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Asia Smells Wall Street's Fear

Joan Druett — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:16:27 +0000

As a country in the south Pacific, New Zealand is close enough to the big Asian economies to be strongly affected by developments there. Accordingly, Asian business is prominently featured in major newspapers, such as the New Zealand Herald. 11...

Palin abused power, inquiry finds

Joan Druett — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:10:31 +0000

In New Zealand, interest in the US presidential election is intense, with stories updated hourly in local papers. The New Zealand Herald, Auckland’s largest daily, runs this story about the result of the inquiry into the Palin...

Our Man Radar escapes the City

Marie Hazledine-Barber — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:09:15 +0000

We call him Te Radar. The man living off the land, celebrating the wealth of sustainable living, the Land of the White Cloud Aoteaora New Zealand. Homegrown a T.V series that delights and amazes as Te Radar tames his wild land. Couple of cows,...

Freedom of Being Green in NZ

Marie Hazledine-Barber — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:30:27 +0000

The joy of being free: in the Eco-Stay spot in the Marlborough Sounds. Hunting wild pigs (believed to be descendants from the pigs Captain Cook introduced to New Zealand in 1773) they are nick-named Captain Cookers after Captain Cook, or hunt...

Natural losses dwarf current financial crisis

Graeme — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:03:35 +0000

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.

Abused Pitcairn women to be paid compensation

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:48:12 +0000

Britain will compensate more than two dozen women from its Pitcairn Island territory in the South Pacific for decades of sexual abuse carried out by male islanders, the governor there said...

Is Saturn's Titan a Mirror Image of Earth Before Life Evolved?

Glenn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:47:40 +0000

The Cassini spacecraft observations of Saturn’s largest moon, the orange-colored Titan, have given scientists a glimpse of what Earth might have been like before life...

Qantas to reimburse passengers after plane plunge

AP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:20:25 +0000

Qantas Airways said Thursday it will compensate all passengers who were on board a plane that made a terrifying plunge this week, tossing people around the cabin and injuring...

How Much Oil is Actually Left On This Planet?

Daniel — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:14:54 +0000

According to Dr. Peter McCabe, a world-renowned scientist currently working at CSIRO in Australia, any realistic analysis of future energy sources can only conclude that, barring some complete and miraculous harmony between all the world’s...

Australian Open announces purse increase

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:11:13 +0000

The 2009 Australian Open will offer $15.6 million in prize money next year, with the men’s and women’s singles winners receiving an 18 percent increase.