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NZDF Coverup: Defence Admits Raid Was In Area Described In Hit And Run

When the book Hit and Run was published in March last year, the Chief of Defence Force Tim Keating held a press conference claiming that the book had nothing to do with the New Zealand SAS because the SAS had been in a different place on that date...

Now, a year later, the Ombudsman has ordered the Defence Force to release more information...

The Defence Force has finally admitted that the “three photographs in the book are of Tirgiran Village”, the NZDF's name for the place where the SAS conducted the raid. More>>

 
 
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Let's Get Wellington Moving: Feedback Wants Better Public Transport, Less Congestion

“The scenarios we took to public engagement in November and December 2017 are complex. We’re pleased more than 2000 people and 50 stakeholder groups took the time to work through our scenarios and give us feedback,” says Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme director Barry Mein. More>>

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Gordon Campbell: On Winston Peters’ Attempts To Cozy Up To Trump And Russia

The weekend attempts made by Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peterson on the Nation TV programme to downplay Russia’s role in the shooting down of MH 17 have already been earning some unflattering coverage across the Tasman. More>>

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Gordon Campbell: On Police Pursuits

The willingness of the Police to play Russian roulette with public safety via its current policy on pursuits continues to end in carnage... In its own review of the police pursuit policy back in 2009, the Independent Police Complaints Authority made two key recommendations which the Police did not adopt. More>>

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Steel, Harassment: PM's Post-Cabinet Press Conference

Ardern was joined by Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker to discuss New Zealand's effort to get an exemption to steel and aluminium tariffs planned for the United States. More>>

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Treaty: Ngāti Rangi Signs Settlement With The Crown

The Crown has signed a deed of settlement with Ngāti Rangi, settling the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Rangi... Friends and whānau gathered at an emotional deed signing ceremony at Raketepauma Marae in the Ruapehu District today. More>>

National Reshuffle: Bridges Unveils Shadow Cabinet

Bridges unveils team to take on Ardern-Peters Govt National Party Leader Simon Bridges has unveiled his new caucus line-up, saying it reflects his intention to make the most of the party’s considerable experience as well as new talent – and to recognise ... More>>

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TPP(b): David Parker Signs CPTPP In Chile

Amid rising fears the US will spark a new global trade war, a revised Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been signed this morning in Chile... Its supporters argue it will boost incomes and jobs, while critics have said New Zealanders will lose the right to make decisions in their interests. More>>

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Kāpiti Airport: Air NZ Withdrawal a Huge Loss

The suspension of Air New Zealand flights between Paraparaumu and Auckland will leave a large hole in the region's economy.

Air New Zealand announced today their last flight from Paraparaumu will be 3 April 2018, just a week after the hugely successful Open Day at Kāpiti Coast Airport where more than 1000 people visited to show their support for the daily flight service... More>>

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NIWA: Scientists Measure Glaciers After Record-Beating Summer

Climate scientists and glaciologists are taking to the skies this week to find out how New Zealand’s glaciers are faring following this summer’s record-breaking warmth... Dr Lorrey says he expects this year’s survey to reveal some “pretty pathetic” glaciers, following New Zealand’s hottest summer on record. More>>

Crown Accounts: Govt Accounts Continue To Track Slightly Above Forecast

Stronger employment growth and residential investment continued to support the Government’s financial accounts in the seven months to the end of January, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. More>>

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NZI Research: Sustainability Drives Growth

NZI has just released compelling research showing that those who run a sustainable business (taking into account environmental, social and economic factors) are twice as likely to grow as those not engaged. More>>

Summery Climate Summary: NZ’s Hottest Recorded Summer

The nation-wide average temperature for summer 2017-18 was 18.8°C (2.1°C above the 1981-2010 from NIWA’s seven station temperature series which began in 1909). Summer temperatures were well above average (>1.20°C above the summer average) across all regions. More>>

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Gordon Campbell: On The #MeToo Movement In Sweden

The #MeToo campaign has been approached by Sweden in an impressively systematic fashion. As Bloomberg News reports, #MeToo subsets have emerged in almost every imaginable sector of Swedish society.. More>>

Binoy Kampmark: Meddling For Empire - The CIA Comes Clean

One of the difficulties behind the podium stance of virtue taken by the US political establishment on Russian interference in the country’s electoral process is one of simple hypocrisy. More>>

