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A group of leading New Zealand climate scientists has announced today the formation of the New Zealand Climate Science
Coalition, aimed at refuting what it believes are unfounded claims about anthropogenic (man-made)global warming.
Frontseat’s Search for New Zealand’s Greatest Painting has yielded a clear winner: ‘Cass’ (1936) by Rita Angus (1908 –
1970).
This essay is certain to make many readers very angry with me. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Improved Petrol Uses Technology Based on Guinness World Record-Making Fuel Wellington, Monday 1 May 2006 - Literally
days after achieving the Guinness World Record, using a fuel based on the same technology Shell will launch its improved
Shell Ultra 91 ...
Report by Yasmine Ryan Images by Jason Dorday Based on assignment in the Solomon Islands
Amsterdam, 29th April 2006 - Sixty Greenpeace activists (1) today prevented commodities giant Cargill from unloading a
shipment of Amazon soya in Amsterdam port, to protest against the destruction of huge tracts of the Amazon rainforest to
grow soya to feed ...
Just when it seemed unlikely that domestic and international events would unfold to test an already incompetent US
government, along comes the acceleration of the movement to destroy Iran.
Last week I visited Singapore. It’s a country I have a strong emotional attachment to, and one that has long fascinated
me. In part, this is because I lived there while working for Merrill Lynch in 1995.
As a former state prosecutor and lieutenant governor whose father was a Foreign Service officer, the former
Presidential candidate Senator John Forbes Kerry should know a violation of international law when he sees one.
Bill English has misrepresented a highly sensitive situation involving the bail conditions of a college student, says
Education Minister Steve Maharey.
While on the campaign trail in 2000, Bush told President Bill Clinton how to handle OPEC, in public no less. “What I
think the president ought to do," he said, "is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you
to open your ...
The Haps - Parliament resumes. David Parker is recycled. Oil prices start to bite.
Address to the Institute of Policy Studies, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington
I am Maori, a native New Zealander. I am here to represent Maori in the matter of Philip Morris International using our
culture to sell tobacco products.
The New Zealand Wind Energy Association today announced the appointment of Roby Roberts as the next Chief Executive of
the New Zealand Wind Energy Association.
New research adds to evidence that people who work in sales, particularly women, may have a higher risk of bladder
cancer.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) today reminds New Zealand consumers that apricot kernels, sometimes
marketed as a health food, can be a risk to human health.
National Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee's backtrack from his plan to challenge the party's policy on the Maori seats
wasn't quick enough to stop the public from getting a glimpse of National's true colours, Justice Minister Mark Burton
says.
“Wayne Mapp’s 90 day probationary period bill is a shameful attack on the rights of all New Zealand employees and their
families,” said PSA National Secretary Richard Wagstaff. “Our union will be fighting to stop this Bill becoming law.”
New data on illnesses caused by GE crops ( see references below) are a warning that applications for GE foods must be
rejected by Foods Standards Austraila New Zealand Authority (FSANZ).
Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time.
But geologists, scientists and even some economists suspect that unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing,
or at least ...
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security, Justice Paul Nazor, is preparing to review whether a security risk
certificate lodged against Ahmed Zaoui. But how safe is Algeria, and should intelligence be used as evidence in a
judicial matter?
The State Services Commissioner, Mark Prebble, today released the 2005 Career Progression and Development Public Service
Report. This research is the only survey across the Public Service that asks staff about their perceptions of career
aspirations, training ...
May 1 will see young people lead the most significant action in the campaign to abolish youth rates, which is being
waged by organisations around Aotearoa. In the wake of the now famous school walkout, there will be a rally and march on
May Day to continue ...
Recent rainfall in the South Island breaking the drought on the Taieri Plains and bringing flooding to Oamaru has had a
clear upside for the rest of the country. Over the past five days the rain has also seen the Southern hydro lakes
rapidly filling ...
New Zealand fairy terns may be the most critically endangered bird in New Zealand, and perhaps even the world’s rarest
tern, new DNA evidence suggests.
Auckland, 3 April 2006: 19 finalists from around the country have been selected by a team of international judges for
this year’s Schwarzkopf Professional New Zealand Hairdressing Awards.
The Ministry of Women's Affairs is investigating a range of possible approaches of mirroring our public sector success
in appointing women to boards in the private and local government sectors.
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It is time to inject some much-needed reality into the debate on elective surgery, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said
today.
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