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United Future New Zealand leader, Peter Dunne, today announced that the Parliamentary caucus has decided to oppose the
Tertiary Education Reform Bill and the Television New Zealand Bill, currently being considered by Parliament.
A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated
attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001.
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant
buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has just announced that Iraq has written to him saying it is willing to accept the
return of weapons inspectors unconditionally.
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Defence: Does he intend to continue to refuse comment on the activities of the
New Zealand Special Air Service in Afghanistan following editorial comments in The Dominion Post today that "On such a
vital subject ...
Unfortunately the US is on a determined course towards war that can only be stopped by a massive international movement
of opposition.
Green 'Buy Local' Spokesperson Mike Ward today said he was surprised to learn that large chunks of Lambton Quay were
being repaved with bricks imported from Australia.
Over the past decade there have been serious questions raised as to the effectiveness of the United Nations when it
comes to dealing with conflict. Situations such as Bosnia, Angola and Somalia have all indicated that the UN was
struggling not only ...
Racists in our midst? Without doubt Winston Peters has won first place in the ‘racist we all love to hate,’ category. No
right thinking, liberal minded person would embrace his philosophies. Even his deputy, Peter Brown landed in hot water
over his comments ...
As the President said, the UN Security Council needs to decide how to enforce its own resolutions, which the Iraqi
regime has defied for more than a decade.
As we move towards a broader war against Iraq - remember, the last one never ended - one thing is clear: there is a
definite need for a regime change. . . in the American media.
A U.S.-led ouster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein could open a bonanza for American oil companies long banished from
Iraq, scuttling oil deals between Baghdad and Russia, France and other countries, and reshuffling world petroleum
markets, according to ...
Iraq's decision to allow UN weapons inspectors back into the country is a victory for the use of peaceful international
pressure, Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
Some will tell you that the sudden, seemingly inexplicable rush to war with Iraq is nothing more or less than a ruse to
get economic scandals off the front pages and out of the nightly news cycles. July was a catastrophically bad month for
the ...
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the new policy target agreement between the Reserve Bank Governor and the
Government as a contract in semantics.
The Finance Minister and the incoming Governor of the Reserve Bank today signed a new Policy Targets Agreement (PTA),
which sets out specific targets for achieving and maintaining price stability.
Internal Affairs Minister, George Hawkins, today announced the appointment of Nicola McCully as the new Deputy Chief
Censor at the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
The biggest danger in changing what was a perfectly satisfactory agreement on inflation control is that people may be
fooled into thinking it will boost economic growth – and it will not, says National’s Finance spokesman, Don Brash.
Deliberately planning extra inflation is the government condoning a loss of income for savers and wage and salary
earners, ACT leader Richard Prebble said today.
The unconditional acceptance by Iraq of United Nations weapons inspectors is a vindication of President Bush's strong
and determined stance, ACT Deputy Leader and Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesman Ken Shirley said today.
Helen Clark is now among the world’s leading critics of President Bush’s call for action against Iraq. She even
questions the legality of UN resolutions on Iraq, saying Saddam has been in defiance so long, the resolutions have
lapsed. NZ is one of the ...
ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata today reiterated her call for the Government to allow the development of
high-quality alternative education providers.
Americans gathered together in small towns and large cities across the nation on Sept. 11 to remember and mourn the
enormous loss of life and destruction wrought by last year's terrorist assaults on New York City and Washington, D.C.
But while ...
Midweek, a Yugoslavian work colleague went out of his way to tell me what a great team the Tall Blacks are, thus saving
me from the conspiracy theory that had been forming in my mind since the previous weekend. Who can blame me for thinking
that ...
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised the government for denying the public information
about our SAS troops in Afghanistan that is readily available on the internet.
These days the attention of the world is on the Middle East and the imminent invasion of Iraq. This is understandable if
only because it is such good theatre. President Bush’s speech to United Nations was a symbolic event redolent with
meaning. Bush, ...
High Court proceedings have been brought against the Hon. George Hawkins, Minister of Internal Affairs, regarding a
three-year vacancy in a statutory appointment in the Censor’s Office that he is responsible for. The case, which was
scheduled for ...
United Future New Zealand’s law and order spokesman, Marc Alexander, said today he was deeply disturbed at the light
sentences handed down to the teenage killers of pizza delivery man, Michael Choy.
New Conservation Minister, Chris Carter, should have done some fact-finding on the West Coast before bluntly dismissing
plans to build a new Arnold River hydroelectric power scheme, says National’s Conservation spokesperson Shane Ardern.
“Chris Carter ...
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