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Conservation Minister Sandra Lee and Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson today expressed extreme dismay at reports of two
more deaths of endangered North Island Hector’s dolphins from set netting. See... Ministers dismayed at Hector’s dolphin
deaths
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... ah, the case of the porn-perusing judge. It began as a scandalous story in the Sunday paper and
it ended up as a really admirable illustration of why, under our system, politicians are, and ought to be, kept well
clear of the judiciary.
With the Alliance party poised to break up in a classic Left-Right split, most of the media are at a loss to understand
the cause of the fall-out, and few of those from the Alliance-Left are talking about it publicly. Huw Jarvis outlines
why the ...
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.
As the Queen arrives in New Zealand and the Prime Minister has disappeared over the horizon, it is time to reflect that
it's a very healthy democracy that does not give too much attention to its Head of State. History shows that things
start to ...
Do you remember it? Hanging upside down from a parallel bar, your dress tucked into your undies, your hair like a fan
beneath you. And you're swinging from your tightly hooked knees, dangling your arms, and imagining yourself flipping up
or even letting ...
The government I lead in New Zealand is a minority centre left coalition. We govern with support in our Parliament
normally offered by the Green Party. We took office in 1999 after fifteen years of neoliberalism as my topic asserts.
There is no doubt ...
As described in Part 1, the Solari Index is my way of estimating how well a place is doing. It is based upon the
percentage of people in a place who believe that a child can leave their home and go to the nearest place to buy a
Popsicle and come ...
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan,
anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the
government’s ...
Speech by the Hon Richard Prebble, Leader ACT New Zealand, to the Waikato Chamber of Commerce, at the Ferrybank
Reception Centre, Grantham Street, Hamilton. Thursday 21 February at 7.30am
Images from tonight’s Cuba St Carnivale…
Early last year, Christian Heritage Party leader Graham Capill was at his wits end. Still miffed at his party’s poor 2.4
percent showing at the last election, he was sitting down with his Bible and his strategy director wondering how he
could get ...
EDITORS NOTE: The following is a transcript of a link submitted to Scoop by a Scoop reader. Clearly questions are
raised in this material about the nature of the relationship between the Bush family and the family of Osama Bin Laden.
"Helen Clark's tax-victim funded jaunt to Stockholm's 'Progressive Governance Summit' is simply a gathering of socialist
control freaks who get off on regulating, stealing from and socially engineering their citizens," declared Libertarianz
...
The earth is not dying. It is being killed, and the people killing it have names and addresses. -- Utah Phillips
The Republican Movement today launched its Monarchy Free Zone, allowing every New Zealander to tell the monarchy exactly
where to go.
More images from tonight’s Cuba St Carnivale…
Changes to the V8 Supercar rules in 2002 see the 'Old Boys Club' protecting their turf resulting in a difficult and
demanding season ahead for Team Kiwi Racing.
PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG: I would like to give my presentation. First, on behalf of the Korean people, I would like to
warmly welcome President Bush and thank him for taking time out of the war against terrorism to visit our country. This
visit is ...
It is my pleasure to be here with you today. Generally as Minister of Finance, people expect me to talk about the
economy and I’m happy to do that because the government has a good story to tell in terms of our economic and fiscal
management.
In 1991, Peter Ellis - a childcare worker - was convicted for crimes of child abuse that could not have happened. There
was no forensic evidence for any of his "crimes". Nor were there any adult witnesses for crimes that, if they had taken
place, would ...
Auckland, February 20, 2002 -- Technology companies spanning health IT software, 3D innovation and enterprise network
equipment will showcase their skills under the New Zealand brand of innovation at the World Congress on IT 2002 in
Adelaide, Australia, ...
This is the seventh such event that we’ve held, and I am always very encouraged by the enthusiasm of the people
attending.
Sharon calls for unity while inciting against part of the population. A speech of a bankrupt Prime Minister
characterized by hypocrisy, hollow promises and insinuations.
National Party Leader, the Hon Bill English has been invited by Governor Bill Owens of Colorado to deliver the keynote
address to the Governor's Science and Technology Commission in Aspen on 17-18 March.
"It is clear from Minister Pete Hodgson's reply to my questions in Parliament today that he intends the state to assume
ownership of any carbon credits created should the Kyoto Protocol come into force" says Ken Shirley, Deputy Leader, ...
Green Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today questioned police handling of a case in which no action is being taken
after cannabis was found in the car of an off duty police officer, after the car was crashed in Christchurch.
... found circulating on the Internet and forwarded to Scoop by a reader...
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.
Feverpitch International Limited has announced a Subsequent Public Offering (SPO) of up to four million of its shares
at $0.50c per share between Wednesday 20 February and Friday 8 March 2002.