http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for CLAIRE TREVETT en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:08 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/headlines.cfm?a_id=74 Labour's "Axe the Tax" bus trip protesting GST increases is costing the taxpayer about $30,000 - but Labour leader Phil Goff has defended it as the cheapest way to get around the country on an issue that affects everybody. The... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629952&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +1200 A fortnight's break from Parliament and Labour's MPs have a big red bus and places to go. Auckland, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton, Cambridge, Tirau. The bus is bright Labour-red and those travelling on it carry Labour-red signs and Labour-red... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629951&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +1200 Child, Youth and Family did not know about the existence of a Hamilton toddler who died in suspicious circumstances last year despite earlier removing two children from the parents. CYF head Ray Smith confirmed yesterday that the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629760&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:00:07 +1200 A long-standing home-support programme for disadvantaged families is to be retained but put under closer scrutiny after a review found significant variations in its effectiveness. Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629759&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 A panel of experts has recommended an alert system for all abusive mothers so officials know when they have more children. The Experts Forum on Child Abuse report, due to be released today, said it was concerned that in some... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629580&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +1200 Prime Minister John Key has pleaded for a truce in the ongoing saga of ministerial expenses, saying journalists should show some mercy to MPs who are within the rules even if they disagree with those rules. Mr Key's comments come... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10629353&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Shane Jones has revealed he reimbursed money put on his ministerial credit card on at least one occasion - a dinner he hosted for some architects. Mr Jones said yesterday that he had paid back money to Ministerial Services related... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10628827&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:00:12 +1200 Phil Heatley's political future now hangs on an Audit Office investigation finding him to have been foolish with his ministerial expenses rather than trying to rip off the taxpayer. However, his chances of returning to the Cabinet... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10628592&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:00:20 +1200 So it is that National finds the full truth of the maxim that "wine and women bring misery". Former minister Richard Worth resigned over rumours about women. Now Phil Heatley resigns over two bottles of wine. It was not a pretty... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/claire-trevett/news/article.cfm?a_id=74&objectid=10628568&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:00:12 +1200