John Key

John Key

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  Cheers and Maori song as NZealand OKs gay marriage

  The halls of Parliament echoed with a traditional Maori love song after lawmakers made New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the ... 

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  NZealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage

  Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament as the country became the 13th in the world and the first in the ... 

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  Everest mountaineer George Lowe dies at 89

  George Lowe, the last surviving climber from the team that made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, has died at age 89. Mary Lowe said ... 

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  Passing reference in 'Argo' rankles New Zealand

  Thirteen minutes into the Oscar-winning movie "Argo," CIA agent Tony Mendez asks supervisor Jack O'Donnell what happened to a group of Americans when ... 

• New Zealand to sell stake in state power company

  New Zealand announced Monday it will sell 49 percent of a state-owned energy company and list the shares on the country's stock exchange in about ... 

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  World's postal services struggle with lower demand

  Sandra Vidulich is so excited about the leather boots she ordered through Amazon that she rips open the box in front of the postman and tries them on. 

• Christchurch marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake

  The New Zealand city of Christchurch is commemorating the second anniversary of an earthquake that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 185 people. 

• Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash

  Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's ... 

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  Gov't: Building felled by NZ quake poorly built

  A six-story office building that collapsed and killed 115 people in New Zealand's devastating earthquake last year was poorly designed by an ... 

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  Hobbits, superheroes put magic in NZ film industry

  A crate full of sushi arrives. Workers wearing wetsuit shirts or in bare feet bustle past with slim laptops. With days to go, a buzzing intensity ...