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Suzan Mazur
It's not Yasgur's Farm, but what happens at the Konrad Lorenz Institute Konrad Lorenz Institute in Altenberg, Austria
this July promises to be far more transforming for the world than Woodstock.
C.D. Sludge
Usually when covering elections its important to wait till the votes are counted before you write your election
analysis. However when it comes to US elections in the 21st century this rubric no longer applies.
Michael Collins
The reports of voting problems in New York City should come as no surprise. Anyone who has examined the diminished state
of urban elections administration and reporting in the modern political era knows that the urban centers have shoddy
voting equipment, ...
Evelyn Pringle
This election cannot be based on personal likeability. It matters not whether Barack Obama is a better speaker than
Hillary Clinton or visa versa. Now is not the time or place for a popularity contest - the stakes are too high.
Office of the Clerk
John Key: What does it say about the state of health care in this country when 13 members of the senior medical advisory
committee at Waitemata District Health Board feel compelled to issue a public statement complaining about, amongst other
things, ...
New Zealand National Party
National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says Finance Minister Michael Cullen has sown more doubt over his own
policy to ban foreign investment in New Zealand.
Michael Collins
Super Tuesday for Bush in New England Brattleboro, Vermont, site of Tuesday’s vote to indict George W. Bush. Image CC
Green Party
A 'dead last' ranking in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Report released today highlights the Government's
shameful lack of attention to our threatened species' recovery.
ScienceAlert
The crime rate in New Zealand has steadily decreased over the past decade, contrary to media reports, show the results
of a new study. "This is contrary to popular perception," says Julia Tolmie, co-editor of Criminal Justice in New
Zealand (published by Lexis ...
New Zealand Government
Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that Dr Rajendra Pachauri (UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate
Change Nobel laureate), President Tong of Kiribati and Achim Steiner (United Nations Environment Programme Executive
Director) will ...
Office of the Clerk
1. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: Does he expect the health sector to follow the Auditor-General’s
procurement guidelines that advise that a public entity should “ensure that any information given to one tenderer that
could significantly ...
NZ Champions Of Cheese
A young three-month aged goat’s cheese whose name means “upstart” was tonight named New Zealand’s top artisan cheese.
New Zealand Government
John Key’s abandonment of National’s commitment to a firm deadline on resolving historic Treaty claims is a major policy
u-turn, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen said today.
University of Otago
Unleaded petrol became mandatory in New Zealand in 1996, but a newly published study led by the University of Otago,
Wellington reveals there was a 20 year delay as a result of deliberate lobbying by the lead additives industry, poorly
informed and ...
Kelpie Wilson
By refusing to sign on to the Kyoto climate treaty, Americans have insulated ourselves from the complexities of the
carbon market the European Union has been trading in for the last three years. But that state of ignorance, while not
exactly blissful, ...
David Swanson
"Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney
for crimes against our Constitution and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities"
Evelyn Pringle
This election cannot be based on personal likeability. It matters not whether Barack Obama is a better speaker than
Hillary Clinton or visa versa. Now is not the time or place for a popularity contest - the stakes are too high.
TelstraClear
TelstraClear has purchased the Express pre-paid calling platform from previous outsourced supplier Argent Networks.
The New Zealand Institute
The report argues that more needs to be done to reduce New Zealand’s emissions in order to position New Zealand to
operate successfully in what will likely be a low emissions global economy.
International Transport Workers' Federation
New Zealand transport workers will be demonstrating outside the Iranian Embassy, 151 Te Anua Road, Hataitai, Wellington
at 12 noon, Thursday 6 March 2008.
Scott Galindez
Austin, Texas - Huh? That's what Clinton's campaign is saying, talk about lowering expectations. For almost a month, the
Clinton campaign has been pointing to March 4 as its "firewall." It pretty much wrote off its chances of winning any of
the last ...
Prensa Latina
"Absolutely no one has the right to kill in cold blood. If we accept that imperial method of warfare and barbarism,
Yankee bombs directed by satellites could fall on any group of Latin American men and women, in the territory of any
country".
DB Group Ltd
DB Breweries is bemused by the strength of feeling expressed by the Hon. Damien O’Connor, Minister of Tourism and
Associate Minister of Health in calling DB “deceitful bastards” because of a small sponsorship of a Christchurch bar
owner’s promotion to match ...
US State Department
Kosovo's declaration of independence ends one chapter but begins another. We must deal with short-term challenges of
security and longer-term challenges of Kosovo's development. These are serious. Many things can go wrong and some will.
Rajan Zed
New Zealand Parliament has refused to consider prominent religious leader Rajan Zed's request to amend its prayer
procedure/structure for making it more inclusive and universal.
Richard Thomson
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog Composed by Matthew Suttor Libretto by John Downie Directed by Christian Penny
Martin LeFevre - Meditations
To the cry, ‘we want our country back!’ thousands flock and dozens faint at Obama rallies, which resemble those huge
gatherings of evangelical Christians in football stadiums.
Maritime Union of New Zealand
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the release of secret SIS papers on the 1951 waterfront lockout to
Archives New Zealand.
Alastair Thompson
The TV networks have just called the primary election in Ohio to Senator Hillary Clinton.
Kevin List
According to CNN John McCain will win Rhode Island primary, giving him enough delegates to finally secure the Republican
presidential candidate. Senator McCain had been the leading Republican Party frontrunner for some time but evangelical
Christian ...