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I watched the Holmes show last night & caught myself cheering the Prime Minister. After flagellating myself, I sat down to wonder why I had committed such an
unseemly lapse? There she was - the Prime Minister - defending the awarding of a $750,000 ...
This morning I decided to practice for my impending retirement (in 50 years or so) by writing a curmudgeonly email to
Kim Hill in the hope she’d read it aloud on Nine to Noon, making me famous among curmudgeonly retirees, the TV-less
unemployed and ...
It's an exciting time - finally getting together with someone you're really into. You spend weeks in bed together
getting to know each other well, sharing your secrets and dreams.
There is a more sustainable, more relaxed, more free, route to egalitarian prosperity than the maximum growth maximum
employment option. The key concept is that of public property rights .
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dr Harry Ballard. I am a Wellington based researcher whose life has been
appropriated and then distorted by a local film company, First Sun.
The Prime Minister's latest outburst, claiming National MPs released information concerning the Annette King cannabis
issue, is nothing short of "a shameless attempt to deflect attention from the shambles currently creating havoc in the
Labour ...
Today's questions of the day concerned: Brain Drain – MIR – Welfare Adjustments – Child Assault – Historic Places Trust
- R Taxation Changes - Foot And Mouth – NZ Shipping Review – Nursing Shortages - ENZA Consultation – Housing Waiting Lists
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1. PENNY WEBSTER to the Minister for Economic Development: Is he concerned that in February 2001, on average 308 New
Zealanders left New Zealand permanently every day, and what does this mean in relation to his "job machine"?
At approximately 9pm last night National MP Lindsay Tisch was allegedly assaulted by a group of youths outside his
electorate office in Matamata.
Five more not so sharp suggestions for everyday life...
Prime Minister Helen Clark is today travelling in the Tauranga and Rotorua area and will not be able to receive a copy
of the Controller and Auditor-General's report into the administration of ministerial allowances until later tonight.
Today's questions of the day concerned: R Taxation Changes – Foot And Mouth – Rapid Growth Industries – Money For Art (or Nothing) – Sentencing Reform – Pulling
The SAS Out Of The Gulf – Rosslyn Noonan – Muriwhenua Settlement – Dr Lexchin x 2 ...
The following, found circulating on the Internet as an email, is definitely an example of serious un-sharpness….
“SUBJECT: My Friends, I give you… THE DUMBEST GUY ON EARTH!
The MP for Wellington Central, Marian Hobbs, has welcomed the findings of an Audit Office investigation into the
circumstances of her claiming Parliamentary allowances in the previous Parliament.
Hello! It’s been a long time between drinks for Future Lefts, but the long wait is finally over. Awake from thine
intellectual slumber all ye beasts of the Net! Things however are going to be a little different.
Marie Jamieson – Hobbs And Bunkle – Nursing Shortages – Children’s Law – Foot And Mouth – Macedonia Conflict – Pakistan
Dissent – Youth Suicide – Celebrity Scam – Herald Case – Law Commission – Tisch Attack - Dracula
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton welcomed the Auditor-General's report clearing Phillida Bunkle of any wrong-doing.
The Associate Minister of Justice, Margaret Wilson has announced the appointment of a new President and three new
members of the Law Commission.
Today's report of the Controller and Auditor General says more about the poorly defined rules surrounding Parliamentary
allowances than it does about natural justice, Shadow Leader of the House Roger Sowry said today.
Opposition leader Jenny Shipley's latest desperate attempt to discredit New Zealand's biosecurity services is typically
without substance, says Cabinet minister Pete Hodgson.