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  • Accused in Indian-origin New Zealanders murder owed money

    One of the two men accused of burning alive an Indian-origin man in New Zealand Jan 30 this year owed the victim money, the police report on the case has revealed. Bryan Pelmar, 20, and Shivneel Shahil Kumar, 18, have been charged with the murder of Shalvin Prasad, 21, whose burnt body was recovered from the side of a rural road in south Auckland, Fairfax NZ News reported Monday. Prasad was ...

  • Green Party to Contest Ikaroa Rāwhiti By-Election

    The Green Party has decided to contest the Ikaroa Rawhiti by-election.Nominations for the Green Party candidacy have opened and a candidate selection meeting will be heldon Friday 24 May."The Green Party has attracted a great deal of support from Maori communities over the years. We canreturn that support with a campaign to win Ikaroa Rawhiti with a great candidate," said Green ...

  • Speech by Murray McCully at USNZ Pacific Partnership Forum

    Thank you for being here. It's great to be back in Washington, and to see so many friends of New Zealand here today. I attended the first of these forums in April 2006 and each subsequent gathering. I want to reflect briefly on how the role of this Forum has changed, just as the NZ/US relationship has changed and continues to change. In thanking all of those who have contributed to ...

  • Launch of E Tū Whānau Programme of Action 2013-2018

    Launch of E Tu Whanau Programme of Action 2013-2018, Te Rau Aroha, Tyron Street, Whakarewarewa village, Rotorua Monday 20 February 2013Speech Five years ago the first Programme of Action was launched following a hui co-hosted by Tainui and Ngai Tahu with the Ministry of Social Development.That summit brought together a wide range of people from across the country to contribute to a plan ...

  • Māori Party MPs Select Rangatahi For Youth Parliament 2013

    Maori Party MPs Select Rangatahi For Youth Parliament 2013 The Maori Party Members of Parliament have selected student representatives from their electorates to participate in Youth Parliament 2013.121 Youth MPs from across the country will head to Parliament on 16 and 17 July 2013, where they will learn about government decision-making processes and share the views of youth with the ...

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Deep Rising

"Deep Rising" is a hybrid movie, a cross between "Aliens" and "The Posiedon Adventure." There's nothing particularly original about it -- in fact, it's really an assembly of parts from other movies, ranging from "It Came From Beneath the Sea" (1955) to "Predator" (1987). It's goofy science fiction junk food that can be swallowed in one easy gulp; it's not all that smooth going down, but its certai ... ...

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  • CERA Workshops Assist Property Owners In the Red Zone

    CERA Workshops Assist Property Owners In the Red Zone The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) has today begun holding a series of Residential Red Zone workshops to assist property owners in the process of moving on from those areas. Two of the workshops, which are designed to help people connect to the right services and overcome the issues that may be preventing them from ...

  • Sleepgate I was on Twitter not napping says Finlayson

    Parliament TV clip suggests. Mr Finlayson says he had his head down because he was on Twitter. So why is there no record of contemporaneous tweets from the minister?, NBR ONLINE asked. (After ...

  • Call for property capital value to be dropped

    Should houses have a Capital Value? (7:13) The CV or capital value of a property is currently used to estimate the market value and can mean massive gains for the seller. But, industry commentator Alistair Helm from Properazzi told TV ONE's Breakfast programme there's too much reliance on the capital value of a property and that it shouldn't be used as a benchmark in sales. ...

  • Kimbra takes home four Billboard Music Awards

    Kimbra donates first guitar to charity Kiwi popstar Kimbra's duet Somebody That I Used to Know continues to haul in the big awards. The Hamilton-born singer's duet with Gotye picked up four nods at last night's Billboard Music Awards. They won Top Rock Song, Top Radio Song, Top Hot 100 Song and Top Streaming Song (Audio) at the Las Vegas event. Earlier this year, the duet ...

  • Programme for autistic children facing funding shortfall

    Source: Fairfax Parents and carers say they are very disappointed to learn that that a service for disabled children and young people is closing because of a funding shortfall. Napier's Rainbow Umbrella Charitable Trust runs an after school programme primarily for autistic children. However, manager Jeannine Bainbridge says that the trust is facing closure because funding through the ...

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