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New evidence linking the owner of the Venice Florida flight school which trained Mohamed Atta to the Central
Intelligence Agency surfaced earlier this month.
Anti-bypass protestors numbering about 200 campaigned for a better city this evening in a march from Civic Square
through Cuba Street to Kensington Gardens, a postage stamp-size oasis directly in the path of the proposed motorway.
Wife bashing, gangs and marae protocol are intrinsically linked, ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata, MP,
argues in this article.
If you haven’t already heard, British Airways is in trouble. Big trouble. On February 13, BA announced job losses of
5800. This follows hard on the heels of 7200 redundancies announced immediately after September 11th.
1. Hon ROGER SOWRY to the Minister of Health: Does she stand by her statement about the health system that "the buck
does stop with me and that's why I spend so much time out on the road taking responsibility"; if not, why not?
One of challenges of doing the numbers on the narcotics business is that narcotics are not always a commodity --
sometimes narcotics are a currency used to pay for other things.
Like US congressional leaders, the business press is finally waking up to Enron’s dirty-dealings, and it is now making
a great show of going over the carcass. But in a sense this just prompts the question: What the hell was the business
press doing ...
Today’s questions concerned: Health System Responsibility – TOW & Police Expenditure – Orthopaedic Outpatient Waiting Times – Economy – OECD Status – Motorway Evictions – Brian Rees
Payout – Whanau Care – Injury Rate – Aquaculture Moratorium – Tourism ...
The second-phase of Operation Enduring Freedom was launched last week: to hunt Abu Sayyaf in the jungles of Basilan and
Sulu. Whilst originally a breakaway from the Moro (Muslims of the southern Philippines) independence movement, the
800-strong ...
Today's questions of the day concerned: People Smuggling – Petrol Tax Increase – Pipfruit Deregulation – Kaitaia CYFS -
Specialist Education Services – Tariana Turia And CYFS – Disabilities – Police Software Piracy – Party Hopping Act –
Compliance ...
Today is eviction day for a group of residents and businesses in the path of Transit New Zealand’s proposed inner city
“bypass” through Wellington’s historic Te Aro district. Yet Transit said last year this would not happen until the
project was funded.
"New Zealanders who courageously resisted the television licence fee will join me in deploring the NaZis on Air
commemoration of the 10 000th hour of politically correct programming" predicted Libertarianz Leader and Coromandel
Candidate ...
I tend not to get bogged down in discussions about how the various police, enforcement and prosecution industries relate
to narco dollars. Here is my bottom line on how the money works on enforcement and the war on drugs.
ACT New Zealand does not support the Parliamentary Notice of Motion to reappoint Dr Morgan Williams to the role of
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley told the House last night.
New Zealand First Transport Spokesperson, Peter Brown MP, is asking why the Government has decided to raise the fuel tax
by 4c a litre only on petrol, in order to allegedly fix the roading system in Auckland.
Anti-'bypass' protestors and members of the public are to take to the streets today, to coincide with Transit's
eviction of tenants along the proposed inner-city 'bypass' route. Gathering in Civic Square, the protestors will march
to a currently undisclosed ...
It is my great pleasure today, on behalf of the people of New Zealand, to welcome Your Majesty and Prince Philip. Last
year the tragic events of September 11 led to the postponement of the Royal Visit. We are very pleased now to host this,
the tenth, ...
Scoop Is In The House - Today's Q - Look Who Trained The 911 Terrorists - Images: No Motorway Movement On The Street - The Real Deal: Trading In Drugs,
Trading With Drugs - Business Press Missed Signs Of Enron Collapse
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 ...
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.
The New Zealand University Students’ Association (NZUSA) is calling on the Government to lower the interest rate on
student loans in light of today’s announcement that the interest rate will be held at 7% for the third year in a row.
Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
"Michael Cullen unsuccessfully tried fudging the issue of growing Government debt and borrowings due to contributions
needed for his Super Fund when appearing before today's Finance and Expenditure Select Committee," says National Finance
...
"Eighteen months ago Deputy PM Neanderton called oil companies "parasites" four raising petrol prices by four cents.
Today Deputy PM Neanderton has announced a four-cent increase in petrol tax. Pot! Kettle! Black!" says Libertarianz
Leader ...
"Government is placing Maori interests in the too-hard-basket with its plans for a two-year aquaculture moratorium,"
says Georgina te Heuheu, National's spokesperson for Treaty Issues.
Canadian flags are waving, Canadian cheers are rising; Canadian spirits are embracing a hard-won, much deserved victory.
The Audit Office review of Tuku Morgan's documentary for Maori television was a complete waste of the auditor's time,
ACT leader Richard Prebble says.
A New Zealand woman flies to Paris on Friday (01.03.02) to receive a prestigious UNESCO (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation) science award.
I managed a walk up to the summit of that great mountain, Ben Ohau a couple of days ago, and I took some great photos.
The weather was great, maybe a little on the hot side, but the skies were beautifully clear.
AUCKLAND, February 26, 2002 – Intel CEO Craig Barrett today said that the world’s economies are increasingly driven by
technology, and that investing in and developing new technologies is key to prosperity and economic development. Despite
the current ...