![]() New Zealand Herald | Housing plan requires ministers to buy own chattels Radio New Zealand Government ministers will be told to buy their furniture or chattels under new ministerial housing arrangements or they will be sold. Documents released under the Official Information Act set out a plan for 17 ministers who must now organise their own ... Buy own furniture, ministers told Cabinet ministers ordered to pay up or move out |
![]() Times Online | Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories' Times Online Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe's first president, The Times has learnt. ... The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who? Turkish anger over Herman Van Rompuy appointment New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | Blueprint brings city's future look into focus New Zealand Herald The political landscape of the Super City is coming into focus with the release of boundaries for the Auckland Council and local boards. Yesterday, the Local Government Commission proposed 12 wards on the Auckland Council and 19 local ... Community boards watching Auckland Franklin carve up expensive Commission reduces local boards in super-city |
![]() 3News | Driver haunted by memory of death Stuff.co.nz A lonely void has been left in Pam Fitzgerald's life after the death of her husband, former top traffic officer Steve Fitzgerald. And the man driving the truck that ran over and killed him cannot get the memory of ... Driver sentenced over cyclist policeman's death Man sentenced after death of traffic officer Driver fined over policeman's death |
![]() Stuff.co.nz | Man dies at Queenstown taxi stand Stuff.co.nz CENTRE OF ATTENTION: The police cordon in Camp St, Queenstown, yesterday. Mr Smith's body is inside the tent. An altercation between two men at a Queenstown taxi stand on Thursday night has left one dead and ... Assault charge after man dies on Queenstown street Arrest after Queenstown death Queenstown Homicide |
![]() 3News | Sportsman arrested after two women hurt in city New Zealand Herald A provincial hockey player has been arrested over an alleged hit-and-run and is being investigated in relation to an attack on a sex worker. Detectives and serious crash unit officers are working together to determine what happened in ... Arrest over alleged Auckland hit-and-run Woman hospitalised after Ponsonby hit and run Arrest over Ponsonby hit and run |
![]() Deccan Herald | "Seize opportunity" for children, says UN chief Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday called on the international community to "seize the opportunity and build a world that is fit for children" at a time when children across the globe fall victim to preventable ... Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the Child UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children |
![]() 3News | Air force casualty 'awesome all-round Kiwi bloke' - family New Zealand Herald An air force sergeant killed by an artillery shell which exploded at Waiouru Military Camp yesterday was a devoted family man and an "awesome all-round Kiwi bloke", his brother-in-law said today. Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster, 46, was killed instantly ... Family speaks of sergeant killed in Waiouru explosion Family mourn 'shock' loss of Waiouru serviceman NCO killed in explosion at Waiouru |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Harawira hires QC for fight to stay in party New Zealand Herald Hone Harawira has taken on Queen's Counsel Peter Williams to advise him during his battle to stay with the Maori Party. Mr Williams yesterday confirmed he was acting for Mr Harawira and had written a "detailed letter" to the party ... Complaints about Harawira flood in Sharples: Harawira progress ongoing Human Rights Commission Update On Harawira Issue |
Voxy | Parents know better than you, Children's Commissioner told Stuff.co.nz The man behind a protest march in Auckland tomorrow has told the Children's Commissioner that parents know better than him about disciplining their children. The "March for Democracy" along Queen Street has been organised to protest the Government's ... Children's Commissioner Bad Advocate For Children Says Watchdog March "divisive" - Children's Commissioner Boycott march, kids' advocate urges |