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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.
Electricity from the first turbines to be commissioned at Meridian's Te Apiti site near Palmerston North will today be
connected to the national grid by Energy Minister, Pete Hodgson. With a total planned capacity of 90 MW, the site is set
to be the largest ...
It has been almost three years since the terrorist attacks on September 11; during which time we, the people, have been
placed under a constant threat of terror and asked to exercise vigilance in our daily lives.
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand
goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters
Aragorn and Arwen.
Note how the terror alerts relate to the news headlines of the days immediately prior to that very alert. I think it's
very easy to see a pattern recurring.
In recent times many of us have been in despair at the state of International relations, almost at the point of giving
up hope. We feel this way because we see no action that is simple and effective enough to offer real hope of ending the
madness all ...
A Food Safety Authority audit has found that no effective controls exist to rein in the widespread and indiscriminate
feeding of antibiotics in the pork and poultry industries, Green MP Sue Kedgley said today.
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 ...
Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter is to seek a statement from New Zealand’s Parliament condemning anti-Semitism
following a second attack on a Jewish cemetery in Wellington last night.
Images of Wellington taken from Wrights Hill on a recent stunning day in the capital. The images are taken with Scoop's
new Fuji S7000 camera. Click on images for big versions.
With United Nations war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia processing cases amid severe budget
shortfalls, the Security Council today urged States support this effort and called on the courts to complete their work
by 2010.
This Government is determined to stop P at the border and to tackle the social problems caused by methamphetamine use
and manufacture.
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won
Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
Note how the terror alerts relate to the news headlines of the days immediately prior to that very alert. I think it's
very easy to see a pattern recurring.
While the world watches to see when, where, or even if Osama bin Laden will cast his vote in America's presidential
elections, his odds-on-favorite Mr. Bush has already given him a priceless gift - and not just in Iraq. The untold
damage Team Bush has ...
Chief Censor Mr Bill Hastings has granted a general R18 cinema release to a French sex-violence film called
''Irreversible'' depicting a nine minute brutal anal rape of a young pregnant woman by a drug-crazed homosexual who
fantasises during the rape ...
Two cartoons by John Chuckman…
The New Zealand Kennel Club continues to strongly support Freedom of Choice for dog owners over the issue of Tail
Docking.
Opening Address by Hon. Hans J. Keil, Minister of Commerce, Labour and Tourism Forum Officials Committee Meeting 3-10
August 2004 Apia, Samoa
It used to be said during the Cold War that, ''If the Communist threat did not exist, the US would have to invent it.''
The threat of nuclear war and the notion of a Communist (or capitalist) under every bed provided American and Soviet
ruling elites excellent ...
In response to the newly formed New Zealand Institute’s stated intention to seek input from a variety of sources, the
New Zealand Democratic Party offers the following contribution by a member of the Party Executive, Mr. Lowell Manning.
The Green Party has condemned the desecration of over 90 graves and the torching of the Jewish chapel at Wellington's
Makara cemetery as an outrage and unacceptable in a country that prides itself on tolerance and respect for all
communities.
1. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology—Community Education 2. Floods—Financial Assistance, Eastern Bay of
Plenty 3. Immigration—Fraud 4. Energy—Renewable Energy Question No. 5 to Minister 5. Mâori Language
Commission—Confidence 6. Taitokerau ...
Firas Al-Atraqchi: Zarqawi Be Damned - Nicholas Berg screamed. He screamed when he saw the sword brandished in the
hands of one of his captors. He screamed when he was pushed down on the ground and his held pulled back, ready for the
slaughter. ...
According to recent news reports, the Chief of Police in Washington D.C. has been upset by the traffic changes, street
closures, and stop-and-search orders that have been issued by the White House in the name of ''Homeland Security''
without prior ...
The forest and wood processing industries have expressed disappointment that National has followed Labour’s lead in
advocating the nationalisation of forest carbon sink credits.
The United Nations will keep up the pressure on the Sudanese Government until its meets its commitments to disarm the
militias responsible for deadly attacks in the troubled Darfur region and to restore security so that the estimated 1.2
million ...
Recognising Nauru’s economic crisis and the threats this posed to its security and national stability, and recognizing
also Nauru’s commitment to reforms, SIS Leaders strongly supported Nauru’s request for Forum assistance under the
Biketawa ...
Democracy requires consent of the governed. Consent is measured by the results of fair and free elections. The midwives
of our democracy were the founders who made the Revolution, and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement that gave birth
to The ...
A final photocall for The Lord of the Ring's stars as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding
the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
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