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ACT MP Rodney Hide today published secret Government papers detailing Jim Anderton's breaches of the law that cost
taxpayers $40 million.
Being beaten up in custody over hours, days or months because of who you are is.
The Prime Minister should demonstrate her commitment to the overwhelming call from the Catch the Knowledge Wave
conference for the Government to set rules that allow it to get on and build the economy, Opposition Leader Jenny
Shipley said today.
July 27: At 12 noon, in more than 42* towns and cities across the country, New Zealanders are gathering to show the
Government they want a GE-Free nation. The nationwide gatherings are being held to mark the handover of the
recommendations of the Royal Commission ...
The members of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will call on the Governor-General, the Honourable Dame
Silvia Cartwright, at 3:30 pm on Friday 27 July, to present their report.
Public inquiries into controversial technology have a mixed history in New Zealand. Having proposed in 1973 a public
investigation of nuclear power, I was then sufficiently encouraged by the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Nuclear
Power that in 1977 ...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Part of me feels sorry for Christine Rankin. She was no doubt subject to some intellectual
arrogance. She was unfortunate enough to have been appointed under one government and be unwanted by its successor. I
think much ...
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji Rugby Football Union has suspended Fiji Television from covering any of its matches
in protest over a political advertisement featuring celebrity player Waisale Serevi, according to news media reports.
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A high school student Scoop reader has responded to my Catching the Knowledge Wave column asking that I explain what I
meant when I wrote, "imagination is more important than knowledge". Maree Howard responds.
You can only surf the knowledge wave if you have received an invitation and can afford to buy the surfboard. That's the
message the government is sending to current and prospective students with this week's high-profile Knowledge Wave
conference ...
What Mr Brash said yesterday at the Knowledge Wave Conference was so blindingly obvious that his speech should have been
described as boring and predictable. Instead it is met with anger and outrage. In a country which purportedly upholds
free speech ...
More images taken from Mt Ruapehu of Mt Ngauruhoe... Mt Ngauruhoe at sunset. Mt Ngauruhoe from Hutt Flat. Mt Ngauruhoe
from the top of the Waterfall.
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The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is delighted that more therapies will be available, as appropriate, for
patients with breast cancer, says Dr Vernon Harvey, medical oncologist and member of the Foundation's medical advisory
committee.
The Catching the Knowledge Wave conference has made an important contribution to New Zealand’s ability to achieve a more
prosperous and socially cohesive future, the conference co-chairs, Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Vice-Chancellor of
The ...
The Minister of Agriculture, Jim Sutton, has wiped-out and hit the rocks in his recent attempt at riding the backside of
the Knowledge Wave.
Intel® has announced the QX3™ Computer Microscope and CD-ROM, which have been designed to make the microscopic world
more accessible and let kids experience the world around them in a whole new way. Aimed at the scientist in younger
students, aged 6 and upwards, ...
As rain threatens to recrudesce across the country Irish Eyes invites you on a tour of the dungeon room, where lie the
darker additions to our collective collection of weatherly wisdom.
If New Zealand faces such dire economic consequences that it prompts speakers at the Catching the Knowledge Wave
Conference to call for desperate and urgent changes, then how do they explain that Japan, the world's second-most
productive economy, ...
This is a short report of the latest developments in the WTO in Geneva. The General Council held a 2 day informal
meeting on 30-31 July for a "stocktaking" or reality check on the situation re Doha Ministerial.
Britomart Funding – Power Savings – Gavin Dash – Prison Officers – Northland Fire – Middle East – Oz Car Manufacturing
– Maori Leaders – Theresa Cormack – Pepper Punishment – Indian Flood – Stem Cell Research – Racism Conference –
Arthritis Services – LPG ...
A conference to celebrate and enhance New Zealand's creative talents should be the next step in counter-acting our poor
economic performance and pessimistic attitudes, says Green Party co-leader Rod Donald.
When the church bells ring out over England to celebrate royal birthdays, weddings, funerals do you ever wonder how
bellringers get to practise without alienating their neighbours? We're not talking here about a garage band practice,
after all!
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Associate Maori Affairs and Health Minister Tariana Turia are delighted with the first
ever nationwide Maori quit smoking campaign 'It's about whanau'.
New Zealand’s first Ambassador to North Korea will be New Zealand Ambassador to South Korea Roy Ferguson, who will be
cross-accredited from Seoul, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Phil Goff announced today.
The New Zealand University Students' Association (NZUSA) has echoed the criticisms of other groups that the Knowledge
Wave conference is in part trying to turn back the clock to the failed policies of the 1980s and 90s.
Bill English's reported comments that Don Brash's speech to the 'Knowledge Wave' conference was 'just another speech'
demonstrates what a joke the National Party's principles are.
The National Government wanted a "knowledge economy". The present Labour- led government wants a "knowledge society",
but may not know the difference. Australia is posturing to become a "knowledge nation". We all want to catch ...
Green candidates for the upcoming local body elections in the Wellington region will be launching their campaign with a
high-tech theme at (e)-vision (corner of Blair and Wakefield Streets, Wellington) on August 9th from 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm.