New Zealand

New Zealand passes law to ratify free trade deal with China; first for developed economy (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

24 Jul 2008

New Zealand's Parliament on Thursday passed into law the first bilateral free trade deal between China and a developed western economy, in a move that will give the country fresh advantage in one of the world's biggest markets.

New Zealand central bank cuts interest rates (Channel NewsAsia)

24 Jul 2008

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's central bank cut the official interest rate Thursday for the first time in five years, saying the slumping economy would offset stubbornly high inflation.

Judge, dismayed by strange children names in New Zealand, gets 'Talula Does The Hula' renamed (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

24 Jul 2008

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.