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• Interesting Approach To Funding New Bridge

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 143
  Those proposing the so-called Anzac bridge as a solution for Auckland’s present harbour crossing have come up with some interesting options for how to find the $3b funding. In the end, it’s possible such funding variations will convince the government of which of the two available options to go for – a ...
  3 days ago

• New $3b Auck. Harbour Bridge Plan Details Released

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 143
  The group proposing a new Auckland harbour bridge, which commemorates Anzac, has made public its feasibility study providing costings and technical details. The proposal has been presented to the NZTA board. At this week’s NZTA briefing on the problems with the present bridge’s clip-ons, the NZTA was ...
  4 days ago

• Steven: May Not Be Tunnel, But No Hurry

  
  Auckland Trains — Authority: 143
  Steven Joyce says he has not yet formed a view on whether a tunnel or a bridge is most appropriate for Auckland’s next crossing. NZTA today revealed it favours a tunnel but the minister of transport says he has not yet made up his mind. As to when we might start work on something, the minister  said: “It ...
  6 days ago

• Anzac Bee Invite

  
  Seven Stitches — Authority: 113
  The Anzac Bee is progressing well, but we need some help. I am looking for one more member to join our bee. If you are interested, please let me know as Id love to hear from you. This month, we are all making red and black Essendon stars for Corrie. It had me reaching for the dictionary thinking Essendon was ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thanks For Your Inspiration, Mate!

  
  The Minority Militant — Authority: 123
  Guest Post Got some sad news from Australia. Jack Wong Sue, a WW2 Australian ANZAC has passed away aged 84.  You can find the news link below: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/6479722/wwii-hero-jack-sue-dies/ http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,26357538-2761,00.html His ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are we remembering war the right way?

  
  BBC World Have Your Say — Authority: 507
  Remembrance Day is a date that stands out in my mind. In my formative years in Australia, it was always a big day in the cultural life of the country. For Australians the Great War of 1914-1918 is a watershed in the wider historical conversation we have as a nation. It could be argued that with [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Prague to Turkey and back Part 1

  
  Hospitalera's Blog — Authority: 414
  2 continents, 12 countries, 4500 miles, 7200 kilometers First of all my apologies to my readers, I fell ill shortly after we came back, so blogging took a backseat for a while ;-( But I am up and running again and here the first part of my promised travel report: Uff, how to start a travel report about such a ...
  3 weeks ago

• For the Fallen 11.11.2009

  
  Aide-Memoire — Authority: 466
  In Australia we commemorate our veterans with The Ode . It comes from a poem by Laurence Binyon called For The Fallen, and seems appropriate today: They shall grow not old, As we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morning We will ...
  3 weeks ago

• Give me a home among the gum trees

  
  Yarnivorous — Authority: 122
  Gday all! (whoops! I didnt publish this yesterday!) I was looking for a place to photograph DHs Christmas socks in progress (means I dont have to knit him a pair in December, yay!) and realised where better than off the PiLs balcony! Look at those socks - dont they look like they would like to live among the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Ramming War Propaganda Down Your Throat

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 426
  sent by a reader in the UK [Edited by TEAA]The war mechanics have it in for you!Ramming the War Dildo Down Your Throat and Up Your TushiWhether they are selling you war with boobs on tanks gimmicks, the ANZAC Day way, or the Armistice nostalgia crap, the war mechanics have you hooked by your private [...]
  4 weeks ago

• The poppy is for sacrifice

  
  Michael Gorey — Authority: 125
  With Remembrance Day coming up on Sunday I bought a red poppy from a Legacy chap at the post office on Friday. In fact, I gave the man $5 and he handed over four poppies, so I gave two of them to Jim and Maggie. I always get a little reflective and melancholy around Remembrance Day. It really is a fitting reminder ...
  4 weeks ago

• A new trans-Tasman defence relationship?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 502
  Author: Gary Hawke, NZIER The fourth bilateral meetings of prime ministers Rudd and Key in Canberra at the end of August can now be seen in some kind of perspective. Any pay-off lies in the future and has to be worked for. Much of the immediate attention was focused on the defence area. The wording of the joint ...
  4 weeks ago

• The winners and losers of the 2010 AFL fixtures

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 457
  The AFL released the fixtures for the 2010 season on Friday, but with chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan admitting blockbusters took preference to fairness in fixturing, its time to analyse who got a good deal and who got a raw deal. Adelaide Matches in Adelaide; 12 (all at AAMI) Interstate Trips; 10 (Vic 6, ...
  5 weeks ago

• Wonderbundle Giveaway

  
  Seven Stitches — Authority: 113
  Has it really been over a month since my last post? Recently, I have been taking delight in small moments of peace. When E is out and Miss H is asleep, I get a few moments to myself. I used to rush around madly and trying to get everything done but now I just stop. The jug is boiled, coffee brewed, computer ...
  6 weeks ago

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