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MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard
campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering
in New Zealand.
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in
writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces
a world exclusive and a bold ...
Earlier today Scoop published a report from Blackboxvoting.org 's Bev Harris about holes in the Sequoia vote tabulation
software. Arguably this is the biggest new development in the black box voting saga since this column announced the
release into the wild ...
The ZM radio network in association with the mary-kateandashley brand is searching for New Zealand's biggest Mary-Kate
and Ashley fan! The winner and two companions will get to meet the most famous teenagers on the planet in their home
city, Los ...
The Hobbit will begin principal photography in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2005, under the direction sci-fi/fantasy
director Paul Andersson, it was jointly announced today by Robert Shay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New Line
Cinema; Michael ...
In an article in the Listener (27 Mar. – 2 Apr., 204 p. 12) entitled “What I’m Reading”, Bill Hastings, the Chief Censor
of Film and Literature, made comments that raise serious questions about his suitability to hold this statutory
appointment. He wrote:
Gilbert Wong's feature story on Don Brash in the new Metro is very good. Unlike most of the Brash profiles so far, it
seeks to determine who actually wrote the Orewa speech and from what sources, and how faithful it is to those sources...
In early 2002 Alan Greenspan declared that the American recession which had begun a year earlier was at an end. By the
fall the Fed was obliged to backtrack, admitting that the economy was still in difficulties and deflation a threat.
WOW! U.S. non-farm employment rose by 308,000 for March while January and February 2004 figures were revised (click
here) by 159,000 and 46,000, respectively. Now that we’ve heard the oohs and aahs, let’s get down to the looking at the
real numbers.
In the weekly Palestinian paper, The Jerusalem Times, there appeared on March 26 a short item reporting that you have
viewed the controversial film of Mel Gibson, ''The Passion of the Christ''.
Green MP Keith Locke is warning that US plans to fingerprint and photograph everyone visiting that country could lead to
a universal ID system, with huge ramifications for individual freedoms and human rights.
The over-the-counter pain reliever medicine ibuprofen will be able to be sold from both supermarkets and pharmacies from
May, the Ministry of Health announced today.
On election night, March 2nd 2004, two people who do not work for the County, Sequoia employees Michael Frontera and
Eddie Campbell were observed to access the WinEds central tabulator during the middle of the count.
A report identifying the top 20 causes of death in New Zealand, classified by risk factor as well as by health condition
(disease or injury), has been released today by the Ministry of Health.
Two current events cartoons by John Chuckman Comparing Iraqi Atrocities Airplane? What Airplane?
Richard Clarke was right. So was Paul O’Neill. During the six months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks the Bush
administration paid little attention to the threat from al-Qaeda and instead set the stage for a war with Iraq.
The Act Party's weekly look at curent events and their political implications
Big Brothers Behaving Badly The Implications for the Pacific Islands of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic
Relations (PACER) Professor Jane Kelsey Commissioned by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)
Since I obtained my right to vote in the US presidential elections years ago, I was frequently reminded to vote for the
''lesser of two evils.'' Thus I never cast a vote.
On the 13th of April "Holy, holy, holy", a series of new paintings by Wellington-based artist Kathy Bartlett will appear
at the Wellington Cathedral in Molesworth Street.
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant
buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
Transport Minister Peter Hodgson, in the nanny tone that is typical of this government, recently said that the
government is going to regulate cell phone use while driving. 'That action is coming' he promised.
United Future MP, Marc Alexander, today announced what he modestly described as a 'brilliantly stunning' solution to the
drawn-out and expensive Ahmed Zaoui saga.
More than 1,200 Colombians from indigenous communities recently fled their ancestral homelands near the border with
Panama because of heavy fighting between left-wing and right-wing forces, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) ...
The Securities Commission warns people about committing money to the Direct Buy investment scheme. The scheme is part of
arrangements for buying and selling residential property.
It is a disgrace that community centres around Auckland are being force d to put up their holiday programme prices
because the Auckland City Council has abruptly stopped their funding, says the Child Poverty Action Group.
Pacific governments must draw back their veil of secrecy and engage in open, informed, and participatory debate and
discussions with their people on the trade and political negotiations they are drawn into, says the Pacific Network on
Globalisation (PANG).
In This Edition: Bigger Than Watergate! - How To Rig An Election In The United States - Fantasy vs Reality - How We
Discovered The Backdoor - Evidence Of Motive - Evidence Of Opportunity - Evidence Of Method - Evidence Of Prior Conduct
- Consistent Unexplained ...
The families of Michael King and Maria Jungowska wish to advise that a public memorial service to celebrate their lives
will be held on Saturday 17 April at midday at Te Papa in Wellington.
A report that is highly critical of Australia and New Zealand’s behaviour towards the Pacific Islands, Big Brothers
Behaving Badly – The Implications of the PACER Agreement for the Pacific Islands, ( pang.org.fj/www.arena.org.nz )
prepared by Auckland ...