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1. Briefly: iPhone 5S, 5C in NZ; Amazon Web Services
10 October 2013 8:35am | Digitl
Apple says the iPhone 5s and 5c go on sale in New Zealand on October 25. Prices are lower than anticipated. The 16GB iPhone 5c will sell here for $900, prices rise to $1050 for the 32GB model. The same money will buy a 16GB iPhone 5s while the top ..... More >>
2. Americas Cup Lawsuit Mooted For "Herbie" Foil Trimming Mod. (Updated)
27 September 2013 9:04pm | Alastair Thompson
Team New Zealand is preparing a legal challenge in the wake of the remarkable Oracle Team USA up-wind speed turnaround in the Americas Cup Regatta which ended this Thursday morning (NZ Time) with a Team USA victory... More >>
3. 14,000 Hiroshimas still swing in the Fukushima air...
11 October 2013 4:50pm | Harvey Wasserman
Japan's pro-nuclear Prime Minister has finally asked for global help at Fukushima. It probably hasn't hurt that more than 100,000 people have signed petitionscalling for a global takeover; more than 8,000 have viewed a new YouTube on it... More >>
4. David Cunliffe: Minimum and Living Wage Pledge
09 October 2013 1:49pm | Hamish Cardwell
A fired up David Cunliffe said Labour would raise the minimum wage and was committed to a living wage for government employees in one of his first major speeches as Labour Leader... More >>
5. Vodafone NZ marks global enterprise turf after TelstraClear
14 October 2013 3:26pm | Digitl
When Vodafone New Zealand acquired TelstraClear last year there was much talk of how it was a good strategic fit. Even so there were also question marks over the $840 million price when many experts privately valued the business at closer to $500 ..... More >>
6. Martin Doyle cartoon: Losing the private bits
08 October 2013 4:27pm | Martin Doyle
Minister Amy Adams is blithely championing the TICS Bill. Meanwhile the last shreds of privacy for Kiwis (and their businesses/universities) are being torn from their bodies... More >>
7. Martin Doyle cartoon: Question over collection boxes
14 October 2013 3:30pm | Martin Doyle
Bishop Justin Duckworth's week in a cell will unlock many questions about violence, our trial system, and imprisonment. But it's our consciences that need some time in the exercise yard... More >>
8. Anti-Empire Report #121: The War on Terrorism ... or whatever
09 October 2013 5:20pm | William Blum
Pity the poor American who wants to be a good citizen, wants to understand the world and his country's role in it, wants to believe in the War on Terrorism, wants to believe that his government seeks to do good ... What is he to make of all this?.. More >>
9. On Mitsui sale of Tui stake to joint venture partners
11 October 2013 10:09am | Clare Capital
On 3 October 2013 - the sale of Mitsui's 35% stake in the Tui Area Oil Project (Tui) was announced. The Tui joint-venture (JV) partners acquired this 35% stake for US$15 million (NZ$18 million). The JV partners are AWE Limited (ASX:AWE), New ..... More >>
10. The dangers of deep sea oil drilling
01 October 2013 4:44pm | Byron Clark
Last month the government announced that nearly 434,000 square kilometres of land and ocean floor in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone would be opened up for oil and gas exploration. The areas in include onshore areas in Taranaki, the East ..... More >>
11. Parata caught in the Act
11 October 2013 10:41am | Martin Doyle
The "not lawful" ruling of the High Court regarding Hekia Parata's treatment of Phillipstown School is a rare victory by Kiwis over the forces of humbug. .. More >>
12. How to Score Ritalin - NZ Follows US Trend
02 October 2002 12:07am | Barbara Sumner Burstyn
So the kids have wised up and following the US trend, have started dealing their Ritalin in the schoolyard. In New Zealand Ritalin retails for around $5 a tablet while in the States the street value is considerably higher - the equivalent of nearly ..... More >>
13. Empty shelves at Apple NZ iPhone store
12 September 2013 10:43am | Bill Bennett
New Zealand isn't at the front of the queue for Apple's new iPhone 5S and 5C models. Customers in some countries, including Australia, can pre-order the new smartphones before the launch... More >>
14. Helen Kelly: The Hobbit Dispute
12 April 2011 9:44am | Hellen Kelly - CTU President
