The Education Minister's giving the board of Auckland's troubled Weymouth Centre School until February to come up with compelling reasons why the school shouldn't be closed.x lydia monin
Andy Gillies who oversees the Northern Residential centre on the line.
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The Government has resolved another Treaty of Waitangi grievance x Anna Huges
Members of parliament are this afternoon farewelling their temporary home in the Bowen House debating chamber, and ending the parliamentary year with the standard cross party sniping.x Janice Rodenburg
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The government's legislative review of its spy agencies is taking flak from critics who say it doesn't go far enough.x Jonathan schwass
President Boris Yeltsin, snubbed by millions who have backed his communist foes in Russia's parliamentary election, has vowed to keep market reforms on course.x bbc
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Bougainvillean leaders, including key players in the armed struggle for independence from Papua New Guinea, have ended a five-day meeting in Cairns with a commitment to continue talks to end the seven year war. sean Dorny LIVER
The Family Court ruling this week that bans a father from smoking when he's with his children, has been hailed as legal victory which helps prove the dangers of passive smoking.x mary wilson
The recent boom in New Zealand's cafe culture which is changing the way we socialise and what we eat, is also beginning to have a positive impact on the economy.x Hannah Belcher
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