Kids these daysApparently more than half kids who start school cannot count to 20, do not know the alphabet, cannot hold a pencil correctly, cannot write their own name or recognise colours. A quarter cannot tell the difference between a number and [...]

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Do you think a person who is taken to court for drunk driving should be let off if they say they were drinking coke? UpdatedMost people understand the above question and will say that a person should not be let off for drunk driving if they say they [...]

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CYF boss apologies after parents go public - not for wrongdoing, but because those his department hassled were "upset".A parent tells how he smacked his child "I grabbed hold of her ankle and smacked her bottom" Two of his fingers went above the line [...]

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How the referendum question should be interpreted"Do I want to go to jail if I smack as part of good parental correction in New Zealan [...]

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Lobbying on the training incentive allowanceTrudy Basire is a frequenter of the TradeMe message boards frequented by Natasha Fuller, who gets $715 as a beneficiary. Basire is leading the campaign to reinstate full access to the Training Incentive Allowance [...]

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‘Life Partner’ is a comedy based on love and marriage

Produced by Abbas Mastaan and directed by Rumy Jaffrey, the forthcoming flick ‘Life Partner’ is all about love and marriage. The film stars Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Genelia D’Souza, Tusshar Kapoor, and Prachi Desai. The music [...]

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Get geared up for the desi version of ‘Hangover’

The recent Hollywood flick ‘Hangover’ was a bit hit and the story of the film involved four guys who attend a 24 hour stag party in LA. When they wake up they realize that the groom has gone missing and this happens to be [...]

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The smacking debate on Campbell LiveCampbell Live had an excellent programme on the smacking debate tonight. You can watch it here. Anton Blank (Te Kahui Mana Ririki) and Murray Edridge (Barnardos) represented The Yes [...]

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I support an allowance as an incentive for trainingIn the past day or two I have written about people on benefits who want an allowance from the Government to undertake tertiary training. It may appear from those posts that I do not support assistance [...]

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TEAM HONDA STAR AT MANFIELD

Press Release: Team Honda Star at Actrix SeriesTeam Honda Racing’s road race squad were more than happy with their results at the third round of the Victoria Motorcycle Club’s Actrix Winter Series, last Saturday (July 25) [...]

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Natasha Fuller admits she may have been getting WINZ payments she was not entitled to post is updatedNatasha Fuller is the gift that keeps on giving. This is the latest in a series of five posts on the women who protested National's decision to can [...]

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Why couldn't Jennifer Johnston go to SIT - they have no feesJennifer Johnston wants to be a nurse and is moaning she can't get a training incentive allowance. She lives in Invercargill and started training two year's ago. Jennifer is passing with [...]

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Labour's hypocrisyNobody has seemed to have pointed out the hypocrisy of Labour going to the Privacy Commissioner because National released details of the income of two beneficiaries on the Domestic Purposes Benefit. Turns out that Labour - well [...]

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Claims that Fuller was getting WINZ assistance illegally Natasha Fuller is the beneficiary who is getting $715.00 a week on the dpb to spend most of her day on message boards complaining she cant get the Training Incentive [...]

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I have no sympathy for rich beneficiaries who lose their Training Incentive Allowance post has been updatedI do have a problem with Social Development minister Paula Bennett releasing private details of beneficiaries to a newspaper purely because they [...]

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Kareena in a neta avtar in her next

For Kareena Kapoor playing a female politician for Sudhir Mishra’s Dhruv won’t be the same as Katrina playing the politician in Prakash Jha’s Rajneeti where the director has dressed her up in severe cotton and khadi to look [...]

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Beware girls! Shahid Kapoor gets dangerous this season!

With ‘Kaminey’ about to hit the screens, Shahid Kapoor seems to be everywhere at the moment. Also the dangerous and negative look that he portrays in this film has given an all new push to his career because all those who [...]

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Natasha Takia to step into Bollywood

With Ayesha Takia getting married off, there is a gap in the tinsel town for a cute babydoll actress. Now, the sister of Ayesha, Natasha Takia, is all geared up to make a space for herself in Bollywood. She has recently [...]

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HARLEY & BUELL WEBSITES UPDATED

Harley & Buell have their 2010 model ranges online now.Both sites have added a degree of functionality and some funky features.Causing some early Big Dave drooling are the XR1200X in a great looking Matte black.Also [...]

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McCoskrie and Savill on Q+A todayBob McCoskrie, and Sheryl Savill in particular, did pretty well against Paul Holmes on Q + A today. You can see both the interview and the transcript here. I wish TVNZ would start spelling their guests' names correctly, [...]

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Herald poll reveals parents are afraid to admit to smacking kids The Herald has done a poll on how often people smack their kids. They interviewed parents of four year olds and compared this to surveys of parents [...]

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The launch of ‘luck’ based game site by Imran and Shruti

The entire cine goers clan, the Bollywood fraternity along with Kamal Hassan wait with baited breath as newbie Shruti Hassan makes her grand debut with ‘Luck’ opposite Imran Khan. The on-screen chemistry between the couple [...]

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‘Love Aaj Kal’ runs into problems with Sikh community

These days it has become a routine for some sort of controversy to crop up with some religious community just before the release of a much awaited film. The same has happened with Saif Ali Khan’s home production, ‘Love Aaj [...]

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How would you feel if you lost $1.3m every day?This guy did last year, and he doesn't seem to mind all that much. The amount he lost on average every week is equal to the cost of the smacking referend [...]

