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Wartime tradgedy-the sinking of the "Dolphin"
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Wartime tradgedy-the sinking of the "Dolphin"
It was an avoidable tragedy when the fishing boat Dolphin was sunk by a shore battery in Lyttleton Harbour on 12 October 1939. On entering the harbour and finding no examination vessel at the entrance, the Dolphin stopped in accordance with the regulations at the time, in front of the battery and awaited a signal from the battery to pass. The official version was that the Dolphin, did not properly identify itself and the warning shot fired from No.1 gun accidentally killed a crewmen. This was th...
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Teflon John avoids prosecution
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- Published: 26-07-2012, 07:29 PM
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Teflon John avoids prosecution
Opposition parties are calling on Prime Minister John Key to dump John Banks as a minister despite police deciding not to take any action against the MP over donations to his mayoral campaign. Police said today there was insufficient evidence to charge Banks, despite finding he knew about $50,000 donation from internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and a $15,000 donation from SkyCity ahead of his 2010 Auckland mayoralty campaign. The donations were listed as anonymous. Dotcom claimed he discussed the ...
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Nationwide protests against asset sales
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- Published: 14-07-2012, 10:00 PM
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Nationwide protests against asset sales
Auckland's Queen Street closed today with hundreds of protestors taking over the thoroughfare in protest at the Government's asset sale plans. The crowd, estimated at well over 1000 people, was one of multiple protests taking place throughout the country in response to the controversial scheme. The Stop the Thefts protest marches have seen thousands of people gather in 15 main centres around New Zealand. Among Mana Party flags, Labour party placards and Green Party banners, demonstrato...
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Hekia Parata's avoidable mess-content from NBR
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- Published: 31-05-2012, 02:03 PM
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Hekia Parata's avoidable mess-content from NBR
"Must do better" is the least criticism Education Minister Hekia Parata can expect from her colleagues over the shambolic class sizes policy.
She may argue that being heckled by intermediate school principals at their conference today in the midst of it all is punishment enough, but as John Armstrong writes, the entire mess was completely avoidable – see: Class backdown a mess of National's own making.
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Parata is forced to redo her homework
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- Published: 30-05-2012, 01:48 PM
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Parata is forced to redo her homework
Schools will lose no more than two teaching positions under new class ratios in an embarrassing backdown by the Government after large intermediates were set to lose seven.Education Minister Hekia Parata was forced to impose a cap after it became clear she could have a rebellion on her hands from schools and parents.The $43 million a year that was to have been saved and diverted to improve teaching quality will be cut but Ms Parata did not know by how much. Neither she nor Prime Minister John Key wi... -
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Indian nurses protest on the steps of Parliament
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Indian nurses protest on the steps of Parliament
About 150 Indian nurses protested on the steps of Parliament today, saying they are being denied the ability to work in their profession in New Zealand. The nurses, mostly from Kerala, completed a three-year diploma in general nursing and midwifery in India and were told by the New Zealand Nursing Council they were eligible register to nurse in New Zealand if they passed an English language exam. They were also told if they registered before changes to assessment criteria on March 1 they would ... -
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