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Dear
homesick Kiwi,
Good
news for all of you who miss Easter at home: this year
we're offering cream eggs and marshmallow eggs in response
to popular demand. To be sure of delivery for Easter
(11 April), I would recommend ordering
before the next HUHU!
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| NEWS |
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What
looks set to be a long, long election campaign
got started last week with PM Helen Clark making a defiant
speech aimed at the resurgent National Party at the
Christchurch Cathedral. Don Brash, criticised
the choice of venue for such a political
speech.
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also admitted
having an affair, during a spat
about marriage with the PM, and warned there
would be no
immediate tax cuts for high earners under National. |
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| Christchurch
is also the reported centre of the National Front,
an extreme right-wing group which has made
the news by claiming to have enough members
(500) to become an official political party. The party
advocates liberal application of the death penalty, armed
citizen militias and the replacement of prisons by penal
regiments in the army, but is not thought to be a serious
force in next year's election. |
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| The
Kiwi dollar's strong run is sparking concerns for
the economy as exporters lose out, and the Reserve Bank
is beginning
to make noises about a possible intervention
if the situation worsens. |
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The
Mt Ruapehu crater lake is brimming
and due to burst at any time, raising concerns
of a massive mud-slide, bigger than the one which
caused the Tangiwai rail disaster. The Government is
under attack for refusing to intervene to prevent catastrophe...
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| And
NZ Idol is down to the final
ten! The find-a-popstar TV programme is attracting
audiences of over half a million and earning
a packet for its sponsors with voting costing
99c a pop. One girl voted for her cousin 250 times - she
didn't get through. |
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| SPORT |
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| In
the Super 12, the Otago Highlanders lost to the
Sharks, the Wellington Hurricanes beat the Cats and the
Auckland Blues were thrashed by the Reds. Canterbury and
Waikato had byes. Details>> |
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| And
the first South Africa cricket test was an
exciting draw. Two records hinge on the second
and final test: Jacques Kallis could become the first
player to beat Bradman's record of centuries in six consecutive
tests, and the Black Caps could win their first test series
against South Africa. |
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| ONLY
IN NEW ZEALAND |
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| Hamilton
girls are queuing
up to wrestle a dwarf, in jelly of course,
and he's defending his right to be wrestled. |
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| And
a real Helen Pearce has taken
exception to a TV ad in which a bored office-worker
announces over the public address system 'Helen Pearce
is a slapper'. Apparently her friends have started
calling her a slapper. |
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