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How did Katrina Kaif overtake Aishwariya Rai

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2 NEW MODELS IN 2010 VICTORY LINEUP

The Cross RoadsThe Cross Country2 New Touring Models Announced for the American market.Motorcycle Daily has the story here:2010 Victory Lineup Includes Two New Touring BikesPics: Vict [...]

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Number one Progressive Party policy: Supporting Jim Anderton financially until he retiresJim Anderton, who has turned 70, has told his Progressive Party supporters that they can join Labour and retain their Progressive membership. That is discriminatory [...]

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2010 YZ250F NZ PRESS RELEASE

Early Wednesday morning I blogged a leak from America regarding the release of information surrounding the much anticipated 2010 Yamaha YZ250F. I jumped the gun, a little maybe, but I promise it was only in the interest [...]

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White Lies: Not a bad bandDriving back from Palmy a few hours ago I was listing to NatRad and they had a special on a London band that sound's like a cross between Joy Division and The Editors, with a bit of OMD, Cure etc. They are playing at a K Road [...]

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Aamir Khan shares the dias with Hillary Clinton

During her visit to India, Mrs. Clinton, attended a special interactive session with the students of Xavier College in Mumbai on Saturday and shared the dias with Bollywood star Aamir Khan, who’s also the brand ambassador [...]

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Goffs gaffeYesterday I covered the story of Bruce Burgess and how he has threee properties, no job and was turned away from WINZ because his wife earned $21k. I broke the news yesterday that Burgess is entitled to some benefit from WINZ - and not just [...]

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US: WIMMER TAKES ATV POINTS LEAD

One for the ATV enthusiasts.Rockstar Makita Suzuki Racing's Dustin Wimmer celebrated an outstanding AMA ATV Motocross victory at the Suzuki Summer Nationals at Pleasure Valley Raceway in Armagh, Pennsylvania at the weekend.Wimmer [...]

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Kareena Kapoor apprehensive about her bare back scene

After giving some steamy scenes in ‘Kambakth Ishq’, Kareena Kapoor has also shot some intimate scenes in director Rensil D’Silva’s film ‘Qurbaan’ where she stars opposite Saif Ali Khan. Apparently, there is one scene in [...]

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Imran Khan’s special gesture for his lady love

Our tinsel town is one place where loyalty and long term relationships do not find a place for themselves, but there are exceptions too. There have been superstars like Big B and SRK himself who have been loyal to their [...]

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Kat wishes to see her dad

Katrina Kaif turned 25 recently. Katrina went to an undisclosed location in Italy with her family for her birthday celebration. She must have doodled over a very fine B’day cake for the occasion. Was it a mum’s home-made [...]

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Why does Phil Goff ask such dumb questions?Hon Phil Goff: Why did the Prime Minister answer in the House yesterday that a person who has been made redundant and who has a spouse earning $26,000 a year is eligible for financial support for job search [...]

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I worked hard, but I may lose my home *** what do Labour's researchers do? ***updatedBruce Burgess lost his $750 per week job in the recession and was turned away from WINZ because his partner worked part time. She earns $21,000 a year. WINZ turned [...]

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2009 Neil and Anoushka Sharma set the ramp afire with their chemistry

She is just one film old in the tinsel town, but before she stepped into the Bollywood zone she was and is still a well-known name in the world of modeling and ramps. Talking about Anoushka Sharma, who had a dream debut [...]

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Dia Mirza graces two magazine covers this month

Though Dia Mirza’s career is not really going through the best of its phase, there is no denying the fact that she is one of those rare Bollywood beauties who have a perfect face, perfect complexion and a perfect figure. [...]

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Priyanka Chopra spends a quiet birthday

One of the most sought after Bollywood actress, Priyanka Chopra turned 27 this Saturday but there not no birthday bash for this girl who has always had a quiet birthday with friends and family since the age of 12.“It’s always [...]

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Stuff stuffs up more stuffThe mainstream media think blogs are bad for discussing the Weatherston case. But the above story was pulled from Stuff today. The cache is here.The jury members have been allowed to return to [...]

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HUSQVARNA WINS IN MEXICO

Double E1 class victory for Meo at GP of MexicoCH Racing Husqvarna Factory Enduro Team 2009World Enduro Championship '09 - Round 6, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, 18-19.7.2009Frenchman Antoine Meo has given Husqvarna its first [...]

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Phil Goff's idiotic ideaPhil Goff wants the dole paid to people made redundant due to the recession even if their partners are working. He wants partners income to be disregarded in means testing.To pay the full unemployment benefit to partnered [...]

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Punter loses $43k on Warriors gameLast week the NZ Herald reported that last week an Australian punter bet A$35,000 ($43,260) on a Sydney Roosters victory at $1.85 against the Warriors in the weekend.The Warriors won 30-24.Ouch. I wonder if he [...]

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Sizzling Deepika Padukone in item number once again

Not many have forgotten the spicy item number done by Deepika Padukone in SRK’s flick ‘Billu Barber’. The song was a rage and Deepika will now again be seen in an item number. Only this time it would be a Telugu flick.The [...]

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Priyanka Chopra launches the men’s line of clothing

Pretty and glamorous Priyanka Chopra is definitely one of the most popular Bollywood actresses in this tinsel town. So, it did not come as a surprise when the lady was chosen to promote a men’s wear brand – J. Hampstead [...]

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