Новости за 02.01.2016

The start of a new year is a good time to read a bit of history. The Economist recently published a fascinating piece on Russia’s rail history: “The gauge of history: A train journey north shows how Russia has evolved—and regressed“:

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Press Release – Oxfam NZ Oxfam New Zealand is ready to respond to Cyclone Ula, which swept through Tonga overnight and is expected to continue its course through the country until this evening. The Tongan Meteorological Service estimated wind speeds up to 150kmph.Cyclone Ula strikes Tonga: Oxfam poised to respond Oxfam New Zealand is ready […]

News from Philips Search and Rescue Trust The Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter flew eight missions in the past two weeks. Today the helicopter was called to Ramanui near the Bridge to Nowhere on the Whanganui river, after a woman injured her ankle after a fall and set off her PLB. A local jet boat […]

by Lindsay Shelton No one knew what they’d decided, after the Wellington City Council debated whether or not to approve a camping ground near the rubbish tip on Happy Valley Road. We published two conflicting reports on the November meeting. Helene Ritchie told us the plan had been rejected: The Wellington City Council in a […]

Stuff reports: France is “not finished with terrorism”, says President Francois Hollande, who has used a New Year’s message to defend controversial plans to strip citizenship from those convicted of terrorism offences. Controversial? With whom? I’d say hugely popular. Under the plans, French-born dual passport holders could be stripped of their nationality – a sanction currently applicable only […]

Fairfax do their annual list of 20 political predictions: 1. Phil Goff will win the Auckland mayoralty, triggering a by-election in his Mt Roskill seat. 2. Immigration will be the big issue of 2016, in NZ and worldwide, under the twin pressures of terrorism and rising unemployment. 3. One party leader will be replaced – […]

By Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig

Earlier this year, Ted Dawe’s teen novel Into the River was temporarily banned. It was a ridiculous decision, but this was in part attributable to a flaw (one of many) in New Zealand’s censorship law. The only two options that the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review had available were allowing the book to go unrestricted, or temporarily banning it. The Board of Review had already determined that harm would be done if the book was available to 13 year-olds, and the only option that... Читать дальше...

Adelaide Now reports: PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is willing to call an early election and campaign on a policy of cleaning up the union movement, after a royal commission found it infested by louts, thugs, thieves, bullies and perjurers. In his final report, Trade Union Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon on Thursday recommended criminal […]