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Global Peace And Justice Auckland
GPJA states that a Police decision to have Bushmaster semi-automatic rifles become the preferred option over Glock
pistols in armed situations is further evidence of an escalation of police arming themselves
New Zealand National Party
It’s good to feel the election-year buzz in the air. That’s a buzz born of excitement, but also, I hope, a sense of the
size of the task ahead of us.
Natasha Burling - AUT Journalism Student
Human Rights Film Festival Review: Natasha Burling writes that a heated debate followed the screening of a film about
Venezuela’s political situation. Now the People Have Awoken looks at the changes in Venezuela since President Hugo
Chavez came to power ...
Newmarket Business Association
An Auckland business district is calling on TV3’s Campbell Live show to consider pulling an item which is due to screen
7pm tomorrow night if the item is in anyway promoting or validating a tagger and tagging.
New Zealand Institute of Architects
Three outstanding buildings from across the country have been honoured in the New Zealand Institute of Architects
Resene Supreme Awards for Architecture 2008.
Jason Leopold
Timothy Griffin, a central figure in the U.S. Attorney scandal and a protégé of Republican political guru Karl Rove,
reportedly has been hired to dig up dirt on likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Evelyn Pringle
The first case of many to go to trial resulting from the Operation Board Game investigation is being referred to as the
"biggest political corruption trial" since former Illinois Governor George Ryan's trial two years ago, in the Chicago
media.
Trigger Marketing
Kiwi Film Second-Hand Wedding opened this week as the Number 1 new release at the New Zealand Box Office.
NZ Dairy Industry Awards
The winners of the New Zealand Sharemilker of the Year title, Ben and Nicky Allomes from Woodville, are predicted to be
future leaders within the dairy industry.
PRINZ
A 25-year-old high-flyer was named Young Practitioner of the Year at the Public Relations Institute (PRINZ) awards last
Friday evening.
New Zealand First Party
It was J William Fulbright who said that “In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its
value is not in its taste, but in its effects.”
New Zealand Government
Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta said Youth Week 08 is a chance to acknowledge the work being done to ensure young
people are supported.
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to US correspondent Mariah Craven about American Idol (there's a spoiler here, so
if you are a fan… don't listen!)
New Zealand National Party
One day in the next few months, New Zealand will hold a General Election. Imagine these scenarios:
Sensible Sentencing Trust
Lawyers and politicians calling for changes to laws surrounding the “right-to-silence are being called opportunists and
gold-diggers.
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
Lotto's 200th Winning Wheel spinner, Jonathan Keast, has spun and won $125,000 on Lotto's Winning Wheel live draw
tonight, says NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive Todd McLeay.
Martin LeFevre - Meditations
New findings and nuanced theories have been coming out recently regarding the clash in Europe between Neanderthals and
the first fully modern humans, the Cro Magnons, tens of thousands of years ago. These findings speak of the last great
breakthrough ...
Undernews
LIA TARACHANSKY, RABBLE, CANADA - Once the catastrophe hit it was a long time before people started to understand what
was really going on. By then, the world had abandoned the already marginalized communities, leaving them to fend for
themselves while being ...
Candor Trust
Candor Trust media release Too little, too late is Candor Trust's view of Dr Kiro's calls for accountability over the
killings of the Kahui children. When a Nanny State embraces lack of any real accountability with a matrix of policies
tailor made to ...
Peace Movement Aotearoa
A meeting was held in Wellington last week to discuss responses to 'Tribute 08: A Vietnam Commemoration' which glorifies
NZ's role in an unjust and unjustifiable war. More than 2 million Vietnamese civilians died during the war, many more
were maimed, ...
Scoop Audio
Audio: BUDGET SPECIAL: The week in Parliament for 20-22 May, 2008: ... Tom Frewen presents the week's big political
issues raised during Parliament's question time and general debate..
Maritime Safety Authority
A rescue helicopter has found the wreckage of a microlight and its two deceased passengers about 120m from the northern
end of the Wairoa Aerodrome runway this morning.
New Zealand Police
Future Police training will place a greater emphasis on the Bushmaster rifle to ensure officers attending incidents
where firearms may be involved are fully competent and confident in its use said Acting Assistant Commissioner Crime and
Operations Gavin ...
New Zealand Government
A nationwide roadshow to begin tomorrow will help businesses make the most of New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with
China, Trade Minister Phil Goff said today.
Ramzy Baroud
For the last 60 years, all those who have sought a genuinely peaceful and fair solution for Israel and Palestine have
faced the same obstacle — Israel's sense of invincibility and military arrogance, abetted by the US and other Western
governments' unwavering ...
North Shore City
North Shore City Council has appealed to the Environment Court following the Education Minister’s rejection of council
recommendations on the placement of a new Senior High School in Albany.
Michael Collins
It is now their war. Iraq has been and will be the war of every Senator and Representative who funds the madness.
United Nations
The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders have held “genuine and fruitful” talks in Nicosia under United Nations
auspices, their second round of formal discussions on possible reunification this year, it was announced today.
Smokefree Coalition
The Smokefree Coalition says the penalty received by a Carterton retailer convicted twice for selling tobacco to kids is
a 'slap on the wrist with a wet bus ticket'.
New Zealand National Party
The Budget fails to deliver for ratepayers across the country who have faced years of local government rates increases,
says National's Local Government spokesman, John Carter.