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Associate editor of the UK's 'Philosophy Now' magazine Bryn Williams has been in this country on perhaps the first world
tour of pub philosophy.
It's one of those days, when you'd rather be out enjoying the Auckland sun listening to 'Take No Prisonerz' on CD than
being stuck behind a computer. But stuck here I am, at least for a couple more weeks. You see, I have decided that
December 19 will ...
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Finance: What is the purpose of clause 73(3) of the New Zealand Superannuation
Bill?
In this edition: Why Colin Powell Will Be President
With the violence in the Middle East approaching its third month and the United States Presidential election going
through its inevitable court battles, the situation in Northern Ireland has faded from the spotlight. With the ongoing
courtroom battle ...
Websites were in the dock today, with a demand from Auckland City Council barrister David Heaney that "something be
done" about websites that are causing him problems. He produced documents that he had downloaded from three websites,
claiming ...
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: The Winston Clause – CYFS Care Funding – Ruddick Comments On Immigration -
European Meat Imports and BSE – Housing Poverty Trap – Overseas Doctors – Foodbank Demand And Students – Indian and
Nepalese Trade ...
The hunt for the elusive snake in Freeman's Bay in Auckland has been called off after a member of the public came
forward claiming to have lost a snakeskin in the vicinity of the area where the Freeman's Bay snakeskin was found.
The appointment of a 4th tier Australian to the IRD Commissioner's job is a bit of a surprise. Our new Commissioner
comes to us from his position as a First Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Tax Office (ATO).
Photographs by Mark Graham
Richard Walsh, co-founder of Oz in the 60's, editor of the Nation Review in the 70's and now a trusted alternative media
advisor to the City Hub, forwarded the latest edition of the media industry newsletter, Media Flash to my attention.
Revenue Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed the State Services Commission appointment of David Butler as the new
Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
Drug policy reformers are welcoming the Minister of Education’s announcement that sex education is to be integrated into
the New Zealand school curriculum - but say there is a more pressing need for a reality-based approach to drugs.
The French court decision ordering the American based Internet search engine Yahoo to block French web users from its
auction sites which sell Nazi memorabilia is a real worry according to a New Zealand internet expert.
We, the glorious Communist Revolutionary Action Party, the New Zealand branch of the Fifth International
(Marxist-Leninist-Harpo Thought, Retrenched), wish to comment on the Mad Cow Disease currently sweeping the Imperialist
heartlands of Western Europe!!!
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. Yet another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing the other
side of the millhouse pictured in an earlier shot, in the sun, before it was burned down. Hobbit houses can be seen
across the ...
Claims by the New Zealand Waterfront Workers Union (NZWWU) that they are protesting to protect local jobs is nothing but
media spin, said ACT leader Hon Richard Prebble.
Florida Vote – Skyhawks – Southern Cross Premiums – Sealord Sale – Rat Infestation – IRD Commissioner – Health And
Safety – GM Commission – Te Papa Funding – Cole Bombing – Baby Dies In Car
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton today released a solid list of achievements in a
review of the Labour-Alliance government's first 12 months in office.
The 3rd of December 2000 will be remembered as one of the worst days in New Zealand's prison history, with one prisoner
dying in custody, and another walking out of a private remand facility during visiting hours.