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So there was this road with heaps of traffic on it that infested its way around the city. Then someone had this idea
that they could make a wad if they made it bigger. Big deal, right? I decided to not be bothered by all the quarrelling,
considering ...
The following images show a New Year bonfire built, ignited and enjoyed by the Scoop Editor and family on December 31st
2001.
Following the Green Party’s alert yesterday that children eating foods high in sugar results in a high sugar intake,
ACTivists Auckland President and spokesperson on alcohol, Stuart Wilson, is alarmed that people could be consuming up to
six cans ...
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings
trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
An article in the Washington Post today stated that Saudi Arabia is becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the US's
long 12 year presence in the Eastern Province. We laud Prince Abdullah for his role in speaking for the public and kudos
to him!
Wellington: A married couple were said to be in a stable condition after a horrific attack in their Kelburn home last
night when a lone poet surprised the two as they were having dinner and then proceeded to recite a selection of his
poems at them.
National's Commerce spokesman Tony Ryall has reinforced calls today made by a number of the country's top business
leaders questioning Helen Clark's flippant remarks over the resignation of Fonterra director Mike Smith "The Prime
Minister's loose ...
55 Arrested At US Mission To The UN Urging Changes In U.S. Foreign Policy
The last time Jane Abbott rode at Puhinui, it was to take third prize in her first novice three day event in 1997.
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, is wonder exactly where $1million went to in the design of the
Maori-made logo, and what right Creative New Zealand think they have to attempt to register living organisms and an
entire culture.
"The Corrective Party is appalled at the antics of Phillip Buttock, the Australian anti-immigration minister!!! We have
nothing against religious and ethnic minorities at all- in fact, we quite like the sound of the burly Zen nuns who
throttle their ...
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"Helen Clark has - once again - shown her Government's arrogance towards and ignorance of the business sector with her
snide remarks about recently resigned Fonterra director Mike Smith," says National's agriculture spokesman Gavan
Herlihy.
The future shape of New Zealand's maritime force was revealed today by Defence Minister Mark Burton.
The application by AgResearch to ERMA to genetically engineer sheep, deer, and human genes into cattle makes a mockery
of the whole Royal Commission process, Groundswell spokesperson Tremane Barr said today.
1. The Government has carefully considered the Education and Science Select Committee’s (“the Committee’s”) report.
“The tragic tally of workplace deaths must stop,” said Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson today.
"The Finance Minister's decision to rule out large-scale tax breaks to encourage private retirement savings has left the
Government's superannuation policy in disarray," says National leader Bill English.
As you, probably, know, the Russian government is totally corrupt now. It causes starvation among the Russian people.
The Russian pensioners and war heroes do not receive any money from the government. Many of them are forced to sell
their own ...
Tertiary Education spokesperson Nandor Tanczos said today the Greens would work with the Govt to resolve the student
loan crisis, but warned that they wanted to see a real commitment to resolving the problem.
The Maori Made Mark, which was conceived and designed by a team of senior Mäori artists led by master carver Dr Pakariki
Harrison, will be launched at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki on Friday, 8 February. Attached is a preview of the
design in black ...
At the weekend the official LOTR website http://lordoftherings.net broadcast a two minute preview from the movie. The
preview is attracting unprecedented internet attention.
The Labour Government has continued taking the teeth out of the military with today's announcement on the Navy's
future, ACT Defence Spokesman MP Owen Jennings said today.
ELIJAH WOOD IS FIRST TO JOIN CAST OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S "THE LORD OF THE RINGS" FOR NEW LINE CINEMA AND DIRECTOR PETER
JACKSON
Students are calling on the government to commit to dumping the student loan scheme as part of their response to the
Select Committee Inquiry into fees, loans and allowance. The government is to look at different options for student
support in a discussion ...
Sure. Let’s go in there full throttle and use our most impressive machinery to bomb those Iraqi bastards back to the
Middle Ages. Let’s teach them a lesson they won’t forget; destroy their bridges and their hospitals, their water
refining stations, ...
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. Yet another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing the other
side of the millhouse pictured in an earlier shot, in the sun, before it was burned down. Hobbit houses can be seen
across the ...
The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology has upgraded and relaunched its website http://www.frst.govt.nz to
make it easier for regular customers and also for first time visitors to use the site. The redesign of the site followed
a major ...
The Green alternative to the Cullen Fund Speech Notes Hornby Rotary Club Hornby Workingmen’s Club, Christchurch 7.00pm,
Wednesday 23 January 2002 Rod Donald MP Green Party Co-Leader
Motorists heading north of Wellsford over Anniversary weekend are again being urged to use State Highway 16 as an
alternative route to State Highway 1.
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