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1: HARD
NEWS 09/3/01 - Spooks, Shocks and Submarines
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... the emergency doctors gather anxiously around the patient. They charge the paddles, shout "Clear!" and send a few thousand volts coursing through the patient's torso. They can't get a heartbeat. But they keep trying. For a decade.
2:
Scoop
Images: Polly, Grant & Kids - Who
Won?
ZMFM Morning Crew team Grant and Polly with kids at Friday's WestpacTrust Stadium clash between Wellington's Hurricanes and the Western Stormers. Who won? Read the faces.
3:
SHARP
RELIGION: Daily Moments of Zen
A few sharp and very Zen observations on aspects of life plus some feedback on the truth about that road sign.
4:
Scoop
BIG Image: Jonah Makes It Look Easy
Hurricane winger Jonah Lomu places the ball in his other corner in the second half of Friday night's loss to the Cape Town Stormers at WestpacTrust stadium. Photographs by Mark Graham - 52@clear.net.nz
5:
Howard's
End: Cell Phone Towers Make You
Unhappy
In a landmark decision the British Government Planning Inspectorate last week rejected an application for a cell phone mast in a residential area on health grounds. John Howard writes.
6:
Scoop
Images: Nice One
Christian
Christian Cullen, Hurricane Full Back, and passer of the ball EXTRAORDINAIRE!….. Exclusively on Scoop the pass that put Daryl Lilley in the clear and led Hurricane’s to think for a moment that they were about to beat the Western Storm. Top shots from ...
7:
SHARP
ROADSIGN: Yeah Right!
Spotted in north Canterbury during autumn lambing. This sign was allegedly developed by the New Zealand Ministry of Transport in response to a spate of road accidents in country lanes involving veterinarians assisting during the lambing process.
8:
Sludge
Report #52 – The E-End To The Cold
War
Urban legend? Perhaps. But then again it could also be Gospel truth. Certainly to Sludge it is a story that rings true enough, but then Sludge has been ruminating on it for a year or two.
9:
Government
responds to standards board
report
Government Ministers will be signing statements of commitment to the state sector following acceptance of the first report of the State Sector Standards Board.
10:
Welfare
Policy Workshop
Reportback
Delegates, it¡¦s great to see so many of you here supporting the party. A special thanks to all of those people who contributed to the development of welfare policy. I¡¦d like to take this opportunity to share some of our ideas with you.
11:
Cullen
Speech To Business Retreat
Dr Cullen's address to the Ernst & Young Business/Government Leaders Retreat, Tongariro Lodge, Turangi
12:
Media
Flash - Mar. 12, 2001
* RUSSELL POLIWKA, Chairman of the Perth Real Estate Guide, says the Sunday Times has acted anti-competitively by launching its Readers Mart Real Estate - Eastern.
13:
Broad
Left Lobby At Important CTU
Meeting
There will be a Broad Left lobby at a Council of Trade Unions special national meeting next Wednesday (March 14) in Rotorua.
"Why is Alliance List MP Liz Gordon calling for an increase in benefits, but an end to foodbanks?" asks Libertarianz spokesman Lindsay Mitchell. "Why doesn't this woman - whose salary we are forced to pay - do her homework?"
15:
Political
Update Fri 9 Mar 2001
Labour advice begun The three groups set up to provide advice to the Minister of Labour - on transfer of business and contracting out, holidays legislation and EEO - have held initial meetings and begun consultation with employers. There has been ...
16:
Challenging
Goals - Peter Shirtcliffe
You have invited to your conference someone who is indeed honoured to be here. Someone who is an unashamed, card-carrying optimist about New Zealand.
17:
State
Services Commissioner Welcomes
Report
The State Services Commissioner, Michael Wintringham, has welcomed the report of the State sector standards board. The Minister of State Services, Trevor Mallard, released the report today.
18:
10th
by 2010 --- Richard Prebble
This has been an historic conference for the ACT Party. Our co-founder and inspiration, Sir Roger Douglas, has stood down as President and passed on the torch.
19:
National
Radio Midday Report
Scrapie Claim – Police Budget – Human Cloning – Aussie Flooding – Secondary Teachers Pay – Middle East – Paris Election – NZ Exports – Frequent Flyer Scheme – Queen Charlotte Track – Blue Bottles – Illegal Mods
20:
Don't
Involve The Ratepayers In Your Personal
Mess
Cr. Scott Dalziell today called on John Terris to desist from dragging the Council and the Ratepayers of Lower Hutt into the legal mire he has created for himself over his providing a testimonial in the Kapea criminal trial.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
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.
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee