Sometime after the tearing down of the Berlin Wall and the morphing of the USSR into Russia I found myself celebrating May Day at the Russian Embassy. Some traditions never change, writes foreign correspondent Peter Isaac.
Vienna-born architect Friedenensreich Hundertwasser’s new-look flag for New Zealand was unfurled for the first time in 1983. It was soon after rolled up and forgotten in spite of an expensive and extensive campaign promoting its value as an alternative flag for the nation.
Meat processors have found common cause with the Green Party. Both are determined to maintain the ban on live sheep shipments.