http://www.mail.com/people/3330-john-key.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/3330-john-key.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2143202-zealand-pm-we-use-nsa-to-illegally-spy.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Responding to the government-surveillance controversy engulfing New Zealand's security-alliance partners in Washington, Prime Minister John Key said Tuesday his country doesn't use foreign intelligence agencies to circumvent local laws and illegally spy on its citizens. But Key declined to say exactly what help New Zealand d... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:34:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2143202-zealand-pm-we-use-nsa-to-illegally-spy.html 2013-06-11T08:34:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027390-cheers-maori-song-nzealand-oks-gay-marriage.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Supporters of the bill, including hundreds of gay-rights advocates, stood and cheered after the 77-44 vote was announced late... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027390-cheers-maori-song-nzealand-oks-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-18T10:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025180-nzealand-13th-country-to-legalize-gay-marriage.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill on its third and final reading Wednesday night. People watching from t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025180-nzealand-13th-country-to-legalize-gay-marriage.html 2013-04-18T01:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1970546-everest-mountaineer-george-lowe-dies-89.html LONDON (AP) — 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 Thursday her husband died a day earlier at a nursing home in Ripley, central England, after an illness. Lowe and his friend Edmund Hillary were the only New Zealanders on the 1953 British-led attemp... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 04:45:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1970546-everest-mountaineer-george-lowe-dies-89.html 2013-03-22T04:45:28Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969266-passing-reference-argo-rankles-zealand.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 the U.S. Embassy was stormed in Tehran. "The six of them went out a back exit," O'Donnell tells Mendez, played by Ben Affleck. "Brits turned them away. Kiwis turned them away. ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:14:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969266-passing-reference-argo-rankles-zealand.html 2013-03-22T01:14:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929216-zealand-to-sell-stake-power-company.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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 mid-May. Mighty River Power is the first of three power companies the government plans to sell minority stakes in. It hopes to raise billions of dollars and return the country's bo... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:58:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929216-zealand-to-sell-stake-power-company.html 2013-03-04T03:58:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1915628-worlds-postal-services-struggle-with-lower-demand.html OTAKI, New Zealand (AP) — 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. "I looove them," she declares, as the driveway at her tree-lined home in rural New Zealand briefly becomes a catwalk. "They're cool." For now, a boom in Internet shopping is helpin... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:37:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1915628-worlds-postal-services-struggle-with-lower-demand.html 2013-02-27T15:37:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907236-christchurch-marks-2nd-anniversary-deadly-quake.html CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The New Zealand city of Christchurch is commemorating the second anniversary of an earthquake that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 185 people. Several hundred people gathered for a memorial service in Latimer Square, near where 115 died when a six-story office building collapsed during the magnitude-6.1 quake. Othe... 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