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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 ...
Westpac Manukau Business Awards
- Ten companies honoured in individual categories - Downer EDI Works Limited takes overall prize - Owners of Firmount
Golf Park recognised for exceptional community contribution - Elias Nakhle and Hugh Green inducted into the Manukau
Business Hall ...
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 ...
Rowing New Zealand
Rowing’s week long World Championships kick off this weekend in Munich and there is a weight of expectation that New
Zealand crews will excel. The prospect of medals and surprise performances in pre-Olympic year is a real one. And
following a successful ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Julie Webb-Pullman
The ominous clouds looming lately over San Cristobal de las Casas, scene of the 1994 Zapatista uprising, are more than
just a bad-weather warning - they portend the ratcheting up in Southern Mexico of even more rampant repression than that
experienced in recent ...
Rongo Wetere
Dr. Rongo Wetere, Founder and Former CEO of Te Wananga o Aotearoa from 1994-2005, wishes to extend his condolences to
Lady Carla and her family and to all the Cook Islanders in NZ and Raratonga at their loss of a very talented leader and
Elder, ...
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 ...
New Zealand Government
Health Minister Pete Hodgson has welcomed the publication of new research this week showing that while inequality in
health outcomes between ethnic groups and across income brackets grew steeply in the 1980s and 1990s, it appears that
they have now ...
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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 ...
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.
Catherine Austin Fitts
I made the decision to write “Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Stock Profits” in the middle of a vegetable garden in Montana during the summer of
2005. I had come to Montana to develop a venture capital model to support a healthier, ...
New Zealand Government
Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard is alarmed at National's about turn on consumer protection, as evidenced in the
house today. "National looks set to abandon the current market–based consumer protection system that has worked well to
protect New Zealand ...
United Nations
A top United Nations official in Sudan is taking part today in an African Union (AU) meeting being held to review the
progress made so far towards implementing the comprehensive peace agreement that ended the long-running civil war
between north and south.
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Charging motorists travelling on the region’s roads during peak times may be an effective way of reducing congestion, a
major new study has found. The report has been given a cautious welcome by Greater Wellington councillor Terry McDavitt
ahead ...
Lombard Group
We are responding in this letter to NZX’s general inquiry of listed finance companies as to compliance with the
obligation under Listing Rule 10.1.1 for continuous disclosure.
ChildFund
Forget the usual undies, socks or ties - this Father's Day, show your dad you care by giving a hoe to a father living in
a developing country. ChildFund New Zealand's 'Gifts that Grow' catalogue offers a range of meaningful gifts you can buy
on behalf ...
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
Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) – New Zealand's professional association for social
workers – is questioning Massey University's proposed closure of the Bachelor of Social Work programme at its Wellington
campus ...
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 ...
United Nations
New York, Aug 24 2007 10:00AM Hundreds of traditional leaders across Zimbabwe are being trained to help fight domestic
abuse in their communities under a United Nations-backed initiative launched in cooperation with the Government and
women lawyers in the Central ...
Human Rights Commission
Teaching about religions, religious education and religious observance in schools will all come under the microscope at
a forum on Monday afternoon at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.
ITUC
In a letter* to the Hong Kong Labour Minister Mathew Cheung, the ITUC has called on the government to help resolve a
strike involving several hundred “bar benders” on construction sites around Hong Kong, due to the refusal of the Bar
Bending Contractors ...
Hamilton City Council
The closing of nominations for the 2007 Triennial elections has resulted in a nominee’s list that will provide plenty of
choice and fodder for public discussion.
Cancer Control Trust
The Cancer Control Council released today its first evaluation and monitoring report, Mapping Progress: The First Two
Years of the Cancer Control Strategy Action Plan 2005-2010.
The Scoop Editor
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1990s Closing / Fonterra Payout Upgraded / New Unrest Flares In East Timor.