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Tibet Turmoil and the Free Trade Deal With China

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:36:00 PM

Critics are jumping to use the recent crackdown in Tibet to further oppose New Zealand's free trade agreement due to be signed within a month.   Full Story

Parents Allow Truancy With 'Condoned Absences'

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:34:00 PM

Truancy has increased by 20 percent in the last four years, with around 31,000 truants absent a week, according to government figures.Truancy officer Metirana Morehu, from Manukau Truancy Services ...   Full Story

NZ Specialists Monitor Drug After Deaths in US

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:32:00 PM

Medsafe is monitoring a drug used in dialysis and heart patients after 19 deaths and hundreds with allergic-type reactions in the United States and similar reactions in Germany.   Full Story

Young Human Rights Activists Awarded for Public Service

Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:33:00 PM

One of New Zealand's youngest mayoral candidates and the relative of a cluster bomb victim were among over 20 youths recognised at the Youth for Human Rights awards ceremony on Friday night.   Full Story

Snell Says It's All About Lifestyle, Particularly Exercise

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:32:00 PM

In one sense the journey taken by Peter Snell since the triple Olympic champion retired in 1965 is a reappraisal of his past from the perspective offered by time, maturity and distance.   Full Story

Call To 'End the Secrecy' In Free Trade Deal With China

Monday, March 03, 2008 6:37:00 PM

Controversy surrounds the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China as Prime Minister Helen Clark gears up to sign the deal when she heads to Beijing early next month.   Full Story

NZ Campylobacter Rates Highest In The World

Monday, March 03, 2008 6:35:00 PM

Studies show that New Zealand has the world's highest rates of campylobacter disease.A report from Otago University's health researchers say that New Zealand's rate of campylobacter cas ...   Full Story

British Borders May Tighten Against Kiwis

Monday, March 03, 2008 6:31:00 PM

Kiwis traveling to the UK to work may be affected by Britain's new points-based immigration policy.The British Government is looking at removing the ancestry visa scheme, available to citizens ...   Full Story

Graphic Images Could Help Smokers Quit Says Researcher

Monday, March 03, 2008 2:15:00 PM

Graphic images on cigarette packets, including pictures of gangrenous toes, diseased lungs and rotting teeth and gums, introduced this last week could deter young smokers.   Full Story

NZ Olympic Athletes Given Freedom of Speech at Beijing

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:31:00 PM

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has overturned its gag order on national athletes in Beijing this year following intervention from the government.   Full Story

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