No, say 123 people who called the Otago Daily Times teletopics line yesterday to express their opinion. It was not an overwhelming vote against the move, however, with 88 people phoning to say Kiwis should join what could possibly be an international effort. The spectre of war Afghans flee into Pakistan. Beggar Afghan refugee children on the road. Pakistanis in Karachi hail their hero.
Dunedin people ponder the prospects.
A brief fear MPs were under attack in Parliament yesterday turned out to be no more than a runaway toddler in the public gallery. An object fell from the gallery above MPs during question time, hitting Act New Zealand MP Owen Jennings. But instead of screams of horror, laughter erupted as Mr Jennings raised a teddy-bear above his head. Above him, a mortified woman grabbed the toddler, who was still gazing below to the now amused MPs, and left to retrieve the lost toy. All Rights Reserved.