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1:
UQ
Wire: It’s Patriotic to Ask Why
On June 10th, a band of concerned citizens came together at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to raise questions about September 11th. They called the meeting the 9/11and Public Safety Conference. Among them were members of families who had ...
2:
The
911 Evidence that May Hang George W. Bush
The Case Against G.W. Bush: a Preliminary "Hearing" in the Court of Common Sense
3:
Stateside:
The People vs. the Executive
Office
Heaven knows, I didn't go to the Amelia Earhart Symposium at the Western Aerospace Museum on May 17-18, 2002, in order to become intrigued about that pioneering pilot's disappearance. She flew. She fell out of the sky. Joni Mitchell wrote a song about ...
4:
Big
News: The List Vote - Power To The
Parties
Its not very often a deputy leader of a party is omitted from the list prior to an election. United Future is the first to do it – and on current polling their second ranked list candidate, Gordon Copeland, will make it into parliament on July 27 instead ...
5:
UQ
Wire: Dr Rosenberg Analysis of Anthrax
Attacks
UQ WIRE EDITOR’S NOTE: The following paper, first published 05 February 2002, is widely considered a seminal article on the issue of the Anthrax-by-mail incidents which closely followed the 911 attacks on the WTC and Pentagon.
6:
End
the Abominable War on Drugs
"It's your body" announced Libertarianz Deputy leader and Deregulation of Health spokesman Richard McGrath today announcing the Libertarianz policy on drugs.
7:
Bye
Bye Act
The fiasco over the announcement of the Act Party list is further evidence that the party is in meltdown, Labour MP Pete Hodgson said today.
8:
Invasive
species spread into New Zealand waters
There are more than 150 exotic marine species in New Zealand’s coastal waters already, and at least one new species arrives every year according to a report in the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research’s (NIWA) new Aquatic Biodiversity & ...
9:
Philip
J. Rappa: Requiem to the Civics'
Silliness
The occupation of the White House is in its eighteen-month and still, I can no longer keep silent as my visceral anguish bleeds from pen to page. As a patriot and a citizen, my conscience summons me to express my contempt and demands that I repudiate what ...
In This Edition: Prebble Peddles Pork Pies! - White hats for G8 - I See Red - 1080 All Over Taranaki
11:
NZ
Made Beauty Product Celebrates 10 Glowing
Years
A New Zealand made beauty product that has become a household name is celebrating its tenth birthday.
12:
Cullen
Nets Two Porkies From
English
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today challenged Bill English to give an assurance that National would back Labour on confidence and supply if the Greens tried to pull the plug over GE.
ACT 2002 Party List 1 Richard Prebble 2 Rodney Hide 3 Muriel Newman 4 Stephen Franks 5 Donna Awatere Huata 6 Deborah Coddington 7 Ken Shirley 8 Gerry Eckhoff 9 Heather Roy 10 Kenneth Wang 11 Paul King 12 Owen Jennings 13 Penny Webster 14 Andrew Davies ...
14:
Big
Business Bullies, Sellotape ® NZ
Limited
Sellotape ® New Zealand Limited have recently sent out a number of letters to New Zealanders who have used the word "Sellotape ® " on their websites. It appears they are attempting to crack down on the use of their trademark in a colloquial/generic ...
15:
Richard
Prebble's Letter from Wellington
1/7/2002
They're the promises you make when you're making no promises. Labour is a party that has run out of ideas.
16:
Labour
In Debit? - Winston Peters
Speech
Why are we having an election in the middle of winter? What constitutional crisis brought this on? It is clear isn’t it?
17:
Labour’s
Pledge to National Voters
Alliance Leader Laila Harré has labelled Labour’s 2002 Election Pledge card “Labour’s Pledge to National Voters.”
18:
More
Bluegreens Than Red Greens In Next
Parliament
Bluegreens is an independent group of New Zealanders advising the National Party on environment and heritage issues.
19:
Scoop
Images: Still Razing
Arizona
Monster Arizona wildfire Rodeo/Chediski is still burning brightly in this satellite image fresh off the NASA MODIS imaging satellite system. The image shows the fire as of 18.25hrs UTC on June 28th. The fire – Arizona’s largest ever - has now burned ...
20:
Labour's
Election 2002 Pledge Card
"The Next Steps" "Our Commitments To You"
21:
ACT
Party Releases List - Prebble
Speech
We have selected candidates from Australia and the United Kingdom – Roland Weber and Matt Ball.
22:
Eyewitness
Report: A Visit From The Israeli
Army
We finally had a house visit of our cities uninvited guests. Sixteen fully armed Israeli soliders entered our home as part of the house to house searches that they have been carrying out for 4 days now in Ramallah, while we sit under 24-hr curfew.
23:
Brain
Drain in Full Flight
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today attacked Helen Clark's statements concerning immigration at Labour's party launch as dishonest campaigning.
24:
Compare
the Party Lists on
policy.net.nz
All the parties contesting this year’s general election have issued and registered their Party Lists.
25:
Image:
The Two Towers Teaser Poster has arrived!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stars (in alphabetical order) Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving ...
26:
Together,
We Can Rebuild New Zealand
I recently received a letter from a family who had visited New Zealand in 1991 and had become "enchanted with the slower pace of life, the lack of traffic, the friendliness of people, the racial harmony, good education, low crime and general ...
27:
PM’s
Statement on Taxes as Fake as her
Paintings
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide MP said today that Helen Clark's statement on Morning Report this morning that New Zealand has tax rates `lower than anywhere in the western world, in fact lower than anywhere in the whole OECD except Mexico' was ...
28:
Alliance
Campaign Launch - Laila Harre
Speech
I am often asked by profile writers and journalists why I turned to politics when most of my peers were turning to the first 15. Perhaps the truth is that I was just more scared of fast growing boys than the fast growing protest movement.
As Paid Parental Leave comes into force today, Libertarianz spokesman Sally O'Brien says that "if people choose to have a family that is their business. It is not the responsibility of every other taxpaying New Zealander to pay a parent's salary ...
30:
Judge's
Decision Overrides NZ's
Sovereignty
Justice Baragwanath's decision amounts to a free entry, open-door policy and constitutes a refusal to recognise the imperative of border security, says National's spokesperson for Immigration, Marie Hasler.
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Alastair Thompson
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