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Tuesday, November 23

Working Holiday Scheme expanded.

The government is opening the door for up to 40,000 young people from overseas to spend working holidays here within the next two years. The Working Holiday scheme currently allows 31,000 people from 22 countries, aged between 18 and 30 and without children to work here for up to a year. Immigration Minister Paul Swain says last year almost a quarter of all working holiday makers found jobs in the horticultural and agricultural sectors. Other changes to the scheme include removing the cap on the number of scheme applicants from the UK, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands coming to New Zealand, in recognition that these countries offer the same arrangement for New Zealanders



South Island earthquake.

An earthquake centred off the south-west coast of the South Island this morning was felt as far away as Hamilton. The 7.2 quake hit at 9.26am and was centred 240 km southwest of Te Anau, at a depth of 33km, said Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS). The slow rolling motion was felt all the way up the South Island, in New Plymouth and in Hamilton.



Sunday, November 21

All Blacks win, Silver Ferns lose.

The All Blacks defeated Wales on the weekend 26-25 before a capacity crowd, and the Silver Ferns went down 53-51 to Australia in the netball.



Saturday, November 20

NZ film producer mauled by leopard.

A Dunedin film producer is in intensive care in a Johannesburg hospital after she was mauled by a leopard while working at a Namibia game park. Judith Curran, 46, a producer and director with Natural History New Zealand, was at the Harnas Guest Farm when she was suddenly attacked by a hand-reared leopard. Bystanders dragged the animal off Ms Curran, but not before a large chunk of flesh was bitten out of her right inner thigh. She also received cuts to her legs and hand.



Friday, November 19

Migration Up In October.

Net migration was up slightly in October. The country saw a seasonally adjusted net gain of 980 people, a rise of 300 on the previous month. For the year to the end of November there was a net gain in permanent migration of just under 17,000. That is down more than 50 percent on the previous year.



$10m To Eradicate Mosquito.

Cabinet has approved a $10 million plan to wipe out the southern saltmarsh mosquito in Marlborough. The pest has been found in the Wairau and Lake Grassmere areas.



Labour Shortage Takes Toll On Tourism

The effects of the labour shortage are taking their toll on the tourism industry. A recent report shows by 2010 New Zealand will need an additional 16,500 employees in the accommodation, food and beverage industry.



NZ Among Worst For Child Abuse.

It is World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse and a message is being sent that New Zealand's child abuse rate is appallingly high. New Zealand has the third highest rate of child abuse in the western world. This year more than 40,000 children will be referred to Child Youth and Family. Plunket want Section 59 of the Crimes Act changed to give children more protection from abuse.



Awatere Huata expelled.

ACT MP Donna Awatere-Huata has lost her bid to stay in Parliament untill the next election. The speaker today (19/11/04) expelled her from parliament and declared her seat vacant. The seat will automatically be filled by the next on the ACT party list. Ms Awatere was dismissed from the ACT Party after she was charged by the Serious Fraud Office over payments made by her Pipi Foundation educational charity.



Wednesday, November 17

Foreshore and seabed legislation.

The government is rushing through the foreshore and seabed legislation bill. The bill asserts crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed not now in private hands. The rush to push the legislation through parliament is designed to shut down critical opposition to the controversial bill



Sunday, November 14

Biting the hand that fed you.

Former Governors General Sir Paul Reeves and Dame Cath Tizard say the Queen should be replaced by a New Zealand head of state. Both of them hold Queens Honours and both served as representatives of the Queen...and very likely both receive a pension based on this service. Seems a strange 'about face'.



Northerner train service axed.

The 'Northerner' rail passenger service has made its last journey. The overnight train has run between Auckland and Wellington for the past 100 years. Rail operator Toll has decided to cancel the service between Wellington and Auckland to concentrate on tourist routes.



Saturday, November 13

Severe shortage of skilled workers.

NZ is currently experiencing to lowest unemployment rate in a generation. Business leaders say immigration rules should be relaxed to alleviate the shortage of skilled employees. But the country did not want a flood of cheap labour, Immigration Minister Paul Swain said today. "This is a really interesting time in New Zealand because for a long time we had too many people not enough jobs, now we've got too many jobs and not enough people. We haven't been in this place for about two decades." Mr Swain said.







