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Asthma: Inhaling facts and exhaling witchcraft
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August 12, 2015. October 21, 2015. Asthma: Inhaling facts and exhaling witchcraft. Contributed by Rupeni Vatubuli. Asthma is a common condition in the world, with a common symptom for those that suffer from being to experience recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing. The World Health Organisation. Or WHO estimated in a 2013 survey that 235 million people currently suffer from asthma and of the Non Communicable Diseases (NCD’s) it is is the third biggest killer. In 2014 the Global Asthma Network.
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#TPPAWalkAway – The March of Thousands
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August 16, 2015. October 21, 2015. TPPAWalkAway – The March of Thousands. Contributed by Adam James Ring. The #TPPAWalkAway Week of Action climaxed Saturday with simultaneous marches across the country. With as many as 25,000 protesters reported countrywide, 5000 people gathered and walked in solidarity from the business-district centre of Midland Park to the steps of Parliament. As a true testament to the unifying strength of the cause –. Much has been made already of the ‘protest after the protes...
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Protest against TPPA reaches steps of Parliament
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August 16, 2015. October 21, 2015. Protest against TPPA reaches steps of Parliament. Contributed by Olexander Barnes. It was a standard Wellington day, gray with the threat of rain. Yet Midland Park was bursting at the seams with people, all preparing to march against the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement. There were a few speeches that included an anti-TPPA song, before the protest made its way along Lambton Quay towards Parliament. Darren Watson performing “Planet Key” Olexander Barnes. The protest was beg...
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100 years on and Families Unite as Rugby Remembers
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August 12, 2015. October 22, 2015. 100 years on and Families Unite as Rugby Remembers. Contributed by New Zealand Rugby Museum. Balls, Bullets and Boots from rugby field to battlefield and back. The title of this interactive exhibition opening on 22. Of August at the NZ Rugby Museum, Te Manawa Compex says it all. Henry “Norkey” Dewar (13 October 1883 9 August 1915) was forward who played for the All Blacks (Source: Sewell, Edward Humphrey Dalrymple). Descendants of those players, who include. Dave Gallah...
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Ask not for whom the climate change bell tolls…
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August 13, 2015. October 21, 2015. Ask not for whom the climate change bell tolls…. Contributed by Stephen Olsen, NewsRoom Plus. Imagine you live in a small group of islands. Islands only four metres above sea level. Imagine those islands are on a planet where the inexorable impacts of climate change are mounting month by month. See loveyourneighbour.org.nz. How to face what a future of inevitable assimilation holds if the time came to leave Tuvalu, to become second class citizens in a place that isnR...
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TPPA Protesters Deliver 100,000 Kiwi Signatures to Parliament
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August 12, 2015. October 21, 2015. TPPA Protesters Deliver 100,000 Kiwi Signatures to Parliament. Contributed by Adam James Ring. Protesters rallied outside Parliament today to deliver a petition of over 100,000 signatures from a wide-range of New Zealanders who oppose the TPPA free-trade deal. Protesters rally outside Parliament to oppose the TPPA free-trade agreement. The 100,000 strong petition, facilitated by social action group Action Station. In the only speech to incite heckling and negativity fro...
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File Note: The Massey University Home Affordability Report
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January 30, 2015. October 28, 2015. File Note: The Massey University Home Affordability Report. Massey University released its latest Home Affordability Report. Yesterday, showing deterioration in affordability in all regions in the December quarter, with no sign of that changing in 2015. Massey has been issuing the quarterly report, with earlier partners such as AMP Banking, since 1991. Figures from the Home Affordability Report for the December 2014 quarter. As you can see, in the latest report afforda...