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EDITOR’S NOTE: Le Monde today NZT published a lengthy report into Israeli spy activities in the US prior to 911 which
raises clear questions about the extent of Israeli prior knowledge of the attacks. The story expands on material which
first emerged in a ...
In This Edition: The Hunt For Flight 77 - A Truly Remarkable French Website - Disinformation Warning! - Not Everyone Is
Convinced - Eyewitness Reports Of The Crash….
There's a special place, somewhere between martyrdom and pariahdom we reserve for people who scratch the veneer of our
sexual self-deception. And Amy Gehring is going there.
In This Edition: Unpleasant Thoughts, Truth, Peace & Love - First Some Quotes - Immediate Threats To Peace And Security – Who Is The Enemy?
As our Innovation Conference kicks off in Christchurch today, news comes out of Britain that one of its icon
innovators, who runs a private company valued at more than a NZD $1 billion, is joining the industrial exodus to Asia.
Maree Howard writes.
"Helen Clark's silly comments about Air New Zealand and Ansett Australia have - yet again - shown her complete lack of
business acumen," says National's Finance spokesman David Carter.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those
who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed" - Dwight D Eisenhower
ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata today defended Auckland Grammar headmaster John Morris after he was
attacked by Minister Trevor Mallard.
From the creative team that bought you the award winning 2001 BodyCartography Project at Chaffers Marina, international
director/dancer duo Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad (USA) and composer/musician Michelle Scullion (NZ) team up once
again to bring you ...
The Minister of Agriculture, Jim Sutton will receive a warning today that the government risks damaging the economy if
it fails to define a vision for biotechnology in New Zealand that suits existing community values, economic strengths
and the global market ...
New Zealand scientists are using some of the world's smallest creatures to develop cheaper and easier ways to detect and
measure toxic contaminants in water and soil. The technology, a new "biosensor", will help meet growing local and
overseas ...
A suspicious suitcase owned by Peter Davis, the partner of Helen Clark, and left on the footpath outside her Auckland
residence gets a visit from the VIP protection service, is investigated by the "specialist search group" and is blown
...
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters is calling for immediate action by the Immigration Department over the
1800 so-called asylum seekers who have been declined as genuine cases and the 14,000 illegal over-stayers in New
Zealand, who have been ...
In late-breaking news today President Putin rebuked what he called "alarmists" in his own government who had raised
eyebrows with what President Putin called "unauthorized statements" opposing the nuclear annihilation of what they
called "Russia."
Labour should explain why they put petrol tax up when the Government's roading agencies can't spend the money it
already has, says National Party Leader Bill English.
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.
National’s policy for school enrolment schemes is a cop out that will allow the party to ignore the need to lift
standards at all schools.
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.
Wholesale electricity prices trended up slightly during February following a 5% increase in national demand compared to
January and lower than average inflow levels.
Environment Minister Marian Hobbs spelled this out as one of many reasons why good urban design was vital for the
sustainable development of New Zealand’s urban environment.
Even halfway honest people know that any assessment we make of something in the world must also include an examination
of ourselves.
Turning down asylum seekers without ensuring they leave New Zealand is pointless, ACT Immigration spokesman MP Penny
Webster said today.
New Zealand businesses will have better access to leading specialists and experts around the world under a new
Government programme announced today.
New Zealanders’ understanding and appreciation of our country¹s heritage places will take a huge step this month when
the statutory Register of Historic Places, the only official record of our rich and diverse heritage, goes on-line.
Auckland public transport has gone high-tech with the launch of a Rideline service allowing mobile phone users to check
public transport services by text messaging.
Correct me if I am mistaken, but in 2002 the 1980’s appear to have returned. It would seem that the music of that decade
is being heard more and more in nightclubs and bars throughout the country, Duran Duran have reformed and are back with
their original ...
News that the Australian Opposition will move to allow Ansett workers to sue Air New Zealand - despite last year's $300
million settlement with the administrators - puts our airline into grave uncertainty, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen
Franks ...
The Association of University Staff [AUS] has expressed dismay at reports of a 4.5% increase in Government funding of
student numbers at universities in return for another freeze on student fees.
Auckland's 95bFM has regretfully announced the departure of its breakfast show host Mikey Havoc - the self-described
"loud fellow who makes you feel good and gets your sexy ass moving every morning."
Today Green Party MP Nandor Tanzcos promised students the Green Party would end the student loan scheme and reinstate
the Emergency Unemployment Benefit.