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2: Outstanding Contribution awards
Two Cantabrians this week received outstanding contribution awards from Environment Canterbury, in recognition of their work spent managing Canterbury water resources.
“We need to nurture those who will change the world,” Waikato University School of Education Associate Professor Roger Moltzen says.
4: 11 Questions Avoided by the Media On NORAD Tapes
Eleven (11) Questions Avoided by the Media in Recent Reporting of Department of Defense Violations of Law Kyle F. Hence Executive Director 9/11 CitizensWatch Co-Founder UnansweredQuestions.org http://www.911citizenswatch.org
5: The Logics of War in South Lebanon
Buried beneath the chorus of moral indignation at the loss of life and calls for a ceasefire in Southern Lebanon are the logics of warfare at play. These reduce to the geopolitical and military rationales underpinning the conflict, which is a classic ...
Jim Anderton Associate Minister of Health and Progressive Leader opened the 4th International Conference, hosted by the Phobic Trust of New Zealand, promoting awareness of anxiety disorders in Auckland today.
7: Near-meltdown incident at Swedish nuclear reactor
Sweden's nuclear regulator SKI will meet in emergency session tomorrow (3 August) to decide on a possible immediate shut-down of all but one of the country's nuclear power stations supplying up to 50% of Sweden's electricity. Greenpeace has called ...
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons wishes Ian Ewen-Street well in his newly chosen home, the National Party.
9: Public Address 07/08/06 - Greening
National MP Nick Smith's drive to embed some green credibility in his party's environmental platform is laudable. Matthew Hooton claimed recently that Smith was "progressively winning over his more sceptical colleagues" on the climate change issue, and now ...
10: The 2006 Maori Electoral Option is over
The 2006 Maori Electoral Option is over, with 21,588 Maori changing the type of electoral roll they are on and another 10,280 Maori enrolling for the first time.
11: Gush Shalom: Junkies Of War
"Is this the last week?" people asked each other. Since the jets went streaking northwards to rain death over Beirut and the missiles came shrieking back southwards to an ever-widening number of Israeli communities, Israeli activists had been gathering every Saturday ...
12: Tickle takes digital photo solution online
If you’ve got more photos hiding on your computer than printed in albums or frames, take comfort that you are not alone. Where previously you simply had to drop off a film at the local chemist, digital camera owners now face the common dilemma of ...
13: Lost Bomber Crew to Be Buried in the Netherlands
The remains of missing crew members from a Second World War Stirling bomber that was shot down in August 1942 will be buried with full military honours at 11:30hrs on Thursday, 31th August in Ambt-Delden cemetery, Delden, in the Netherlands. The ...
14: Top Scoops and Just Politics
Top Scoops and Just Politics: LEAD STORY Politics: Fitzsimons Hopes Former Colleague Can Find Something To "Work Hard On" - NEW ZEALAND LEAD Politics: Thousands More Maori Elect To Vote On Maori Electoral Roll - Economy: Manukau City's Growth Outperforms ...
15: Clark says Audit Office, Solicitor-General wrong
Helen Clark continues to be in denial about her office spending $446,000 improperly on her election pledge card and brochure, says National Leader Don Brash.
16: Protest Against Israel's Actions In The Mid-East
Green MP Keith Locke told an enthusiastic and vocal crowd of protestors that Israel's actions in bombing Lebanon were war crimes. To loud cheers outside the Ministry of Foreigh Affairs and Trade (MFAT) HQ in Wellington Mr Locke said that one day the ...
17: Bernard Weiner Book Review: Fast Lane To Fascism
"How does the Bush Administration get away with it?" And: "How come, no matter what scandal or embarrassment or disaster Bush&Co. get enmeshed in, one third of the population still supports them?"
18: Telecom Dividend Payout Ratio
There has been some confusion in early media reports of Telecom’s dividend payout ratio for the coming year.
19: Pitcairn Island Work Wins Construction Award
Auckland – 07 August 2006: A project to construct a reinforced concrete road and repair the jetty on remote Pitcairn Island, has won the New Zealand Contractors’ Federation (NZCF) Hirepool Construction Award for programmes between $3 and $10 million.
20: Ewen-Street wants to contribute to National
"I'm looking forward to the challenge of assisting National build a stronger environmental platform," says former Green MP Ian Ewen-Street.
21: Education appointment applauded
The appointment of Karen Sewell to the position of chief executive of the Ministry of Education is good news for New Zealand education, PPTA president Debbie Te Whaiti said today.
22: Colombia's Integration Into Plan Puebla Panama
From July onwards, Colombia will form part of the one-sided geopolitical mega-project that seeks to consolidate the neoliberal model in the western Latin America with the aim of privatizing highway infrastructure, public services and natural resources.
23: Health benefits of avocado oil
AUCKLAND – Six years after the successful commercial release of avocado oil, scientists are still eager to learn more about the health benefits and find ways to maximise them.
24: National welcomes Ewen-Street
National Party Leader Don Brash today welcomed the decision by former Green MP Ian Ewen-Street to join the National Party and assist its Bluegreens develop environmental policy.
25: Maori option costs $308 for each new voter
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee says the stunning lack of success of the Maori electoral option shows that the only way forward is through a one-person, one-vote system, not a race-based approach.
26: National Library Announces Digital Partnership
The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa and Endeavor Information Systems have announced a partnership to design a world-leading digital archive capable of ensuring preservation and future access to the nation's digital heritage collections.
27: Biotech Firm Seeks Approval to Contaminate Food
Concern is mounting that Food Standards Australia New Zealand are being pressured by international biotech companies to officially approve contamination of food with GE crops designed for industrial and pharmaceutical production.
28: "Maori Power going from Strength to Strength"
The Maori Party is patting te iwi Maori on the back with the news that the Maori Roll has reached a record high. The Party noted that the roll has trebled in the lifetime of today's first time voters.
29: West Bank checkpoints closed
Tonight while the eyes of the world are on Lebanon and Gaza, Israel continues its campaign of collective punishment and closures in the West Bank. In response to reports of a possible suicide bomber, at least two major checkpoints on road number 5 have ...
30: GM-eggplant challenged in Supreme Court of India
In a type of action not available in many countries, an Indian citizen is challenging proposed field-trials of a particularly obnoxious GM-eggplant. Several scientists have deposed statements in support - here's mine.
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