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Senior doctors today said that the intended changes to New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will not only
threaten our future survival but will be an extravagant waste of public funds, describing the legislation process as a
fiasco. More »[1]
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[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00181.htm [11]
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00150.htm [15]
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State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today welcomed the release of the latest Transparency International findings –
that New Zealand is the least corrupt nation in the world. The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries on
a scale of zero to ten - with zero being perceived to be highly corrupt and 10 being perceived to have low levels of
corruption. More »[1]
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David Cunliffe said that TVNZ Head of Corporate Affairs Peter Parussini told today’s Finance and Expenditure Committee
meeting today that it was now accepted internally at TVNZ that the broadcaster should not have produced the ads in the
form they were initially aired. More »[1]
An estimated crowd of 10,000 motorcyclists gathered on Parliament grounds today to protest the ACC's proposal to raise
of levies on their vehicles. ACC has stated that the rises in fees are a response to "rising claim numbers and
healthcare costs" incurred by New Zealand motorcycle owners. More »[1]
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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00158.htm [10]
Pita Sharples: The Maori Party stands, to join all other parties, to recognise the outstanding success of the All Whites on Saturday
night. More »[1]
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The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been approaching universities seeking their help to prevent
foreign states getting their hands on technology associated with weapons of mass destruction. More »[1]
... Although it has been suggested to me on numerous occasions that I should consider doing so, I am not leaving the
Maori Party. More »[1]
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“Hath not a farmer eyes? Hath not a farmer hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same
food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same
winter and summer as townies?” More »[1]
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[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/18/fonterra%e2%80%99s-farmers-agree-to-raise-share-cap/ [3]
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the Government’s Action Plan for unlocking and maximising
New Zealand’s petroleum potential, with a specific focus on exploration of New Zealand’s offshore deepwater basins. More »[1]
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Objections raised by rightsholders (authors and publishers) in a number of countries including New Zealand have led to
the new agreement filed last Friday. It affects all local authors whose works have been scanned by Google. More »[1]
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New job advertisements placed on seek.co.nz, New Zealand’s largest job source, are up an encouraging 12.2% in the four
months from July to October 2009. More »[1]
There were 28,680 deaths registered during the September 2009 year, down 2 percent from 29,130 in 2008, Statistics New
Zealand said today. More »[1]
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As the world awaits Barack Obama's decision on Afghanistan, a lethal myth has spread. It says that standing up to the
military will doom him to be a single-term president. More »[1]
During his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted
dissident who has spent years under house arrest. It made headlines, a fact which tells us more about the role of media
as an outlet for government ... More »[1]
President Obama has provided positive answers to a number of questions about New Zealand. Scoop's White House reporter,
Connie Lawn, posed the questions a few weeks ago. She had been hoping to get an interview with the President, before... More »[1]
Reportedly, Big Day Out organizers have backed down from their original intention to include the Jamaican dancehall
musician Beenie Man in the next BDO festival line-up in January. The reason has been the public pressure from gay
activists who have been ... More »[1]
If those in Lebanon watching the news on 11/12/09 blinked they might have missed an interesting news item. It appeared
at approximately 4:20 pm on Narharnet.com , the pro-US/Saudi news website. More »[1]
WASHINGTON -- The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander there,
has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country, three senior American
officials ... More »[1]
This means that no war has broken out, no suicide bomb has exploded, no Qassam rocket has been launched at Sderot.
Ahmadinejad has not test-fired a new missile that can reach Tel Aviv. Just another murder. Not that Israel is the
world’s murder capital. ... More »[1]
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The Chris Knox Collection was curated by Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd: “this is a unique and important collection
of work perfectly illustrating what is possible with the barest of resources and a free wheeling imagination.” More »[1]
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the Israeli Government's decision today to expand Jerusalem’s Gilo settlement,
stressing that it was built on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war. More »[1]
Royal Australian Air Force personnel will play an important role as fighter jets take to the skies for the East Coast
Air Defence Exercise (ECADEX 09), to be conducted off the coast of New South Wales. More »[1]
One of the most intriguing new business models for newspapers -- an individualised newspaper in Germany composed of
selected pages and sections from other papers, delivered each morning to one's door -- will be examined when the world's
press gathers. More »[1]
Rcent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment
Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. More »[1]
According to Bolivian President Evo Morales, lithium is not only important to his country’s economic future but is “the
hope of humanity,” as the lightweight metal efficiently stores energy capable of powering the eco-friendly cars of the
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Thank you. Thank you so much. Well, good morning, and let me tell you how pleased I am to be here with all of you in the
rain, which means good fortune. (Laughter.) I thank the vice mayor for his very kind words. And to all of our Chinese
friends ... More »[1]
On Friday, October 30, U.S. and Colombian officials signed the controversial Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),
granting the U.S. armed forces access to seven Colombian military bases for the next ten years. The deal has been the
subject of anxious speculation ... More »[1]
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