Updated Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:09 am TWN
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New Zealand was on Wednesday named the world's least corrupt nation out of a list of 180 countries, unseating Denmark after a year in which the global recession and ongoing conflicts proved challenging. |
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky that has been on the rocks since a century ago. |
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Monday, November 9, 2009
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Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. |
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
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A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 (US$2,220) on an auction Web site. |
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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New Zealand's national carrier apologized Friday to the families of victims of the nation's worst air disaster — 30 years after it happened. |
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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New Zealand will hold a referendum in 2011 on whether to retain the current proportional voting system for national elections, the government said Tuesday. |
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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A New Zealand court sentenced a former Cabinet minister to six years in prison Tuesday on bribery, corruption and other charges — the country's first lawmaker locked up for serious breaches of the law. |
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
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A disaster response team specializing in the welfare of animals was heading to Samoa in the wake of the devastating tsunami, the World Society for the Protection of Animals said. |
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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An American working at a U.S. scientific base on the frozen continent of Antarctica has suffered heart problems and was being evacuated to New Zealand, the New Zealand air force said Monday. |
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
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An Australian property developer who once tried to sue the Sultan of Brunei was gunned down in front of his young son outside their exclusive Sydney home, police said Friday. |
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