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I LOST $48 MILLION! I WANT TO BE MAYOR!

I LOST $48 MILLION! I WANT TO BE MAYOR!

With New Zealand's finance companies dropping like flies, a big group of CEO'S and former company directors have gone to ground, pro...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, August 31, 2007 0 comments
Labels: finance, smylie
CHINESE REGIME BANS REINCARNATION!

CHINESE REGIME BANS REINCARNATION!

New Zealand governments are tremendously keen to stay onside with the Chinese Stalinist regime. And so they turn a blind eye to the Chinese ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 0 comments
Labels: china, reincarnation
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE YOUTH RADIO NETWORK?

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE YOUTH RADIO NETWORK?

Back in July last year Steve Maharey announced it would grant Kiwi FM access to new FM frequencies set aside for public broadcasting service...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 27, 2007 0 comments
Labels: kiwi, radio
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PECKING ORDER

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PECKING ORDER

Around three million battery hens produce almost 93 percent of New Zealand's eggs. They spend their short lives confined to a space no b...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 27, 2007 0 comments
Labels: battery, eggs, hens
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BIG IDEAS GONE?

WHERE HAVE ALL THE BIG IDEAS GONE?

Where does National leader John Key live? Parnell? Remuera? Timbuktu? What about this dodgy business company he was associated with? These h...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, August 24, 2007 0 comments
Labels: ideas, key, labour
IT'S A RADIO LIVE BEAT-UP!

IT'S A RADIO LIVE BEAT-UP!

What happens when a struggling radio station just can't get its ratings up? That's been the question that has been occupying the min...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, August 23, 2007 0 comments
Labels: jackson, radio, tamihere
BOOK REVIEW

BOOK REVIEW

Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography Francis Wheen (Allen&Unwin) One of the astounding things about Marx's Das Kapital is that it ev...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, August 19, 2007 1 comments
Labels: kapital, marx
TV3 TO LAUNCH SUNRISE (NO, IT'S NOT THE ROLF HARRIS SONG)

TV3 TO LAUNCH SUNRISE (NO, IT'S NOT THE ROLF HARRIS SONG)

TV3 have decided to have a crack at breakfast TV. Presently eight people watch TV1's Breakfast but TV3 is confident it can attract at l...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 13, 2007 1 comments
Labels: sunrise, TV3
AN UNPOPULAR COUNCIL

AN UNPOPULAR COUNCIL

It's that time when billboards appear on city streets, featuring the photo-shopped faces of local body politicians and Christchurch is n...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 13, 2007 0 comments
Labels: christchurch, council
BOB MCOSKRIE V THE SIMPSONS

BOB MCOSKRIE V THE SIMPSONS

Christian fundamentalist Bob McCoskrie doesn't like The Simpsons much. In 2005 he went to the trouble of lodging a complaint with the B...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 0 comments
Labels: mccoskrie, simpsons
A THREE MINUTE SILENCE FOR BOB MCCOSKRIE

A THREE MINUTE SILENCE FOR BOB MCCOSKRIE

There will be a three minute silence on Wednesday for Christian fundamentalist Bob McCoskrie. Bob McCoskrie of Family First (which is basica...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 06, 2007 1 comments
Labels: fundamentalist, mccoskrie
IT'S BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH NATIONAL!

IT'S BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH NATIONAL!

The National Party's resurrection of the infamous 'work for the dole' schemes, confirms again - if any confirmation was needed -...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, August 06, 2007 0 comments
Labels: jackson, national, unemployment
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