Helen Kelly , President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions provides a comprehensive account of one of last year's most contentious industrial disputes. April 2011.. More >>
15. Denniston's "Caviar" Of Coal? - The Westport Story, part 3
05 August 2013 1:02pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
Metallurgical coke, made from bituminous coals such as the West Coast's, are desirable in the blast furnace conversion of iron ore to iron. They are sometimes referred to as the caviar of coals for their special steel enhancing properties... More >>
16. Webcast: Vegemite Spelling Bee National Final, 12/10/13
11 October 2013 1:15pm | r2.co.nz
Webcast of the 2013 Vegemite Spelling Bee National Final , live from Circa Theatre in Wellington. The webcast will run from 1pm on Saturday 12 October 2013... More >>
17. NZ health IT spend growing faster than Australia
14 October 2013 8:27am | Digitl
IDC Research reports Australia's healthcare industry spent A$2 billion on IT in 2012. Spending is growing at an annual rate of one percent. That number is slow because the infrastructure investments have already been made... More >>
18. Gordon Campbell on the US meltdown and welfare reform
14 October 2013 1:40pm | Gordon Campbell
It seems incredible that a tiny faction of the Republican opposition in the US Senate can hold to ransom the entire country - and the global economy - unless their demands to re-write US law are met... More >>
19. End of an Error? Death of the TVNZ Charter
26 July 2011 11:41am | Peter Thompson
Peter A. Thompson writes: What was never made clear in the Charter arrangements was the precise balance between commercial and Charter objectives that could be realistically expected given TVNZ's heavy dependence on commercial revenue and treasury's dividends ..... More >>
20. Briefly: Samsung Note 3, Gear arrives; iPhone 5s,5c
11 October 2013 8:05am | Digitl
Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 and Gear smart watch are now on sale in New Zealand. If you just want the giant screen, stylus driven Note 3 phone you can get it from either Telecom NZ or Vodafone for $1200. For the next month, the $450 Gear watch, which ..... More >>
21. Polynesian Panthers talk social change 30 years on
10 June 2008 10:31am | Katie Small
The Polynesian Panther Movement began in the early 70s in response to oppression Pacific Islanders faced from a society with a strongly mono-cultural perspective. Katie Small looks at what has changed - and what has stayed the same - since ..... More >>
22. Shuffling Federal Paperwork
14 October 2013 3:39pm | Walter Brasch
The right-wing part of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, with John Boehner in the role of spineless lackey rather than courageous Speaker, has shut down much of the federal government... More >>
23. Has Gov-General Designate Jerry Mateparae Misled The Nation?
23 April 2011 11:57am | Selwyn Manning
A major Metro Magazine investigation by award winning investigative journalist Jon Stephenson argues that the incoming Governor-General, Jerry Mateparae, has been implicated in a controversy involving New Zealand's SAS troops and their role in handing innocent ..... More >>
24. The Pain Of "Uncertainty" - The Westport Story, part 2
01 August 2013 4:09pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
"There's so much uncertainty out there for our town at the moment. This is why people are starting to speak up". This sentiment - expressed by a letter writer to Westport newspaper The News on 19 June - was heard often during Scoop Amplifier's ..... More >>
25. Gordon Campbell on muzzling the Ruataniwha dam evidence
27 September 2013 10:11am | Gordon Campbell
In case anyone still questions the value of our public investment in state radio, the revelations about the Ruataniwha dam project - which began with an RNZ report into the suppression of Department of Conservation criticism - should be laying any ..... More >>
26. TPP: This is a fight worth joining
11 October 2013 12:22pm | Hadyn Green
Trade negotiations are tense affairs. There are always interested parties trying to get your ear, long nights spent arguing small but technical points, and the invisible but ever present political pressure. So it was in Brunei late August where the latest ..... More >>
27. Top stories last week on digitl
14 October 2013 7:51am | Digitl
