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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.
1. Economy—Economic and Regional Growth 2. Refugees—Benefit Reliance 3. Gas—Offshore Exploration 4. Police—Offence
Report, Auckland 5. Schools—Deficits 6. Domestic Purposes Benefit—Paternity 7. New Zealand Flag—Referendum 8.
Roading—Investment
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.
The United States government has operated a secret budgeting and spending program for decades outside the framework of
the American Constitution. The institutional and political roots of this system of clandestine finance reach back to at
least ...
"If the black tee shirts worn by the 'Enough is Enough' brigade are indicative of the policies that Destiny New Zealand
political party espouses, it appears that New Zealands destiny according to Pastor Brian Tamaki, does not involve well
paid ...
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.
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.
ACT’s Former Leader, Richard Prebble, yesterday questioned why New Zealand continued to accept refugees who were
''illiterate Afghani camel drivers''.
The new house needs a new motto, we decided after a frenzied, sweaty month of scrubbing and sanding and painting and
plastering. On the previous owner's watch, a sepia-toned Jesus smiled woozily down on the front hall under the catchy
Polish phrase ''Boze ...
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 ...
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.
The Bush Administration is putting a happy face on the near-doubling of the world price of crude oil to $50 a barrel
during the last 18 months, a price explosion brought on by the Iraq War and other bungled adventures in petroleum
producing countries. ...
1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister of Transport: When he said yesterday, in relation to reducing roading
congestion, that "we can't simply motorway our way out of trouble", what did he mean? 2. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the
Prime Minister: Does ...
"Statistics Minister John Tamihere might like to believe he is a 'red blooded male', but after today's botch-up of the
first quarter GDP figures he will be red faced as well," according to National Party Finance spokesman John Key.
Day Of The Blackshirts: He Came – He Spoke – He Left Photo Essay: Brian Tamaki Comes To Parliament
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.''
A government prepared to put its money where its mouth is, combined with pro-active policing, has resulted in New
Zealand posting its lowest crime rate since 1983.
Barbara Kendall has finished the Athens Olympics in 5th, while fellow kiwi, 21 year-old Thomas Ashley came in with a top
ten result. Racing came to an end overnight in Athens for both of New Zealand’s Mistral board sailors concluding the New
Zealand sailing ...
The fact that our Minister of Finance is completely and utterly unaware of the “peak oil” issue is absolutely
astounding. By inference one can only conclude that this ignorance clearly demonstrates the current Government’s Energy
politics are in total ...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to thirty-one (31) Boeing B777-300ER (Extended
Range) aircraft.
Travesty of Justice in Haiti: Chamblain Goes Free, Latortue and Gousse Cement Their Authoritarian Credentials
Auckland University Professor of Maori Studies Margaret Mutu's irresponsible threats and outrageous assertions before
the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill must be challenged, Committee Member and ACT MP Ken
Shirley said ...
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 ...
That governments have permitted terrorist acts against their own people , and have even themselves been perpetrators in
order to find strategic advantage is quite likely true, but this is the United States we're talking about.
Hugo Chavez's victory will have repercussions beyond the borders of Venezuela. It is a triumph of the poor against the
rich and it is a lesson that Lula in Brazil and Kirchner in Argentina should study closely.
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 ...
It’s particularly interesting in the case of Palestine to see where US intellectuals and progressives decide that it’s
necessary to be ''realistic'' and where ''principled''; where they choose to accept more or less the general media
consensus about ''the ...
United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF head Carol Bellamy is on a three-day visit to Liberia to assess progress in
reintegrating thousands of youngsters who were abducted, recruited as soldiers or sex slaves and otherwise exploited in
the 15-war civil war ...
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.
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 ...
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