Gordon Campbell: On The Gun Debate, Here And In The US

Gun ownership in the US is a mystery to New Zealanders, and so is the constitutional fetish that surrounds it. However, the attitudes involved are not static and unchanging, even if it can feel that way in the wake of each new gun atrocity. More>>

Gordon Campbell: On The Mueller Probe, And Russia’s Economy

In itself, the indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the 2016 US wlll do little to change pre-existing views about the Robert Mueller investigation into Russia’s meddling in US presidential politics... More>>

Gordon Campbell: On The Nunes Memo

Every now and then the US system erupts and throws up a piece of political magma that can’t be described or explained in any rational fashion... More>>

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Ross Webb: Our Union-Powered Past

Labour’s soon-to-implemented workplace relations policy aims to address the imbalances in our economy, but has sparked fears among some that it marks a return to ‘the bad old days’ of the 1970s. But what exactly was happening in the 1970s? And what has caused the ‘imbalances’ that Labour is now trying to fix? More>>

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UN Rights Office On Syria: The “Monstrous Annihilation” Of Eastern Ghouta

Since the Syrian Government and their allies escalated their offensive against opposition-held Eastern Ghouta on 4 February, there have been more than 1,200 civilian casualties, including at least 346 killed and 878 injured, mostly in airstrikes hitting residential areas... Ninety-two of these civilian deaths allegedly occurred in just one 13-hour period on Monday. More>>

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Cyclone Gita: 70% Of Tonga Population Affected

The full scale of destruction is beginning to emerge from Tonga in the aftermath of the severe tropical cyclone Gita. Around 50,000 people, or almost 70% of the country’s population, have been affected, a third of whom are children. More>>

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Gita: Samoas Clean Up After Being Swamped By Cyclone

Apia in the wake of Gita Photo: Rudy Bartley The clean up is continuing in the two Samoas after Tropical Cyclone Gita hit on Saturday morning. More>>

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Grand Coalition : Germany's two main political parties set to govern under Angela Merkel.

The liberal-conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) negotiated through the night in a marathon final push to nail down an agreement. More>>


80 Passengers: Kiribati Ferry Disaster

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working with the Government of Kiribati to support children, families and communities affected by the recent Butiraoi ferry disaster. More>>

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Campbell On: the US demonising of Iran

Satan may not exist, but the Evil One has always been a handy tool for priests and politicians alike. Currently, Iran is the latest bogey conjured up by Washington to (a) justify its foreign policy interventions and (b) distract attention from its foreign policy failures. More

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Black Ferns: Pay Agreement A Welcome Step Forward For Women

New Zealand Rugby’s agreement to offer 30 Black Ferns players contracts through a professional performance programme is a welcome step forward in boosting pay in women’s sport, Minister for Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson says. More>>

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'The Dalberton Library': Rare 15th Century Books Donated To National Library

The 20 books, printed between 1472 and 1512, include works on theology, Latin classical texts, the lives of saints and astrology. More>>

Paralympics: Corey Peters Wins First Medal For NZ At PyeongChang

Corey Peters delivered a bronze medal for New Zealand on the first day of competition at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. More>>

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Pride: Parade Brings Thousands To Central City

Thousands of revellers turned out on the streets of Wellington to celebrate the city’s International Pride Parade, capping-off the two-week long Wellington Pride Festival. More>>

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Scoop Review Of Books: Women Vote!

The Women’s Suffrage Petition, Te Petihana Whakamana Pōti Wahine 1893: The introduction is followed by potted biographies of 161 of the 24,000 signatories, drawn from throughout the country, roughly in proportion to the number of women there who signed the petition. More>>


Howard Davis Review: Taonga Pūoro, Rob Thorne, and the NZSQ

The musical category of taonga pūoro includes a variety of traditional instruments that fulfilled many functions within Māori society, including a call to arms, communications with the gods, the dawning of a new day, and the planting of crops. The stone, wood, shell, and bone instruments come from the earth and water, producimg a quality of sound and resonance unique to Aotearoa. More>>

Ockham Shortlist: Book Awards Celebrate 50th Anniversary

Announced today, the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists join a literary hall of fame that dates back to 1968 and features New Zealand’s most famous and distinguished writers. More>>

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