New Zealand's Ultrafast Broadband network has rarely been out of the news since digitl started. Last week it featured in two of the top five stories. Meanwhile interest grows in the 4G mobile and New Zealand's relative place in the global technology ..... More >>
28. Suicide Is Painless? - The Craccum Articles
07 March 2000 5:22pm | Unknown
Craccum Magazine makes no apologies for this article. We know that suicide is one of the few taboo subjects still left in society. We know that New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the world... More >>
29. Peter Thompson: The Demise of the TVNZ Charter
30 March 2009 6:26pm | Peter Thompson
The Prime Minister recently announced his government's intention to abolish the TVNZ Charter, claiming that it 'wasn't working' , that there had been 'a number of inquiries' into it and that there was 'no discernible difference in ..... More >>
30. The Rise and Fall of Provigil - Part I
21 September 2010 11:38am | Evelyn Pringle
On July 22, 2010, the European Medicines Agency recommended restricting the use of modafinil. Doctors and patients should be advised to use the drug only for the treatment of narcolepsy and all other indications should be withdrawn from market authorization, ..... More >>
31. Photos: Wellington Phoenix launch new uniform
12 August 2011 5:01pm | Al Simmonds
The Wellington Phoenix launched their new uniform in the city on Wednesday. .. More >>
32. Goodbye Xero Personal
29 August 2013 4:53pm | Bill Bennett
Xero is winding-up its personal accounting product. The service will close on November 30, 2014. In a statement to the NZX chief executive Rod Drury said the move will cost the company $700,000... More >>
33. Vodafone SmartPass brings NFC tap and pay closer
09 September 2013 11:23am | Bill Bennett
Vodafone is testing its SmartPass mobile payments system in Auckland ahead of an international launch pencilled in for later this year. SmartPass is Vodafone's global brand for making contactless payments using a mobile phone equipped with NFC ..... More >>
34. A Fake? -- "America's Souvenir to the Iranian People"
09 October 2013 12:38pm | Suzan Mazur
The big thaw in US - Iran relations has been compromised. The world's leading authority on antiquities fakes -- long-time Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Near East expert Oscar White Muscarella, who excavated throughout the 1960s in Iran -- has told me ..... More >>
35. Four Decades after the Tishrin: War Self-Delusion
09 October 2013 5:08pm | Franklin Lamb
Is Damascus this weekend and many other areas of Syria, citizens will celebrate the accomplishments of the October 6, 1973 19 day war launched jointly by Syrian and Egyptian armies to regain Arab land illegally occupied in 1967... More >>
36. Book Review: Ecoman
10 October 2013 1:20pm | Peter Kerr
Before starting the review of 'Ecoman' by Malcolm Rands, I was expecting it to be a slog; a tedious, hair-shirted, finger-wagging tale of me being told off for existing. Well, delightedly, it was breeze... More >>
37. Unisys Forward: Fabric beyond mainframes
11 October 2013 11:20am | Digitl
Mainframe maker Unisys has woven a new enterprise computing system it describes as a "fabric-based architecture". .. More >>
38. Scoop Images: ANZAC Day In East Timor
25 April 2000 5:53pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand serviceman in East Timor commemorated ANZAC day with traditional dawn parades in Dili, Suai and in the Company field locations. This ANZAC day was of special significance for those attending the parades in East Timor as, once again, New Zealand ..... More >>
39. Activist On Run After Lake Horowhena Toilet Photo Incident
28 March 2012 1:25pm | Alastair Thompson
An almost comical quest to prove the non-existence of a toilet in the Lake Horowhenua rowing club building has resulted in Maori activist Phil Taueki going to ground pending his appearance in the Levin District Court later this week... More >>
40. Gordon Campbell on the Trans Pacific Partnership leaks
14 June 2012 12:48pm | Gordon Campbell
The leaked document on the US Public Citizen website confirm the worst fears about the Trans Pacific Partnership talks. The leaked text, and Public Citizen's analysis of the text can be accessed here... More >>
41. Dotcom Affidavits: GCSB, Police And 7-Month Coverup
20 March 2013 12:47pm | Scoop News
Documents regarding the GCSB and police's surveillance of Kim Dotcom and others, and their knowledge that Dotcom was a NZ resident - meaning that the surveillance was illegal... More >>
