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Dear
homesick Kiwi,
At the end of March, New Zealand
lost one of its literary giants, Michael
King. We pay tribute to
Michael, arguably our country's greatest historian and
biographer, by featuring his defining work, "The
Penguin History of New Zealand".
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| NEWS |
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The
Government finally revealed its new-look proposed foreshore
and seabed legislation. Altered to please NZ First,
Helen Clark now doesn't need to worry about probable
opposition from three of her own Maori MPs - she has
enough votes to pass it next month with or without them.
For a short, readable summary of the issues and the
proposed legislation see
this article.
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| Experts
are expressing
grave concerns for the future of New Zealand's
energy supply after a major hydro-electric project,
Project Aqua, was binned. Difficulties with resource consent
approval contributed to the cancellation of the $1.2 billion
Waitaki river dam project, which could lead to black-outs
and higher power prices within a few years. |
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| Leading
NZ historian, Michael King, died with his wife
in a car crash. Often dubbed 'the People's Historian,'
his reasoned, informed voice and expertise on both Maori
and Pakeha New Zealand history will be missed at a time
when race relations threaten to get ugly. Helen
Clark led the tributes... |
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A Kiwi is among the growing number of foreigners feared
missing in Iraq, but for the 61 New
Zealand Army engineers working with the British in Basra
it's
back to work. |
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| United
Future leader Peter Dunne has
attacked the Government's Civil Unions Bill,
calling it a gay-marriage bill in disguise. |
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| A
shearer's son from Gisborne is to be the first Kiwi to
marry into the British Royal Family. Garry Lewis, until
recently a renovator in Auckland, will
marry Lady Davina Windsor in July. |
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| And
the identity of New Zealand's biggest ever Lotto winner
remains a mystery. A $14.2 million prize was won by a
ticket
sold in Kawerau; there are rumours
that it may have gone to an associate of the local Mongrel
Mob... |
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| SPORT |
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In
weeks seven and eight of the Super 12:
-
Auckland beat NSW and thrashed the Bulls
- Wellington beat Queensland then had a bye
- Canterbury beat the ACT Brumbies, but lost to the
Sharks (in South Africa though - tough conditions)
- Waikato beat Otago. The following week, Waikato lost
to the Cats and the Highlanders were walloped by the
Brumbies.
Week
eight review >> |
Table
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| ONLY
IN NEW ZEALAND |
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| The
Inland Revenue Department has become the target of much
Opposition
party mockery, after it was revealed one of
their managers enjoys wearing fairy wings to work
and makes her employees display a photo of a monkey on
their desks (to remind them they are a monkey on the back
of management). |
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| And,
the octogenarian crime underworld has raised its head
for the first time, with an 81 year old Levin man being
charged
in relation to the theft of a mobility scooter. |
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