Former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange
died over the weekend. His loss will impact our country considerably – he championed our anti-nuclear policy which led to the end of
Anzus and a falling out with the US that
continues to this day, he spoke at the
Oxford Union defending our stance on nuclear weapons and power and he was Prime Minister presiding over the far reaching
economic reform that has arguably led to the economic prosperity Kiwi’s are
enjoying right now. He was a man larger than life, funny, friendly and caring and his passing is being felt all over
Godzone.
posted by Samuel Farrow
on Aug 14, 2005 -
25 comments
In the dispute over Iraq there is always Plan C Wishful thinking? Perhaps. But of such dreams Plan C is made. For New Zealand, a country with a record of peacekeeping and independent thought in international affairs, perhaps the compromise is the solution to what otherwise could be a nightmare in the making.
posted by a3matrix
on Mar 12, 2003 -
27 comments
According to the US State Department's
website, New Zealand citizen Mohammed Saffi was not in violation of his visa when intending to attend a Miami flight school for 727 aircraft engineering certification.
At least that's what NZ Green Party foreign affairs spokesman Keith Locke
says.
posted by sycophant
on Jul 7, 2002 -
9 comments
The New Zealand Net Awards have announced their finalists. Picked by a panel of people including Web saavy magazine editors, personal Web site operators, and tech-radio deejays, the NZ awards seem much more even handed, open, and
real than the Webbies (albeit only for NZ sites...)
And, as far as I can tell, they're doing it on almost no budget. Pretty impressive. Why doesn't
this community start something like it?
posted by benbrown
on Sep 3, 2001 -
20 comments
Echelon rumored to be used in NZ spying on Fiji
Echelon, as seen on TV, is suggested to monitor gobzillions of electronic communications. People are starting to wonder if New Zealand used Echelon to monitor the progress of the May 2000 coup and hostage taking in Fiji, in addition to the tradition undercover operations. Memorable quotation: "It is not a question of if others are spying on Fiji but of who, how and, to a much lesser extent, why."
posted by rschram
on Jun 11, 2001 -
8 comments
Confidentiality. A lot of people would probably expect such a conversation to be confidential, although that is neither
promised by the web site nor apparently
required of their operators.
The TV news here in Melbourne covered the story this morning and skirted the subject of confidentiality, but Wired has an interesting piece. The New Zealand Herald has an edited transcript in the first of it's articles.
There's an uproar if a doctor or a priest breaks a confidence, even if it leads to a murder being solved. Why so little fuss here?
posted by southisup
on Mar 29, 2001 -
6 comments
No men: A night without street crime and domestic abuse! Goodness knows it's about time, but with Australians, Blacks, and Koreans about it's - unfortunately - only a matter of time. Thank you.
posted by holloway
on Mar 11, 2001 -
28 comments
Move over DotComGuy, looks like you have some competition in the dumb name department. A New Zealand marriage will produce a dotcom couple.
posted by remo
on Mar 1, 2001 -
6 comments
Parlimentary, my dear.
New Zealand breaks ground with the world's first Transsexual Member of Parliment (formerly the world's first Transsexual Mayor). Her maiden speech included the circumspect
"I was quoted once as saying this is a stallion that became a gelding and now she's a mayor. I do have to say that I've now come full circle and become a member."
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:::..::: Cortex
posted by CrazyUncleJoe
on Feb 10, 2000 -
1 comment
