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Thank you for letting know about the revocation of our national governance license. We welcome her majesty's concern for
our welfare.
“It’s not just Bunkle and her handful of homes that we’re all paying for,” says Libertarianz leader Peter Cresswell, “I
want to know why on earth any of the thieving timeservers in Wellington should get special, taxpayer funded perks.”
US stocks are sliding dramatically on fears of a harsh economic slowdown, continued weakness and disappointment that the
Federal Reserve declined to lower interest rates yesterday.
Holden has confirmed that its much-anticipated new sports coupe is to bear the famous Monaro nameplate. For introduction
in late 2001, the stylish two-door Monaro is based on the same platform as today’s Holden Commodore.
In 1999, Vector, formerly Mercury Energy and before that the Auckland Electric Power Board, paid a dividend of $107m to
its owner, the Auckland Energy Consumers Trust (AECT) (see press release on Scoop ). The raison d'être of the AECT is to
distribute ...
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Customs Minister Phillida Bunkle has volunteered to give up her Ministerial apartment, saying she doesn't want to live
there if there are any suggestions that she doesn't qualify.
Confirmation of District Health Board chairs and deputy chairs were announced today by Health Minister Annette King.
In my September 19th column I warned our readers that a looming recession was in store for the American economy. Now,
General Motors, Unisys Corp, Motorola, Whirlpool, Aetna, and Gillette are laying off thousands of their US workers. John
Howard writes.
Hamilton, New Zealand: For the last two months rumors have been flying over the internet that, concurrent with the US
presidential elections, elements of the US black spaceplane arsenal would be de-classified. No one seemed to know if
this was ...
Auckland, December 21 2000 – Police removed and arrested four Greenpeace activists who stopped the production and
distribution of genetic engineered animal feed by Tegel Foods Limited.
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, the substantive President of Fiji, has officially resigned. According to reports, his
resignation is effective 29 May 2000.
“Hitwise ranks over 70,000 sites in 130 categories. Scoop is ranked 2 in the All Sites (New Zealand) category as visited
by New Zealanders for the week ending December 16, 2000.”
The Minister of Defence Mark Burton has expressed his regret at the resignation of his Australian counterpart John
Moore.
Symantec New Zealand has warned computer users and companies of the potential threat to data and systems posed by a
mutation of the W32.Kriz virus. The hybrid virus renders infected systems inoperable on Christmas day by wiping out all
hard drives and attempting ...
Economic activity increased in the September 2000 quarter by 0.7 percent, according to information released today by
Statistics New Zealand. This follows a 1.0 percent fall in the June quarter and brings the economy back towards the
level recorded for ...
Most of us will now be deep in preparation for Christmas. Christmas is a special time for most people. As well as being
of traditional religious significance, Christmas is also a celebration of the family.
During the election campaign few journalists or political commentators picked-up on Helen Clark's comments about the
“Third Way”. So what is the “Third Way” which America's Clinton, Britain’s Blair and Germany's Schroeder have been
following. John ...
Commerce Minister Paul Swain has today announced the members of the new Ministerial Panel on Business Compliance Costs.
Alliance Minister Hon. Sandra Lee, Deputy Alliance Leader, Minister of Conservation, Minister of Local Government,
Associate Minister of Maori Affairs