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1: Twenty Things We Now Know Five Years After 9/11 The imminent fifth anniversary of 9/11 provides the proper moment for a good, ol'-fashioned sum-up of the past
half-decade under CheneyBush, especially because so much has happened in the past 12-months:
2: Maori Television Highlights MONDAY September 11 The Backyardigans - 4.30 PM Kids can't get enough of the Backyardigans, a gang of computer-created
animals who sing and dance their way through musical adventures in their backyards. Now the whole series has been dubbed
into Te reo Maori so it's ...
3: Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: Iranian War Games War games and military exercises are now well underway within Iran and its territory. The Iranian Armed Forces—the
Regular Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Guards Corps—began the first stage of massive nationwide war games along
border areas ...
4: Farm Environment Awards Entries for the Canterbury, Waikato and Northland regions open on September 1st and other regions will follow shortly.
5: Education outperforming Business The New Zealand Principals’ Federation is delighted with the latest results of the National Education Monitoring Project
(NEMP), released yesterday.
6: Wellington Regional Strategy Upper Hutt Mayor Wayne Guppy announced today that his Council has lodged a formal objection to the proposal for the
Wellington Regional Council to take over economic development under the umbrella of the Wellington Regional Strategy.
The reasons for ...
7: Nuplex Rewards Shareholders New Zealand multinational resin manufacturer, Nuplex Industries, is rewarding shareholders with a record gross dividend
payout for the full year of 44.4 cents following an 87% lift in audited after tax profit to $62 million for the year
ending June 30 2006. ...
8: Congressional Election Nullified – Nobody Noticed It appears the US media overlooked one of the great political stories of the year. In what is becoming something of a
pattern, here’s a brief chronology:
9: World changing kids “We need to nurture those who will change the world,” Waikato University School of Education Associate Professor Roger
Moltzen says.
10: Business Briefs The impact of housing loans; High ranking for business research; International leadership in small business
11: UQ Wire: Clinton, 9/11 and the Facts The fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks is less than two weeks away, but the avalanche has already begun.
Oliver Stone's film "World Trade Center" has been advertised in all corners and is being screened across the nation. CNN
has announced ...
12: Massive increase in Govt bureaucracy A 64% increase in space leased by Government departments since 1999 and a 95% rise in policy and admin staff shows how
bloated the bureaucracy has become, says National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee.
13: NZMIC August Newsletter Welcome to the first in an ongoing series of monthly updates telling you what’s going on here at the NZ Music Industry
Commission. Each month we’ll be clueing you in on some of our projects and activities, as well as bringing you the odd
piece ...
14: Emirates Means Business Emirates Airline has raised the stakes in the fiercely-contested premium traveller segment with the launch of its new
generation lie-flat Business Class seats today.
15: Pollination Solutions Sought Federated Farmers is keen to work with the government on finding ways to solve problems caused by the spread of the
varroa bee mite, said Frank Brenmuhl, chair of Dairy Farmers of New Zealand, the dairy arm of Federated Farmers of New
Zealand.
16: Airline security Following this morning's police action, security at all UK airports has been increased and additional security measures
have been put in place for all flights. With immediate effect, the following arrangements apply to all passengers
starting their journey ...
17: Christchurch Weather Advisory Please note: A welfare centre has now been set up at Cashmere High School's McCoombes Performing Arts Centre (Barrington
Rd entrance to the school and follow the Civil Defence signs). The Salvation Army is supplying meals to those unable to
get to their ...
18: Taito's Career Is Dead Long Life His Successor! State Of It: A Police investigation into Phillip Field's conduct spell the end of this once respected MP. Even should
the Police investigation conclude with no charge,South Auckland wants Field to resign. So who would replace him? Scoop
lines them up.
19: Questions for Oral Answer - 30 August 2006 1. Hon BRIAN DONNELLY (NZ First) to the Minister of Education: How much has been spent thus far on the numeracy
development project?
20: Democracy Denied: Meet the New Boss San Diego Superior Court Judge Yuri Hofmann rendered his decision in the election challenge in California’s 50th
Congressional District. He dismissed the request for a recount and for discovery of the facts of the Busby-Bilbray
election stating ...
21: Taito Phillip Field placed on leave Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that following the announcement from the Police Commissioner regarding an
investigation into Taito Phillip Field, Labour has placed the MP on leave.
22: US vs. Iran - Is An Attack Inevitable? Once again we are being prepared for another devastating war in the Middle East. A terrorist group is “allegedly”
discovered planning to blow-up 6 aircraft in UK [ 1] . Another group is “discovered” in Germany planning to blow-up a
train ...
23: Will AIDS Issue Become A Political Football? Health Minister Peter Hodgson pointed out to a media conference today that when dealing with AIDS he wasn't interested
in playing politics.
24: Questions For Oral Answer - 31 August 2006 1. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by the statement in the Speech from the Throne in 1999 that her
Government would “restore public confidence in the political integrity of Parliament and the electoral process”?
25: Toni Solo: Globalization And Terror The bomb attacks in Madrid in 2004 and London in 2005 raised the issue of racism especially starkly for politicians in
Europe as well as for their North American and Pacific allies. No matter how they spin it, the fundamental question they
face ...
26: Condoleezza Rice on KTVX-TV With Chris Vanocur QUESTION: Tell me something about Iraq which you haven't told the other reporters, either here in Washington or -- here
or in Washington?
27: Top Sites Employment Category Attached is a ranking of the top New Zealand websites for the week ending 27 August 2006, from Nielsen//NetRatings'
Market Intelligence service for the Employment category.
28: Biofuel Developer to Join US Research Hot-House Marlborough-based biofuel developer, Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, has made another breakthrough as the first New
Zealand company to be invited to join the prestigious Girvan Institute of Technology in the United States. Aquaflow
recently announced ...
29: Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 29 August 2006 1. Dr DON BRASH (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she continue to have confidence in the report of
Dr Noel Ingram QC into matters related to Taito Phillip Field in light of revelations by the New Zealand Herald on
Saturday, 26 August ...
30: Allegations Against Field - Police Investigation Police have commenced an investigation into allegations against Taito Phillip Field, Member of Parliament.