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A
15,000 strong hikoi arrived
outside Parliament last week in full voice
and a howling gale. Apart from one activist spitting
at MP Parekura Horomia's feet and calling him a 'devil'
the marchers were well behaved. Still, their en masse
crossing of the Auckland harbour bridge last week left
Transit with the $75,000
expense of checking they had caused no structural
damage (they hadn't). The Seabed and Foreshore bill
opposed by the hikoi passed its first reading
in Parliament the day after the hikoi's arrival.
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hikoi was also the catalyst for Labour's defiant
Maori MP Tariana Turia to announce her resignation
from the party. She is expected to easily win the by-election
which the major parties are going to ignore, and after
finishing this term as an independent she will form the
core of a new
Maori party which she has promised will sweep
all seven Maori seats. Problems
for Labour. |
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| A
Kiwi civilian engineer was shot
dead in the north of Iraq. He had no
connection to the NZ military forces stationed in the
south of the country and was no longer resident in New
Zealand. |
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Several
tonnes of GE-contaminated maize have entered
New Zealand and possibly been distributed as widely
as from Northland to the Hawkes Bay. Although this could
potentially threaten NZ's GE-free status (which we need
to export to some countries), the Government is playing
the incident down...
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| Former
Miss New Zealand and TV personality Lana Coc-Kroft
was recovering
in hospital over the weekend after collapsing
from a mystery illness while filming in Fiji. She was
airlifted to Auckland hospital and now said to be in a
stable condition. |
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Also,
Mt
Ruapehu scares scientists more than neighbouring Mt
Doom
A
25 year old teacher's aide wins the first NZ Idol!!!
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| Well,
we jumped the gun last HUHU, but the Canterbury Crusaders
and the Waikato Chiefs are the two Kiwi teams in the Super
12 semi-finals. |
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Crusaders will meet the Stormers in Christchurch,
without Justin Marshall and maybe without Chris Jack as
well, while the Chiefs will confront the ACT Brumbies
in Canberra. |
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| Stephen
Fleming is a doubtful
starter for next week's first test match against
England. The Listener has an interesting
interview with him about captaincy and the
coming series against England: "“It's really
exciting, and there's been a lot of blood shed to get
there, but slowly and surely we've built the stocks up.” |
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| New
Zealander Bevan Docherty is the new world champion with
his coach promising the best
is yet to come during the lead up to the Olympics. |
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the Australian netball team is hoping
to 'shock' the world champion Silver Ferns
in their approaching series... |
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| Only
in New Zealand |
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| The
Black Caps aren't the only elite Kiwi athletes in the
UK at the moment: a former New Zealander has won the world
worm charming championships in England
by convincing an amazing 51 worms to surface in 15 minutes. |
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| A
passenger was surprised to find a
frog living in her salad during a Qantas Melbourne-Wellington
flight. The frog lost its life in the ensuing drama. |
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| A
14 year old Hutt Valley boy underwent
sex-change hormone therapy, and is now planning
to have surgery to complete the process. John came out
as Julie on mufti day, which was poorly received by his
Wainuiomata College peers. "The flak I got was unbelievable...it
was really, really bad." |
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an association of astronomers is planning
to build a full scale replica of Stonehenge
in the Wairarapa, against a backdrop of the Tararuas. |
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