Archive for January, 2010

Bad banks — New Zealand's black sheep | Green Left Weekly

Bad banks — New Zealand’s black sheep. By Paola Harvey. Although New Zealand , like Australia, has not been as badly affected by the global economic crisis as the US or Europe, workers are facing hardship

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How Air New Zealand Started the Process of Creating a New Cabin …

I know we try to focus on domestic US issues here on BNET, but this story is too interesting to ignore. I’m writing from Auckland, New Zealand .

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Kilbirnie Auld Kirk – Virtual Globetrotting

By: kkeps @ 2010-01-24 09:35:51. Description: Kilbirnie Auld Kirk is a Church of Scotland congregation on Dalry Road (at Kirkland Road), Kilbirnie , North Ayrshire, Scotland. Although the building dates back to the 15th century, …

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IMF Survey: Australian, New Zealand Banks Remain Sound During …

Australian and New Zealand banks remain sound by international standards, two recent IMF studies said. But the studies encouraged supervisors in both countries to step up stress tests to assess bank resilience to deterioration in …

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Solo show at Kilbirnie Library

A selection of my prints, drawings and jewellery are currently on display at Kilbirnie Library. A big thank you to Moira, Fiona and Jean for all their help in setting up the exhibition

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Music 101 – Summer Edition with Emma Smith (Radio New Zealand National, 12.11pm). Remember the mixtape?

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Radio Week: Spectrum goes up the Whanganui by Sarah Barnett | New …

In New Zealand , say the editors, jazz “has never been as strong as it is today”, with more styles, more courses and more grants all on offer. But as it became more cerebral, the genre became less popular.

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Books: Combining worlds by Chris Bourke | New Zealand Listener

Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre oral history project.

Life history interviews with seven long-term residents of Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay. All participants have had long associations with the houses they lived in at the time of the interviews. Two still lived in the houses they were born in, …

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Editor’s petition to axe bonuses is endorsed

THE Largs and Millport News editor’s petition to axe almost half a million pounds of bonuses for Scottish Water Directors has been endorsed by a Holyrood committee.

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‘Mystery lights are lanterns’

“THERE are no aliens in the sky.”

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‘Mystery lights are lanterns’