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4: Howard’s
End: The Mission Of The
Kursk
While we mourn the death of the crew of the Russian submarine Kursk and we ponder the non-future of our own maritime submarine surveillance role, we should reflect on exactly what Kursk's mission was. John Howard writes.
7:
Richard
Prebble's Letter From
Wellington
Don Brash is reported to be resigned to the dollar's fall. Earlier this year the Reserve Bank sent signals that it would raise interest rates hoping to support the dollar. In the past the market adjusted to such signals. This time the market ignored ...
8:
Higher
Petrol Prices = Less Revenue For
Government
"Rising petrol prices do not produce a tax windfall for the Government. They actually mean less revenue," Finance and Revenue Minister Michael Cullen said today.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
10:
Eco-Economy:
Who is in Control of the
Money?
This weeks collapse of the New Zealand dollar should bring the free market experiment of the last fifteen years into question.
11:
Michael
Cullen and Jim Neanderton - Bloody
Legends
"Michael Cullen and Jim Neanderton are bloody legends," say indebted expat graduates working in countries with stable currencies - such as Brazil and Mexico.
12:
Howard's
End: The Importance Of
Communication
United States Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, defended globalistion on Friday but warned that latent forces of protectionism and state intervention may reassert themselves. Meanwhile here in NZ there are also communication problems. ...
13:
Green
Party Omits To Tell The Whole
Story
“Once again the Green Party doesn’t let the truth get in the way of a good story in its attempt to question why Hamilton City Council has joined the NZ Life Sciences Network,” its Chairman, Dr William Rolleston, said today.
14:
HARD
NEWS - The Money or the
Bodybag?
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... It's In the Bag, Top Town, Lotto - and now, another great Kiwi game - What Will That Dollar Do?
Michael Cullen – Jim Sutton - Trevor Mallard – Pete Hodgson – Paul Swain
17:
Energy
Sustainability. Are we going
backwards?
NZ's energy system has never been sustainable - nowhere in the world has achieved that. But it did at one stage have some claim to being cleaner and greener than most.
21:
Upton-on-line:
The military, whales and
roads
After several marathon editions, upton-on-line dabbles in a few odds and ends: military hardware, whales and roads to nowhere.
22:
NPC
Welington versus Northland
NPC Rugby, Wellington versus Northland Sunday, 27 August, 2000 WestpcTrust Stadium, Wgtn Article: Mathew Loh
24:
A
Canadian Spook Perspective On
Anti-Globalisation
The following a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) report on the anti-globalization movement. To access the CSIS website directly, go to:
26:
Scoop
Images: Lions Vs Northland
Images of the Northland vs Wellington clash at the WestpacTrust stadium in Wellington. Images from Mark Graham -IMAGE TIME .
28:
Dr
Michael Cullen Speech To NZBSR 2000
Conference
Ladies and Gentlemen It is a very great pleasure to be here on behalf of Helen Clark to open your conference on "Leading the Way: Achieving Peak Performance Through Implementing Socially Responsible Business".
29:
The
Nice Loyal Drag Queens of
Australia
"It is inspiring to see someone resist the moves toward republicanism and dyslexic wobblebottom presidential candidates who ingest bottles of Coca Cola through their nose, and do their brain damage."
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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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