42. Updated: GCSB's Kim Dotcom Surveillance Timeline
10 April 2013 9:10am | Hamish Cardwell
Timeline compiled from affidavits relating to the GCSB's surveillance of Kim Dotcom and others released to the Labour Party. Updated to include more recently released documents. [ Earlier version of timeline here .].. More >>
43. Same Racism, Different Day: Open Letter To Powershop
05 September 2013 3:54pm | Faisal Al-Asaad
I am writing this letter to express my concern about the recent video advert launched by Powershop under the title of "the General". .. More >>
44. Telecom NZ Wi-Fi move disrupts mobile data market
27 September 2013 10:23am | Digitl
Turning phone boxes into Wi-Fi hotspots is a smart disruptive move by Telecom NZ. It gives the company something to offer customers that rivals can't easily match. It also stops phone boxes - useful in emergencies - from becoming white elephants... More >>
45. Westpac builds online banking for any device
27 September 2013 3:16pm | Digitl
Westpac New Zealand is halfway through spending $15 million to refresh online banking in a format that works with just about any device. .. More >>
46. Gordon Campbell on Cunliffe's speech, and the Lundy decision
10 October 2013 11:38am | Gordon Campbell
The style of David Cunliffe's speech to the Council of Trade Unions conference yesterday was almost as important as the content. Plainly, Labour now has a leader able to deliver a message consistent with the party's core values, in a clear and ..... More >>
47. Metiria Turei's speech to the CTU Conference
10 October 2013 12:06pm | Hamish Cardwell
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei's speech to the CTU Conference - 10 October 2013 - Full Video, Audio and Pics .. More >>
48. Martin Doyle cartoon: Living rages
10 October 2013 4:41pm | Martin Doyle
We may get a living rage before we get a living wage .. More >>
49. Competition sees Vodafone bump 4G speeds
10 October 2013 8:17pm | Digitl
Vodafone has increased speeds on its next generation 4G network just weeks ahead of Telecom NZ launching its service. .. More >>
50. Human Violence: Understanding it. Ending it.
11 October 2013 12:51pm | Robert J. Burrowes
Violence is the most pervasive and destructive human problem of them all. It has been present for as long as history records. We are mired in it, all over the world, every day of our lives. It now threatens to obliterate us from the historical record ..... More >>
51. Briefly: Network for Learning; second level .nz names
11 October 2013 5:53pm | Digitl
Network for Learning says 20 schools have begun moving to the company's managed network. It also demonstrated its portal which will open in earnest at the start of the next school year. The company was set up by the government to help schools ..... More >>
52. Enough is Enough
12 October 2013 12:20pm | William Spriggs
Back on Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act. That's 42 more times than they have voted on raising the minimum wage, increasing federal investments in our roads or highways ..... More >>
53. Himatangi Beach covered as RBI reaches halfway point
12 October 2013 5:55pm | Digitl
Vodafone says it has switched on its Himatangi Beach cell site. The new tower means 880 households in the area now have mobile phone coverage and wireless broadband. .. More >>
54. Two Kinds of Countries: Israel's Dangerous Path
14 October 2013 3:29pm | David Swanson
There are two kinds of countries or societies or places to live. In the first kind, decent, fair, kind, and respectful treatment of every person takes precedent over anyone's preferences for how a culture changes or how much effort is expended trying ..... More >>
55. Foreign Affairs is a Maori Affairs Issue
31 May 2000 9:05am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Few politicians and commentators have even begun to grasp the future political effects of the browning of Aotearoa New Zealand, including the major changes it will bring about in our foreign policy stance. Ross Nepia Himona of Te Karere Ipurangi writes... More >>
56. Howard's End: What Is Natural Justice?
25 November 2002 9:53am | Maree Howard
A Scoop reader was talking to correspondent Maree Howard and said; "You've written a lot about natural justice and ACC and although I am not on ACC, what is natural justice?" Maree is not a lawyer but Scoop thought the question was important ..... More >>
