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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
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 the photo you will see a label from a lap top bag, which is made by a small American company. The label is in French.
The translation is below:
I think of Jesus as a real deal, straight up kind of guy who always cared deeply about his fellow man. That's why we
often ask “What would Jesus do?” when looking for the action of highest integrity. [1]
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 ...
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 public should be warned about a controversial anti-psychiatry exhibition exhorting people to stop taking their
medication says co-chairperson John Tovey of Central Potential – Te Rito Maia, a regional network of mental health
service users.
"A recent survey in New Zealand showing that 82 percent of respondents approve of wind power as a solution for our
energy needs is good news for future electricity generation in this country" the Convenor of the Sustainable Energy
Forum, John Blakeley, ...
Whatever the merits of Canwest's New Zealand IPO, it might not be wise to count its acquisition of MTV programming for
C4 among them: not when MTV itself may be with us as soon as September...
Prime Minister Helen Clark today appointed Mahara Okeroa as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary, and announced new
responsibilities for John Tamihere, Dover Samuels, Harry Duynhoven, and Mita Ririnui.
In This Edition: National Leader Don Brash's Law and Order speech Toughening Up Sentences Already DNA Testing Costings
Private Prisons Parole New Roles for Labour's Maori Caucus Members Cultural Diplomacy Conviction Of Israeli's For
Passport Fraud/Theft
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson today announced the appointment of Christopher John Allan as a Judge of the High Court.
New Zealand’s first “Big Brother Awards” were announced at an awards ceremony at Auckland Art Gallery this evening. The
awards, for outstanding contributions to the abuse of privacy in New Zealand, are modelled on Big Brother Awards held
annually ...
“The latest Express Magazine (30 June-12 July), the major organ for the homosexual, lesbian and transgender
communities, resorts to desperate bully tactics in its efforts to denigrate MPs who voted against sending the Civil
Union Bill to the Justice & ...
Few people get to read US imperial declarations in the original. Access to official imperial texts is mostly via the
interpretations and translations offered in newspapers, magazines and radio or TV.
15: The Letter
THE CRIME ISSUE In NZ, crime is an issue because the chances of you being a victim of crime are now higher than in
America. This country has gone from being one of the world's safest places to live to being one of the Western world's
most dangerous. ...
The Venezuelan elite has already tried to stage several coups against the government of President Chavez with US
support. The defeat of the April 2002 coup was captured in gripping detail by a group of Irish film makers. "The
revolution will not be televised" ...
A move by Trevor Mallard to ban parents from moves to restructure New Zealand's biggest school is another example of
Labour's anti-parent policies, says National's Education spokesman, Bill English.
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An American sergeant who slipped into North Korea in 1965 may soon emerge from his time-warp
existence, if he can dodge a U.S. court martial for allegedly deserting the army and defecting to the communist regime.
"One of the often-used examples of discrimination is the claimed inability of same-sex couples to be buried in the same
plot next to their partner. No complaints have been received the HRC on this issue."
Progressive deputy leader Matt Robson accuses NZ First of softening up New Zealanders for another Winston Peters hate
campaign against migrants.
Leading New Zealand artist and designer Dick Frizzell has designed a new New Zealand flag.
Mistreatment by prison gaurds against Algerian asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui first occurred while he was held at
Paremoremo's notorious D-Block. Scoop investigations are unearthing disturbing facts on how prison officers allegedly
deprived Zaoui of basic human rights.
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.
“Homes aren’t just another product that people purchase. Owning your own home is something most kiwis aspire to and for
most of us the family home is the most significant purchase we ever make,” says John Tamihere.
As Americans mark the 228th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July,
two parallels between our Revolution and today’s insurgency in Iraq come to mind.
Mr Michael Wood, president of Young Labour, has demonstrated his incompetence in his puerile attack on the Maxim
Institute. He asks: "How are dead people supposed to send complaints to the Human Rights Commission?"
In their hilarious response to Young Labour's identification of a ludicrous mistake in Maxim's recent bulletin (which
argued that a lack of complaints to the Human Rights Commission meant that the law contained no discrimination that
mattered), the "Society ...
Many people who oppose the war in Iraq are living under a dangerous illusion: that the war is the work of a cabal of
fundamentalist Christians and Jewish neo-conservatives who have hijacked the government for their own purposes–that the
war, in other words, ...
The Palestine Human Rights Campaign congratulates the Government on the recent news that $800,000 will be provided for
UNRWA to help in the current crisis in Palestine.
If the Minister of Immigration is serious about increasing numbers of skilled migrants he will make well-qualified
international graduates of New Zealand universities a priority, says National's Immigration spokesman, Wayne Mapp.
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