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Let me tell you something about fear; about what happens to the pit of your stomach when sirens go off and bombs rain down on your city; about what happens when you are woken up in the middle of the night by your frantic parents who are shaking with fear; about when your dreams are reduced to staying alive, and when all you can ever hope for is for peace. Let me tell you; it’s awful!
And when you are young, like I was during the Iran-Iraq war, your sense of danger heightens.
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Bryce Edwards looks at the first year of National’s third term, both the good and bad. Starting with the bad: A long list of negative episodes have plagued John Key’s third term. Ranging from very damaging to trivial, these sagas have far outnumbered the few achievements of the Government since re-election. National went into the […]

A few weeks ago the Auckland Transport board adopted an updated version of the Regional Public Transport Plan following consultation on a few areas. One of those areas AT’s Integrated Fares Policy or Simplified Fares as AT call them and which I looked at in more detail here. Core to the Simplified Fares are a move [...]

News from Orchestra Wellington Orchestra Wellington is testing its audience loyalty with a new “secret” deal that recalls Air New Zealand’s famous Mystery BreaksTM packages. The orchestra is offering tickets to its 2016 concerts for exceptionally low prices to people who book by November 6. The catch is that the programme and soloists are a […]

Report from Newswire by Virginia Fallon Acting Wellington Mayor Justin Lester says there are vacancies in some of the city council’s 2400 housing units which could be used by Syrian refugees. “The accommodation is there already and we will make it available.” He said an increase to take in Syrians was the least that New […]

Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Honourable Leaders of the Smaller Islands States of the Pacific Islands Forum Distinguished Ministers, Observers and Delegates Fellow CROP Executives24th SMALLER ISLAND STATES LEADERS’ MEETING OPENING REMARKS BY MEG TAYLOR DBE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT Honourable Leaders of the Smaller Islands States of the […]

Press Release – Fairtrade ANZ Goroka, the centre of Papua New Guineas coffee industry, was recently the host of Fairtrade Australia New Zealands annual Pacific Stakeholders Workshop. This event brought together representatives from six Fairtrade certified coffee and cocoa …Fairtrade Brings Communication Technology to Local Farmers Goroka, the centre of Papua New Guinea’s coffee industry, […]

Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Hearing the voice of Civil Society is important in developing well informed regional policy for the Pacific. It is for this reason that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the European Union have organised The Civil Society Organisation Regional …Pacific Islands Forum Update 07 September 2015 Listening to […]

Q + A Episode 28 JUDITH COLLINS, ANNETTE KING, JULIE ANNE GENTER, CLAIRE ROBINSON Interviewed by MICHAEL PARKIN

“We have not done enough': Calls for NZ to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees.

News from NZ Rugby League Five tries from centre Joseph Oti have helped Wellington Orcas consolidate their bright start to the 2015 NZRL National Premiership with a thumping 66-14 road victory over Central Vipers In Whanganui. Oti had a double by halftime and added a second-half hat-trick, as the Orcas built on an opening-round draw […]

Five tries from centre Joseph Oti have helped Wellington Orcas consolidate their bright start to the 2015 NZRL National Premiership with a thumping 66-14 road victory over Central Vipers In Whanganui.

Recent comments made by Climate Ambassador to the UN, Jo Tyndall have sparked anger within New Zealand’s solar energy industry, prompting the question: What price does our government put on New Zealand’s future?

Lobby group Democracy Action is calling on the Chair of Auckland's Independent Maori Statutory Board selection panel, Tame Te Rangi, to step-down after details of a letter threatening legal proceedings against Auckland councillors were published in today's ...

The New Zealand Association for Environment Education (NZAEE) is delighted to announce the dates and theme for its flagship event Seaweek for 2016.

Many years ago I read Men in the Sun, a novel by late Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. He, along with his young niece Lamis, were blown up by Israel in 1972.

Some very frosty mornings are expected to start the week after a front swept the country this weekend, leaving cold southerly air in its wake. A ridge is approaching the country on Monday, and will move onto the country on Tuesday, meaning that many ...

Rescuers have been successful in recovering two trampers who got into difficulty in the Nelson Lakes National Park yesterday afternoon.

"Over the past week, the world has become acutely aware of the plight of people fleeing from wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. New Zealanders have sought to open their homes to refugees and are demanding an immediate expansion in the number of ...

The Telegraph reports: Greek voters are set to punish the government of prime minister Alexis Tsipras after polls show his hard-Left Syriza party is on course for a shock defeat in a general election later this month. Mr Tsipras, who called a snap vote on August 20, has seen his party’s comfortable 15 point lead […]

New Zealand’s first-ever funeral trade show will be held in Auckland on Tuesday.

Appointing award-winning architects RTA Studio has been described as a significant factor in Alexandra Park’s early success in the selling of apartments for its urban village set to open from 2017, says Alexandra Park CEO Dominique Dowding.

On International Day, Ban calls on people everywhere to act charitably in the face of human suffering

UN hails decision by Austria and Germany to take in thousands of migrants and refugees at Hungary border