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Rt Hon Winston Peters has described a New Zealand Herald article this morning as a silly, orchestrated rumour started by
disaffected members of the National Party and given oxygen by journalists who prefer fiction to fact.
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is calling on the New Zealand Government to condemn any death sentence that may be
pronounced on Schappelle Corby by the Indonesian Government for cannabis charges. We expect our Government to put
pressure on the ...
Energy Minister Trevor Mallard says the potential for wind-generated electricity in New Zealand appears to be greater
than previously thought.
The Herald has picked up today on the NBR's speculation about a possible deal to give Winston Peters the job of Prime
Minister in a potential coalition with National, with Don Brash shuttling off to run the finances...
Minister of Education David Benson-Pope has stepped aside from his portfolio - by his own request - while an
investigation is conducted into allegations concerning his use of discipline while serving as a teacher at Bayfield High
School.
When I was in college, I wrote a research paper that changed my life forever. I had grown up in a fundamentalist
Christian family living in the buckle of the Bible Belt where I was fed a steady diet of racism and Cold War
anti-communism.
John Tamihere’s “trash-talk laddism” (as the Listener editor labelled it) was repulsive, but I didn’t take it seriously
enough to respond in public. This is different.
WITNESSES TO ARRESTS OF GPJA SUPPORTERS NEEDED: On the March 19 antiwar protest and subsequent appearance at the
Auckland District Court on March 21 a number of GPJA supporters were arrested. Anyone who was a witness to these events
should contact ...
The Appeal Court’s decision on Sibel Edmonds’ Case is out: ‘Case Dismissed;’ no opinion cited; no reason provided. The
Court’s decision, issued on Friday, May 6, has generated a string of obituaries; “another major blow, maybe the last
one, to Sibel Edmonds, ...
Associate Education Minister David Benson-Pope says he concurs with the judgment of New Zealand Qualifications
Authority (NZQA) chief executive Karen Van Rooyen that the time is right for her to move on.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said tonight that Hon David Benson-Pope has at his own request stood aside from his
portfolios while an independent investigation is conducted into the credibility of the allegations against him.
The investigation into the Air Force King Air approach and landing at Hokitika on 23 January is complete.
Good ol' George W. was traveling around Eastern Europe this past week celebrating the 60th anniversary of the end of
World War II, spouting a lot of Cold War anti-Communist myths, principal among them being:
Labour approved a discussion paper that proposed legalising brother-sister sex for over-20-year-olds, according to
official documents released today by National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall.
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, thank you. First, just let me say what a thrill to be in Baghdad. I can't even tell you how
excited I've been about coming, how delighted I am to be here. I just took the helicopter ride in -- this is a
spectacular city, ...
The New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA) today welcomed the release of a new report on the integration of wind
energy in New Zealand which suggests that wind could generate 20 per cent of New Zealand’s total electricity needs.
There's an ad running on TV here at the moment that features a white version of the black dog that lives at the White
House. You know, one of those scotty terriers from the Black and White whiskey bottle.
In This Edition: 120 NZers Still Able To Read Objectionable Magazine - Benson-Pope And Allegations Of Tennis Ball
Sadism - Is It time To Bring Back Doone? - Former National Party Leader Calls For NZ To Pull Out Of International
Commitments
Auckland: Monday, 16 May 2005: As Greenpeace made its submission to the Environment Court today in support of the Awhitu
wind farm proposed at Waiuku, it also welcomed a report released today by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Authority demonstrating ...
I wouldn't put too much stock in Rodney Hide's apparent speedy withdrawal of his claims of historical classroom bullying
against associate education minister David Benson Pope. I'd say the whole idea was to extract denials on multiple
allegations ...
Labour had another bad week. The last time the government got a report as damning as the 111-call centre report was
Justice Mahon’s report into the Erebus crash. Benson-Pope put his future on the line. Cullen is to deliver his budget on
Thursday, then into ...
This lecture was delivered at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on April 18, 2005. - I will begin by unpacking the
key terms in the title of my talk: “9/11,” “American empire,” and “religious people,” beginning with the last one.
Tariana Turia Speech to Muslim Women’s Hui: He Manu korerorero, Noho tahi mahi tahi; Building Bridges in Our Community
Freemans Bay Community Hall; Saturday 14 May
NEW ZEALAND CINEMA INDUSTRY HEATS UP WITH PREMIERE OF STAR WARS EPISODE 3: Revenge of the Sith
Wellington is planning to party like its never partied before when the British and Irish Lions tour hits town says Mayor
Kerry Prendergast.
Nepal flashes in the global news once in a while. We are glad that it flashes more often in the hearts and minds of our
friends and well-wishers around the world as a land of the majestic Himalayas including Mt. Everest, the holy birth
place of Lord ...
Publisher Larry Flynt's Questions Posed to State Department Regarding Corroborated Allegations that First Wife was
Forced into Group Sex go Unanswered
Today's New Zealand Herald expose on behind-the-scenes negotiations to cobble together a NZ First-National government
after the next election is a timely reminder to voters, says Progressive MP Matt Robson.
"I realize this is the end of my Air Force career." With these words, a chaplain at the Air Force Academy, for the first
time, went public about a "systemic and pervasive" problem of religious proselytizing at the academy by evangelical
Christians.
Half of all women who married for the first time in the December 2004 year were aged 28.1 years or over, Statistics New
Zealand said today. This is about two and one-half years older than those who married for the first time in 1994. The
median age of ...