Month: November 2008

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Aviation

Air New Zealand A320 Crash

November 28, 2008 Ian Wishart Comments Off on Air New Zealand A320 Crash

Wellington, Nov 28 NZPA – Five New Zealanders are given no hope of surviving the crash of an Airbus A320 operated by XL Airways of Germany in the Mediterranean today. One Air New Zealand pilot, […]

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Air New Zealand jet crash: latest

November 28, 2008 Ian Wishart Comments Off on Air New Zealand jet crash: latest

Government concerned for Air NZ & CAA staff on crashed Airbus Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the Government is getting regular updates, and seeking briefings from officials, in the wake of the A320 Airbus crash […]

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Lightbulb ban switched off?

November 27, 2008 Ian Wishart Comments Off on Lightbulb ban switched off?

Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has asked officials to look into a proposed phase out of incandescent lightbulbs. In Opposition Mr Brownlee was a vocal opponent of the Labour government’s plan to implement a new standard […]

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TV actress hid in hotel cupboard

November 27, 2008 Ian Wishart Comments Off on TV actress hid in hotel cupboard

Sydney (dpa) – Australian soap opera star Brooke Satchwell described Thursday how she hid inside a bathroom cupboard as gunmen were shooting other guests at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel. Two Australians were in hospital and […]

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Key

November 27, 2008 Ian Wishart Comments Off on Key

PHOTO: WENN TGIF EDITION, with NZPA Prime Minister John Key’s meeting with the Queen this week at Buckingham Palace has struck a discordant note with monarchists back here in New Zealand, after he described the […]

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Heat in the kitchen

November 14, 2008 InvestigateDesign Comments Off on Heat in the kitchen

Migrant chefs exposed as members of terrorist group In an Auckland restaurant today, a young Muslim man works as a chef, and may be on the verge of getting permanent residency. But this man is […]