1SF-Challenger-emerges-for-next-Cup-website-says-0929-20130929 Challenger emerges for next Cup, website says By Tom FitzGerald San Francisco Chronicle McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Sept. 29–A yacht club on Australia’s eastern coast is the official challenger of record for the 35th America’s […]
New Zealand retail investors take almost half of offer in country’s biggest power generator [e]John Macdonald 20130930 New Zealand retail investors take almost half of offer in country’s biggest power generator WELLINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) […]
Tsunami risk bigger than previously thought in parts of New Zealand: report [e]John Macdonald 20130930 Tsunami risk bigger than previously thought in parts of New Zealand: report WELLINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Parts of New […]
PM to attend APEC and the East Asia Summit Prime Minister John Key will attend two major Asia-Pacific leaders’ meetings next week, the 2013 APEC Leaders’ meeting in Bali from October 7-8 and then the […]
Value of international education continues to grow The value of international education to the New Zealand economy continues to grow with a new report released today showing it contributed $2.6 billion and 28,000 jobs in […]
Official drought period ends today Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says rural communities have bounced back strongly after this year’s drought, with the official declaration ending today. “Earlier this year I extended the […]
PM to make flying visit to see Australian PM Abbott Prime Minister John Key will travel to Canberra on Wednesday 2 October to meet newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. “This is our most […]
The failure of UN and New Zealand and other government officials to acknowledge the backdown from earlier scaremongering claims about future global climate behaviour has been criticised by Hon Barry Brill, chairman of the New […]
Australian theologian Dr Rollan McCleary has again gone where angels fear to tread and issued a critique of the late nun Mother Theresa, suggesting she is not a viable candidate for sainthood. The Catholic Church’s […]
Easy money kills the pain, but not the problem By Peter Morici
Keith Urban, lighting a new ‘Fuse’ By Randy Lewis Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES _ Since joining the judging panel on “American Idol” last year, Keith Urban’s constantly reminded of the one thing that […]
Climate Depot Round Up: UN IPCC Exhumes, Brings Climate Catastrophe Back From The Grave…Politicians, Activists Dancing Like It’s 2007! Marc Morano Statement: “It appears the UN IPCC rejected advice from many to deal with discrepancies […]
GOING COOL ON CLIMATE CHANGE SUB: A RESPONSE TO THE UN IPCC REPORT The latest UN climate report is out and being hyped and exaggerated by daily news media. But keeping the IPCC honest […]
Oracle’s ‘secret weapon’ to pull off historic America’s Cup comeback was largely bluster By Julia Prodis Sulek San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO _ After every race when Oracle Team USA Skipper Jimmy Spithill […]
McCully announces further assistance for Syria Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced $2.6 million in additional funding for the Syrian crisis. New Zealand will provide $604,000 (US$500,000) to the Organisation for the Prohibition of […]
A serious tack for South Africa’s white wines By Jon Bonné San Francisco Chronicle McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Sept. 28–Just three years ago, talk of South African wine, at least on these shores, was relatively simple. […]
Inside Kenya shopping mall, a house of horrors USA Today (MCT) The al-Shabab terrorists who seized a Kenyan shopping mall for four days tortured, maimed and mutilated some of their 67 victims, leaving a tattered […]
Norwegian scientists working on a defensive system to stop car suicide bombers may inadvertently have stumbled on the ultimate Big Brother solution to police pursuits everywhere. Thousands of people die each year as a result […]
Ellison brand a big winner, too, in America’s Cup USA Today (MCT) The America’s Cup win is great for America and terrific for sponsor Oracle, but the biggest winner may be the billionaire owner whose […]
Rising debt, overheated housing market threaten New Zealand’s economic stability [e]John Macdonald WELLINGTON, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — New Zealand’s overvalued housing market and high household debt levels risk derailing the country’s fragile economic recovery, two […]
Detroit to study urban animal farming By Tammy Stables Battaglia Detroit Free Press McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Sept. 26–A Detroit City Council committee thinks it’s time to consider allowing urban animal farming, which could lead to […]
DIANA: THE NEW EVIDENCE DID THE PRINCESS DIE IN A BULLYING STUNT THAT WENT WRONG? Sixteen years after the death of Princess Diana, new revelations about possible SAS involvement in her death have set the […]
By Sandy Bauers About 10,000 chemicals are added to Americans’ food to make it taste better or look better, to thicken it, preserve it, or otherwise improve it. That’s an awful lot of chemicals for […]
Burr, Hagan urge action on currency manipulation By Richard Craver Winston-Salem Journal, N.C. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Sept. 27–A bipartisan group of 60 U.S. senators is appealing again to the Treasury secretary to address foreign currency […]
NetSafe is warning New Zealand businesses to be on the alert after a major retail chain was targeted by cyber criminals in a well planned phishing attack that attempted to convince store staff to install […]
Good morning and thank you for inviting me to open this forum on managing volcanic risk in Auckland. I am very pleased to be here. It’s great to see so many people taking this opportunity […]
Taxi driver safety review underway Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse today announced that a planned review of taxi driver safety is underway. The review will assess the extent that in-vehicle taxi cameras and monitored two-way […]
Mr President. Congratulations on your election to the Presidency of this General Assembly. You take the reins at an important time. We wish you every success. You have our support. The recent events in Kenya, […]
Ericsson is launching a cellular radio that is small enough to fit a person’s hand, but provides enough indoor network coverage for a crowd. The disk-shaped, break-through solution, called Ericsson Radio Dot System, addresses a […]
Why is a spork called a spork rather than a foon? Why do we pluralise avocados without an ‘e’ yet add ‘es’ to tomatoes? These and other complexities of the English language are the subject […]
Oracle rallies for historic America’s Cup win By David Wharton Los Angeles Times (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO _ The end came with a burst of speed and a charge across San Francisco Bay. As the sleek, […]
THE FLUORIDATION EXPERIMENT SHOULD CEASE Robert Mann I made a paid hobby, in my academic career, of publicising several health hazards. The first, in 1971 – aerial spraying […]
Education Minister Hekia Parata says New Zealand’s educational standards are slipping when compared to the rest of the OECD nations. Speaking on the eve of a major education conference in Turkey, Parata says the country’s […]
Details for family carers policy released The Funded Family Care Notice 2013, which details how the Government’s $92 million policy of paying family carers will be implemented, has been issued by the Minister and […]
Oracle completes amazing comeback in America’s Cup By Julia Prodis Sulek San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO _ Nobody believed Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill when he called his crew the underdogs before […]
BC-SAI-AMERICASCUP-1ST-LEDE:SJ Team USA forces winner-take-all America’s Cup final By Darryl Matsuda San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO _ The greatest America’s Cup in 162 years could only end one way. With one final race. […]
New Zealand growers stop apple exports to China after rot detected WELLINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — New Zealand apple exports to China have been suspended after post-harvest rot was found on three consignments by Chinese […]
Migrant workers helping to build New Zealand economy: gov’t report WELLINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Migrant workers — increasingly from Asia — have helped create jobs and build the New Zealand economy in the decade […]
The Government has given the green light for a new hospital for the West Coast at an estimated cost of around $60 million says Health Minister Tony Ryall. “The greenfield development will replace Grey […]
RA-Women-s-growing-place-in-bluegrass-means-not-hearing-pretty-good-for-a-girl-anymore-0925-20130925 Women’s growing place in bluegrass means not hearing ‘pretty good for a girl’ anymore By Thomas Goldsmith The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Sept. 25–RALEIGH — Virginia author Murphy Henry, a banjo player since […]
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