57. MOTORNET: Honda's Accord Euro Is That Good!
13 February 2004 11:53am | Karl Ferguson
As a motoring writer, I have a problem with Honda's new Accord Euro. I knew I had a problem a mere five minutes after getting behind the wheel. You see, it's so impressive that my overwhelming tendency - rather than to write a considered, well researched ..... More >>
58. FULL COVERAGE: Local Body Elections October 2004
11 October 2004 2:45pm | The Scoop Editor
Local Government Elections: Hard News Is There! - The Eastern motorway - whichever of the multiple versions you're talking about - is toast. There can hardly have been an Aucklander who didn't know it was an issue when he or she voted in the local body ..... More >>
59. Scoop Images: Adidas's All Blacks vs Lions
01 July 2005 4:26pm | The Scoop Editor
Scoop received the following today via email. In the spirit of tomorrow's clash at the Cake Tin... enjoy.. More >>
60. What The Mohammed Cartoons Say About The West
07 February 2006 12:40am | Jack Yan
I have a lot of sympathy right now for Arabs and Muslims who were offended by the publication of cartoons mocking Mohammed. It's another example of media irresponsibility: as if the newspaper that published them, Jyllands-Posten, didn't anticipate this ..... More >>
61. Dancing With The Stars - The First Elimination
15 May 2006 11:02am | Kevin List
Last week the Prime Minister pointed out that she didn't have time in her busy schedule to sit down and Watch TVNZ's Dancing With the Stars - after Scoop paid a visit to the magical Avalon studios we consider the PM should make the time... More >>
62. What The Terrorism Suppression Act Actually Says
23 October 2007 4:27pm | Public Address
Passed in the wake of September 11, primarily to fulfil New Zealand's obligations under international law to seek to prevent terrorism, the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 does a hell of a lot less than a lot of people seem to think... More >>
63. Nicky Hager: How To Decide Who Is A Terrorist?
06 November 2007 3:52pm | Nicky Hager
The Solicitor-General will shortly make a decision whether to approve terrorism charges against the Maori, peace and environmental activists arrested last month. Nicky Hager describes how the decision will be made and the factors the Solicitor-General needs ..... More >>
64. Photo Essay: Tuhoe "Terror" Hikoi Arrives In Wgtn.
14 November 2007 3:10pm | David McLellan
Scoop's David McLellan was among the several hundred people in the welcoming party when the Tuhoe Hikoi over the so-called "Terror" raids arrived in Wellington at lunch time today. For an earlier photo report see also... Hikoi Over Activist Raids Comes ..... More >>
65. Exhibition on Bastion Point occupation extended
05 June 2008 4:15pm | James Murray
A photography exhibition and documentary telling the story behind the Bastion Point occupation of 1978 has proved so popular that Auckland City Library has extended its run until the end of June... More >>
66. Niue: Corpse Held in Substitute Fish Chiller
22 August 2008 3:53pm | John Andrews - Pacific Insights
Relatives of an elderly man who died on Niue Island are upset his body had to be held in a chiller used for storing fish. They believe the body of their patriarch, 91-year-old Tuhipa Niutama, does not deserve the indignity of having to lie in a ..... More >>
67. Wellington City Council: Let's Do It Again
26 November 2008 4:11pm | Lindsay Shelton
A new Manners Mall. "As part of our commitment to improving the city, the Council has completed the upgrade of Manners Mall and the surrounding area." This was the announcement in February 2004 in the council's "Rates News". The upgrade - ..... More >>
68. Executive Presence: What is It & How to Get It
29 January 2009 12:19pm | Stephen Long
In the opening scene of the legendary film, Casablanca , an employee walks intently through the casino with a piece of paper in hand. The employee arrives at a table and reaches across to hand the paper to an unseen recipient. All the viewer can see ..... More >>
69. Scoop's Meet The New MPs Project: Simon Bridges
16 October 2009 1:18pm | Sarah Waters
Simon Bridges says he is one of those "rare weirdos" who has been fascinated by politics since his teens. "No one in my family was a member of a political party, but I got involved really early about my mid- teens. "I've always been an activist ..... More >>
70. Anne Else: A fair adjectival cow
11 December 2009 12:19pm | Anne Else
A handy guide to Newzild, issued to US servicemen during the war, says that "a fair cow" or, more forcefully, "a fair adjectival cow", means "an unpleasant man, woman or situation". It's exactly the right term, I reckon, to describe the plan to house ..... More >>
71. Scoop Coverage: Wellington Northern Corridor
