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PETER NORTH calculates how long the world’s energy supplies can continue to support the existing pattern of 2% pa
increase in energy consumption. The figures suggest increasing energy consumption is unlikely to be sustainable for much
longer.
The Maori Party today announced that it is considering a range of options to best respond to Peak Oil in their policy
and operational thinking.
As much as I love to see the Department of Immigration squirm in the glare the public spotlight, I can't help but be
more than a little uncomfortable at Winston Peters' latest scandalmongering over visitors from Iraq. Firstly, there's
the racism angle; ...
Unfortunately, the mainstream media in the United States was too busy with wall-to-wall coverage of a "runaway bride" to
cover a bombshell report out of the British newspapers. The London Times reports that the British government and the
United States government ...
At the outset of Bush's second term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell. He hinted, in no uncertain terms,
that Iran was "right at the top of the list" of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, "be
doing the bombing ...
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
• When it comes to Haiti, there are few heroes to point to, least of all interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue and his
justice minister Bernard Gousse.
Police have located the wreckage of a crashed metroliner aircraft carrying mailfreight from Auckland to Woodbourne. The
plane crashed at 2215hrs May 3 5km east of Stratford with debris falling on farmland bordering East and Standish Roads.
Dr DON BRASH to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement yesterday in relation to the information she
provided to the Sunday Star-Times regarding then Police Commissioner Peter Doone, "I do not believe that incorrect
information was ...
How lucky is Winston Peters? Courtesy of what is obviously a cracking source in Immigration, he cultivates headlines
with the claim that a former Iraqi cabinet minister is here on a visitor's permit. Paul Swain orders a search which
turns up the former Iraqi ...
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.
New Zealand Immigration officials will spark a nationwide investigation tonight targeting Arabs from Iraq and Jordan.
The operation will target those who hold visitor’s permits, asylum seekers who have lodged refugee applications, even
those who have been granted ...
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.
Vienna, 3 May 2005: Saint Kitts and Nevis has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) with the United Nations Secretary-General on 27 April 2005, bringing the total number of
ratifications to 121. The number of ...
The wreckage is believed to be from an Airworks Metroliner aircraft, operating on behalf of NZ Post, on a scheduled
flight between Auckland and Blenheim.
After tabling a 203,000-signature petition in Parliament today, United Future's Larry Baldock slammed the Government for
failing to honour its pledge to police child prostitution which has blown-out under the Prostitution Reform Act, with
one in five Auckland ...
The US Military’s embarrassment at the “hacked” release of classified information, relating to the US killing in Iraq of
an Italian intelligence agent, could have been avoided through using NZ-designed software.
1. Police—Former Commissioner 2. Taxation—Business 3. Police—Former Commissioner 4. Carbon Tax—Impact on Electricity and
Petrol Prices 5. Immigration—Visa Approvals 6. 111 System—Ghost Units 7. Prostitution Reform Act—Policing Question No 8
to Minister ...
Last February United for Peace and Justice, the largest representative coalition within the American "anti-war
movement", emerged from their second annual Assembly with a 2005 "action plan" that effectively caged the "anti-war"
debate exclusively ...
United Future's Larry Baldock said today that he was delighted to see his Member's Bill defining marriage as between a
man and a woman, drawn from the parliamentary ballot.
Speech to announce carbon tax detail, The Beehive, Parliament, 10:30 am, Wednesday, 4 May 2005
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.
The Polluter Pays - Today the Government announces further implementation details of the carbon tax; a policy first
announced in 2002. Climate change is a direct threat to the New Zealand environment, way of life and economy. This
government takes that ...
We have the following comments to make in response to the various comments made by Mr Winston Peters in the House
today:
Despite Stagecoach making the Combined Auckland Stagecoach Unions an offer consistent with the recommendations of the
Employment Relations Authority (ERA) – an independent, Government-appointed facilitator – the Unions are still
proceeding with industrial ...
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
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard today issued her annual music quiz to all Members of
Parliament in recognition of the fifth celebration of New Zealand Music Month.
This letter comes to you from someone -- like most of the elected officials in Washington giving you military orders --
who has never served in the armed forces. So you may be tempted to dismiss what I say as not relevant to your very real
and scary daily ...
The government today gave further detail on its carbon tax policy, first announced in 2002, and released a consultation
paper on technical implementation design.
Why a carbon tax ? New Zealanders want economic prosperity that also protects the environment and our quality of life.
Globally, we cannot continue our present course of ever-increasing emissions without serious environmental, societal and
economic ...
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