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Acute observers may have noticed that Council of Trade Unions (CTU), Association of University Staff (AUS) and Post
Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) press releases do not appear on Scoop while they do appear on another New Zealand
political news ...
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says it doesn't really matter what non-parole period Scott Watson gets in his sentence for
the murder of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart, because it won't be enough.
Two images of the secret service which is flanking Clinton's movements around Auckland.
Photos of the President of the USA en route in downtown Auckland - including large close-up. Photos by Jason Dorday.
Indonesia has been widely condemned over the past two weeks for its failure to keep order in East Timor. With calm
apparently restored inside the Indonesian territory, Scoop's Alastair Thompson today brings you the first glimpses of
the inside story ...
1,000 West Coasters turned out today to voice their fury over Labour's decision to break its promise to honour the West
Coast Forest Accord.
On Sunday night I attended the APEC leaders dinner and found myself on a table with foreign ministers from the ASEAN
region. Naturally I asked them how the conference was going, and in particular about East Timor. Naturally they said
favourable things ...
Unionists flex their muscles - “The CTU’s black ban on the Scoop Internet news site is just like the bad old days,” says
National Party MP Annabel Young.
Security Meeting - UN Mission Reports - Refugees - Chinese Presidennt Meets Shipley - Clinton And Golf - Auckland
Returns To Normal - Watson - One Tree Hill - Slow Y2K Readiness - Woman Banned From Site
The New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, is to meet a group of Ansett pilots in Christchurch this afternoon.
Critics of Labour’s indigenous forests policy have studiously ignored the $68 million asset windfall which the policy
delivers to the West Coast community and potential additional gains from tourism related jobs say conservationists.
Last month my father lost his job which, in a country with relatively high levels of unemployment is not in itself a big
deal. However the nature in which the job was taken had me astounded at the coldness of the corporate culture. Jonathan
Hill ...
Ever since the fall of Sukarno, Australia and New Zealand have existed in splendid isolation. Indeed, a generation of
Australians and New Zealanders came to the conclusion that their isolation was both natural and eternal. It was the way
things were and ...
Justice Minister, Tony Ryall, said today that if Helen Clark thinks the Presidents of China and the United States are
in New Zealand to provide a “photo op” for Jenny Shipley, then she has let bitterness get the better of her.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith is disappointed that Public Access New Zealand is to legally challenge the return of Mt
Hikurangi to Ngati Porou and the new access agreement that has been negotiated for the mountain.
We, the Economic Leaders of APEC, celebrate here in Auckland ten years of unprecedented cooperation in our region, in
pursuit of a vision of stability, security and prosperity for our peoples.
The Chilean delegation attending APEC in Auckland insist that a five nation trade pact is under discussion between the
United States, Chile, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand.
The decision, to literally "sell the Crown jewels" and cut the bank's gold holdings by more than half, followed similar
decisions by the central banks of two other British Commonwealth countries - Canada and Australia. John Howard reports.
The United Nations says it has almost completed registering voters in East Timor for the August 30 ballot on East Timor.
Meanwhile NZ MPs are readying to leave to observe, as Indonesia predicts chaos if the province votes for independence.
STRATFOR.COM Global Intelligence Update Weekly Analysis September 13, 1999 APEC, East Timor and the New Asian Reality