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The following is a link to the website which published the name and picture of the police officer who shot Steven
Wallace.
As someone who continues to borrow sizable amounts of cash from Her Majesty’s New Zealand Government so I can further my
education, I am always interested when I hear calls in the media for fee freezes, interest write offs and increased
funding to ...
The government today announced a comprehensive plan to build a modern, efficient and high quality defence force to meet
New Zealand's strategic needs and enable New Zealand to contribute usefully to international operations in which it
engages.
1. Rt Hon JENNY SHIPLEY to the Prime Minister: Who told her that the Government's $5.9 billion fiscal cap would be
exceeded, and on what date?
What's funny about M.E? Two Scottish lassies whose lives are turned upside down by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (M.E.) share
their own brand of alternative medicine on International M.E. Day - May 12th. Things are not what they seem…
Today's questions of the day concerned: Budget Blow Out – Special Benefits – GE Cow Research – NCEA –Budget Blow Out –
Cell Phones In Prisons – Community Services Card – Employment In Fishing – Violent Crime Statistics - Rural Policy –
West Coast ...
The Mild Green faction of the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is losing patience with unaccounted delays in NZ’s
promised cannabis law review. They say the Labour-led government is courting punishment in the polls for chickening out
on the marijuana ...
These decisions are the result of a process that began with Parliament’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select
Committee’s report, Defence Beyond 2000. The Committee’s report was based on wide public consultation and input from
1997-1999. It provided ...
Green MP Keith Locke today criticised the police report claiming that a policeman acted lawfully in shooting Waitara man
Steven Wallace.
The government is building a modern, professional and well-equipped Defence Force with the necessary military
capabilities across all three services to meet New Zealand's objectives. The government has set clear goals and
priorities and made a careful ...
Dr Tom Miller, Research Director of MS New Zealand today refuted Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimon’s claim that
the real purpose of genetically modified cattle research has nothing to do with MS.
Was this a simple open and shut case of good guy wiping out bad guy? Is there more to the death of Steven Wallace? Watch
the documentary and you decide.
The Prime Minister must immediately apologise to the Police Officer involved in the Waitara shooting, his family and the
entire New Zealand police force for accusations of racism over the Waitara shooting, National's Justice spokesman Tony
Ryall said ...
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The Minister of Internal Affairs, George Hawkins, says he is pleased that over 1000 submissions have been received in
response to the discussion document which was released as part of the Government's Gaming Review. Submissions on the
Review closed yesterday.
The Local Government and Environment Committee has presented its report on the Resource Management Amendment Bill. The
committee recommends, by majority, that the bill be passed with amendments.
I have been sent a copy of your booklet Closing the Gaps with an invitation to respond to it. I am glad to take the
opportunity to do so.
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invited to contribute: The format is as a reporters notebook. It will be published as and when material is available.
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Claims by AgResearch that their experiment to put human genes into cows could help Multiple Sclerosis sufferers have
been rejected as embarrassing nonsense by a Professor of Biological Sciences at Waikato University.
Whether it is a trip through the paddocks of Somes Island, or up the Wanganui River to Jerusalem, journeys through our
physical and cultural landscape are uniting themes in a show of five Wellington photographers opening this week.
Today the government is releasing details of a comprehensive plan to build a modern, efficient and high quality defence
force.
The "MayDay misanthropists" marched around the country yesterday, while Libertarianz activists taunted their tantrums
with pro-capitalist signs and slogans, and gave out $100 (imitation) bills backed with praise for free minds, free
markets ...
This paper outlines the significant changes to the NZDF¡¦s operating baselines which the Government has made as part of
the 2001 Budget. The increase in defence expenditure will not be immediately apparent in the 2001 Budget documentation,
due to Government-wide ...
Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomed today's defence changes as a major step towards a more independent
policy.
ACT Conservation Spokesman MP Gerry Eckhoff today lauded the partnership of Transpower and Landcare Trust.
The Government’s desire to build a New Zealand knowledge economy is seriously at risk. The fragile state of confidence
in the future of science in New Zealand was shown by yesterday’s decision by a highly skilled molecular biologist to
resign from ...
There has been a fair bit of reader comment on Sludge Report #60, especially from Libertarians it seems. See… Sludge
Report #60 – Free Tiger Woods to find out what all the fuss is about.