include: Services to the Industry, Musicians par excellence, Entertainers of Voice, Bands of Renown , and International Trevor King QSM, will meet up with friends he helped start lifetime as some of them are getting older. Not to fostered through the club, many of the teenagers started playing and singing, starting with the the times. Many of these reached national and international Among those performing in Christchurch, some coming families, (many at their own expense).
who with her husband Dion Murphy, conceived the idea and are the head, I had this vision of celebrating the lives of the local teenagers who were our peers of the time. As Dion and I have been performing music since 1958, it was what made us who we are. The musicians we know, all gave countless hours local community.
The Festival is a celebration of all those Join in a whole day of Rock and Roll Music, Dancing, Parades, Classic Cars, British bikes and Fun 11.00am. Norm Bland starts the Dancers will start of the dancing demonstrations.
demonstrations throughout the day. At the same time you can Take part in the Look alike Competitions. Hagley Park at the Armagh Street Bridge.
There are 30+ cars go on display for the day. Judging by the photos being sent in the cars will be a smash hit. along Oxford Terrace, to Victoria Square, led by Canary Roll music.
This will be followed by #x201C;Roys Imperial Classic Car Convertibles, who in turn will be followed by members of the British Motor Cycle Club. The Stars in their Club in 1957. (Christchurch Teenage Club).
60 #x2019;s Stars backed by well known musicians, Murray Wood, Peter Gillette,Wayne Allen, Bob Heiz and Neville Claughton. Cecile and Dion Murphy, Tony Williams and two well known bands, The Vigilantes and Peter Nelson and the Castaways. The second half features star Ray Columbus and the Invaders, in the 1960s in Christchurch.
morning 26th March. Bon Voyage from us all. and Roll Festival.
- A new report detailing the status of New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi, was launched today by Conservation Minister Chris Carter. The report highlights a huge increase in private kiwi conservation efforts around New Zealand, and was launched at Auckland Zoo to mark the end of Bank of New Zealand managing director Peter Thodey's chairmanship of the Bank of New Zealand Save the Kiwi Trust. See.
.. - Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has initiated an inquiry into the standard of care provided by Dr Roman Hasil at Wanganui Hospital.
The inquiry has been prompted by a complaint to the Commissioner's Office, information provided by Whanganui District Health Board, and community concern about failed tubal ligation procedures undertaken by Dr Hasil. See..
. - From itappears that our Reserve Bank Governor Dr Alan Bollard remains fixated on New Zealand house price inflation..
. However from this MPS it is also apparent that there is growing recognition inside the bank that there is not a lot it can do about its biggest bugbear. See.
.. (includes ) The search for Miss Universe New Zealand 2007 is on and this year the public can have their say in who should represent our country internationally.
From this year's 24 contestants the winner will depart New Zealand on April 29 to go on to the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico City May 28th 2007. Your vote can help the judges make a decision. See.
.. - A minor fault has been found in the Army's fleet of Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAV) says Defence Minister Phil Goff.
However he says that it had not caused any disruption to routine Army activities. "A weld crack on a bracket that connects the steering and suspension to the vehicle's hull, was discovered during maintenance", said Mr Goff. See.
.. "With the gender pay gap hovering at 13%, at current progress we are still many years away from true pay and employment equity for women," CTU vice president Helen Kelly said.
Marking International Working Women's Day today, the Council of Trade Unions launched a new DVD resource on Pay and Employment Equity at an event in Wellington last evening. See..
. The Government's recent $76 million investment in a variety of initiatives to curb the obesity epidemic will be well monitored and evaluated to allow planners to better focus on future programmes. See.
.. - On Thursday 8th March Amnesty International groups around New Zealand and the globe will be celebrating International Women's Day with infostalls, appeals and candle-lit vigils.
Activist groups will be lighting 180 candles, signifying both 30 years of UN recognition of International Women's Day and the 150th Anniversary of the first known industrial protest organised by women on 8 March 1857. See..
. - An Internet search engine designed by Wellington campus digital media specialist Mark Zeman has been voted one of the world’s top 100 alternative search engines – the only one from New Zealand to make the list. The list of alternatives to the world’s most popular search engine, Google, was assembled by Read/WriteWeb, a leading blog that analyses trends in web development.
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- At a meeting in Christchurch yesterday, National Party leader John Key announced that a National government would deliver a carbon windfall to forest owners by hand out carbon credits for all forests planted since 1990...
it's an idea that makes a lot of sense if you view climate change policy primarily as a way of delivering corporate welfare to business interests. See..
. - The independent report on walking access provides a blueprint for the way forward on an extremely complex and longstanding issue, Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor says. The report, released publicly by Mr O'Connor today, was prepared by an independent panel of stakeholders representing farmers, recreational and other interest groups, and led by South Island farmer John Acland.
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- Mighty River Power has decided not to proceed with seeking the consents necessary to enable recommissioning of the Marsden B power station, following a review of the company's potential generation developments and future market conditions. Chief Executive Doug Heffernan said the company was now confident New Zealand could meet its energy supply requirements over the next decade without the Marsden B station. See.
.. - Internet broadband (non-analog) subscriber numbers continue to increase, and are up nearly 30 percent in the six months to 30 September 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today.
The total number of Internet subscribers in New Zealand is now almost 1.4 million. See.
.. NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark is scheduled to meet with US President George Bush on March 20.
Is New Zealand about to increase its involvement in Afghanistan, in the Persian Gulf, in containment operations in Central-Asia, and in this US-led War On Terror? Former Police Minister John Banks talks to KiwiFM's Wallace about why Clint Rickards, recently acquitted of rape charges, must not be reinstated as Assistant Police Commissioner and in charge of the Auckland Police District. - Fresh from a successful season during the Fringe Festival, the award-winning play Brain Power returns to the BATS stage for one last brief return season in March.
Written and directed by Dean Hewison, the show is a strikingly inventive and hilarious film-noir styled comedy set in the darkest regions of the human brain and featuring a massive cast of 17 actors. See..
. - “The Good Shepherd is a fictionalized version of history which is accurate in almost every incident. But because the filmmakers are liberated from trying to be faithful to the tiny details, they’ve come a lot closer in many ways to capturing some essential truths about this extraordinary period of intelligence, counterintelligence, betrayal and espionage during the Cold War …" See.
.. Scoop's Kevin List on Radio Active delivers his weekly New Zealand news roundup.
Items discussed today include: Taito Phillip Field; Phil Goff getting a hard time at the launch of Maire Leadbeater's book: Negligent Neighbour. Scoop's Kevin List joins KiwiFM's Wammo to deliver his weekly News Roundup… Items discussed: Taito Phillip Field, Helen Clark's state of the nation speech; John Key's response; and Hon Robson Becomes Contemptuous Robson. Scoop's Selwyn Manning and KiwiFM's Wallace Chapman discuss how the United States has intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf amidst expectation of regional conflict with Iran.
Will the USA strike first against the Atomic Ayatollahs?
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