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As you’ve heard in the panel discussion, a common explanation as to why no U.S. military interceptors took to the skies
on September 11th until it was too late, is that it was “simple incompetence.”
We open the year with a round of hostilities on a familiar battlefront involving Carl Stead, there is the (inevitable)
meditation on the arrival of the euro in people’s pockets and (strictly serious stuff) a call for further comment on the
need for a ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a transcript of a Canadian news and current affairs programme devoted to “unanswered
questions” around the events of 911. The programme is thought to be the first network television broadcast on the North
American continent ...
Last weekend, up to 23,000 people gathered for a four-day music festival in Matamata. It is the biggest festival of its
kind in the world, outside the US. As these festivals have been running in some shape or form for more the 10 years it
is the oldest festival ...
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Civilian Casualties Are Not News - The Die Has Been Cast
Wellington-based theatre company The Bacchanals will be performing Shakespeare’s most famous play in an unlikely venue
during February and March as part of the 2002 Fringe Festival. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark will be staged
ZEAL located ...
The right have slammed us for court costs, for our audacity in challenging the corporate privatisation agenda via
public-private- partnerships - now the 'left'! For the same reason????
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.
We have demonstrated that normal air safety and air defense measures were not employed on September 11th. This is
extraordinary because 9-11 was the only day that four airplanes were hijacked in the U.S., not to mention the only day
that three planes ...
TV3 is reporting that former National Party leader and NZ's first woman PM Jenny Shipley will announce her retirement
tonight to her Ashburton electorate.
Family lawyers have a duty to advise many clients to break up otherwise stable and happy de facto relationships before
Friday 1 February, says ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks.
National’s ‘life means life’ announcement is an election year attempt to build a policy around a slogan. It will have
little credibility with an electorate which remembers National’s promises to be tough on law and order in 1990 then did
nothing ...
A couple of months ago I was invited to a friends 21st birthday party, which was a huge success. It was not that he
finished the yard glass after throwing up twice, but I have known this chap for a few years now and regard him as one of
my closest ...
Young Nationals Chair Grant Tyrrell today laid the blame for the out of control student debt levels squarely at the door
of the Labour government.
Suggestions by Bill English that his party may abandon the decile funding system only demonstrate that National is
determined to repeat the mistakes of the past, says Liz Gordon, Chairperson of the Education and Science Select
Committee.
The new youth minimum wage rates announced today have been heralded by Hon Laila Harré, Minister of Youth Affairs and
Associate Minister of Labour, as a win for young people and as a further achievement for the Alliance in government.
The news that Canterbury nurses have called off their strike is welcome but the government must be worried by the
Canterbury District Health Board's statement that it has increased its debt so it can make a more generous pay offer,
ACT leader Richard ...
Hon Margaret Wilson Wednesday, 5 December 2001 Speech Notes Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill – first
reading
1. LABOUR TO BLAME FOR STUDENT DEBT BLOWOUT 2. REACTION FROM OTHER PARTIES 3. UK OE UNDER THREAT 4. GEORGE BUSH'S TOP
TEN PIECES OF ADVICE FOR GRADUATES 5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
The campaign to stop eco-tourism on Kapiti is foolish and will do irreparable harm to innovation in conservation,
according to ACT Conservation Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests,
fellow citizens: As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces
unprecedented ...
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Green MP Keith Locke is worried that much of the new funding for counter-terrorism is going to intelligence services.
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Annette King has been appointed Minister-designate for Food Safety, in
addition to her existing health and racing portfolios.
29 January 2002 Media Statement Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel said today that the coalition government has done
more in two years than the previous government had in nine years to address refugee resettlement issues.
ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide today welcomed the appointment of David Carter as National's full-time finance
spokesman.
People are being deceived by the government, if they believe that promised stringent regulations will be in place as a
result of the new Amendment Bill. The HSNO Amendment Bill, on which submissions close tomorrow, in its current form
contradicts the recently ...
The government has decided to increase funding for counter terrorism activities, Prime Minister Helen Clark today
announced today.
1.1 This submission on the New Zealand Climate Change Programme's Consultation Paper Kyoto Protocol: Ensuring our Future
(the Consultation Paper) is made by the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR), an organisation comprising primarily
chief executives ...
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 ...