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Peace march begins with ‘new’ French anthem

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Front Page Layout, Latest News, News

Kiwi composes different version for world peace march.

Tags: anti-nuclear, Global Peace Index, GPI, Humanist Movement, International Day of Non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi, most peaceful country, new zealand, Nuclear Disarmament Forum, Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, NZ, peace march, Peacemaker sculpture, Railway Station, route, statue, United Nations, Vision of Humanity, wellington, Women's Suffrage Garden, World March for Peace and Non-violence, World Without Wars
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Kiwi English is ‘wicked’ – but not ‘evil’ – to learn, say students

Dec 12th, 2008 | By Sabrina Dankel | Category: Featured Article, News

German journalism exchange student SABRINA DANKEL finds out how newcomers to New Zealand cope with learning our lingo.

Tags: Anglosphere, Asian languages, Bahasa Indonesia, China, Commonwealth of Nations, dialects, English as a second language, ESOL, European Union, first language, foreign language, Germany, Japan, Kiwi jargon, lingo, Malay, Mandarin, melting pot, multi-cultural, native language, native speakers, newswire, Olympic Committee, second language, Singapore, Spanish, Tamil, United Nations, Wellington City Council, whitireia
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Wellington College gets first PI head boy

Dec 9th, 2008 | By Jenny Meyer | Category: Latest News, News

Samoan Karl Moresi is school’s first Polynesian head boy.

Tags: Barack Obama, education, Head Boy, leadership, Polynesian, prefect, Samoan, Sir Bobby Charlton, UN Youth Association, United Nations, Wellington College, Wellington soccer
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Maori encouraged to use UN to claim rights

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Sandra Dickson | Category: Latest News, News

New film shows how the UN can be used to improve rights for Maori.

Tags: Aotearoa Indigenous Rights Trust, Claire Charters, Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Estebancio Castro Diaz, Huhana Smith, Manu Caddie, Maori, Maria Bargh, Taki Anaru, Teanau Tuiono, Tracey Whare de Castro, United Nations
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Long wait finally over for disability treaty

Sep 26th, 2008 | By Jenny Meyer | Category: Latest News, News

NZ key supporter of UN global convention on disability

Tags: Disabled Persons Assembly of New Zealand, Families Commission, Foundation of the Blind, Minister for Disability Issues Ruth Dyson, UN, UN Convention on Disability, United Nations
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Law student talks peace with divided Cyprus

Sep 15th, 2008 | By Laura Frykberg | Category: Latest News, News

Bevan Marten keen to observe Cypriot politics up close.

Tags: barrister, Bevan, Bevan Marten, British Colony, Commonwealth Youth Leadership Program, Cypriot Turkish, Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, Greek Cypriot, Greeks, Marten, Mehmet Ali Talat, Nicosia, Nkabom 2008, Royal Commonwealth Society International, Solicitor, The Green Line, Turkish, Turks, United Nations, Wellingtonian
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