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They show what appear to be Indonesian troops gunning down a youth in the street's of East Timor as he runs away.
Scoop understands that some filming for the massive trilogy The Lord Of The Rings is to take place in the countryside
West of Masterton.
Janes Defence Weekly is reporting the around 8,000 strong UN force (INTERFET) being deployed to East Timor can expect to
be there for two years. What combat opposition are they likely to encounter? John Howard reports.
With an almost identical support base, the biggest head to head party clash in the coming election promises to be
between New Zealand First and the Alliance. Early signs show the Alliance suffering as the Peters campaign takes hold.
Jonathan Hill ...
What is really going on in East Timor and Jakarta? Scoop's Alastair Thompson surveys the limited sources of information
currently available and attempts to reconcile what is clearly a very complicated crisis.
Richard Prebble's admission that he's finally taken up residence in Wellington poses more questions about the embattled
Act leader's fixed abode.
A front-page New York Times article about the precarious situation in East Timor (9/12/99) began by reporting that
Indonesian "Gen. Wiranto, conceded Saturday that he had lost control of elements of his military" that were operating on
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Why do MPs get bigger percentage pay increases than ordinary workers? Why does Christine Rankin, CEO of WINZ, get paid
$50,000, more than the Prime Minister's $200,000? And why does the Governor of the Reserve Bank (Don Brash) receive
$500,000 per annum, ...
“Labour’s replacement Forestry Spokesman, Pete Hodgson, revealed today that the assumptions upon which his Party based
its forestry policy were totally wrong. Labour should now rethink its sustainable forestry policy,” SOE Minister, Tony
Ryall, said today.
The Chief Executive of TVNZ, Rick Ellis says the announcement today by Sky and TV3 that they are joining together to
share rugby and a digital platform is a response to continued poor financial performance by both broadcasters.
Auckland City Council is urging people with swimming pools to ensure they comply with the Fencing of Swimming Pools Act
following a High Court judge's decision which sets precedents on the level of fines that should be imposed and the legal
requirement ...
Labour has utterly rejected claims that furniture companies would not be able to access rimu as a result of Labour's
announcement to end logging of indigenous trees in Crown-managed forests.
East Timorese's unanimous vote for independence is the beginning of the road to freedom for indonesia's "colonies." The
events of 30 August 1999 will undoubtedly inspire others struggling to disentangle themselves from the indonesian
regime, in ...
The New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has accused Sir William Birch of misusing Parliamentary stationery
and taxpayer funds for National Party political purposes.
Claims by Max Bradford in this week's Woman's Weekly that student loans are not restricting people from obtaining bank
loans, buying houses or starting families are not surprising given his general inability to understand the tertiary
education sector, said Co-President ...
Aceh - never heard of it? We may be hearing the name more frequently, however, because many Indonesian's feel much more
strongly about the potential loss of Aceh province than they do about East Timor. Aceh looks likely to become a second
national tragedy. ...
"If sustainability isn't the issue for the Labour Party, what is?" asks Associate Forestry Minister David Carter.
Prebble's Rebels New Zealand President Clint Heine is delighted with the results of the Victoria University Students
Association (VUWSA) student elections.
New Zealander Mike Moore has become the Director-General of the WTO in controversial circumstances. Who is he? This
view comes from a New Zealander, Bill Rosenberg, who researches and writes on foreign investment and New Zealand’s
economic relationship ...
Scoop House Coverage: Snippets of the debate. Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark, Jim Anderton, Ron Mark, Richard Prebble,
Jeanette Fitzsimons and Peter Dunne on NZ's East Timor peacekeeping deployment.