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RICHARD PREBBLE'S Letter from Wellington: A week is a long time in politics - Some Real Questions - Did he mislead
Parliament? - Peoples Bank Progress Report - Hospital Waiting Lists - PM gone walkabout - Employment Relations Update -
PM gone walkabout ...
All Black coach Wayne Smith regrets the delay in announcing the All Black team for Saturday's test with Australia. "I'm
really sorry, but it's not my fault," an angry Smith said today.
Alongside every road in New Zealand is a slender strip of ground that soaks up the blood of people killed or maimed in
daily collisions with electricity networks.
"The Christian Right is really responsible for New Zealand's high rate of adolescent pregnancies, the associated health
risks of teenage pregnancies, any sexually transmitted disease epidemics, and teenage abortions." Craig Young, ALRANZ
Research Officer ...
Last week, upton-on-line took two days away from the tawdry depravity of the House of Representatives and indulged
himself at a seminar which gathered together an unrepresentatively bright and thoughtful audience devoted to picking
over the entrails of the East Timor ...
The provisional value of merchandise exports for the May 2000 month was $2,579 million, according to Statistics New
Zealand. This confirms preliminary estimates which showed export growth. The export figure compares with $2,389 million
for imports and results ...
Jim's job machine won't work. So disappointing, such an oppportunity for regional development, but just the wrong model!
The publicity so far omits all mention of the best banking models for financing small businesses and it looks
unfortunately ...
A Greenpeace photographer caught these shots of a Minuteman II missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base - part of
the US government's failed Star Wars test on 7 July.
Gael Donoghue, Christian Heritage Health Spokesperson, says the results published from a recent study finding 10% of New
Zealand children had sex under age 12, and 40% have lost their virginity by 14 years, underlines the need for parents
and schools ...
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today said it was little wonder the public were suspicious of genetic engineering when the
biotechnology industry kept rehashing tired myths as fact in an unscrupulous effort to justify their work.
The student loans scheme is facing a crisis of confidence with borrowers' resentment towards the scheme increasing the
longer they are in debt according to research commissioned by Inland Revenue Department.
The following are a series of colourful quotations made by members in the NZ Parliament. As can be seen, the remark made
by Grant Gillon on Tuesday is not the first offensive remark made in the house linking members and animals.
Following the election at its AGM of nine new councillors to the Internet Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ), the first
meeting of the newly elected Council saw the start of the transition to the proposed new business structure for Domainz,
the ".nz" ...
Staunch, the Alliance youth wing, held it's first national gathering over the weekend, and elected two spokespeople, Tom
Haig and Julie Fairey. Over twenty youth activists from around Aotearoa-New Zealand met in Wellington, enlivening the
fusty halls of ...
Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today that the Government was hopeful over signs that hostages would be released this
Thursday after the public signing of an Accord between the military and the Speight Group.
A group representing 12 key educational organisations is so concerned about the moves to decriminalise cannabis, that it
has written to every Member of Parliament asking them to reject any change.
JOHN TAMIHERE (NZ Labour – Hauraki): I seek the leave of the house to make a personal statement in relation to
allegations that have been circulated about me, which I consider impugn my integrity as a member of this House.
Eight months ago, when I became Minister of Transport, I decided that I would use my first few months in office to talk
to as many people in the transport sector as I could.
Trainee FBI agents in America are, for the first time, focusing on the role played by Hitler's police during the
Holocaust as part of their training. John Howard reports.
The decision to decrease the amount of training given to new Police recruits could create serious problems down the
track, National's Police spokesman Brian Neeson said today.