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Like young adults living at home with their parents, neither can tell Mummy Queen she's no longer head of the family. Photo / AP
Just over a century ago, the six rambunctious Australian colonies tried to woo their exotic Maoriland sibling to the east into wedlock. Our forebears gave them the slip, but the Aussies have never quite taken no for an answer. They even left an open invitation in their federal constitution in case we changed our minds. As recently as 2006, the… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
Round one of the National Rugby League delivered a knockout blow to rugby which has instantly put its rule tinkering into perspective. Comparing sports is a no-go area in some people's view, and maybe even my own in the past. But who knows why, because… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
It is hard to fathom why John Key continues to allow the leader of a minority party to drive the biggest "corporate" merger in New Zealand's history when he is making such a pig's arse of it. It was never going to be easy to merge the Auckland Regional… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
The Government has a technique for brushing aside issues that it would rather not confront. We have no time for this; there are far more important things to deal with, it will say. How, then, to explain the Prime Minister taking time to announce… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
WASHINGTON - They are known as the "beltway bandits", the lobbyists based inside the Washington ring road whose mission in life is to peddle influence in the United States capital's corridors of power. These days their offices tend to be located in… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
Act leader Rodney Hide and Transport Minister Steven Joyce demonstrate just how fragile democracy can be when they provide such a range of misleading and inaccurate justifications for denying the Auckland public democratic control of service delivery… More
4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
Karen Davey noticed this Porsche (pictured) has something odd in the passenger seat. "As we got closer we realised that money can buy you almost everything ... except maybe comfort, style and a boot!" she says. * * * A Twitter campaign has highlighted… More
3:18AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
The resignation of Auckland War Memorial Museum director Dr Vanda Vitali yesterday has brought calls for her museum trust board bosses to be dismissed. Dr Vitali has been at the centre of several controversies since being appointed in September 2007. In… More
1:48AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
Labour MP Charles Chauvel says he has no regrets in saying a noisy child on a plane should "shut up", as it was nothing more than a normal reaction. Mr Chauvel was responding to accusations on a blog that he had reacted in improper anger towards noisy… More
1:28AM Wednesday March 17, 2010
Telecom's stock price hit an all-time low yesterday after it told the market that its share of the Government's new rural broadband initiative would cost it $168 million over three years. The shares closed down 4c at $2.17, a drop which comes on top… More
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