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Fifteen minutes into the second half of the World Cup rugby clash at Twickenham London a timewarp appeared to take the
game back four years to the 1995 World Cup Semi-final in which brilliant All Black wing Jonah Lomu exploded over Jeremy
Guscott and then ...
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(Los Angeles, October 7, 1999) – The Lord of the Rings film trilogy begins principal photography in Wellington, New
Zealand, on October 11, 1999, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced today by Robert Shaye,
Chairman and Chief ...
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Three days after the Paddington rail crash in England, the mobile telephones inside the carriages may have finally
stopped ringing. This provides some relief for the search teams, but not much. John Howard reports.
The last week of the 1996-1999 Parliament comes to an end....EXTENDED BULLETIN
We received the above image yesterday via e-mail. It appears to show a soldier carrying a Steyr rifle with an Australian
imprint the word “Humps” and various things written in Indonesian on it.
Out There Weekend Feature: This weekend we take a look upward and checkout what's happening to the Hubble Space
Telescope.
9: Donald Quits
"I'm disappointed Rod Donald is throwing the towel in without a contest. He was a likeable character and he has
certainly made an impression on New Zealand politics," says Banks Peninsula MP David Carter.
National MP David Carter has got it wrong when he claims that I have withdrawn from the race for the Banks Peninsula
seat in this election, says Green Party MP Rod Donald.
It looks as though an Aussie soldier has written the Indonesian for "Halt, hands up!" on his rifle."
Labour candidate for Epsom David Jacobs today expressed his gratitude for the positive endorsement of his candidacy by
retiring MP for Epsom Christine Fletcher.
If there was ever any doubt that tertiary education was shaping up to be one of the key election issues, then week two
of the election campaign has put those doubts to rest.
'Fat pigs' is how Sandra Lee's tertiary education flyer labels taxpayers, and Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath
demands an explanation.
ACT Leader Richard Prebble has challenged Labour's Michael Cullen to a debate on Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
Mr Speaker, today we end a historic session of this Parliament – our first MMP Parliament. It obviously has been New
Zealand’s biggest electoral change this century and has created a Parliament much larger and more diverse than ever
before.
As there are a number of valedictory speeches to be delivered, I am more than happy to go along with Henry VIII who is
said to have informed Anne Boleyn - "I don't intend to keep you long!"
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." ...
Welcome to Future Lefts, the regular ezine of the Young Labour executive. The idea for a regular newsletter came from
the Labour one called Wise Up – a tertiary education newsletter.
Scoop's West Coast correspondent John Howard finds lessons in Bill Clinton's musings on Quebec and East Timor for New
Zealand's increasingly embattled West Coasters.