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In April 1995 in downtown Oklahoma a huge explosion set by Timothy McVeigh killed one hundred and sixty eight men women
and children, and injured a further 500.
The poem Timothy McVeigh issued instead of making an oral statement before his execution this morning NZT.
"The current attacks on my personal life are being driven by some who want to discredit me politically," said Cabinet
Minister Sandra Lee today.
Some 20 police and Armourguard officers stormed the Temple, confiscating band equipment worth well in excess of $10,000
as well as arresting patrons and band members without due cause and assaulting a number of patrons including a female,
just before midnight ...
1. Hon KEN SHIRLEY to the Minister of Corrections: What evidence does he have that the Government's rehabilitation
programmes for prisoners are getting results?
Today the USA is divided, divided on morality, on whether the death penalty ought to be the ultimate punishment, divided
on whether it's a form of punishment at all or merely ‘putting out the trash’ – removing monsters from the midst...
More images from the oh so chilly deep south. Images by Norm McKay . Tekapo Air Safaris Big Sky Over Ohau Snowbound
Burke’s Pass
The ultimate symbol of adolescence is not the pierced tongue, not green hair, not Limp Bizkit CDs and not tribal
tattoos. It is the toaster that represents the transformation from tyke to teenage dirtbag and beyond.
In This Edition: Shoot, Don’t Shoot - A Reader Responds To Police Feedback
The only people who appear excited by the result of last week’s British general election are the historians who are
enthusiastically chronicling the precedents that were set, and those who subscribe to centre- left manifestos and
beliefs in other parts ...
The following images are by Norman Mackay, a resident of Ohau village, on the shore of Lake Ohau near the heart of the
Southern Alps. They were taken on a Kodak DC280 digital camera. Norman can be contacted at watchdog@xtra.co.nz .
Today's questions of the day concerned: Prisoner Rehabilitation – Tax Scale Changes – Super Fund Borrowing – Yelashgate
– University Funding – Teacher Training – Cancer Treatment Shortages – Elective Surgery Funding – Willie Jackson Vs The
Govt – Community ...
The Coroner's Inquest into the police shooting of Waitara student Steven Wallace has been further delayed till September
at the earliest.
Amnesty International today expressed regret that the imminent execution of Timothy McVeigh would end a 38-year defacto
moratorium on the federal death penalty and accused the US of adopting the morality of the murderer by state-sanctioned
killing.
Subaru's new Outback H6 looks little different from the four-cylinder version, but everyone knows that beauty is skin
deep. In the case of the H6, it's what lies beneath the bonnet that really counts....
Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, will be visiting Zealand in July in a visit sponsored
by her publishers Harper Collins.
Superannuation Bill – Stephen Wallace – Herald Strike – Prison Escapee – McVeigh Execution – Hostage Killed – Middle
East – Sentencing Inequalities – Leadbetter Home – PM In Cooks – Lisa Blaikie – Ship Fire
THE PRESIDENT: This morning, the United States of America carried out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes.
The victims of the Oklahoma City bombing have been given not vengeance, but justice. And one young man met the fate he
chose for ...
A Wellington psychologist wants 2,000 problem sleepers to test a web-based sleep programme.
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks has accused Justice Minister Phil Goff of politicising the Court of Appeal.
The Government has sent all dairy farmer shareholders of Kiwi Dairies and New Zealand Dairy Group co-operatives a letter
setting out clearly the regulatory package that would be implemented if the proposed mega-merger goes ahead, Agriculture
Minister ...
They walked out at 10am this morning over the breakdown in their employment agreement negotiations. They are not
expected to return to work before 10am on Saturday.
Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel today said she was seeking more detail on the attempted removal of a 21-year-old
Samoan woman and her 10-year-old relative.
Take into account that women menstruate every month and there is no government subsidy on female sanitary products, and
you are required to pay Goods and Services tax (GST) on items such as these.
An increase in funding is urgently needed if New Zealand Universities are to maintain their international standing and
contribute to a knowledge society, according to Victoria University's Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Humanities and
Social Sciences, ...
"New Zealand needs three things if we really want to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions in New
Zealand. We need comprehensive sexuality education in our schools, we need a detailed sexual and reproductive health
strategy that includes ...
Embargoed until 12 noon, 12 June 2001, Wellington: Greenpeace New Zealand today sandbagged Mobil HQ in Lambton Quay,
Wellington, and called on Mobil to stop undermining the Kyoto Protocol.
Fisher & Paykel used to be held as an example of "the knowledge economy." Finding it hard to compete, it sought - and got -
tariff subsidies from government. Welcome to the dumb economy.