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Charity Art Auction (EVENTS)
The New Zealand Society Ki te taumata, Aotearoa ki Ingarangi Charity Art Auction for NZ Conservation Project – New Zealand... more>
Future Fusion (MUSIC)
Future Fusion has moved to Gramaphone (60-62 Commercial St, London E1 6LT) but is still on the second Saturday of every... more>
Bancroft Rugby Club looking for players (SPORT)
Bancroft Rugby Club is looking for players of all abilities. Summer fitness and pre-season training is all ready under way.... more>
NZ Wine Tasting (EVENTS)
The New Zealand Society Ki te taumata, Aotearoa ki Ingarangi NZ Wine Tasting Thursday 18th September 6.30pm Penthouse, New... more>
The Comedy Carnival (ARTS)
The Comedy Carnival at the Clapham Grand (SW11 1TT) is now having regular monthly Saturday shows as well as the regular... more>
Katherine Mansfield Centenary Conference (EVENTS)
4-6 September 2008 3-day international conference in central London to be held at Birkbeck, University of London. The... more>
London-based Maori cultural club (ARTS)
London-based Maori cultural club, practices kapa haka (traditionaldance/song) every Wednesday (07981 419 125/... more>
Home Brewed (MUSIC)
The Sunday Sessions: playing all your favourite Australian and New Zealand artists, all the time, on the first Sunday of... more>
Octoberfest of NZ Beers (EVENTS)
The New Zealand Society Ki te taumata, Aotearoa ki Ingarangi Octoberfest of NZ Beers Thursday 23rd October... more>
Special screening of the seminal film: Sleeping Dogs (EVENTS)
Seminar 1 Tuesday 2 September 2008 with The New Zealand Society Special screening of the seminal film Sleeping Dogs (1977,... more>
 

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LATEST POLL SHOWS NATIONAL STILL AHEAD BY MORE THAN 20 POINTS (18/7/2008)
The latest opinion poll shows National still leading Labour by more than 20 points. The New Zealand Morgan poll released tonight has National on 52 percent support, up half a point since last month, and Labour on 31 percent, also up half a point. The gap is 21 points, which is in line with other recent polls. Of the minor parties, New Zealand First has made the biggest gain with 6.5 percent support, an increase of 2.5 points since last month and its highest level since September 2006.... more>
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lifestyle
UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES CHALLENGE TO BEGIN MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK (18/7/2008)
LANGUAGE WEEK: Maori language week -- Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori -- begins next week with a challenge for all New Zealanders to have some fun. Maori Language Week has been going since 1975 to encourage all New Zealanders to use more Maori in their everyday lives. This year Auckland University said it was challenging all staff from absolute beginners to experts to use the language in a safe and fun environment and support efforts to promote the Maori language as "a living language for all New... more>
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arts
CONCHORDS NOMINATED FOR EMMYS (18/7/2008)
EMMY AWARDS: New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords today missed out on an Emmy nomination for best comedy series, but received nods for three other categories. The Conchords were last month tipped to snag a best comedy nomination for their self-titled HBO series in which the Wellington pair Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, play marginally talented folk singers struggling to make it in New York. But while they missed out on that award, the show received nominations for directing,... more>
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entertainment
Review: New Boots in New Zealand (8/12/2006)
Written by Gillian Orrell RRP £8.99 Know The Score Books Ltd Gillian Orrell is someone who makes aspiring writers everywhere envious. She’s a natural. Within the first paragraph I was laughing out loud on the tube – not something to be done lightly. It’s not her technical talent, more that her writing is real. It sounds like the words of the person she is – someone who leapt out of her comfort zone, discovered previously unknown qualities in herself and had a life-changing time... more>
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opinion
FAILURE TO TACKLE POLICY ISSUES WILL SEE NZ WEALTH DECLINE MORE (18/7/2008)
FINANCE: Over the last nine years, almost coinciding with the term of the fifth Labour Government, certain themes have re-occurred in this column like the spectre of French teams at World Rugby Cups. These include widespread dissatisfaction with monetary policy, problems related to a wildly fluctuating currency, New Zealanders’ love affair with housing investment, a dearth of saving, and the abject failure of the stock exchange to attract new listings. Over this period, New Zealand... more>
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travel
EMBASSY WARNS AGAINST BULL RUNNING AS NZER INJURED (8/7/2008)
PAMPLONA: New Zealanders tempted to join the Spanish tradition of running with the bulls should reconsider, the New Zealand Embassy in Spain says. Their warning comes as a 23-year-old New Zealander was one of 13 people injured while running with the bulls on the first day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona in northeastern Spain yesterday. A young Irish tourist also died when he fell off an ancient city wall, the Times Online reported. The injuries were mostly bruises, cuts and possible... more>
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migration
ISLANDERS WASTE MONEY ON IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS, REPORT SAYS (18/7/2008)
IMMIGRATION: Pacific Island people pay immigration consultants thousands of dollars to help them get into New Zealand but it isn’t money well spent, a report released today says. The PriceWaterhouseCoopers report, written in December 2006, said the Immigration Services’ Pacific Division estimated about 75 percent of applicants used the services of agents or consultants to help them with their residence applications. "The fees charged by these agents or consultants -- often... more>
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business news
GATTUNG NAMED TO HEAD NEW GROWER-OWNED WOOL COMPANY (17/7/2008)
GATTUNG: Former Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung has been appointed to chair the new strong wools company set up by farmers and rural services company PGG Wrightson. The Wool Company has bought Wrightson’s strong wool business for $37.5 million -- less than the initially-announced sale price of $46 million. PGG has said the lower final price reflects the exclusion of its mid-micron business from the sale, closing debt levels and final due-diligence adjustments. The... more>
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tourism