16 December 2009 10:13am | Scoop Full Coverage
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has joined the NZ Transport Agency in unveiling plans for a $2.2 billion strategic upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington Airport to Levin, including Transmission Gully... More >>
72. MMP Or SM? A Big Decision Looms For New Zealand Voters
30 June 2011 7:28am | STATE OF IT by Selwyn Manning
Selwyn Manning has written a comprehensive resource document exploring the arguments for and against the MMP and SM systems, and provides an insight into the strategic thinking lurking behind the campaigns for your referendum vote in November 2011... More >>
73. Gordon Campbell on the NZ Herald's attack on Jane Kelsey
29 November 2012 3:03pm | Gordon Campbell
The best way of appreciating Fran O'Sullivan's attack on Auckland University law professor Jane Kelsey in the NZ Herald yesterday is to read it aloud as if you're actually Maggie Smith on Downton Abbey. In which case the general content of O'Sullivan's ..... More >>
74. Dotcom Affidavits: GCSB, Police And 7-Month Coverup
20 March 2013 12:47pm | Scoop News
Documents regarding the GCSB and police's surveillance of Kim Dotcom and others, and their knowledge that Dotcom was a NZ resident - meaning that the surveillance was illegal... More >>
75. Dotcom Surveillance: GCSB & Police Versus Billy Big Steps
10 April 2013 10:32am | Hamish Cardwell
Since the police raided his Coatesville mansion on January 20, 2012, Kim Dotcom has dragged members of Parliament, the Prime Minister and New Zealand's courts into a story without any apparent end in sight. What follows is a small portion of that ..... More >>
76. In Defence of Colin Craig
24 April 2013 11:47am | Lyndon Hood
Yesterday afternoon it emerged that Colin Craig had sent a defamation notice to satire website The Civilian ... More >>
77. Coming soon to your backyard, Monsanto and gang!
04 June 2013 6:01pm | Andrea Brower
When the handful of corporations set on owning, controlling and über-profiting from our common seed heritage - Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont, Dow, BASF and Bayer - began experimenting with their proprietary chemicals and genetically engineered crops ..... More >>
78. At the Crossroads in Coaltown - The Westport Story part 1
31 July 2013 12:04pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
One way or another it's a fact that the past, present and future of Westport and the Buller District is inextricably linked to the ground-covered seams and coal-fields on the lofty cloud-draped plateaus directly outside the township's front door... More >>
79. GSCB Bill Passes
21 August 2013 7:46pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Laws under which the Government Communications Security Bureau and other spy agencies operate have passed into law after a series of fiery speeches. .. More >>
80. Sleeping Rough
09 September 2013 4:44pm | Wellington Night Shelter
For most of Norm's 79 years, the freedom of sleeping 'rough' has been his preferred way of life. Norm values his freedom. He's never owned a home, nor wanted one... More >>
81. The Living Wage Movement
11 September 2013 5:05pm | Bridie Witton
In a land of milk and honey, paradoxically, the ability for families to meet their basic needs is becoming increasingly difficult. The long-held notion that New Zealand is a classless society where if you work hard, you can become anything, is quickly ..... More >>
82. David Cunliffe: LVR - 1st Home Buyers | DoC Dam Submission
24 September 2013 11:51am | Hamish Cardwell
At his weekly pre-caucus press standup Labour leader David Cunliffe answered questions about ASB Bank's decision to cease pre-approving loans to people with low deposits, and said Nick Smith had some explaining to do over the Department of Conservation's ..... More >>
83. Does Kim Dotcom's third world NZ internet claim stand up?
05 October 2013 3:05pm | Digitl
Kim Dotcom tells us New Zealand has third world internet. Dotcom is a showman. He knows how to create headlines, but is there any substance to the claim? .. More >>
84. How does the Nokia Lumia 1020 rate as a business phone?
06 October 2013 2:30pm | Digitl
Telecom NZ's website sells the Nokia Lumia 1020 as a business phone on its website. You'll even find the bright yellow model listed under business. .. More >>
85. Standing in the Sunshine, The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind
08 October 2013 1:53pm | Walter Brasch
Tokelau, an independent territory of New Zealand, is a small three island archipelago of about 1,400 residents about 300 miles north of American Samoa in the South Pacific. In October 2012, the Polynesian nation turned off the last of its diesel generators ..... More >>
