TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Royal Commission On Genetic Modification Report Released
Stateside With Rosalea: Being John Ashcroft
Irish Eyes: Still Life Fruit Musings From A Meandering Mind
10% Power Reduction Achievable With Intelligent Conservation
Auckland’s Britomart Gets $20 Million Transfund Grant
Health Ministry Working On Meningococcal Vaccine
Foods You Can Play With Are Toys
Images: Winner Creates The hair You Want
Scoop Images: Inside Peter Jackson’s Edoras
Scoop World: George Speight’s Future Hangs On Ballot Box
Scoop World: Press Freedom Concerns In Jakarta
Scoop World Link: Who Deserves The Holy Land?
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TOP SCOOPS
Royal Commission On Genetic Modification Report Released
- The Royal Commission on Genetic Modification has backed the limited use of genetic engineering technology in its
report released by the government at a press conference in the Beehive this afternoon. See... NEWSFLASH: Royal Commission Report Released [1] EARLIER: - GE Free NZ - People Gather For A Ge-Free Nation [2] - Green Party - IMAGES: GE Free NZ Rally At Parliament [3] - Scoop - IMAGES: Dame Sylvia Receives Royal Commission Report On GM [4]
Stateside With Rosalea: Being John Ashcroft
- John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, is a bit of worry. He was on the telly this morning in the
'Hour of Power', speaking in the Crystal Cathedral here in California. See... Stateside with Rosalea: Job's Lot [1]
Irish Eyes: Still Life Fruit Musings From A Meandering Mind
- “A bowl of fruit, good for your bowels. Still life of a bowel full of fruit. In the life giving rain that is good for
your skin. Ah my little chiquita, bonita, apples from the south of France.” See... Irish Eyes: King Henry's Feast [1]
10% Power Reduction Achievable With Intelligent Conservation
- Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said she was pleased Energy Minister Pete Hodgson had agreed with the
Greens that energy conservation is the key to avoiding the looming electricity crisis. See... Greens Welcome Energy Campaign [1] MORE: - NZ Govt - Parliament Turns On Its Electricity Generators [2] - Hutt City Council - Hutt City Powers Down [3] - ACT - Price Rationing Could Help Power Crisis [4] - NZ First - Power: Call For House To Resume Under Urgency [5] - Nats - Govt Must Rectify Cuts To Energy Efficiency Budget [6] - Government Must Practise What It Preaches [7] - Government still dithering on electricity [8] Click through to the Just Politics page for full power crisis coverage [9]
Auckland’s Britomart Gets $20 Million Transfund Grant
- Transfund's decision to contribute $20 million to the Waitemata Waterfront Interchange is good news for Auckland but
raises questions about access to future funding for operating costs, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon
said today. See... Funding good news but road blocks ahead [1] FULL COVERAGE: - Mayor’s Chris Fletcher And Phil Warren - Transfund decision acknowledges Britomart project [2] - David Thornton - Govt. Bullying Tactics On Britomart Out Of Order [3]
Health Ministry Working On Meningococcal Vaccine
- Development of a vaccine to combat New Zealand's ongoing epidemic of meningococcal disease is underway following the
signing of a contract between the Ministry of Health and biotechnology company Chiron Corporation. See... Development Of Meningococcal Vaccine To Begin [1]
Foods You Can Play With Are Toys
- A recent Dunedin High Court decision has set an important precedent for retailers and distributors: novelty
containers can be toys and the product safety standard for toys can apply to them. See... Myriad Marketing Toy Safety Judgement [1]
Images: Winner Creates The hair You Want
- 1300 people witnessed the announcement of New Zealand’s Hairdresser of the Year, Tracey Merritt ( Bettjemens,
Auckland) at last night’s 2001 L’Oreal Professionnel Colour Trophy Awards. See... Images: NZ Hairdresser Of The Year [1] Loose Hanging Art Morally Repugnant - "The Corrective Party is shocked, horrified, spindled, folded and mutilated that so-called "christian" groups are
calling for the importation and viewing of obscene and Essence papyri that contains nothing but perverted obscene Essene
"literature!!!" said Sister Malaris, Pustulant Mistress of the Corrective Party today in response to the recent Auckland
mueseum furore. See... Save Our Children from Obscene Essene Literature!! [2]
Scoop Images: Inside Peter Jackson’s Edoras
- Scoop’s content partner theonering.net has recently published a set of photographs of the inside of the Edoras set,
Scoop has republished a selection of the exclusive pictures. See... Scoop Images: Inside Edoras [1]
Scoop World: George Speight’s Future Hangs On Ballot Box
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Rebel forces within Fiji army ranks will be weeded out if the Fiji Labour Party regains power next
month, reports the Daily Post. See... Get Rid Of Army Rebels: Labour [1] . On the other hand George Speight and his key advisers awaiting trial for treason will be granted immunity if the
Conservative Alliance Natanitu Vanua Party gets into power in next month's general election, the Sun reports. See... Party Promises To Clear Speight [2] . Earlier the High Court overturned a decision that would have seen Speight released to contest the elections
himself. See... Judge Overturns Speight Move [3]
Scoop World: Press Freedom Concerns In Jakarta
JAKARTA, July 28 - Indonesian journalists are mounting a campaign to try to dissuade new president Megawati
Sukarnoputri from reopening the information ministry, closed by her reformist predecessor in 1999, local media reports
said Saturday. See... Indonesia: Information Ministry Protest [1]
Scoop World Link: Who Deserves The Holy Land?
– In a column published in the Jerusalem Post at the weekend Rabbi Shlomo Riskin discovered in scripture that the Holy
Land belongs to the just. See… We must be worthy of the land
Katya Rivas
- The prayer I accept and listen to can be made any time, in any place, without external conditions, as long as it is
truly felt and completely in accordance with My wishes. See... Katya Rivas: I Am the Good Shepherd [1]