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With the countdown to the Boxing Day release of the eagerly-anticipated cinematic production based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s
“The Lord of the Rings”, Roadshow Film Distributors, has announced that it will unveil the first theatrical teaser
trailer for the trilogy ...
A pilot is dead and his helicopter lying upside down just metres from the Mt Victoria lookout, after crashing this
morning.
The Hon Richard Prebble said today that he had been read a press statement from Acting Prime Minister Jim Anderton
claiming he had filled out an enrolment card for Wellington Central on 15 October this year and was therefore claiming a
wrongful allowance for ...
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Only a few short years ago, the rarefied Jaguar brand was looking like it might not survive to see the new millennium.
Thanks to a much needed cash injection from new owner Ford the day was saved. Luckily, the latest S-Type shows why it
was such ...
A state of the nation speech is a time for a politician to reflect on a year past, the successes, the failures and the
shared experiences that bond us together as a nation
Just as year 2000 ended there was amazing news reported in the Chinese People's Daily newspaper, that their scientists
have successfully genetically altered plants, including wheat, rice and oil crops, so they will grow using saltwater and
in saline soil. ...
The following are images from a protest held today in Central Wellington by Greenpeace activists highlighting the use of
GE soy in chicken feed. The protest was held in Manners Mall outside a KFC outlet. For more information see... Colonel
Franken-Sanders ...
Even though the Cold War ended over a decade ago, the issues of ballistic missiles and weapons proliferation have
continued to gather momentum. The United States government has frequently expressed its concern at such issues and has
made no secret that it ...
Wellington Monday 15 January 2001 – Today Greenpeace chickens and Colonel Franken-Sanders revealed to midday shoppers in
central Wellington that Kentucky Fried Chicken (NZ) Limited uses chickens fed on genetically engineered animal feed.
The illicit drugs trade is conservatively estimated to bring in around $700 billion in profits to the global criminal
fraternity each year with many of our young adults falling victim to drugs and alcohol. But I lived through the
turbulent 60's and we ...
On the last day of her Christmas “holiday” last Wednesday (January 10th) Minister for the Environment Marion Hobbs
attended a meeting in Te Aroha Bay, Arapawa Island in the Marlborough Sounds between residents and members of the
Marlborough District ...
I hesitate to bring up the divisive topic about which millennium is the real millennium. But I do so for two reasons.
First, I am interested in the sociology of the divide. Why did the issue polarise us to the extent that we lost interest
in what should ...
New Line Cinema will formally re-launch its “The Lord of the Rings” website at www.lordoftherings.net tomorrow.
Housing New Zealand is attempting to hide bonuses to its staff by giving holidays rather than cash, National's Housing
spokesman Tony Ryall revealed today.
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble will be giving a State of the Nation address at 12pm this Tuesday 16 January at the
Centra Hotel, Auckland.
The time has long gone when we should have stopped for a moment and adjusted our way of thinking.
In this second set of images the meeting Marion Hobbs attended is recorded.
A lack of leadership by Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has been criticised in the final report of the Ministerial
Advisory Committee on Bio-diversity and Private Land, said ACT Conservation spokesman Gerry Eckhoff.