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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

Like young adults living at home with their parents, neither can tell Mummy Queen she's no longer head of the family. Photo / AP

Brian Rudman: Transtasman marriage? But we're family 10:21AM Wednesday March 17, 2010

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


Rugby v League: No contest when it comes to excitement Picture / Rod Emmerson 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

Fran O'Sullivan: Hide's Super City merger mess Rodney Hide's high-handed approach has sparked a negative public reaction. Photo / Mark Mitchell 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

Editorial : $300,000 to ride the bandwagon Prime Minister John Key has announced a $300,000 boost for the All Whites' World Cup campaign. Photo / Mark Mitchell 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

Cartoon : A nightmare at the museum 4:00AM Wednesday March 17, 2010

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President's war on 'beltway bandits' President Barack Obama. Photo / AP 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

John Minto: Unelected positions spell trouble for ratepayers Cartoon / Rod Emmerson 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

Sideswipe: Money buys all except boot Video Photo / Supplied 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

Has the Auckland War Memorial Museum improved in the last three years? Photo / Steven McNicholl 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

Noisy children on planes - What would you do? Photo / Stuart Munro, Wanganui Chronicle 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

Telecom shares at all-time low - Is the company a good investment? 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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