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While yesterday was an exciting time in Wellington with the premiere of The Hobbit, there was a huge cost to the New Zealand taxpayer. Listen to October 8th 2012 to hear more about this. The total is about NZ$100m. On the other hand, the Prime Minist...
During the weekend, about 10,000 people visited the US air force Globemaster at Christchurch airport. The Antarctic summer season opened today and the Globemaster was ready to take scientists and maintenance staff to Scott Base and McMurdo Base. Scot...
New Zealand will change the law to make it compulsory for children up to the age of 7 to sit in a booster seat in a car. At the moment, the law says it is compulsory for children up to the age of 5. Doctors at Starship hospital, which is the Auckland...
A year ago today, the ship, the Rena, hit a reef in Tauranga harbour. The result was a disaster for the harbour, the beach, sea birds, exporters and local businesses. It probably destroyed the career of the captain and navigator also. They served thr...
John Key returned yesterday from a quick trip to Hollywood. The purpose of his visit was to remind Hollywood movie companies that New Zealand is a good place for making movies. In return for making a movie which cost $15m or more, New Zealand would g...
The government will bring back a lower starting wage for young people between the ages of 16 and 19. For the first 6 months of a new job, they will be paid $10.80 an hour. This is 80% of the adult minimum wage which is $13.50. In 2008, the Labour gov...
Although gardens tell us it is Spring, the weather does not feel like Spring at the moment. A storm hit many parts of New Zealand today bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and snow on mountain passes. The storm may continue tomorrow although the weath...
We New Zealanders regard ourselves as practical sports-loving people but we are also dreamers, writers and prolific readers. This is the beginning of the speech made by Deputy Prime Minister Bill English, at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany last we...
The Earnslaw is 100 years old this week and Queenstown is celebrating this vintage ship which they call The Lady of the Lake. It now takes tourists across Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown. However, 100 years ago it carried passengers, goods and farm anima...
Twenty-two New Zealand war veterans, aged between 88 and 96, are in Egypt to remember the battle fought 70 years ago at El Alamein. Yesterday they attended a service at the cemetery where more than 1,100 NZ soldiers are buried. The Second Battle of E...
New Zealand celebrated Diwali the last two weekends. Diwali is an ancient Indian festival of truth and light. It is celebrated with music and dance, exchanging gifts and sweets, decorating homes with lights, making patterns on the floor, and a firewo...
Seismologists scientists who study earthquakes know that they cannot predict earthquakes. They know areas which have more possibility of earthquakes. They can use computers to look at patterns of earthquakes around the world. For example, after the 7...
Lonely Planet, a popular tourist guide book, put Christchurch at number six in their list of the top 10 cities in the world for 2013. Number one is San Francisco. No other New Zealand city was on the list. Christchurch has had many big and small eart...
Many people who have an accident and break their back, never walk again. Your spinal cord is inside your backbone. It sends messages to your brain. It is part of your nervous system which controls your movements. In New Zealand, we have about one new...
This is a group of men and women who want to see more women on the boards of private companies. They want at least 25% female board members by 2015. In 2010, only 9.3% of board members were women. Of the top 100 companies listed on the stock exchange...
