Jim Bolger

                   

Paul Holmes: Helen Clark's greatest gift

apn.co.nz
16-Nov-2008
        

Of all the gifts Helen Clark bestowed on the Labour Party, one of the greatest was the way she left. Her sudden announcement on election night forced the leadership change and left no time for any newbies with presumptuous...

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Historic hammer used again

newstalkzb.co.nz
15-Nov-2008
        

The original hammer used to complete the North Island Main Trunk Railway was brought out of retirement today. In a re-enactment of the event in 1908, the current Chairman of the New Zealand Railways Corporation Jim Bolger drove...

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Been there, done that ... new PM gets experienced help

apn.co.nz
14-Nov-2008
        

When John Key moves into the Beehive, the least experienced Prime Minister in a century will have a man behind him who has been there before. Wayne Eagleson, National's chief of staff for the past three years, will fill the...

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NZ women beat Oz cousins

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14-Nov-2008
        

The Human Rights Commission is celebrating one of the few areas where New Zealand beats Australia - equality of the sexes. The commission's Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Judy McGregor, says New Zealand's...

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Dame Kiri elected President in online poll

newzealandnews.net
12-Nov-2008
        

by Niko Kloeten | Wednesday November 12 2008 - 10:24am Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has been elected President of New Zealand in a mock poll by New Zealand’s republican movement. The international opera star beat former Prime Minister...

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telegraph.co.uk: 2008 British Flat Turf season review: Irish eyes smiling in classic turf season: New winner: Kevin Manning (r) rides New Approach across the finish line to win the 2008 Derby telegraph.co.uk

2008 British Flat Turf season review: Irish eyes smiling in classic turf season

telegraph.co.uk
09-Nov-2008
        

The season finished at Doncaster on Saturday and in reality without last season's memorable finale to the jockeys' Championship to sustain it - this year's titlewinner Ryan Moore won it by a street - the focus of attention was...

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Characteristic exit for pragmatic Clark

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09-Nov-2008 4 related
        

It's literally "over and out" for Labour's longest-serving leader, as Helen Clark steps down from the helm of a party which had been besieged by years of civil warfare when she took over in 1993. Gracious in defeat on Saturday...

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John Armstrong: Welcome to a new world of fiscal horrors

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09-Nov-2008 1 related
        

The National Party should carry on celebrating Saturday's resounding victory for all its worth. The hangover has yet to come - it is going to be a doozie when it does. In the next couple of days, sombre officials with suits to...

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Key says Clark could be offered an international role

newzealandnews.net
09-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Prime Minister-elect John Key says he would be happy for his predecessor Helen Clark to take a role on the international stage if that is what she wanted.Miss Clark announced she was standing down as ...

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King Dick outlasted Winston Peters

newzealandnews.net
08-Nov-2008 16 related
        

The weight of political pedigree behind Winston Peters and New Zealand First failed to save the day.Staunch supporter 80-year-old Dick Seddon, grandson of "King Dick Seddon," was prepared to accept th...

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