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"Remarkable, breathtaking" are words jubilant astronomers are using to describe the first four views of the universe
taken by the Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys, released by NASA today.
The State Services Commissioner, Michael Wintringham, announced today the appointment of Mr Christopher Blake as chief
executive of the Department of Internal Affairs and Secretary for Internal Affairs.
1. DAVID BENSON-POPE to the Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education): What action, if any, does he intend
taking in response to the recent High Court decision on the funding of University of Otago dental courses?
A massive seventeen people surged down the left-hand footpath of Willis Street yesterday in a popular demonstration of
support for the economic ideology of Capitalism.
We are Americans who are addressing you from inside Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's besieged compound in the West
Bank town of Ramallah. We entered the compound on April 21, in response to fears that Israel was preparing to launch a
military ...
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY... Today is May 1st: Mayday, international workers day, a day when we celebrate our resistance to
capitalism. As part of the Wellington Carnival Against Capitalism we are protesting against Business NZ, the largest and
most influential ...
Bush's support for Sharon is not very different from Clinton's support for Barak. Their policies are not all that
different, and in fact the current actions have been fully supported by the political opposition, the Labor party in
Israel which is represented ...
When the big gas heater broke down just as the southerly hit Wellington this week, I wished I were back in Arizona,
where the thermometer is already heading up into the 30s - only they insist on calling it the 90s.
This is the tale of two new Kiwi TV comedies - both made in Wellington, both pitched at the urban youth demographic, and
both currently screening on TV3. One is charming and shows promise; the other one stinks, and will hopefully die a quick
ratings death ...
Claims that organically produced food has superior nutritional benefits do not appear to be supported by the available
evidence, according to a recent University of Otago study which is the first critical review of research comparing
organic and conventional ...
Today’s questions concerned: Funding Of Dental Courses – Maori TV – GE Contamination – Kyoto Policy – The Economy -
Youth Offending - Regional Immigration Initiative – Teacher’s Strikes - Employment Relations – Government’s Standard -
Telecommunications ...
It's that time of year again. The winner of the Roger Award for the worst transnational corporation operating in
Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2001 was named at an open-air evening event in Auckland on Friday April 12th. It was the fifth
annual Roger Award, organized ...
Today’s questions concerned: Maori Television Service (1) - Mental Health System - Maori Television Service (2) - Kyoto
Protocol (1) – Kyoto Protocol (2) Economic Management – Alliance Break-Up (1)- Paid Parental Leave – Air New Zealand -
Treaty ...
14: May Day Memories
On May Day 2002, libertarians will be quietly reflecting on the around 100 million lives lost in the 20th century to
socialism, announced Libertarianz Leader and Tauranga Candidate Russell Watkins today.
In This Issue: Appreciation - Carbon Taxes - Judith Tizard's Music Quiz for MPs - 9/11 Investigation - Ariel Ben Attar
The recently released electoral boundaries are a victory for the Labour Party. As a rule it is in the interests of the
opposition party (National in this case) to create as many marginal electorates as possible. A whole swag of marginal
seats is ...
Responding to a New Zealand First media release issued today, Defence Minister Mark Burton said it disappoints him that
Ron Mark is claiming credit where no credit is due.
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 ...
Today's 10 year "life sentence" for William Holtz for murdering an Indian shopkeeper shows the unprincipled nature of
the government's new "hate crime" provisions in the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill, says ACT's justice spokesman ...
A not-very-clever piece of Muldoonist trickery has lulled most commentators into thinking the farming community has got
off lightly in the Government's Kyoto announcement yesterday, ACT Rural Affairs Spokesman Owen Jennings said today.
Health Minister Annette King today announced major redevelopments of health services in the Wellington region, including
a new regional hospital in Newtown, remodernisation of Kenepuru Hospital, and more health facilities for Kapiti.
“The outlook from Mayday 2002 is for employment relations to once again become a hot political issue between the major
political parties,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today.
on this day of autumn light fading, as our sisters, fathers, mothers, brothers & elders trail through yet another day of debilitating regimes & routines, a diverse group of people have come together.
Many people nowadays are getting very upset about the terrible massacre and the cold-blooded genocide the Israelis have
been committing in Jenin. But not many people know the actual facts, and a history which speaks for itself.
Two postmodern R2D2s, eager to board the Muni light rail on San Francisco's embarcadero, are dwarfed by the
double-decker Bay Bridge slung above them. When travelling on the lower deck in the fog, you feel like you're in a Star
Wars movie set.
Green Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street today said people were choosing to eat organic food in increasing numbers
because it was free of pesticide residues and other agri-chemicals.
Scoop Is In The House - Today's Q - Government Releases Kyoto Package - Reaction To Today's Kyoto Policy Announcement: - Head Of Maori TV Sacked As A
Fraud - Big NZ Post Redundancies Inherited
The Aotearoa Tertiary Students Association (ATSA) has reacted strongly to unrealistic suggestions from Lockwood Smith
that students should never pay off their student loans, and instead die in debt. “We are talking about the lives of real
people here,” ...
Laila Harré today launched the Alliance’s “Four Weeks Annual Leave” campaign – a campaign to win an extra week of
holidays for all New Zealanders.
Alliance MP Liz Gordon is opposing the Education Minister's decision to appeal the recent court victory for parents of
special needs students.