Pecking Order
By Salient | 15 Oct, 2007
Year in which…
It was announced that Kiwi households will be paying $2,890 extra next year; that only 26 per cent of voters believed that the Labour party would govern after the next election; NZ was ranked third to other OECD countries in rate of teenage fertility; scientists were conducting experiments which aimed to change the sexuality of homosexual sheep; More
By Salient | 8 Oct, 2007
Number of months the police officer who shot Stephen Bellingham was sidelined for after facing charges of beating prisoners in the back of a police van: 10
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By Salient | 1 Oct, 2007
Number of classrooms that could be without teachers by 2008 if current class size trends continue: 1000
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By Salient | 24 Sep, 2007
Percentage of voters who believe that Labour will govern after the next election, compared with National: 26, 62
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By Salient | 17 Sep, 2007
Number of prescriptions for antidepressants for one year old children in financial years 2004/5, 2005/6, and 2006/7: 768, 355, 24
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By Salient | 10 Sep, 2007
Percentage of Kiwis who spend more on Mothers’ day compared with Fathers’ day: 46
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By Salient | 3 Sep, 2007
Date when New Zealand had the strongest currency in the world: 24/07/07
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By Salient | 13 Aug, 2007
Number of Kiwis on antidepressants in 2007 and in 2001 (respectively): 1,004,471; 697,574
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By Salient | 6 Aug, 2007
Year in which Mikey Havoc and Newsboy called Gore the gayest town in New Zealand: 1999 More
By Salient | 30 Jul, 2007
Percentage of New Zealanders over 18 who believe Bain is innocent, according to a recent poll: 66
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By Salient | 16 Jul, 2007
Amount of money in dollars paid towards Bridgecorp by a pensioner the day Rod Petriecevic was in crisis talks with his trustee: $5000 More
By Salient | 9 Jul, 2007
Peacefulness ranking of New Zealand compared with 121 other countries: 2
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By Salient | 28 May, 2007
Percentage increase in the amount the government has spent on each New Zealand man, woman and child since 2000: 44 More
By Salient | 21 May, 2007
Percentage of Kiwis who agree with The Privy Council’s decision to quash David Bain’s conviction: 80
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By Salient | 14 May, 2007
Percentage of Kiwis who have no idea what New Zealand super payments are worth : 81
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By Salient | 7 May, 2007
Percentage by which average Kiwi male income levels are higher than female after five years of leaving study : 20 More
By Salient | 30 Apr, 2007
Percentage of Kiwis who support Sue Bradford’s Anti-smacking Bill : 27 More
By Salient | 23 Apr, 2007
Number of complaints of sexual assault made against both police officers and police associates from 1979 to 2005 in New Zealand : 370
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By Salient | 2 Apr, 2007
- Number of weapons that have been turned into tools for African farmers by a British nonprofit organisation since 2001 : 2,200
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By Salient | 26 Mar, 2007
- Number of years New Zealand’s second oldest sporting competition, the Joynt Scroll, has been going for : 104
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