TOURISM OPERATORS MAY HAVE TO FOOT BILL FOR CLEARING RIVER SLIP (16/7/2008)
SHOTOVER: Tourism operators may have to foot the bill to clear a huge unstable slip above Otago’s Shotover River, as neither council involved wants to take action. The slip, about 2km upstream from the Edith Cavell Bridge, has closed a section of the river to the public and forced the suspension of commercial rafting trips for more than a week. The slip continues to steadily collapse, but most of the unstable rock, possibly as much as 100,000 cubic metres, remains balanced... more>
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property
SHARP IMPROVEMENT IN HOME AFFORDABILITY - SURVEY (18/7/2008)
AFFORDABILITY: There was a sharp improvement in home affordability in June thanks to falling house prices and interest rates, according to the Wizard Home Loans Affordability report out today. The improvement was the biggest in the 6-1/2 years the survey has run and affordability was the best since February last year. The survey, sponsored by Wizard, measures the proportion of a median after tax income needed to service an 80 percent mortgage on the median house price. It shows it took... more>
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food & wine
SNAIL, VODKA JELLIES AND SMART COOKIES VIE FOR FOOD AWARDS (18/7/2008)
AWARDS: New Zealand’s first commercially farmed snails, vodka jellies and a smart cookie that gets the Heart Foundation tick are among the 45 finalists in the 2008 Massey University Food Awards. The biennial awards recognise the country’s most cutting-edge new food and drink products, championing innovation and excellence. The innovative finalists include the first commercially produced New Zealand pickled snails and snails in spring water from the Hawke’s Bay, vodka... more>
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environment
SCIENTISTS SET TO DRILL INTO A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (18/7/2008)
DRILLING: An international consortium of scientists is preparing to drill into a crack in the edge of the world -- the South Island’s Alpine Fault. The researchers want to drill over 5km deep in the Mt Cook National Park, west of Lilybank, in a cutting-edge experiment which will give a look at changes within the fault, which is expected to eventually destroy large areas of the South Island in a magnitude 8 quake. By drilling a hole into a fault in the Earth’s mid-crust, the... more>
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recruitment
FIND OUT IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CAREER FIREFIGHTER (15/7/2008)
FIREFIGHTING: Anyone who has ever thought about becoming a career firefighter will get their chance to find out if they have what it takes when physical and theory tests are held at recruitment open days around New Zealand this month. The Open Days will be staged in Christchurch on 20 July, Auckland, Napier, Palmerston North and Dunedin on 26 July, Rotorua on 27 July and Wellington on 2 August. Anyone who would like to see what is needed to join New Zealand’s 1700 career fire-fighters... more>
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sport
ELLIOTT ON BOARD FOR OLY-WHITES (18/7/2008)
FOOTBALL: Former Fulham midfielder Simon Elliott is the first of the New Zealand Olympic Games soccer team’s three over-age players to join them in camp ahead of a match against Indonesian club side PSMS Medan in Jakarta on Sunday night. Elliott, who has 54 caps for the All Whites, joined the squad today to the delight of coach Stu Jacobs. "We’ve been waiting for this day for a long time," Jacobs said. "Since day one it’s been about getting the three best players to... more>
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cricket
APPLICATIONS SOUGHT WORLDWIDE FOR NZ COACHING ROLE (17/7/2008)
COACH: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has launched an international search for its new national coach. Chief executive Justin Vaughan today called for applications for the role, nine months before incumbent John Bracewell is contracted to finish. He said in a statement that he wanted to hear from "suitably qualified candidates from throughout the world". "We are looking for candidates who have the experience and drive to both improve the Black Caps in both forms of the game," Vaughan said.... more>
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rugby
BRUISED CARTER DEMANDS BETTER AGAINST WALLABIES (14/7/2008)
TRI-NATIONS: All Blacks’ shining light Daniel Carter will be relieved to switch his focus to the Wallabies after enduring a second weekend as the Springboks’ favourite rugby target. Carter’s impeccable boot threatened to single-handedly beat South Africa in Saturday’s Tri-Nations test at Carisbrook here but he proved he was human with two late dropped goal misses as the South Africans clung to a famous 30-28 win. Before turning attention to his 50th test, against... more>
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rugby league
LEAGUE REVIEW TAKES STEP FORWARD (18/7/2008)
LEAGUE: The wide ranging review of the New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) has taken a step forward with the appointment of a committee to investigate governance and administration issues. The review has been instigated by Sparc, the Government’s sports funding agency, after it grew concerned about the NZRL’s financial footing. The organisation has been struggling on a financial front and some domestic competitions are at risk due to insufficient funds. Today, the NZRL and Sparc... more>
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super 14
SUPER 14 SET TO INTRODUCE TOP SIX PLAYOFFS (18/7/2008)
PLAYOFFS: Rugby’s Super 14 is set to introduce a top six playoffs series next year. The Sanzar (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia) partners today proposed expanding the playoffs in 2009 as a portent of predicted bigger changes to come after that. They are to take the concept back to their individual nations for consideration. It appears unlikely that any of the three countries will oppose the development as administrators seek ways to increase interest in the competition.... more>
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left-field
98-YEAR-OLD WRONG-WAY DRIVER CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK BEHIND WHEEL (18/7/2008)
A terrifying two kilometre drive the wrong way up a busy Wellington highway has not dampened 98-year-old Harry Spencer’s enthusiasm for driving. In driving rain and darkness last month Mr Spencer and his 92-year-old woman friend drove the length of Wellington’s Ngauranga Gorge in the wrong lane before colliding with an oncoming vehicle. Despite the close call, Mr Spencer is keen to get back behind the wheel, having been discharged on a charge of dangerous driving. Mr Spencer... more>
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