And why they will be disappointed with Nick Smith’s answer to the emissions reduction conundrum
Read MoreHeard the one about the Olympian and the brothel-keeper?
...Turns out he's one and the same man. So does the Olympic committee have the track record to act as the moral guardians of sport?
Read MoreKey’s tour: NZ & Fiji in Pacific hip-hop duel
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World News Brief, Friday July 10
G8 leaders agree historic deal to cut emissions (+ analysis); Australian arrested for stealing Chinese state secrets; suicide bombings kill 34 in Iraq; India build nuclear sub; and more
Read MoreTo folate or not to folate?
Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson's apparent inability to back out of the decision to add folic acid to New Zealand's bread shows the problems with trying to merge New Zealand and Australia's markets
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 9
China sends in the troops; Indonesia goes to the polls; acute water shortages in Mumbai; Nobel winner to mediate in Honduras
Read MoreBruno, Borat and the bumpkins
Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat, aka Bruno, is hilarious, insightful and cool in an ironic, knowing way... unless you don't get the joke
Read MoreReality, Sarah Palin style
Is it wrong to hope Sarah "hockey mom" Palin will remain on the world stage simply for our own entertainment? And does that make us as bad as the folks who convinced her she has a shot at choosing the drapes for the Oval Office?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 8
Russia and US to dismantle hundreds of nuclear warheads; more Chinese protests defy lockdown (+backgrounders); Italy struggles to prepare for G8; Mousavi vows to fight on; and more
Read MoreBiofuels revisited
Jeanette Fitzsimons’ Sustainable Biofuel Bill has been drawn from the Member’s ballot. It’s sustainable, all right—defying repeal—and the first real test of this Government’s green credentials
Read MoreGreenland gets Warmer - But Not Greener
Melting ice provides Greenland with an economic lifeline. Should it grab hold?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday July 7
Obama meets with Russian leaders; 140 killed in China protests; Myanmar pledges to hold open election; Zelaya attempts to return to Honduras
Read MoreCould the beach be to New Zealand what abortion is to the US?
Welcome to the cultural battleground... Resolving the foreshore and seabed could yet fall to the Supreme Court, in what would be a case of Roe v Wade proportions
Read MoreRossini the serious comedian
Gioacchino Rossini wrote serious comic opera that is still relevant
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Friday July 3
New offensive underway in Afghanistan; Medvedev: Russia has a "special responsibility"; Neighbours give Honduras coup deadline; China reaches out to IMF; and more
Read MoreForeshore & Seabed: Now onto the money round
Tariana Turia this week celebrates one of the great political triumphs in this country's history. However, this debate is far from settled. The trickiest decisions lie ahead
Read MoreThe Foreshore & Seabed review: winners and losers
The Ministerial Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 points to a new way forward. Who are the winners from it, and who are the losers?
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 2
UN and neighbours put pressure on Honduras; Bomb blasts mar Iraqi takeover; Ahmadinejad fails to appear for Africa summit; North Korean arms ship to Burma turns around; and more
Read MoreAfghanistan: temperature rising
New Zealand is reviewing its involvement in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai fights for his political life, the US and NATO pour thousands of additional troops onto the battlefield, and Kiwi troops come under fire in Bamiyan
World News Brief, Wednesday July 1
US begins withdrawal from Iraq + timeline; Iran elections confirmed as Ahmadinejad increases vote; record unemployment in Japan; Taliban abandons peace deal; and more
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