Annie Baxter from Google explains how Street View for New Zealand has been put together. Street View is a new feature for Google Maps that lets internet users view and navigate 360 degree street-level imagery of New Zealand’s cities, towns, regions and remote areas.
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Andrew James is the creator of the Kiwi made Goodfella razor, 100% produced and hand finished in New Zealand. The Goodfella is a precision-made metal shaving tool inspired by the old fashioned method of shaving. How do you get the perfect old fashioned style shave? Andrew explains that it ought not to be a painful experience.
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The UN Climate Change Secretariat in Oslo released figures on Monday showing the growth in New Zealand’s emissions between 1990 and 2006 to be among the worst in the world’s industrialised nations.
This announcement was made as the incoming National-led Government goes back to the drawing board to decide how to reduce emissions. Meanwhile Rodney Hide and ACT seem to be having a significant say in climate change policy.
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Russell reports that John Key has agreed to adopt Rodney Hide’s New Zealand Taxpayers Bill of Rights Bill as a government Bill – “with the aim of passing into law a cap on the growth of core Crown expenses.” What does this mean? Also the stuff we may have missed in Afghanistan. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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Vernon is an ex-pat American and academic in American studies living in New Zealand and gives his reaction on Obama’s election. Vernon puts yesterday’s events into context for both American, black and white, and for New Zealanders and the rest of the world.
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Before the votes are counted Russell give his thoughts on the US election campaign, the problems with the voting systems, and oh yes! Meanwhile the New Zealand election campaign takes a back seat but Russell gives his predictions for the polling booth outcome this Saturday.
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In February this year Salmonella Dub, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and guests collaborated for the Feel The Seasons Change tour of New Zealand. The tour has now been immortalised through the release of a live album of the same name. Head honcho for Salmonella Dub, Andrew Penman, joins me to discuss the partnership and the restraint required to play with a full orchestra. Also featuring a track called ‘Heal Me’ from the album.
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Prime Minister Helen Clark has said she will “play opposition” to what John Key stands for “to the grave”
When asked if she was prepared to face John Key and National from the opposition benches Miss Clark was optimistic that a Labour-Green ticket will win this week’s election.
Helen also clarified that the recently announced Redundancy policy will become a permanent component to the social welfare system.
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Vincent reports that New Zealand is a victim of its own success. The latest WWF report says that we punch above our weight when its comes to leaving a dirty smudge on the planet. This is not good news because the cash used to fight dirty technology is drying up, but is there a silver lining to the dark clouds on the horizon? Vincent Heeringa is the editorial director at Idealog
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Could the Maori Party still go with National? Even with so many political polls coming out on almost a daily basis now its hard to get a clear picture of what the current trends are in New Zealand politics. Russell points us to a couple of useful aggregate polls including one at the Standard. Yet again Winston Peters is in the firing line but is the latest issue serious enough? And with one week to go before the US election can we call it this early?
Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net
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