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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.
Day Of The Blackshirts: He Came – He Spoke – He Left Photo Essay: Brian Tamaki Comes To Parliament
Playboy Magazine arrived in our mailbox yesterday. On the cover was a striking Olympiad in a rather demure bathing suit,
but the promised story was far different.
Question No. 7 to Minister 1. Treaty of Waitangi—Historic Settlements 2. Oil—Prices 3. Post Primary Teachers
Association—Employment Agreement 4. Economy—Australia and New Zealand 5. Taxation—Tax Base Protection 6. Health
Services—Primary Health Organisations ...
Telecom has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Computerland NZ Ltd for $26 million.
Volunteer Collectors are urgently needed between 11.00am & 1.30pm on Saturday 4th September to help raise money for breast cancer awareness at the 'Great Race' Gallagher
Boathouse 8s.
If certification isn't being done properly, the whole house of cards falls. Below are actual copies of internal Diebold
memos which show that uncertified software is being used in elections, and that Diebold programmers intentionally
end-run the ...
I was keen for Tariana Turia to come on my 95bFM Wire show today to talk about the potential impact of the Destiny New
Zealand party on on Maori politics, which, as I noted yesterday, is likely to be more pronounced than it is in the
broader political ...
In today's Appropriations debate, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has told Parliament that the Government's Budget
is a "house of cards" that will be blown down by the relentless rise of oil prices.
The 'Golden Girl' of New Zealand's 2004 Olympic team, Sarah Ulmer, enjoys a special relationship with Ford New Zealand
– the Motor Company has been Sarah's vehicle supplier for the past six years.
I would like to talk to you about a phenomenon that has actually been around for a while, but has in recent years come
to be called ''anti-Americanism.''
Images of yesterday's anti-racism demonstration at Parliament, called in response to the desecration of two Wellington
Jewish cemeteries earlier this year. Images by Alastair Thompson.
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.
1. JILL PETTIS to the Minister for Economic Development: Has he received any recent reports on economic and regional
growth; if so, what do these indicate? 2. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Immigration: Does the Government have any
plans to review ...
Amnesty International today expressed its outrage at the reported execution of a girl who is believed to be 16 years
old, Ateqeh Rajabi, in Neka in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran, on 15 August, for "acts incompatible with
chastity" ...
She leaned over the banister to say hello and goodbye that sunny February morning. My father being in Chicago for a
medical conference, I was the last member of the family to see her alive. I was the first member of the family to arrive
the next ...
Waves of emotion. Rolling sound overpowering thought. Chanting. Black shirts. Black and red. The sound of the haka.
Twelve year old boys shouting 'Enough is Enough.' Placards. Love and friendship. Fear and anger. Fists being raised to
cries of 'Jesus.'
August New Zealand’s board sailors raced overnight in Athens and now have only one race remaining. Barbara Kendall
claimed two race wins though she is now out of medal contention, while Thomas Ashley also moved up the ranks.
The 9/11 Commission's Report provides an almost visual description of the Arab hijackers. It depicts in minute detail
events occurring inside the cabin of the four hijacked planes.
Two somewhat contradictory events caught my attention last week. The first was an article published in the Australian
Financial Review, in which the National Party Leader, Don Brash, launched a stinging criticism of New Zealand, arguing
that as ...
The 2004 Budget is a house of cards. It has some very nice features we would like to support but a strong wind is
blowing and the cards are flapping. Without an unprecedented effort to strengthen the foundations we will be without
shelter in the future. I ...
About 5000 protesters were met by counter-rallies when they marched to Parliament yesterday in opposition to the
proposed Civil Union Bill. Auckland-based Destiny church organised the protest. Leader Brian Tamaki had said they were
marching for ...
Below is a short list of positively frightening power-grabs by the Bush Administration that will curl your hair -- and,
I hope, provide reasonable justifications for a Kerry vote by those still undecided or those leaning toward Nader or
other alternative ...
An address by Rt Hon Winston Peters to Breakfast Club, AUT Conference Facilities, Wellesley Street, Auckland at 0715,
25th August 2004
An attractive Maori woman in her thirties leaps out of a taxi and heads up the street with her son, who is about eight.
They're both wearing 'Enough is Enough' t-shirts. She runs as fast as her shoes will permit and he's running as fast as
he can to keep...
Images of today's Pro and Anti Civil Union Bill protest marches in Parliament's grounds. Images by Kevin List.
RICHARD PREBBLE And Ors V DONNA AWATERE HUATA CA SC CIV 9/2004 [25 August 2004]
Well, the Destiny march is over. Everyone has had enough. The Destiny party wanted to make an impact and they did - even
if only one MP came out and mingled with the crowd.
Green Party Co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons is questioning the sense in building billions of dollars worth of new roads
around the country when the rising price of oil will eventually leave them empty.
New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer sheered a further two seconds off her world record set the previous day winning an Olympic
Gold medal in Athens early Monday morning (NZ time).
ENDS