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Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue Airlines and its three year old New Zealand subsidiary Pacific Blue today announced major plans for a new
domestic airline for New Zealand with NZD$39* fares on sale from today for flights commencing in November 2007.
Initially the carrier ...
Andreas von Warburg
Scoop Exclusive: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of a New Zealander, David
Shearer, as the new Deputy Special Representative for Iraq. He will be in charge of humanitarian, reconstruction and
development and will act ...
Office of the Clerk
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of Justice: Does he stand by his statement that the
Electoral Finance Bill “will help promote participation in parliamentary democracy”; if so, why?
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A team of recruiters is in the land of the long white cloud, offering lifestyle and employment opportunities for New
Zealanders to join the boom in Western Australia. Western Australia is booming and thousands of jobs have been created
for skilled ...
New Zealand National Party
These are testing, worrying times for many New Zealanders. Huge volatility in international share markets flow directly
through this country. International currency markets are more unstable than we have seen in decades. And fallout from
dramas in the US ...
Fonterra
Fonterra Co-operative Group today announced a new payout forecast of $6.40 per kilogram of milksolids for the 2007/08
season, an 87 cent increase on its May forecast of $5.53 kg/MS.
Canterbury Engineering Society
The University of Canterbury Engineering Society’s (ENSOC) Undie 500 pub crawl will be travelling down through towns
from Christchurch to Dunedin on Friday the 24th of August. Riots in Dunedin were heavily publicised throughout New
Zealand following ...
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) demonstrated their latest combat weapons to Army officers and
invited guests during Exercise CHONG JU at the Puckapunyal Military Area (PMA) today.
New Zealand Government
Youth Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta has welcomed the recommendations of the Education Review Office report on
Sexuality Education for years 7 to 13. "A key recommendation is that young people be seen as partners in their own
sexual education," said Nanaia ...
World Vision New Zealand
Artistic types around the country are using their skills to help children living in crisis situations overseas. Art 4
Aid is part of World Vision's youth programme, Rampant, and is designed to get Kiwis involved in fighting poverty by
donating their ...
New Zealand Government
Statements made by National leader John Key confirming his links with two businessmen involved in leaky buildings raise
questions about the company he keeps, says Labour Cabinet Minister Pete Hodgson.
Genesis Energy
Genesis Energy has reached agreement with Unison Networks to investigate taking an equity share in Unison & Roaring 40s’ 147MW wind farm development in Hawkes Bay.
Michael Collins
Imagine a night at the theater.* A magician comes on stage with a corpse in tow. A doctor from the audience confirms
that it is in fact the very real human corpse of a middle aged white male. The magician passes his hand over the corpse
just once. ...
Auckland Chamber of Commerce
Confidence in the Telecom brand is in serious trouble over persistent difficulties many business customers are having
in restoring email services that were turned off by Telecom last weekend, the chief executive of the Auckland Chamber of
Commerce ...
NZ Society for Earthquake Engineering
A team of earthquake experts, sponsored by the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering (NZSEE), is scheduled to
leave for Lima on Saturday to investigate the impact of last week’s devastating earthquake off the coast of Peru.
Terry Evans
Today was such a tense day!!! More demonstrations were reportedly taken place in different areas in Rangoon following
this morning peaceful march led by women activists.
New Zealand Government
Labour Minister Pete Hodgson urged National leader John Key to release all the information he gave to the Clerk of the
House Dave McGee, not just the letter he got in reply.
Auckland Regional Public Health Service
Exposure to formaldehyde can be reduced by washing clothing before it is worn for the first time says the Auckland
Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS).
The Scoop Editor
UN Appoints A Kiwi To New Mission In Iraq / Birds & Bees Sorted For Young Kiwis / Taser Trial Over - Police Say Lives Saved / Trade Down, Dollar High / Disparities Of
1990s Closing / Fonterra Payout Upgraded / New Unrest Flares In East Timor.
Sony New Zealand Limited
Sony's new T200 and T70 Cyber-shot use unique smile shutter function while the H3 Cyber-shot comes with ultimate 10x
optical zoom
Tubby
Kiwis look set to gain from new online shopping comparison engine Tubby – a powerful online shopping and research tool
that rewards members with cold hard cash!
Scoop Feedback
Media Racism in New Zealand OPINION: After an eye-opening lecture by Moana Jackson and Annette Sykes on 16.08.07 at
Otago University, we are writing to express our views on the apparent media racism facing New Zealand. We all know about
the Kahui ...
Kucinich 2008 Campaign
The Kucinich campaign is still awaiting an official response from ABC News about the unexplained - some have charged
"inexplicable" - way in which the network has handled its post-debate online coverage of Ohio Congressman and Democratic
Presidential ...
Family Life International
The new Education Review Office (ERO) report into sexuality education has failed to actually measure the real outcomes
of sex education in New Zealand schools. The new report is circular in nature, because it simply measures the frequency
and content ...
Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting
The keynote speaker at this year’s Queenstown Molecular Biology meeting (QMB) is 1997 Nobel prize winner in Chemistry,
Professor Sir John Walker from Cambridge UK. International experts will join more than 200 leading University and Crown
Research ...
Australian Defence Force
Defence rejects allegations reported by Rory Callinan in the online version of Time Australia magazine, relating to an
incident in the village of Same (Timor Leste) on 4 March 2007.
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand says it will not be beaten on price and is surprised at how expensive Pacific Blue plans to make
domestic air travel for its customers. Group General Manager Short Haul Airlines Norm Thompson says that based on
information Pacific Blue released ...
United Nations
With new diseases emerging at an unprecedented rate in an increasingly interconnected world, often with the ability to
cross borders rapidly, global public health security depends on international cooperation and surveillance more than at
any previous time ...
Direct Democracy Party Of NZ
“It is time for the Education Review Office, Family Planning, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs
to stop selling New Zealand families and children the lie that is “safe sex”, says Deputy Leader of the Direct Democracy
Party ...
New Zealand Government
Students attending schools that provide effective sexuality education programmes are highly motivated to learn and they
value the programmes, a new report has found.