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New Zealand Government
Thank you for the invitation to speak today. I am pleased to have the opportunity again to address the Command and
Staff College. I want to offer my view on how New Zealand sees its place in the world and the role of our defence policy
and defence ...
Ysmine Ryan - Les Yeux on France
Yasmine Ryan examines key developments on the French political scene. Les Yeux on France this week examines how France's
Socialist Party (PS) Presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal, is sister to an agent involved in the 1985 Rainbow Warrior
bombing.
In a pre-planned, live sketch last night at The 2004 JUNO Awards, Canada's music awards, host Alanis Morissette made
light of the recent Super Bowl controversy in the United States when she ''exposed'' herself on Canadian television.
US State Department
QUESTION: I feel very fortunate to be able to sit down and talk with you, the first senior administration official in
five years to come and talk with us. SECRETARY RICE: Oh, my goodness. That's long then.
Pead PR
Teenage fashion icons Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen are among a star-studded line-up of personalities to be honoured
in the 2005 Accessories Council Excellence Awards (ACE Awards).
Commerce Commission
The Commission has received an application from Johnson & Johnson (J) to acquire the stock, assets and business of the Consumer Healthcare division of Pfizer Inc. This is a global
acquisition. In New Zealand both parties supply a broad range ...
New Zealand First Party
"Telecom's announcement today that it will no longer make political donations is welcomed, although one might ask why
it has taken this effective monopoly so long to reach this point, says New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters.
Kamala Sarup
As many hindsight analyses have shown, US leaders and indulgent voters from all parties since the 1970s have been remiss
in gauging the seriousness of fundamentalist terrorism. It took the 9/11 disaster to awaken them.
Igniter
The Companies Office, a unit of the Ministry of Economic Development, has launched a new website. What is special about
the new website is that it is based on ‘Open Source’ software. It is only the third government department to do so but
the first ...
Green Party
The Labour-United-NZ First Government should stop the NZ Super Fund investing our taxes in ExxonMobil because of
ExxonMobil’s role in funding the climate change denial industry and in undermining attempts to get action to reduce
greenhouse emissions, ...
John Bishop
Corrosive and cancerous; Brady’s time is coming; Success is Wonderful; A further economic thought; Regional Strategy: a
five wheeled car; I passed secrets to the Russians; Get it right BNZ; The Language of politics; See Hillary Run;
Re-fighting ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Civil Defence spokesman John Carter says Rick Barker should be worried by the results of an informal
internet poll that asked about confidence in Civil Defence.
New Zealand Medical Association
The New Zealand Medical Association has given a very strong warning to the Minister of Health regarding its serious
concerns about growing threats to the long-term future of laboratory services in New Zealand in the light of DHB reviews
around the country.
India Resource Centre
New Delhi (October 4, 2006): Over a thousand villagers protested at Coca-Cola’s north India headquarters in Gurgaon
today, demanding that the company take immediate actions to clean up its act in India or leave India. The protest at
Coca-Cola’s ...
US State Department
QUESTION: Welcome with us, Ms. Secretary. And of course, this is your third trip to Egypt. We are wondering and many
are wondering what is the mission of this visit because the agenda is full. But what specifically is the purpose of this
visit?
Palestine Human Rights Campaign
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC) of Auckland welcomes the call by a large number of global leaders’ Call for
Action on Arab Israeli Issues of October 4.
Nelson Arts Festival
WOW may have gone to Wellington but now we bring you PAW - Pet Art Wear is the latest concept from the creative team at
the Nelson Arts Festival. It will be held on Labour Day Monday (Oct 23) at Albion Square - just opposite Halifax Vets in
Bridge Street, ...
New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Phil Goff describes comments made today by the Green Party on Chinese workers as uninformed and
misguided.
US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you very much, Foreign Minister Saud. I very much appreciate the warm welcome here again in Saudi
Arabia. I want to thank very much His Majesty for seeing me last night. I think we've had very extensive and fruitful
discussions ...
US State Department
Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Remarks to the Security Council New York
City September 29, 2006
University of Auckland
A seed-planting robot designed to beautify ‘Gondwanan’ highways secured first place for the University of Auckland at
the Warman Design and Build Competition in Sydney, held to award mechanical engineering excellence.
Matt Robson
Don Brash's extraordinary attack on the competence, impartiality and integrity of the Police Force at first doesn't make
sense.
Bernard Weiner
So we're here. No more shilly-shallying about whether America is beginning to resemble a fascist society. We're now
plopped right down into it.
New Zealand National Party
National opposes the Government's rumoured ban on direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals, says National’s
Health spokesman, Tony Ryall. He is commenting on media reports that the Government will make an announcement within
weeks to ban ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Economic Development spokeswoman Katherine Rich is saddened to hear Sealord is closing its Dunedin
processing plant. “I appreciate that there will be a number of reasons that underpin Sealord's difficult decision,” says
the Dunedin-based ...
Wet West Film Festival
Sand Dancer, a ten minute documentary directed by Christchurch Film maker Valerie Ried, has just been selected to screen
in the Golden Horse International Short Film Competition in Taipei. A showcase of the work of sand artist Peter
Donnelly, the ...
Scoop Blogwatch
When Krishna Shitoula took the unprecedented step of personally escorting both Maoist strongmen to the Prime Minister's
residence, Nepalis expressed mixed emotions. Some articulated hope, others incredulity, but none expected Mr. Shitoula's
maneuverings ...
PPTA
Violence against teachers around the globe is one of the key barriers to quality education for all, PPTA president
Debbie Te Whaiti said today. She was commenting on World Teachers Day, which is celebrated in over 100 countries around
the world ...
Alastair Thompson
SECRETARY RICE: Well, I will most certainly speak in English. So thank you very much. I very much want to thank my
colleague Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit for arranging this meeting here in Egypt. When we met in New York, he said
that when it was arranged ...
Housing New Zealand
Dr Lesley McTurk has been appointed Chief Executive of the Housing New Zealand Corporation, HNZC Board Chairman Pat
Snedden announced today. Dr McTurk is currently the Chief Executive of the Christchurch City Council. She replaces Helen
Fulcher as Chief Executive ...
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