Recently declassified documents from the US Commerce Department reveal the Clinton White House intelligence report on
Indonesian President, B.J. Habibie. In the CIA’s opinion Habibe is "the type of official needed today in developing
countries." ...
Air New Zealand has added the All Blacks front row to the side of their newest Boeing 747 which will take Taine Randell
and the All Blacks to the World Cup.
Labour has promised to create 62 Ministers, Ministries, Offices, Funds says Roger Sowry. See the list here.
As a journalist working extremely hard to produce a service that I want to be the best of its kind I am angered and
astounded that the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions seems set on trying to undermine Scoop Media.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Jack Elder has paid tribute to the former Chief Censor of Film and Literature, Kathryn
Paterson, who died yesterday in Sydney.
A massive blunder has been made by the government in attacking the costing of the Alliance's tertiary education
package.
Labour's employment policy includes one concept, which is guaranteed to create jobs, said the Hon Roger Sowry, Minister
of Employment.
The legal fight over the Winebox Report is over and Rt Hon Winston Peters is the winner.
The Government is holding back information outlining spending within the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Labour
education spokesperson Trevor Mallard said today.
Minister for Enterprise and Commerce, Max Bradford, today rejected claims by the Engineers Union that jobs created by
the Employment Contracts Act are predominantly casual, part-time and low-paid.
New Zealand First has accused Telecom of “bullying” tactics over it’s charging of Internet customers more for using
local lines from 1 November 1999.
Militia leaders are saying let the UN troops die of malaria while Indonesian troops watch with apparent bemusement as
members of the UN forces arrive in East Timor dressed in heavy battle fatigues, armoured vests, full packs and
ammunition belts in the ...
Defence Minister Max Bradford is misleading the New Zealand public by saying four Indonesian army officers are here only
to study "philosophy", the Green Party said today.
TV ONE has today advised SKY Network Television Ltd of its intention to withdraw the rights to replay One Network News
and Holmes.
Late last week the Clinton administration announced the easing of trade, banking and travel restrictions on North Korea
which had been in place since the Korean armistice in 1953. Is this another flash-point in the making? John Howard
reports.
"Most small businesses don't own their premises, but lease. As part of the lease requirement they have to meet the cost
of any rates. This new tax proposed by the Alliance will be passed on by landlords to small business who won't be able
to pass ...
"Australia's decision to ease the corporate tax rate down to 30 cents over the next two years must be seen in context,"
Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen said today.
Rumblings are beginning in Jakarta over reports that a British-led team of 50 UN investigators are expected to arrive in
East Timor this week to begin a war crimes inquiry. John Howard reports.
They show what appear to be Indonesian troops gunning down a youth in the street's of East Timor as he runs away.
United Party Leader Peter Dunne's speech in the debate on sending peacekeepers to East Timor was in the form of a story
about a small island nation...