Kia ora Mr Speaker.

Wellington's award-winning ZEALANDIA eco-sanctuary has been selected by UK broadsheet The Guardian as one of the top 75 green tourism companies in the world.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - A controversial New Zealand businessman is reportedly offering a possible a lifeline to financially-troubled English Premier League soccer side Portsmouth.

(Adds John Key comment)

Wellington, Feb 7 NZPA - A British politician has been filmed at last year's climate change summit in Copenhagen congratulating the French for bombing the Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior.

The name of the game is “bifurcation” which according to the dictionary means, ‘splitting of a main body into two parts.

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NZPA correspondent

London, Nov 22 NZPA - British rugby writer Stephen Jones has hurled a sharpened pen in the All Blacks' direction, describing them as one of the worst New Zealand sides in recent memory.

It's great to be here.

I'd like to thank Don Nicolson and members of your National Council for the opportunity to speak today.

And I'd like to acknowledge Dr Stephen Goldson, who works with my Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman.

Criticism in today's Guardian is a reminder of the risk to New Zealand of not taking climate change seriously and ensuring our actions match our words, Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith says.

The Q+A interview with former Prime Minister Helen Clark live from New York this morning is transcribed below.

The full length video interviews and panel discussions from the last episode of Q+A for 2009 can be seen on tvnz.co.nz at, http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news

NZPA correspondent

Cardiff, Nov 8 NZPA - The All Blacks failed to impress British rugby writers, who identified Dan Carter and Welsh bumbling as the difference between the sides when New Zealand won 19-12 at Millennium Stadium last night.