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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1. Pharmac—Funding 2. Television New Zealand—“Culture of Extravagance” 3. Iraq—Combat Forces 4. Zimbabwe—Cricket Tour 5.
Tertiary Education—Singalong Courses 6. Benefits—Working-age New Zealanders 7. Immigration Service—Investigations
"What is at stake in this election is whether New Zealand just blindly says yes to more powerful nations," warned the
Prime Minister shortly after announcing 17 September as the date of the 2005 General Election.
A member of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald’s legal team confirmed that actor and covert CIA agent Tom Cruise blew
the cover of undercover agency operative Valerie Plame Wilson.
Don Brash Leader of the National Party Wednesday July 27 Address to Local Government NZ Annual Conference Christchurch
Convention Centre
"John Key's statement on Labour's student loan policy shows that he is ignorant of all the checks and balances that
have been introduced into the student loans scheme, to remove the level of abuse that National allowed when it was in
government," ...
One year after the release of the 9/11 Commission Report, serious questions that were raised before and during the
Commission proceedings remain unanswered. For many, the Commission Report raised more questions than it answered.
1. Tertiary Course Enrolments—Government Funding 2. Student Loans—Possible Changes Question No. 3 to Minister 3.
Weathertight Homes Resolution Service—Staff Function 4. Diabetes—Prevention and Education 5. Health Services—Free
Provision for Under-sixes ...
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the figures issued in relation to Labour’s irresponsible student loans
programme don’t add up.
Society President Mike Petrus describes Children’s Commissioner Dr Cindy Kiro’s position, as reported (Dominion Post 27
July), that the repeal of s. 59 of the Crimes Act “would mean one group in society could no longer be legally
assaulted,” as downright dishonest.
New Zealand has lost yet another Trans-Tasman battle, but can’t blame Trevor Chappell this time.
A record 505 entrants in New Zealand's most prestigious hairdressing awards has been trimmed back to the top 20
individual stylists.
Auckland property investors and homeowners are increasingly heading for the country, according to Harveys Waikato
regional manager Gerald van der Meer.
United Future’s Larry Baldock today tackled Prime Minister Helen Clark, albeit through Deputy Prime Minister Michael
Cullen speaking on her behalf, in Parliament on where her Government stood on maintaining marriage as between a man and
a woman.
National Party Education spokesman Bill English says Labour’s interest free student loans will see students borrow
billions they don’t need and put it into interest-earning bank accounts.
On the eve of World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7), Plunket admits there is one thing better than breastfeeding. What
is that? Breastfeeding for longer. Plunket joins the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in urging families who are
breastfeeding ...
Labour has failed in its 1999 pledge to maintain free GP visits for children under six, says National’s Health
spokesman, Paul Hutchison.
The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 6.75 per cent.
Questions to Ministers 1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Education: How much funding has the Government provided
over the last three years for student enrolments in Te Wananga o Aotearoa's Mahi Ora and Kiwi Ora courses and The Open
Polytechnic's ...
National is to muzzle communities and deprive them of input in to their council's affairs, Local Government Minister
Chris Carter said today.
National has made their vision for New Zealand clear. Under National, the future of New Zealand will be one where Maori
will get few, if any, speaking parts according to Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Parekura Horomia.
YOUNG V LAND TRANSPORT SAFETY AUTHORITY SC 33/2005 [27 July 2005] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND SC 33/2005 [2005]
NZSC 51 BETWEEN DAVID JOHN YOUNG Applicant AND LAND TRANSPORT SAFETY AUTHORITY Respondent Court: Blanchard J and McGrath
J Counsel: ...
New Zealand wool protein biotechnology is the secret ingredient in a new generation of hand and nail care ingredients
being launched internationally.
I'm enormously sad to learn that New Zealand Tennis have finally driven tennis ace Chris Lewis from New Zealand . Chris
is a wonderful sportsman and a tremendous human being, and his departure for California leaves me angry at his treatment
here at ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced the third of Labour's key election pledges: to create an extra 5,000 Modern
Apprenticeship places, taking the total number to 14,000 in 2008.
A hard-hitting song launched today by young Whakatane musician and songwriter Calvin Kingi is getting a lot of attention
for lyrics that focus on the supplier of P or methamphetamine as the problem.
Brash Plans To Take Scythe To Local Govt, RMA, STV, Maori Seats... - SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE: - Time For Brash To Come
Clean On Tax Policy: Labour - Dunne Offers Olive-Branch To Brash - Hopes Raised For Cross-Nation Consensus On Nuclear
Non-Proliferation
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed an "encouraging" seven-nation initiative which he said could
lead to General Assembly consensus on strengthening adherence to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament agreements.
The NZFlag.com Trust today announced that it is withdrawing its petition for a referendum on whether New Zealand should
change its flag.
For any business of a reasonable size, five years is long enough to develop a business strategy, determine what needs to
be done to achieve that strategy, decide what investments need to be made, arrange for finance, and perhaps implement a
new business plan. ...
Destiny New Zealand's policy of students paying zero interest on student loans for courses in a field of study relevant
to New Zealand's social, cultural and economic needs and goals was presented to the Petone Environment and Peace Centre
forum on ...
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