It didn't attract the expected numbers, but the Million Man March in Washington DC today brought together perhaps five hundred thousand black men for what was billed as "a day of atonement and reconciliation." x Jonothan Schwass
Retiring All Black coach Laurie Mains says he'll be boycotting any official French Government functions during the All Black tour of France next month x Stephen Hewson
At the wine box inquiry, more of the Inland Revenue's dirty linen has been aired in public. Adam Hollingworth LIVER
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Fiji's racist constitution is attracting international attention again with [illegible] revelations about the extreme submissions to the country's Constitutional Review Commission.x Mary Wilson
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Last night on Checkpoint we heard of the outrage that a woman at Wellington Women's Hospital was charged for a third day of post natal care after the birth of her baby. Crown Health Enterprises MInister Paul East says the woman will get her money refunded ... and it won't happen again.x Janice Rodenburg
But red faces today as Wellington hospital admits it was a mistake and has given assurancees it won't happen again. The RHA says the CHE was in breach of its contract obligations x Margariette Fahy
We attempted to get someone from the Capital coast CHE to respond on this issue .. Maureen Corry, general manager of Medical and Surgical services at the Wellington hospital was unavailable all day because, we were told, of a meeting.
[illegible] negotiations Minister, Doug Graham is currently considering a report from the Waitangi Tribunal recommending that Ngati Turangitukua are entitled to compensation for losses and injury they suffered when Turangi was developed to house workers on the Tongariro power project.x Janice aplin
The primary teachers union - the NZEI- has won a legal victory over the State Services Commission on the issue of pay rates for school principals.x merle nowland
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