PM too fast for some.

Five police officers and a civilian have been charged with traffic offences following Prime Minister Helen Clark's high-speed trip from Waimate to Christchurch in July. The motorcade was reported travelling at speed to get the PM to a rugby match. Six people involved in the motorcade have been charged with driving in a dangerous manner.



Thursday, November 11

'Unknown Soldier' arrives in Wellington.


The Unknown Soldier arrived at Parliament today. The casket was carried by an honour guard to be met by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright. They met to receive the Unknown Soldier almost 90 years after he died in France. More than 30,000 New Zealanders have been killed in wars since the start of last century. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier will be sealed after tomorrow's interment ceremony.



Unemployment continues to fall.

The unemployment rate plunged to 3.8 per cent in the September quarter -- the lowest rate since Statistics New Zealand began recording the figure 18 years ago. SNZ said today when releasing the figures that the rate puts New Zealand at the second lowest in the OECD club of developed nations behind South Korea (on 3.7 per cent).



Help is just a phone call away.

Police Commissioner Rob Robinson has said screaming down the phone will help to get police to respond to a 111 emergency call. Mr Robinson stunned Opposition MPs on the law and order select committee yesterday with the comment, during a one-hour grilling on problems with the 111 system. The country's top-ranked officer offered the advice after National MP Tony Ryall asked in Parliament last month whether distressed women "need to be screaming before police will come to protect them.



Tuesday, November 9

Lions rugby tour.

15,000 British rugby fans are expected to follow the Lions rugby team on their tour to NZ next june. Bar and pub owners have been told British rugby fans following the British Lions may do what they did in Sydney three years ago and drink dry the towns they visit.




Republic question again.

The Prime Minister is expected to raise the issue of NZ as a republic as part of an inquiry considering the countrys constitutional status. The Labour Partys annual conference starts on saturday,when the announcement is expected.



Sunday, November 7

Organic food?

Pesticides have been found in food labelled as 'organic'. 41 samples of "organic" fruit, vegetables and wine found 22% contained pesticide residue. There was so much residue that they had probably been deliberately sprayed, a food safety watchdog said.



NZ economy booming.

The treasury operating surplus of $1.57 billion has been given a $3 million a day boost by the increased tax take and lower welfare bill thanks to the strong economy.



League loss.

The Kiwi rugby league team went down 22-12 losing to Great Britain. The game was played in the UK.



Friday, November 5

Alliance Party almost defunct.

Alliance Party leaders Matt McCarten and Laila Harre are to resign and join the recently formed Maori Party. They have said the Alliance party will not be putting forward candidates at the next general election but other party members disagree and say the election will be contested.



Thursday, November 4

Race hate letter writer arrested.

A 51-year old Upper Hutt man has been arrested for mailing 'race hate' letters to Wellington muslims. The anti-Muslim letters were sent mainly to Somali families in the suburb of Miramar. The man has been charged with criminal harassment.



Rare whale sighted.

The rare 'southern right whale' has been sighted by commercial fishermen near Whareongaonga, south of Gisborne. The whales were hunted almost to extinction in the early days of whaling.



IRD chases child support.

Thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia who owe child support are being forced to make repayments and face being stopped at the airport if they try to leave the country, Inland Revenue said yesterday. In the past year the IRD transferred 3600 cases of child support debt worth $50 million to Australia's Child Support Agency (CSA) to recover.
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Birth rate rises.

The birth rate for the past year has risen by 5.7%.There were 58,380 live births in New Zealand during the past year compared with 55,210 in the previous year, Statistics New Zealand has reported



Tuesday, November 2

Paul Holmes resigns from TVNZ.

Paul Holmes has resigned, effective immediately from TVNZ. He has moved to 'Prime' TV. Susan Wood will replace him for the time being.



Monday, November 1

National War Memorial.

The remains of an 'unknown' soldier will be chosen from a World War 1 cemetery in France and returned to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the National War Memorial in Wellington on November 11, and will represent all 30,000 New Zealanders who died in service overseas


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