New Zealand

John Key, PM-Elect New Zealand, All Set to Form Government

John Key, PM-Elect New Zealand, All Set to Form GovernmentAfter breaking the reign of the Helen Clarke's labour party for the past nine years, John Key, PM-elect of New Zealand, is in a hurry to form the Government to fight the Global Economic Crisis. Key's Party won 59 seats in the 122-seat parliament according to a preliminary count of Saturday's election.

New Zealand school introduces yoga for kids to beat exam stress

Wellington, Nov 10 : A school in Stratford has devised a rather ‘relaxing’ way to help students beat the stress during exams—Yoga.

St Mary''s Diocesan School has combined the bendy yoga move, Upward facing dog with the tree pose, the prayer pose and the reverse swan dive that may help students to have calm, focused minds before upcoming exams.

The programme will be starting in all participating secondary schools on November 14, and will finish on December 3.

The school held the classes as part of its futures scheme, which focuses on giving students all-round skills that they can put to use after leaving school.

New South Wales call up pace tyro Josh Hazlewood

Melbourne, Nov. 10 : New South Wales Blues have called up a teenager from the bush for their match against New Zealand this week.

Dubbed the "new Glenn McGrath" Josh Hazlewood will be given the job of embarrassing the tourists at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the absence of lethal quicks Nathan Bracken and Doug Bollinger.

The 17-year-old Hazlewood had just completed his final HSC exam in geography when told he would be lining up against the cross-Tasman rivals.

New Zealand's new leader keeps distance from right-wing allies

New Zealand's new leader keeps distance from right-wing allies Wellington  - New Zealand prime minister-elect John Key, the self-confessed centrist leader of a conservative party that won Saturday's general election, chose Monday to keep right-wing allies in his new government at a distance.

Key, whose National Party's 59 seats fell short of an overall majority in the 122-member Parliament, received confirmation of support from the free market ACT party, which holds five seats.

Newly elected leader eyes Asia-Pacific summit

Newly elected leader eyes Asia-Pacific summitWellington - New Zealand prime minister-elect John Key said Sunday that he wanted a fast-track swearing-in process so that he could attend an important Asia-Pacific regional summit in Peru this month.

Key, whose conservative National Party swept to victory over the incumbent Labour-led coalition in Saturday's general election, told a news conference it would be in the country's best interests if he could attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Lima on November 22-23.

Record number of Asians elected to New Zealand parliament

Record number of Asians elected to New Zealand parliamentWellington  - The New Zealand parliament will have a record six Asian members - including the first ethnic Korean and Sikh - following Saturday's election.

Korean-born television presenter Melissa Lee, 42, and former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi will join Pansy Wong, who was New Zealand's first Asian Member of Parliament when she was elected in 1996, in the newly-elected National Party government ranks.

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