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20th. It shows a broad band of rain headed directly for Washington DC which is marked with the big dot. (For links to
more images of ...
Young Nationals' Chair Daniel Gordon today joined the chorus of calls for the sacking of Phillida Bunkle and Marion
Hobbs over the recent out-of-town expenses debacle.
A pilot is dead and his helicopter lying upside down just metres from the Mt Victoria lookout, after crashing this
morning.
The Minister of the Environment, Marion Hobbs, has once again demonstrated her capacity for sensational public comments,
making extraordinary remarks about the Resource Management Act and one of the country’s unitary authorities, ACT
Environment Spokesman ...
Harry Potter has yet to graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, yet he may be about to make his
political debut.
It concerns me very deeply to hear that a nice country like NZ has bleeding hearts that would protest the U.S. Embassy
rather than the Iraqi Embassy over the sanctions affair. There is only one person responsible for those sanctions, and
that is Saddam ...
Thanks to the Internet, Kiwi music legend Neil Finn has discovered you don’t have to go on tour to perform live to fans
around the world.
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 ...
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
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 ...
While the millennium year didn't exactly feature a surfeit of historical reflection or futurist speculation, history is
nevertheless making a bit of a comeback, in particular through biographies that are as much about past times as they are
about their subjects. ...
Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson have approved the sale of BIL's 50 percent
shareholding in Sealord to the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission [Te Ohu Kai Moana] and Japanese seafood company
Nissui.
Cannabis law reformers are drawing attention to official advisory positions becoming available under recent amendments
to the Misuse of Drugs Act. The new drugs advisory committee has the potential to progress NZ. beyond the insanity of
blanket illicit-drug ...
More than 250 of the world’s top volcanic experts representing 20 countries will be in Auckland from February 12-14 for
the Cities on Volcanoes 2 conference at SkyCity.
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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 military backed interim regime is sabotaging the process of arguing charges against the country's coup plotters,
states veteran Pacific region journalist Michael Field. The 15 January AFP article states that legal sources claim that
the treason case ...
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 ...
Sharp Stories has received the following description of a recent encounter with a television reporter from Phil of
http://www.secondsphere.com .
National MP Tony Ryall should explain why quarter million dollar special Y2K payments were made to Housing New Zealand
staff while he was housing minister before muck raking over recent decisions by the management of Housing New Zealand,
Duty Minister ...