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Christmas travel chaos

The closure of Christchurch Airport for several hours this afternoon has caused havoc for hundreds travelling to Christmas destinations around the country.A number of flights out of Auckland Airport to both Christchurch and Wellington were delayed or cancelled this afternoon after Christchurch was hit by a series of large shocks.The airport has just re-opened after [...]

Terrible Christmas shock for Christchurch

Yet another swarm of earthquakes, reaching up to magnitude 6.0, terrified many already fed-up residents today.The first inkling of trouble came when a shallow 5.8 magnitude quake bashed its way through the region just before 2pm.It was a long, rumbling tremor that shook power poles and forced traffic to pull over.Christmas shoppers fled for cover [...]

Greens see red over National call to abstain

The Green Party has rebuffed any suggestion it abstain on confidence and supply this term after Prime Minister John Key signalled that he could start to ask the Greens for more in return for some policy concessions.The party’s co-leaders, Russel Norman and Metiria Turei, met Mr Key and his deputy, Bill English, yesterday to discuss [...]

1000 leave for Australia every week

The Kiwi exodus to Australia has hit another all-time high of almost 1000 people a week, depopulating the equivalent of Gisborne or Invercargill in the past year.Just over 1.1 per cent of New Zealanders, or 50,115 people, made the one-way trip on a permanent or long-term basis in the year to last month – breaching [...]

Greens confirm no deal with National

The Green Party has confirmed it will not be a formal part of the Government, following discussions with Prime Minister John Key today.Co-leaders Metiria Turei and Russel Norman met with Mr Key and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English this afternoon to discuss what sort of cooperation agreement they might come to.The parties had a memorandum [...]

Suspended Guildford quits drinking

Zac Guildford has vowed to give up alcohol until the end of 2012 as he bids to get his life and rugby career back on track ? Is he going to continue drinking after 31st December 2012 after his life and career is back on track and screw them over again ? Will see soon——————————————————————————Zac [...]

David Shearer Political History

David Shearer’s rise to the top of the Labour Party – just 30 months after being first elected to Parliament in the Mt Albert byelection – has been meteoric. But he hasn’t had an entirely smooth run, having been knocked back several times before even securing a seat, in 2008. Only Don Brash had a [...]

New Labour Leader : David Shearer

David Shearer says his election as Labour’s new leader today signals a fresh start for the Party and the beginning of the journey from Opposition back to Government in 2014.“I am a fresh face for Labour and I represent a fresh start for New Zealand,” said the new Labour Leader.“I would like to congratulate Grant [...]

Eurozone downgrade ?

Germany and France were last night put on notice of a devastating credit downgrade hours after they unveiled their latest rescue plan for the single currency.Fifteen eurozone countries including the six that still have gold-plated AAA ratings like Britain were told there was a 50-50 chance of a downgrade.Such a move could force up their [...]
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