Conservation Week starts tomorrow. During that week, DOC the Department of Conservation would like New Zealanders to celebrate our special places and our native wildlife. What are our special places? Our National Parks are some of our special places.

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Australia voted for a new government and new Prime Minister on Saturday. The Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd, was defeated. The new government will be the Coalition party, a coalition of Liberal and National parties. The Coalition party is conservativ

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To vote in the .local body elections this year, you must enrol. If you are 18 years old or older, if you are a New Zealand citizen or a Permanent Resident, and if you have lived in New Zealand continuously for more than one year, you must enrol as a

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On Thursday evening, Dame Anne Salmond was named New Zealander of the Year, at a ceremony in Auckland. Dame Anne has won many awards for her books. She is a sponsor of a project to encourage low income children, especially Maori and Pacific Islanders

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John Key returned yesterday from a quick trip to Hollywood. The purpose of his visit was to remind Hollywood movie companies that New Zealand is a good place for making movies. In return for making a movie which cost $15m or more, New Zealand would g

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The birth of the royal baby was important news for people in the United Kingdom (the UK) as well the Commonwealth countries. This includes New Zealand. The Queen of England is also the Queen of the Commonwealth countries. Listen to December 8th 2012

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Last year, about 60,000 babies were born in New Zealand and almost half of the mothers were not married. These are the numbers for last year: 32,019 mothers were married and 29,159 were not married. About 80% of Maori mothers, 50% of European mothers

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The Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler said this morning that the Official Cash Rate the OCR will remain at 2.5%. The Governor of the Reserve Bank sets the OCR 8 times a year. Today he said there was still some negative financial news in Europe but

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Forty years ago, two Christchurch women started a safe house for women who were in violent relationships. They were surprised at the large numbers of women who needed help to escape from a violent partner. Usually the women who came for help had chil

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Joel: I'm sorry Patricia, I'm completely ignorant about any history in Samoa. You said there's an American and then the Western side? And who was that originally --was that a colony of another country? Patricia: The American Samoan territory is an Am

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Occupy Wall St which began in New York in September has spread around the world. By last Saturday, there were 2,668 groups in about 100 countries. Occupy protest groups have been in our main cities for the last six weeks but now councils are getting

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A two-year-old toddler drowned in a river in Gisborne yesterday. He is the 13th pre-schooler to drown this year. A number of fishermen drowned at the end of October. Some were fishing from boats or diving for fish while three men were net fishing fro

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New Taiwan Dollar [TWD] 新台币 New York Cotton Exchange, Inc. 纽约棉花交易所有限公司 New York Futures Exchange 纽约期货交易所 New York Mercantile Exchange [NYMEX] 纽约商品交易

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The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr Bollard, kept the OCR at 2.5% today. Dr Bollard said he kept it at the same rate because of financial problems in Europe. Also the slowdown in the US is a concern. In addition, the US will need to borrow more mone

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In October 2007, 17 people were arrested on Tuhoe land in the Urewera district in the North Island. These people all belong to the Maori iwi Tuhoe or are supporters of the Tuhoe. The police believed they were training for terrorist activities against

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Listen to August 3rd 2011 to hear more about the penguin Happy Feet. The Emperor Penguin, named Happy Feet, left the zoo last night. He is on board the ship, Tangaroa. This ship is used by scientists for studying plants and animals in the sea. It is

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Steve Williams is a New Zealander who was Tiger Woods caddie for 13 years until last month. Tiger fired Steve and got a new caddie. Steve got a new boss, an Australian Adam Scott. Adam Scott won the World Golf Championships at Bridgeston three days a

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Queens Birthday weekend finished in New Zealand with no deaths from road crashes. This is amazing. It is the first holiday weekend since 1951 when there have been no deaths on the roads. It is possible that the high cost of petrol means that there we

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Todd: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit. Leo: Right, right. Also in Japan as well. Todd: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it. L

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Todd: So, Hello! Gabrielle: Hi! Todd: Can you say your name please? Gabrielle: Gabrielle: Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year. Gabrielle:That's right! Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch? Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Ch

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