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  • Black market trade claims over honey

    Honey on the black market (1:57) There are claims the health benefits of honey are leading to a lucrative black market trade. It is believed the high value of the manuka variety is behind one man's alleged supermarket stealing spree. Its perceived medicinal benefits have made manuka honey the 'wonder honey' and it is in big demand overseas. But with the high global demand and a ...

  • Alleged killers bought petrol on night of murder

    Shalvin Prasad. Photo / Supplied Two men accused of setting Auckland man Shalvin Prasad on fire allegedly filled two containers of petrol on the night of the murder, according to police. Bryne Permal and Shivneel Kumar are charged with the murder of Mr Prasad, who was found burnt to death in a rural area of south Auckland earlier this year. They appeared via audio-visual link at ...

  • PM backed departure tax plan

    John Key. Photo / File Prime Minister John Key backed an idea to introduce a departure tax on travellers, which was dumped just weeks ahead of this year's Budget. Mr Key said he initially thought it was a good revenue generating exercise in order to spend on marketing New Zealand as a destination overseas. "It's fair to say as Minister of Tourism I was attracted to the idea ...

  • No funding cuts for the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

    There has been no cut to the baseline funding of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in the 2013 Budget despite reports suggesting otherwise says Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Hekia Parata. "It has been reported that the Ministry’s funding has been reduced by $861,000 in this year’s Budget," says Ms Parata. "This is incorrect. Last year’s Budget ...

  • Health and safety guidelines for directors launched

    Monday, 20 May 2013, 6:02 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Simon BridgesMinister of Labour 20 May 2013 Health and safety guidelines for directors launchedGuidelines for company directors on leading and managing health and safety in their workplaces have been launched by Labour Minister Simon Bridges. "This is an important milestone in addressing both the ...

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The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

The Rules of the Game (Le Règle du jeu) [DVD]

Franois Truffaut called Jean Renoirs The Rules of the Game (Le Rgle du jeu) the credo of film lovers, the film of films. Indeed, having been ranked as one of the 10 greatest films ever made on Sight & Sounds influential International Critics Poll list since its inception in 1952, the intensity with which this film is now admired and revered is matched only by the vitriol and ... ...

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  • New Zealand to change tax rules of foreign superannuation mining

    The New Zealand government introduced a bill aiming to simplify the tax treatment of foreign superannuation and mining to the New Zealand Parliament on Monday, as part of a drive to rationalize its tax system."The current rules for taxing New Zealand residents on their foreign superannuation are complex and can be difficult to understand," said Revenue Minister Peter Dunne in a ...

  • Emergency demolition for red-zone cliff top house

    Residents evacuated over red-zone house fears (0:40) A controlled house demolition on a Christchurch clifftop has prompted authorities to evacuate a small number of residents and impose cordons. Cera engineers noticed the building in Balmoral Lane in Redcliffs was in a "distressed" state last week and monitored it over the weekend. Another inspection this morning convinced them ...

  • Man denies serious assault

    Photo / File A man charged with an alleged attack that left a man in his 50s hospitalised for over a week called police and said the victim needed to be taken to the police cells to "think about what he had done", a court has heard. Agatupu Samu, 27, pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the incident when he appeared at ...

  • Board adopts Whanau Ora

    Bill English receives a Hongi by Pita Sharples Minister of Maori affairs during the Whanau Ora launch at Te Puni Kokiri in Wellington. Photo / File Whanganui District Health Board has formally adopted Whanau Ora - and it will benefit the entire Wanganui community. The DHB adopted Whanau Ora at its board meeting on Friday, but only after robust discussion which saw an addition to the ...

  • Lost tramper believed to have slipped to his death

    West Coast historian Les Wright built a bivvy after getting lost in bush in the King Country, but then appears to have slipped to his death, according to his brother. The funeral of the well-known author will be held in Greymouth, on Saturday. He had been missing for five days after heading off from a Te Kuiti camping ground last Monday to go for a day tramp. A full scale search was mounted on ...

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