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New Zealand Labour Party
Eight talented New Zealanders will strengthen Labour's team of MPs in a few months time according to Labour President
Mike Williams.
New Zealand National Party
Jim Anderton has today revealed Labour’s desperation by indicating that Helen Clark is only prepared to call the
election for the last possible day in November, says National’s Shadow Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee.
New Zealand Government
Key’s rush to judgement a worrying sign John Key’s move to ‘toughen’ his stance against Winston Peters ahead of rulings
by the Privileges Committee and the Serious Fraud Office shows he has no respect for fair legal process, Deputy Prime
...
Newmarket Business Association
An Auckland business association is delighted that its lobbying to get All Black Dan Carter to set up shop in its area
has paid off.
GE Free NZ
A report on the future of “biopharming” in New Zealand is a warning that Fonterra's future as a dairy-food exporter is
in jeopardy because of AgResearch’s plans to manufacture pharmaceuticals and ‘medical foods’.
Supercomputer Weather
Super hurricane Gustav is just 40 hours short of making landfall on the South Coast of the United States and is
currently forecast to make landfall over the Mississippi Delta and the city of New Orleans.
ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today called on New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters to make public the document that is
lawyer Peter Williams says will clear his name.
Mike Moore - Former PM
August 29, 2008 The next 48 hours could be a game-changer for Labour. Three big and hard decisions need to be made and
they will put Labour back in the game, and the public will reward Labour if they are made.
Family First Lobby.
Family First NZ says the appointment of the just-retired Chief Families Commissioner Rajen Prasad to the Labour party
list confirms concerns that the Commission wasn’t independent enough to truly represent families.
J. Sri Raman
Many Indians have said many things about Kashmir and the intractable problem it poses. Until the other day, however,
none had said that the nation had to let go of the region as a liability. Within about a week, two prominent
commentators have ...
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the greatest speeches ever - what has now
become known as the "I Have a Dream" speech. Forty-five years later to the very day, Senator Barack Hussein Obama became
the first African-American ...
Roland Michel Tremblay
One of the main reasons for wars right now in this world is energy related, natural resources, oil, natural gas and
pipelines. There are two critical reasons why we have to solve the energy crisis, and both reasons lead to the absolute
annihilation ...
AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is today mourning the loss of Sister Paula Brettkelly, a long-time supporter and
advocate for the rights of HIV positive people.
Barack Obama
Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one
who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours -- Hillary
Rodham Clinton. ...
Healthcare Providers
Today HealthCare Providers NZ (HCPNZ) launched a campaign to raise awareness on the issues facing New Zealand’s aged
care sector.
New Zealand National Party
National’s Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith, says Labour is being breathtakingly arrogant with its eleventh hour
appointment of 52 people to New Zealand’s 14 Conservation Boards for terms of three years.
Manukau City Council
Movement of the landslip at Kawakawa Bay is continuing and is still considered very dangerous. Manukau City Council
Economic Director Rick Walden says the landslip has moved a few centimetres in a day.
Auckland District Health Board
OneForTheGirls is a health initiative supported by the Auckland District Health Board to talk with teenage girls about
the benefits of receiving the HPV (human papillomavirus) immunisation.
John Chuckman
McCain does a good job with the appearance of a boyishly honest man. He puts on his quiet voice and uses his boyish
(albeit now partially fossilized) expressions and, reminding me of Richard Nixon during something like his Checkers
speech, sometimes ...
ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said that it was not good enough that Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has stood
down - Prime Minister Helen Clark should have sacked him.
Green Party
The Green Party has released its updated Gambling Policy on the eve of New Zealand's Gamble-Free Day - September 1 -
stating that parts of the community sector need assistance to overcome addiction to pokies, just as individual gambling
addicts do.
Rosalea Barker
The “writing press” were allotted seats high up at INVESCO Field—known to locals as Mile High Stadium—directly opposite
the stage, but Scoop was also allotted what’s known as a rotating floor pass. The floor of the stadium is where the
delegates were ...
The Kiwi Party
The Kiwi Party Leader, Larry Baldock says the review of the Massey University’s Centre for Social Outcomes and Research
and Evaluations (SHORE) which concludes that school based education programs have a minimal affect in changing long term
effect ...
Terry Evans
Aung Thein, a lawyer representing some of Burma's most prominent imprisoned pro-democracy activists, will appeal for an
open trial at a hearing scheduled for next Tuesday.
Soil and Health Association
(Soil & Health Submission and the Residue Test Results and commentary to Select Health Committee follow below Media Release)
NIWA
The NIWA National Climate Centre says that the upcoming spring is likely to be relatively settled and drier than normal
overall, in contrast to the often stormy and wet winter experienced in many parts of New Zealand.
Maritime New Zealand
One person has been found dead following the capsize of a yacht off the Tauranga coast this morning.
Nova Gas
Nova Gas announced today that their energy prices are not currently on the increase in the Wellington and Auckland
areas, unlike price rises that other power company customers are experiencing at the moment.
Pablo Ouziel
Perhaps a couple of decades from now we will all be praising the mainstream media for the wonderful work they have done
reporting on our collective insanity. If we could all leave aside for a minute our nationalisms and ideologies, we could
see ...
Scoop Link
The mayor of New Orleans has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city, as Hurricane Gustav bears down on
the US Gulf Coast.