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New Zealand now has the highest ever percentage of women on state sector boards and committees, Minister for Women Louise Upston announced today.

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May 16 (BusinessDesk) - Investors will eye the minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting, scheduled for release on Wednesday, amid increasingly mixed messages about global economic growth.

Imagine, for a moment, that I was trying to sell you a bag of organic lemons. Now imagine that my bag of organic lemons costs 3,000 times the normal price. They’re very good ***organic*** lemons, I would say, while flashing a Simon Bridges smile. Well-fertilized by a lovely labradoodle called Lexie, I might add.

Latipay's Alibaba, WeChat tie-up targets Chinese consumers who don't use credit cards

Stuff reports: More city councillors will be allowed to decide how Wellington’s $9.4 million economic fund is spent, but they won’t be able to tell ratepayers. Councillors voted on Wednesday to increase the size of the panel that oversees its Wellington Economic Initiatives Development (WEID) Fund from four to nine members. But they will be required sign a confidentiality agreement […]

News from NZ Police Wellington Police would like to hear from anyone who can identify this man. They want to speak with him as part of their inquiries into a burglary at The Beanery by Mojo on Lambton Quay on Thursday. Constable Ben Wallace of the Wellington Tactical Crime Unit says there has been a […]

News from NZ Police Wellington Police are seeking assistance from the public to identify this man, who fraudulently presented a cheque at the Lower Hutt ANZ on Friday April 8. . The cheque was stolen during an earlier commercial burglary at a property on Lambton Quay. Anyone who has information on this man’s identity can […]

Press Release – Universities New Zealand – Te Pokai Tara The New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin scholarship for outstanding women lawyers has this year been awarded to Holly Hedley and Bree Huntley. The award honours New Zealand’s first woman barrister and solicitor, Ethel Benjamin, who was admitted in 1897. It supports postgraduate research in […]

News from Zealandia This weekend two of Wellington’s top nature attractions are opening their doors to locals for just a couple of bucks. Open Weekend is back, and on the 21st & 22nd of May people will be able to visit to Zealandia and Wellington Zoo for a $2 donation. Open Weekend is a popular […]

Press Release – Ministry For Culture And Heritage Wellingtonians and visitors to the capital are invited to attend six Sunday concerts over winter at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. “It’s an exciting programme to extend the use of Pukeahu beyond purely ceremonial events,” says Paul Riley, Pukeahu National War Memorial Curator. “We’re encouraging Sunday visitors […]

Hamas Press Statement Chairman of Hamas political bureau Khaled Mishaal stated that resistance constitutes a national duty and an inherent Palestinian right. Addressing crowds attending a national conference that commemorated the 68th Nakba anniversary, Mishaal stated that resistance remains a national Palestinian constant and a strategic choice in the path toward liberation. “The rights of […]

International Solidarity Movement Press Release Today, 68 years ago, the state of Israel was created in the Palestinian peoples’ home. The anniversary falls after a winter and spring with an escalation in violence and arrests of Palestinians, ever-expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Palestinian capital of Jerusalem, as the de facto take […]

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) P-3K2 Orion aircraft has found three Kiribati fishermen missing since the morning of 7 May adrift near Tarawa, the Pacific Islands nations capital and main atoll.15 May 2016 NZ Defence Force Orion Finds Missing Kiribati Fishermen A New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Samoa Language Week this year for the first time includes a new education resource to help people learn Gagana Samoa, the Minister for Pacific Peoples Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says. Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga Minister for Pacific Peoples 15 May 2016 New resource for Samoan Language Week Samoa Language Week […]

PORT VILA (Vanuatu Daily Post/ICIJ/Pacific Media Watch): In her passport, Nesita Manceau lists her occupation as “housewife.” But she does oh-so-much more. On paper at least, she’s a corporate titan. And she’s been tangled in an arms-running scandal involving North Korea and Iran.

Before I attempt to answer this question, I need to disclose my personal views. I was a Rubio supporter but voted for Cruz in the Arizona primary as Rubio has dropped out of the race by then. I was, and am now, not a fan of Trump…however I will hold my nose and vote for […]

Anton van Heldon from Forest & Bird writes: The fishing industry has a laughable case for compensation in the Kermadecs – and the Government shouldn’t pay, says Anton van Helden. The fishing industry recently lodged a legal case against the Government’s proposal to establish the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary. The case does not appear to be […]

The Herald reports: The Trans-Pacific Partnership legislation has passed its first hurdle with support from National, Act, United Future – and one Labour MP. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill will now be considered by the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee, after passing its first reading 62 to 59. It was opposed by Labour, […]

Breitbart reports: The Remain campaign is “contaminating” Britain’s democratic process by relying on “outside money” and foreign interests to tell Brits how to vote, the former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand has said. Speaking at Westminster, Winston Peters, who also served as his country’s Foreign Minister and Treasurer, mocked suggestions Britain would suffer outside […]

News from NZ Police Police are asking Plimmerton residents to check their backyards and sheds for any sign of missing woman Elisabeth Loughran. The 68-year-old was last seen by her family at the Plimmerton Boating Club about 5pm yesterday. Police Search and Rescue Sergeant Anthony Harmer says they had a sighting of Ms Loughran about […]

Hi, and welcome back to Sunday reading. Starting off here is an interview with one of my favourite urban observers, Christoper Hawthorne with the Los Angeles Times. Hawthorne has been actively documenting the transformation Los Angeles has been going through over the last decade. Hawthorne has framed the story in a historical perspective calling [...]

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Duncan Storrar appeared on the Australian Q+A programme and asked a question attacking the Government’s announced tax cuts as they were providing nothing for low income earners like himself. He said more help for families like him would mean he could tell his little girls they can go to the movies this weekend as Daddy […]