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Wednesday, 12 January 2000, 5:29 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

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Home Free!

- An American billionaire caught importing over 100 grams of cannabis is flying home today leaving controversy in his wake. Chris Holm Reports. See... Anonymous Drug Importing Billionaire Leaves Today [1] in the Headlines wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0001/S00022.htm

Kofi Annan to Visit Godzone

-United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will make a flying visit to New Zealand shores in the last week of February as part of a regional visit to Australia and South-east Asia. He is expected to be in Wellington from the 22nd to the 24th of February and will meet with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff to discuss peacekeeping and disarmament issues. Mr Annan is the second Secretary General of the United Nations to visit New Zealand since Butros-Butros Ghali in 1995.

Black Caps Clean Sweep Windies

- The Black Caps won yesterday's One Day International. Scoring 302 for 6 the Windies gave chase but ended 282 all out with one ball remaining. Winning all tests and one-days the win gives the Black Caps a clean sweep of both the test and one day series.

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French To Leave Mururoa Soon

- After 37 years the fifth French foreign military regiment is leaving the Mururoa and Fangataufla atolls used for nuclear testing between 1963 and 1996. However, the atolls future remains fragile. John Howard reports. See... French Abandon Atolls [1] in the Headlines wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0001/S00019.htm

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Tone It Down Jonah!

- New Zealand First Deputy Leader Peter Brown MP today expressed his concern at Jonah Lomu’s stated desire to hold the world record for the loudest car stereo. See... Tone It Down Jonah! [1] in the Politics wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0001/S00010.htm

Immunisation Reminder

- AS an immunisation initiative takes effect in schools this month, the Ministry of Health is reminding parents that immunisation is one of the most effective means of stopping vaccine-preventable disease. See... Immunisation Effective Means of Preventing Disease [1] in the General News wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0001/S00020.htm

1.5 Millionth Photo Drivers Licence

- The Land Transport Safety Authority has issued its 1.5 millionth photo driver licence, following the introduction of the new licensing system in May last year. See... 1.5 million upgrade to new photo driver licences [1] in the General News wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0001/S00019.htm

Greenies Challenge

- Forestry scientists at Canterbury University's School of Forestry have been challenged by conservationists to address the key threats facing New Zealand forestry rather than campaigning for the logging of New Zealand's rainforests. See... Conservationists Challenge Academics [1] in the Politics wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0001/S00003.htm

Timberlands Claims Disputed

- Claims of support for the cancelled Timberlands West Coast beech logging by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) are false, says the New Zealand elected representative to the IUCN Council and spokesperson for the NZ Committee of IUCN members, Dr Wren. See... Committee Rejects Support For Timberland's Scheme [1] in the Politics wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0001/S00007.htm

Dolphin Deaths Still a Mystery

- Extensive testing of organ samples from dolphins found in the Bay of Islands before Christmas has ruled out disease or viral infection as the cause of death. See... Dolphin Deaths Not From Viral Infections [1] in the Science wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0001/S00002.htm

CLEAR’s New Package

- CLEAR Communications today announced a new one-stop package for businesses wanting to leap onto the Internet – without spending thousands of dollars on web site development. See... CLEAR launches one-stop online package [1] in the Business wire.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0001/S00015.htm

Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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Binoy Kampmark: The Australian Defence Formula, Spend! Spend! Spend!

Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of the military industrial complex over the next decade to combat a needlessly inflated enemy. Forget diplomacy and funding the cause (and course) of peace.

Ian Powell: New Hospital Building Trumps ‘Yes Minister’ Hospital Without Patients

Ian Powell discusses how New Zealand’s vertically centralised health system led to a new hospital surgical building without staff and its similarity with the ‘Yes Minister’ comedy and the hospital with no patients.

Mike Treen: Prices Are Still Rising - It's A Cost Of Living Crisis

New Zealand’s consumers price index increased 4 per cent in the 12 months to the March 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ April 17. This was higher than the Reserve Bank prediction of 3.8%.

Gordon Campbell: On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism

The meaning of the word “racism” is being deliberately blurred, for political reasons. Lets re-state the obvious: when people are chronically experiencing worse social outcomes and lower life expectancy due to the colour of their skin, that’s racism. But the targeting of measures to redress those wrongs is not racism – it is justice, long overdue.

Peter Dunne: Newshub And TVNZ Tip Of Media Iceberg

There has been a positive but restrained response to the deal announced between Stuff and Warner Brothers Discovery to “save” TV3’s six o’clock nightly news bulletin, currently screened under the Newshub label. According to Stuff, the deal will mean that around 40 of the jobs involved can also be saved.

Harry Finch: Austerity – For And Against

It’s a word that politicians love to hate and as much as the current government is telling us that the measures they are taking don’t amount to austerity, by definition, they do. And as other commentators have noted, New Zealand has elected a government of austerity, so let’s weigh up the pros and cons.

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