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  • Ambassador to Afghanistan Appointed

    Ambassador to Afghanistan appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced the appointment of career diplomat John Mataira as Ambassador to Afghanistan."New Zealand has made a significant commitment to Afghanistan over the last 10 years, andwhile our Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) has now left Bamyan, that commitment will continue through our development ...

  • Decision to Mine Denniston Avoids Public Process

    Conservation Minister Nick Smith will make a decision later today to allow opencast coal mining on the Denniston Plateau, just one day before he would have had to consult the public on the proposal. "Nick Smith is going to say yes to mining our high-value conservation land today," said West Coast Environment Network spokesperson Lynley Hargreaves. "And he doesn't want ...

  • Cold Kiwis Show Need For Lower Power Prices Home Insulation

    More than one in three Kiwi households face a cold winter under National, highlighting the need for lower power prices and better insulation of homes, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.A Canstar Blue survey shows that 36 percent of Kiwi New Zealand households can't afford to heat their homes adequately in the winter. Cold homes are a leading source of ill-health ...

  • Multiple Urewera raids compensation claims possible - lawyer

    Tame Iti's lawyer says the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report into the 2007 Urewera raids offers scope for multiple compensation claims. Released yesterday, the authority's report criticised aspects of the police action, and found that officers acted unlawfully in establishing road blocks and detaining people during the raids. Iti was one of 17 people arrested ...

  • More Kiwis forced to cut power off - Shearer

    Source: ONE News An increasing number of Kiwis have been forced to cut their power supply off because they cannot afford to pay their electricity bills, David Shearer claims. The Labour leader said new figures show the number of people having their power supply cut off because they couldn't pay their bills grew by more than 3000 over the course of last year. "In the first quarter of ...

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Night of the Living Dead [DVD]

Night of the Living Dead [DVD]

Night of the Living Dead reinvented the American horror film. Prior to its release in 1968, horror movies were primarily filled with rubber monsters and tin-foil flying saucers, relegated to cheap drive-in theaters where the only people who watched them were teenagers more interested in their dates than what was on the movie screen. ...

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  • Trial for Manning murder likely to start next year

    Mellory Manning's body was found in the Avon River in 2008. Photo / Supplied The trial of a man charged with the 2008 murder of Christchurch prostitute Mellory Manning is likely to start next year. Mauha Huataki Fawcett, 24, has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of Miss Manning on December 18, 2008. Her badly beaten body was found in the Avon River the next day, and ...

  • Aaron Lim GCSB legislation could prevent a Boston Bombing

    First responders rush to where two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street in Boston. Photo / AP The recent bombings at the Boston Marathon are a vivid example of the fragmented nature of modern warfare, and changes to the GCSB legislation are a necessary safeguard against a similar incident in New Zealand. New Zealanders have long been complacent ...

  • Hang on Snoopy rescuers are on the way

    Derek Hovius dries Snoopy. Photo / Peter McIntosh Snoopy is a survivor. The 4-year-old spaniel-cross spent six hours stranded on a Dunedin cliff ledge in the cold and rain yesterday. Owner Derek Hovius walks Snoopy around the Chisholm Park golf course most mornings, but yesterday the dog disappeared about 10am. It wasn't until 4pm that a very cold and wet Snoopy was back in Mr ...

  • Airports Salute Outgoing Christchurch Airport Chief Exec

    Airports Salute Outgoing Christchurch Airport Chief Executive New Zealand Airports Association Chief Executive Kevin Ward saluted Jim Boult's contribution to the sector following news that he is to step down as Christchurch Airport's CEO at the end of the year."Jim has made a massive contribution over his five years in the role, not just to ChristchurchAirport, but also to ...

  • Prime Minister John Keys Budget Video

    fifth Budget , which we released to New Zealand last week, has been extremely well received. That's because it delivers in the areas that matter, and it supports our families who need it most.When I spoke in Parliament on the Budget last week, it was great to have the chance to talk about our success in Government. I also took the opportunity to point out that the Opposition have ...

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