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SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch):  While insisting their right to be partisan, some newspapers still claim to be neutral or objective in Fiji, says University of the South Pacific's head of journalism studies Dr Shailendra Singh.

Welcome back to Country Calendar Sunday Reading. Today I thought it would be nice to lead off with a mesmerising video of sheep herding in New Zealand. It’s not very urban, but it does nicely illustrate bottleneck queuing, which is a common phenomenon on urban roads and busy pedestrian streets. Only with sheep and paddock [...]

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The Standard Watch blogs: A blight on public education is the very last sort of blight we need.  Anthony R0bins was so concerned about the possibility that he wrote a post on the subject yesterday.  It quotes at length from the secretary of the New Zealand Educational Institute, Pat Goulter.  It wails at the “sheer […]

News from GayNZ.com Wellington charity worker Bernard Lee won the title of Mr Gay New Zealand 2016 at Auckland’s Big Gay Out today. Born in Borneo, Lee moved to New Zealand in 2009 and is an active volunteer for Love Your Condom. In April last year GayNZ.com spoke to Lee after his Mr Gay Wellington […]

Press Release – NZ Portrait Gallery An international judge has chosen 59 finalists from a record 366 entries for this year’s Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand’s premier portrait prize which is held every two years. Danish art expert Mette Skougaard will arrive this week to make her final selection of the $20,000 winner who will […]

News from Cycle Aware Wellington Once again, the weather gods turned on a stunning Wellington day (i.e. brilliant sunshine and a bit of a cooling breeze) for today’s Miramar Ciclovia, now in its third year. About 3000 people participated, on bikes, skateboards, roller blades and scooters. Local businesses such as Scorch O Rama and Chocolate […]

by Richard Falk Global Justice in the 21st Century Prefatory Note: The post that follows is a modified version of an opinion piece published by Middle East Eye on 6 February 2016. Its focus on the metaphor of ‘shooting the messenger’ has usually been reserved for critics of Israel, and it is only when high […]

Only a two hour tramp to the end today so we left at 9.30 am – a much more sociable time. Will must the hut – such a good idea to use an old homestead for it. One of the local weka having a drink. The track starts at the back of the hut. A nice […]

The Herald reports: A central authority should be set up to deal with extradition requests and tailor-made rules should be followed to avoid the kind of uncertainty and delay that has characterised the Kim Dotcom case, the Law Commission says. The growing problem of cross-border crime means the law should be changed to ensure New […]

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A new OECD study has shown that New Zealand teachers are among the most professional in the world. Unlike many countries, that quality is consistent across schools, regardless of decile.

Associate Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Nicky Wagner has welcomed an agreement reached for a community garden and food hub on Crown-owned land in central Christchurch. “The community garden, called Ōtākaro Orchard, is a great partnership ...

Just before dawn the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to an MVA at Kaitoke near Whanganui where multiple occupants were trapped in the wreckage of two cars after a head-on smash. Patients were transported from the scene by road ...

Hamilton Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a woman died at Waikato Hospital on Thursday morning.

The police have arrested and charged 36 year old Christchurch man for the homicide of 41 year old Simon Prue, also of Christchurch.

At 4:55am today police were advised of a serious crash on State Highway 3 at Kaitoke, South of Whanganui.

Police and emergency services are at the scene of a serious two car crash on SH3 between Pauri Road and Marangi Road

Stuff reports: New Zealand and Pacific Island governments have agreed to work to ensure a new submarine cable is laid across the Pacific, after meeting in Auckland. The intervention makes it more likely that one of the two existing plans to lay a new cable to and from New Zealand will succeed, according to a […]

Rio dressage hopeful John Thompson danced his way to victory at the inaugural Riding with the Stars in Hamilton tonight while honours in the showjumping went to the Australians . . . riding New Zealand bred horses.

Canterbury Police are investigating an incident earlier tonight resulting in the sudden death of one person on the river bank near this location.

A guitar signed by superstar David Bowie and sold at auction has netted a windfall for a local New Zealand charity.

News from NZ Police Two driver were killed at 4:55am today in a crash on State Highway 3 at Kaitoke, south of Whanganui. The crash involved two vehicles which appear to have collided head on. An 18 year old woman driver of one vehicle, and a 47 year old male driver of the other vehicle, […]

At about 4.03pm today Police were notified of a workplace accident in Waterloo Road, Christchurch where a male has died as a result of his injuries. Police are acting on behalf of the Coroner and also assisting Worksafe New Zealand with their investigation. ...

A sore ankle didn’t stop 18 year old Hayden Wilde from a dominating display on the Coast to Coast two day event that started today on the South Island’s West Coast.