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<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Judges' prejudices unfair in Super City logo contest
Messages are starting to arrive on my desk from disgruntled entrants in the Super City logo contest.
Messages are starting to arrive on my desk from disgruntled entrants in the Super City logo contest.
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee accused the Labour Party of hypocrisy yesterday when he revealed the previous government approved 218 permits for mining on conservation land.
Susan St John, associate professor in the economics department of the University of Auckland Business School and spokeswoman for the Child Poverty Action Group, questions the results claimed for new rules on benefits.
The Government confirms its restructuring of a number of agencies over the next three years will see 55 jobs lost.
The 2010 prize for the best baguette de tradition, or traditional baguette, in Paris has been won by a man born in Senegal.
Under French tradition, Dominique de Villepin's political hopes should be 'dead in the water'.
If Govt projections over our petroleum sector bear fruit, NZ could be the oil sheikhs of the Pacific, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Ratepayers face a tax bill of tens of millions of dollars because of Govt plans to have much of the Super City run by commercial bodies, the Auckland City Council says.
Long-term unemployed, sickness beneficiaries and single mothers on the DPB with children over six are about to come under extra scrutiny under new Govt reforms.
Some Great Barrier locals say mining will destroy the island's "fragile" environment, while others say the jobs created will be a blessing.