86. Did we just spend $1.5 billion on a network for Sky TV?
08 October 2013 2:11pm | Digitl
A $45 per month Sky TV subscription is the centrepiece of Vodafone's Red Home fibre internet package launched on Friday. .. More >>
87. Briefly: HP Chromebook 11; iTunes Radio for NZ, Vodafone
09 October 2013 8:10am | Digitl
HP's brand is on the latest Google Chromebook which launched yesterday in New York. The HP Chromebook 11 is cheap at just US$279 - about NZ$340. It has an 11-inch 1366 x 768 pixel display with in -plane switching - which means a better screen than you'll ..... More >>
88. "Under Pressure", Cunliffe's CTU Biennial Speech | 500 Words
09 October 2013 8:36am | Alastair Thompson
"Under Pressure" - Labour Party Leader David Cunliffe's CTU Biennial Speech | 500 Words - A video interview with CTU President Helen Kelly -.. More >>
89. Helen Kelly's Speech to CTU on "Insecure" Work in NZ
09 October 2013 3:26pm | Hamish Cardwell
Thirty percent of New Zealand workers are "under pressure" and in insecure work according to a report from the Council of Trade Unions. .. More >>
90. Martin Doyle cartoon: Choice
09 October 2013 5:02pm | Martin Doyle
The decision to keep the Harcourts Building in the centre-city standing even though it is an earthquake risk and cannot be used by its owner will come back to haunt Wellington... More >>
91. Giap, Wallace, and the Never-Ending Battle for Freedom
11 October 2013 5:02pm | Ramzy Baroud
"Nothing is more precious than freedom," is quoted as being attributed to Vo Nguyen Giap, a Vietnamese General that led his country through two liberation wars. The first was against French colonialists, the second against the Americans... More >>
92. Standing Up For Democracy in NZ - YOU Hold The Key
11 October 2013 5:34pm | Lewis Verduyn
We are all born equal, and sovereignty resides in the People, whose power is the source of law. But if you don't know the basic rules of the game, you will be incapable of defending your rights and freedoms, while your Public Servants will become your ..... More >>
93. François Hollande's Missteps put France on Levant sidelines
14 October 2013 3:36pm | Franklin Lamb
In modern times, France has done far better diplomatically when it has advocated against impetuous military involvement in the internal affairs of other countries. French standing in international politics has been highest when its government was ..... More >>
94. U.S. Relations With NZ At Post 1985 "Highpoint"
09 November 1999 4:52pm | Alastair Thompson
Today the US Senate Foreign Affairs committee voted to approve a new Ambassador to NZ. Former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun now awaits only a final vote in the senate to confirm her appointment... More >>
95. Doone To Retire Early
25 January 2000 3:55pm | Alastair Thompson
Beleaguered Police Commissioner Peter Doone has agreed to retire early, although he will continue to be involved with the police in the short term, the Prime Minister has announced... More >>
96. Rankin: Sharing Responsibility Negotiating Custody
09 March 2000 8:46am | Keith Rankin
Whangarei List MP Muriel Newman should be congratulated for her shared parenting bill, presented to Parliament last week. An Act MP, she is entering into a minefield of family and gender politics, which means that the bill will probably fail... More >>
97. Scoop Images: ANZAC Day In East Timor
25 April 2000 5:53pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand serviceman in East Timor commemorated ANZAC day with traditional dawn parades in Dili, Suai and in the Company field locations. This ANZAC day was of special significance for those attending the parades in East Timor as, once again, New Zealand ..... More >>
98. Drug Importing Billionaire A "Functioning Pothead"
30 August 2000 5:48pm | Alastair Thompson
The name of the billionaire released without conviction for importing drugs into New Zealand at the beginning of the year is Peter B Lewis a 66-year-old American insurance mogul... More >>
99. Scoop: Just Politics
26 October 2000 3:58pm | Alastair Thompson
$6m To Get Student Loan Processing Right - 9 Years Of Inaction Contrasted With 10 Months Doing - Don't Blame The Police, Says Franks - School Property Programme - Celebrating 55 Years Of The UN - Budget Too Tight For Tax Breaks - Bizzare Immigration ..... More >>
100. Howard's End: A Recipe For Koi Carp
25 January 2001 8:46am | John Howard
The Holmes Show last night carried a story about how koi carp, an introduced fish species, were seen by our Department of Conservation as such a pest that they were described as the possum of the waterways. So why aren't we selling or even giving ..... More >>
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