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In Parliament's Question Time this afternoon New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has alleged that a former Iraqi
Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister, and representative to the FAO has been living in New Zealand for a month.
Taming the screw: A manual for winemaking with screw caps will be released next month at the London International Wine & Spirit Fair. This exhaustive technical manual details all of the procedures relevant to the use of screw caps on
bottled wine.
1. Hon PETER DUNNE to the Minister of Health: Does she believe that Pharmac's operating policies and procedures deliver
consistently satisfactory outcomes sufficient to ensure the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders; if so, why?
Some cursory research into the Saddam Hussein Cabinet Minister who allegedly arrived in NZ on a UN Passport a month ago
reveals skant, albeit interesting, information.
The full 18 page Judges' Report, including a Financial Analysis, is attached as a PDF. It will also be online at
www.cafca.org.nz from midnight tonight.
New Zealand’s border security is described as being in tatters after Rt Hon Winston Peters revealed today that another
more senior Iraqi and his wife have been allowed into New Zealand and have not been picked up by immigration officials.
In This Edition: - Burton Plays Increased defence Spending Card - Academic Concurs With Minister - Doone Verification
Defended By Prime Minister
The Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the Iraqi man who has had his visitor’s visa revoked has not broken any
laws but that the Immigration Minister and Labour Department’s decision to revoke his visa was correct.
How clever of Metro magazine to stage a major power cut last night as a marketing device for its cover story on
Auckland's ailing infrastructure. Or possibly not. Anyway, shortly before 7pm, the lights went out in Pt Chevalier, Grey
Lynn, Westmere, ...
1. Pharmac—Policies and Procedures 2. Police—Former Commissioner 3. Cataract Operations—Announcements 4.
Immigration—Iraqi Former Official 5. Public Service—Staff Numbers 6. Police—Former Commissioner 7. Public Works Act—Land
Acquisition 8. Police—Former Commissioner
Two significant events happened last week - both of which carried more meaning than their literal interpretation. But
they both had everything do with the New Cold War and the reality of American hegemony.
Parliament resumes on Tuesday with MPs wanting to know why the PM never told parliament she was the reason the media
printed false and defamatory claims about Police Commissioner Peter Doone. The Reserve Bank admits it does not know what
is happening in the economy ...
National’s Defence spokesman, John Carter, says Labour must change its whole focus on defence.
New York, May 2 2005 - Murder is the leading cause of job-related deaths among journalists worldwide, and the
Philippines is the most murderous country of all, a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists has found.
Iraq, Colombia, Bangladesh, and ...
Further research into the former Iraqi Cabinet Minister named in Parliament today by Winston Peters as having arrived in
New Zealand a month ago on a UN passport has revealed that he may have visited New Zealand in 1984 as a guest of the
Government.
Team Bush Goes Unpunished for Torture By Marjorie Cohn t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 02 May 2005 From:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/050205B.shtml
National’s Education spokesman, Bill English, says it’s outrageous that Trevor Mallard is blaming students for the
failure of his $65 million student support package.
With job-related accidents and illnesses claiming more than 2 million lives each year, and the toll rising because of
rapid industrialization in some developing countries, the United Nations labour and health agencies joined forces today
in calling for ...
The paltry fine imposed on a lawyer convicted of importing objectionable material trivialises the sexual exploitation of
children and young people, says an organization working to combat the trade.
A recent report that Papua New Guinea stands to lose nearly half of its labour force to HIV/AIDS is a warning the whole
of the Pacific region should heed, the New Zealand AIDS Foundation says.
For the first time in the history of the Organization of American States, the United States has been unable to impose
its own candidate as head of that organization.
Decades of judicial decisions and reforms of statutes have been brought together in an Evidence Bill introduced to
Parliament today by Justice Minister Phil Goff.
Beyond the unseemly spectacle of politicians using the commemorations of duty and sacrifice on ANZAC Day to score cheap
partisan points on the issue of New Zealand’s defence, the question begs as to what, exactly, they are on about.
The range of reaction to King Gyanendra’s announcement last week lifting the state of emergency he imposed on February 1
after dismissing Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s government and taking over the reins of government underscores the
cynicism ...
"Minister of Disarmament Mark Burton yesterday announced the next 10 years of inflation adjustments to the defence
budget," notes Libertarianz Defence Spokesman Robert Palmer. "Surrounded by his antiwar protester comrades, the hapless
minister ...
The headline was “dead woman ran local massage parlour”. Another prostitution related murder occurs over the weekend in
Auckland. Crime and prostitution have always been and will be closely linked in New Zealand. But the hedonists in our
parliament ensured ...
When I told friends that I was going to Boise, Idaho, the response I got was illuminating. "They're all survivalists up
there." "White supremacist country. Beware." Coupled with my inkling that Boise (pronounced boys-ee) is the States'
fun-time equivalent ...
National’s Defence spokesman, John Carter, says Labour’s reported $3 billion spend-up on defence is just a re-hash of
what they have previously announced.
The equator is far more tacky than I imagined. I'd taken time out from the state of siege in the capitol to take the
twins on a quick holiday further up the Andes (or down, I don't know which).
A significant international oil industry conference in Scotland has acknowledged the imminent threat of Peak Oil and
it's time New Zealand's Government did the same, says Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.
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