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Labour’s campaign launch disappoints members

By Sally Conor | October 17, 2008

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The Labour Party may have lost crucial votes last weekend when around 200 party faithful were locked out of its campaign launch at Auckland’s Town Hall on Saturday. Organisers distributed almost 400 tickets too many for the main auditorium and those who couldn’t be seated upstairs were asked to watch the launch on small television screens in [...] Continue Reading >

Labour’s universal allowance ignores whole generation of debt

By admin | October 17, 2008

By Angela Beswick and Sarah Urlich News that Labour will introduce a universal student allowance has been welcomed by students nationwide, but greeted with scepticism by others. The universal student allowance will make more than 50,000 students aged between 18 and 23 better off by phasing out the parental income threshold. By the year 2012 the threshold will [...] Continue Reading >

McDonald’s small fries demand better pay

By Paul Harper | October 17, 2008

  McDonald’s is the latest employer to face the wrath of Unite as the union pressures businesses to improve working conditions for staff. On Friday October 10, staff from branches across Auckland picketed outside their work places from 8.30am to 9.30am, including half a dozen staff members from the Queen St branch.  Strikes have continued during this week [...] Continue Reading >

Election billboard vandals waste parties’ time and money

By Finbarr Bunting | October 17, 2008

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    Three weeks out from the election, candidates are concerned the political discourse is being diluted after wide-scale vandalism and destruction of their electoral hoardings. Nikki Kaye, National Party candidate for Auckland Central, says it is “pretty common in election campaigns”. “It is a cost to the campaign and so it is supporters’ time and money that [...] Continue Reading >

Big Day Out 2009 - Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys and The Prodigy

By Amberleigh Jack | October 2, 2008
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Indie powerhouse the Arctic Monkeys and electro-rock veterans The Prodigy are among the bands confirmed this week to play Big Day Out 2009. The first official announcement for the annual one-day music festival saw previously revealed rock icon Neil Young joined by 20 international and local acts. Chart-topping pop duo the Ting Tings as well as [...] Continue Reading >

Tea and terror with Robert Fisk

By Paul Harper | October 2, 2008
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EXCLUSIVE: The journalist who interviewed Osama bin Laden three times and has covered the Middle East for over 30 years, tells Paul Harper about the illusion of objectivity and that the most important question is 'why'. Photo: Alan Koon - Pacific Media Centre Continue Reading >

Kiwi chick: the woman who cares for our most precious national asset

By Samantha Motion | September 25, 2008
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New Zealand’s leading kiwi incubation specialist, Claire Travers, does not understand the purpose of a day off. It’s a Sunday, but a kiwi chick at work was found “arse-about-face” in its egg, so she had to help. The chick was completely upside down, she explains, with its bill in the wrong position to get the air it [...] Continue Reading >

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Welcome to Te Waha Nui - the online sister publication to AUT University's celebrated student-driven training newspaper. Both here and in the newspaper, you'll find the best work of students on both the Bachelor of Communication Studies and Graduate Diploma in Journalism programmes.

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Guide to summer

As the weather gets warmer, TWN has put together some hot sounds, summer sports, movies and new year’s hot spots to make your summer one to remember.

Here are some links below:

Sounds of summer

A guide to summer sports

Hot spots for New Years ‘08

Must-see summer movies

News

Show Me Shorts film festival
By Su Ann Ong | October 24, 2008
Direct democracy’s web woes
By Louise Blockley | October 24, 2008
Young Uni student hits campaign trail
By Chris Whitworth | October 23, 2008
Democrats for social credit still hanging on
By Louise Blockley | October 23, 2008
God help us, the religious right is here
By Alice Neville | October 22, 2008
Alzheimers more common as population ages, says specialist
By Will Miller | October 22, 2008

Sports

FIFA to boost NZ women’s football profile
By Amberleigh Jack | October 20, 2008
Young Baseball stars wanted for West City
By Carly Tawhiao | October 17, 2008
Marina Erakovic among world tennis elite
By Natalie Joyce | October 3, 2008
Olympic bronze medalist sets his sights on Oxford
By Natasha Burling | September 8, 2008
Wiki leaves on Warrior win
By Dallas Gurney | September 5, 2008

Reviews

A guide to summer sports
By Paul Harper | October 20, 2008
Must-see summer movies
By Quinn | October 20, 2008
Hot spots for New Years ‘08
By Rhiannon Horrell | October 20, 2008
International bands hitting Auckland this summer
By Paul Harper | October 20, 2008
Rise Against – Appeal to Reason
By Paul Harper | October 17, 2008

Opinion

Bottom line: Asians want to feel protected
By Su Ann Ong | October 21, 2008
Will the 00s have decade defining music?
By Amberleigh Jack | October 19, 2008
IRD hot under the collar with GST
By Adrian Chang | October 18, 2008
Editorial: The slogans, soundbites and serious stuff.
By James Murray | October 17, 2008
How will future generations view President Bush?
By Finbarr Bunting | October 17, 2008

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