrounding a prominent New Zealand entertainer's indecency charge, according to a sample of the public spoken to by nzherald.co.nz today.Earlier this month, the...

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Government extends youth jobs scheme

Updated at 10:12am on 24 November 2009 The Government has announced an extra 2000 places in its youth job opportunities scheme. Job Ops provides a $5,000 government subsidy to employers who take on a young unemployed person for...

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Dogs tried to sell games to NZ

BE it an act of innovation, desperation or both, the Western Bulldogs unsuccessfully sought to sell two home games to New Zealand next year for $1 million. The Australian has been told that Western Bulldogs chief executive...

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Palm Kernel And Coal Climate Crimes To Fonterra

A human chain of protesters piled sacks labelled ‘Fonterra palm kernel’ and ‘Fonterra coal’ outside Fonterra’s corporate headquarters today in protest of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the dairy giant’s intensive farming...

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Minister in Aus to talk single economic market

Commerce and Justice Minister Simon Power is in Australia this week for talks with his Australian counterparts. His main focus will be New Zealand's commitment to the ongoing development of the trans-Tasman single economic...

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Video: PM’s Post-Cabinet Press Conference 24.11.09

R2.co.nz Video: PM’s Post-Cabinet Press Conference 24.11.09 During the first half of the conference Nick Smith and Pita Sharples announced their deal on the Emissions trading scheme. [Audio here] During the second half of the...

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NZIMM ready to export into more Halal markets

New Zealand Islamic Meat Management is ready and able to take up the Prime Minister’s challenge to sell exports into more Halal markets. NZIMM, one of two Halal export certifiers in New Zealand, says the Halal certification we...

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Public Address 24/11/09 - 'Celebrity justice'

The weighing in of John Key on the "prominent entertainer" case has certainly ramped up name suppression as an issue in the wake of the Law Commission report on the topic. But what exactly should we take from his observation...

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