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9 Feb 2010, 11:54 am
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Classical Brits. The 65 year-old soprano, who has been entertaining audiences for more than 40 years, told the Daily Telegraph she was "honoured...
9 Feb 2010, 11:33 am
Police are still looking for a woman who may have seen a fatal crash near Pahiatua in northern Wairarapa just before Christmas.A 67-year-old Wellington woman was killed when the car she was travelling in rolled on State Highway...
9 Feb 2010, 11:16 am
With the global financial crisis now settling into a slow recovery, international pressures are returning to fertiliser pricing. Ballance Agri-Nutrients Chief Executive Larry Bilodeau explains that during the past year prices have been near or below ...
9 Feb 2010, 11:01 am
Prime Minister John Key delivered his opening parliamentary address today in which he unveiled the direction of the government’s economic and tax policies. The government’s economic plan focuses on six main policy drivers: a growth enhancing tax ...
9 Feb 2010, 10:58 am
Ports of Auckland supports the latest proposal for redeveloping Queens Wharf into Auckland’s primary cruise terminal. Managing Director Jens Madsen said the port company, which will operate its cruise business from Queens Wharf, had been consulted ...
9 Feb 2010, 10:30 am
A rise in GST to 15 per cent has been strongly signalled in the Prime Minister's statement to Parliament but it would be offset by across-the-board cuts in personal tax.Benefits, superannuation and working for families would increase...
9 Feb 2010, 10:00 am
2.58pm: 2.54pm: Leader of the Opposition, Labour's Phil Goff, stands up to give an opposition to Mr Key's speech ."Alan Bollard 1, Jo
9 Feb 2010, 10:00 am
Tax, the prime minister proclaims, is a powerful lever for the Government to boost the economy's performance.It's a pity then that instead of grasping that lever he is proposing to just crook his little finger around it.He...
9 Feb 2010, 9:31 am
The Government is considering increasing GST to as high as 15 percent as part of planned changes to the tax system, Prime Minister John Key has confirmed.
9 Feb 2010, 9:30 am
TAX REFORM Possible reductions to the top personal tax rate.No proposals for a land tax, comprehensive capital gains tax, or new tax on residential investment properties.There will however, be changes to the way property...
9 Feb 2010, 10:28 am
Otago off-spinner Nathan McCullum has been called into the New Zealand squad ahead of Thursday's third and final one-day cricket international against Bangladesh in Christchurch.McCullum replaces seam bowler Daryl Tuffey, who...
9 Feb 2010, 10:22 am
All White football coach Ricki Herbert today named his strongest possible side for the World Cup warm-up match against Mexico in Los Angeles next month.
9 Feb 2010, 9:49 am
Sydney rider Rochelle Gilmore will head a powerful Australian contingent in this month's Women's Cycling Tour of New Zealand.
9 Feb 2010, 9:40 am
Mission accomplished? Well ... yes, sort of.New Zealand cricket captain Dan Vettori is largely a satisfied man now that his team have wrapped up the one-day series against Bangladesh.A comprehensive five-wicket win in Dunedin...
9 Feb 2010, 9:36 am
NEW YORK - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of M-A-S-H to become the most-watched program in US television history, the Nielsen...
9 Feb 2010, 8:00 am
As we wandered along the trail, admiring the spectacular views of Ruapehu soaring in front, the verdant farmland stretching away to the left and the ancient forests rising to the right, it took a while to recognise what was underfoot...
9 Feb 2010, 7:00 am
What do we, as New Zealanders, do to highlight our nationality when we're overseas?Sometimes, of course, displays of national identity are neither appreciated nor appropriate. And occasionally - somewhere like the Munich Beer...
9 Feb 2010, 4:04 am
DUBAI - The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointing tourists headed for the observation deck and casting doubt over plans to welcome its first permanent occupants...
9 Feb 2010, 12:00 am
Watch out Dubai and Abu Dhabi - you have an ambitious challenger for a share of the Arabian tourist market: the Sultanate of Oman.
9 Feb 2010, 12:00 am
Nearly 40 busy casinos are just one reason why Macau is often dubbed "the Las Vegas of Asia".
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