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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
The OECD report on the New Zealand economy released last Thursday suggested, among other things, that the New Zealand
government should tax the imputed income on owner occupied housing. Minister of Finance, Dr Michael Cullen, promptly
dismissed the ...
What Sort of a Nation is New Zealand and Who Does it Belong To? Rt Hon Simon Upton MP
Now that it seems all but certain a Bush coup has succeeded in seizing the US Presidency, I want to be the first to
announce it: Impeach GW Bush!
Untold thousands of customers of New Zealand’s largest ISP, Telecom-owned Xtra, are gnashing their teeth at an extended
outage to email services today and last night lasting 22 hours so far.
Without the backing of George Bush Snr and his network of big business and eastern financial "establishment" interests
it was highly unlikely that George W. Jnr would have a show of becoming US President. The familiar brand-name "the ...
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: Super Scheme – ENZA Court Action – Labour Market Outlook – Rural Doctor
Shortages – School Accountability – Selling State Houses - Tourism Forecasts – Regional Development – Auditing Closing
The Gaps ...
The identity "New Zealander" is often used to hide differences under a veneer of similarity a Victoria University
researcher says.
Landcare Research has just completed an Animal Health Board funded pilot trial which shows that deliberately released
pigs can be used to detect bovine Tb in possums, and are likely to be effective indicators of the presence and
persistence of the ...
Annette King: Minister of Health and Minister for Racing. Photographs by Mark Graham
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Finance: What advice has he received on whether his partial pre-funding proposal
will secure future levels of superannuation?
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: Reserve Bank MPS x 2 – E-Government – Apple Grower Protests – Northland
Helicopter Ambulance Services – Police Cellphones - US Chocolate Blockade – Gisborne Rail Link - Positive Discrimination
In Apprenticeship ...
Council's legal team made their opening submissions in defence of their actions in the Sludgegate saga, and in
particular the decision to build an enormous sludge dump on Adrian Chisholm's boundary. They told the court that "we
stand by the ...
The Carter Holt Harvey-Waterfront Workers Union dispute has revealed an alarming practice of old-style unions reverting
to the destructive tactics they used in the 1970s and 80s to protect their patch, National Industrial Relations
spokesperson ...
AUCKLAND – 6 December, 2000 – Andrew Larkin, is the newly appointed Senior Technical Internet Consultant for Brave New
World, New Zealand’s largest integrated marketing solutions company.
Kapka Kassabova has been long-listed for the prestigious 2001 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for her first
novel Reconnaissance, the only New Zealander selected. At 100,000 Irish pounds, the award remains the world’s richest
literary ...
In this edition: Florida Legislature Fails To Agree On Presidential Pentathlon
GM Commission – Lamb Tariffs – Petrol Price Drops – Drug Advertising – Baby Food Withdrawn – Waste Dumping – Port
Chalmers Protest – Fiji Coup Men Bailed – US Spy Gets 20 Years – US Election Highway Patrol – Bad Teachers – Nice
Meeting – British ...
The World Trade Organisation disputes panel's final ruling in favour of New Zealand's case against tariffs on lamb
imports into the United States was welcome, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.
One of New Zealand’s leading fishing companies, Sanford Limited, has unveiled plans for a major new attraction near
Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour.
CONTENTS: Editorial: One fantastic year - review Income related rents come back National's leadership turmoil continues
Accountable government delivers on its promises Website of the Week
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is advising people who have obtained certain exotic parrot species that such
birds may have been illegally released from quarantine in 1997.
HOBBIT STORY...