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  • `Funding boosts New Zealands military capability

    Increase in New Zealand's defence budget and cost savings are helping to improve military capability across all three services, Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman said Friday. "In the year to July 2013, the NZDF (New Zealand Defence Force) will deliver 190 million NZ dollars ($153.87 million) in savings after achieving 140 million NZ dollars in the year prior," Coleman said in a statement the ...

  • Coercive Moves Disguised as Workshops

    Saturday, 18 May 2013, 3:24 pm Press Release: Quake Outcasts Coercive Moves Disguised as "Workshops"Christchurch- The government, through CERA and the quake organisation CanCern released a letter to Canterbury residential "red zone" residents. The letter suggests there will be "workshops" for people to "discuss their concerns" and is targeted at ...

  • Officials scramble to lift block on NZ meat in China

    China steps up inspection of meat trade after fake lamb scandal Government officials are working "around the clock" to resolve an issue which has seen New Zealand meat products stopped at the border in China. The problem is understood to be around documentation and while the Government will not say how much meat has been prevented from entering China, Labour claims it is ...

  • Waka Tapu complete historic voyage

    Associate Tourism Minister Chris Tremain has praised the efforts of the Waka Tapu crew for successfully completing a return voyage to Rapanui (Easter Island). After spending nearly 200 days at sea, the two waka hourua (traditional double-hulled sailing canoes) arrived back in Auckland today to an enthusiastic welcome from family, friends and supporters. "The crew of the two waka travelled ...

  • Update on meat consignment

    Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye have this morning sought an update from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) about some consignments of New Zealand meat delayed in China. "MPI has informed us that there are no food safety concerns around the product," Ms Kaye says. "We have been advised by MPI that most product is frozen and ...

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The Untouchables [DVD]

The Untouchables [DVD]

So there Brian De Palma was. At the end of filming The Untouchables, his big-budget, highly stylized, Prohibition-era crime saga about the exploits of federal agent Eliot Ness and his attempts to bring down Chicago crime king Al Capone, he was already some $8 million over ... ...

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  • Auckland asks for smoke-free feedback

    Auckland is one step closer to having smoke-free parks, reserves, sports fields and playgrounds with the council asking for community feedback on its smoke-free policy.Auckland Council presented its draft smoke-free policy on Tuesday and is calling on local groups and community members to contribute to the final draft.The final draft will be presented to the Regional Development and Operations ...

  • Christchurch Airport kicks out freeloading tourists

    Christchurch Airport has had a gutsful of freeloading tourists dossing down for the night. People who previously were allowed to shelter inside are now being kicked out to sleep rough in bus shelters and stairwells. Up to 200 people were using the international terminal every night, after flying in late. But airport chief Jim Boult says it is not in the accommodation ...

  • The importance of sales volume trends in the property market

    Watching the property market as an active investor or an interested property owner you are, I am sure, always looking to see where the current trend is heading to try and be ‘ahead of the ...

  • Gigolo providing home-delivered sex unfazed by Kiwi MPs male bordello plan

    A male escort who has been providing his 'services' for 14 years in New Zealand, said women wouldn't want to visit a brothel, but want sex home-delivered. The statement comes after former MP Pam Corkery's plan of opening a brothel for women in New Zealand was announced yesterday. Adagio, as he calls himself, said if women wanted sex, they'd want it to be discreet and ...

  • Cops friends shocked at drug charges

    Friends of the Auckland police officer facing drug-related charges say they are shocked at the allegations against him. Peter Pakau, 36, was arrested yesterday morning and faces 26 charges, including using the police computer system for dishonest purposes, conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine and supplying methamphetamine. He appeared in the Waitakere District Court yesterday. His wife ...

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