Gillard Pulls A Shipley And Becomes Australian Premier

Julia Gillard took over today as the first female Australian Prime Minister, in a move that has been likened to the rise to power of the first female Kiwi Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley. Shipley ousted Jim Bolger in December 2007, gathering support for her nomination whilst he was away at a Commonwealth Heads of Government…

China Issues Warning About Crime In New Zealand – Updated

(scroll down for update) China has issued an advisory to its citizens about crime in Auckland, according to an article written by Lincoln Tan in today’s Herald. It is one of many foreign countries to have issued advisories and warnings about New Zealand, among them Great Britain, The Netherlands and the Philippines. In 2009 the…