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3: Sludge
Report #85 – And One More Makes
169
In April 1995 in downtown Oklahoma a huge explosion set by Timothy McVeigh killed one hundred and sixty eight men women and children, and injured a further 500.
4:
Timothy
McVeigh’s Departing Poem –
“Invictus”
The poem Timothy McVeigh issued instead of making an oral statement before his execution this morning NZT.
5:
Lee
pledges to defend her political beliefs
"The current attacks on my personal life are being driven by some who want to discredit me politically," said Cabinet Minister Sandra Lee today.
6:
Police
And Armourguard Officers Storm The Temple
Some 20 police and Armourguard officers stormed the Temple, confiscating band equipment worth well in excess of $10,000 as well as arresting patrons and band members without due cause and assaulting a number of patrons including a female, just before midnight ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
7:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 12 June
2001
1. Hon KEN SHIRLEY to the Minister of Corrections: What evidence does he have that the Government's rehabilitation programmes for prisoners are getting results?
8:
McVeigh
Execution Sparks
Introspection
Today the USA is divided, divided on morality, on whether the death penalty ought to be the ultimate punishment, divided on whether it's a form of punishment at all or merely ‘putting out the trash’ – removing monsters from the midst...
9:
Scoop
Images: Southern Snow And Sky
More images from the oh so chilly deep south. Images by Norm McKay . Tekapo Air Safaris Big Sky Over Ohau Snowbound Burke’s Pass
10:
Guy’s
World: The Metamorphic Symbolism Of
Toast
The ultimate symbol of adolescence is not the pierced tongue, not green hair, not Limp Bizkit CDs and not tribal tattoos. It is the toaster that represents the transformation from tyke to teenage dirtbag and beyond.
11:
Sludge
Report #84 – Shoot, Don’t Shoot
In This Edition: Shoot, Don’t Shoot - A Reader Responds To Police Feedback
12:
David
Miller: Lesson For NZ From The UK
Election
The only people who appear excited by the result of last week’s British general election are the historians who are enthusiastically chronicling the precedents that were set, and those who subscribe to centre- left manifestos and beliefs in other parts ...
13:
Scoop
Images: Sky Lights Over Lake
Ohau
The following images are by Norman Mackay, a resident of Ohau village, on the shore of Lake Ohau near the heart of the Southern Alps. They were taken on a Kodak DC280 digital camera. Norman can be contacted at watchdog@xtra.co.nz .
14:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 12
June
Today's questions of the day concerned: Prisoner Rehabilitation – Tax Scale Changes – Super Fund Borrowing – Yelashgate – University Funding – Teacher Training – Cancer Treatment Shortages – Elective Surgery Funding – Willie Jackson Vs The Govt – Community ...
15:
Steven
Wallace Shooting Inquest Delayed
Again
The Coroner's Inquest into the police shooting of Waitara student Steven Wallace has been further delayed till September at the earliest.
16:
McVeigh:
Adopting The Morality Of The
Murderer
Amnesty International today expressed regret that the imminent execution of Timothy McVeigh would end a 38-year defacto moratorium on the federal death penalty and accused the US of adopting the morality of the murderer by state-sanctioned killing.
17:
Motornet:
Back Roading In Subaru's H6
Outback
Subaru's new Outback H6 looks little different from the four-cylinder version, but everyone knows that beauty is skin deep. In the case of the H6, it's what lies beneath the bonnet that really counts....
Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, will be visiting Zealand in July in a visit sponsored by her publishers Harper Collins.
19:
National
Radio Midday Report
Superannuation Bill – Stephen Wallace – Herald Strike – Prison Escapee – McVeigh Execution – Hostage Killed – Middle East – Sentencing Inequalities – Leadbetter Home – PM In Cooks – Lisa Blaikie – Ship Fire
20:
President
Bush Remarks On McVeigh Execution
THE PRESIDENT: This morning, the United States of America carried out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes. The victims of the Oklahoma City bombing have been given not vengeance, but justice. And one young man met the fate he chose for ...
21:
2000
Problem Sleepers Wanted For Online Sleep
Test
A Wellington psychologist wants 2,000 problem sleepers to test a web-based sleep programme.
22:
Goff
Using Appeal Court Judges Like Own
Officials
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks has accused Justice Minister Phil Goff of politicising the Court of Appeal.
23:
Government
sends letter to dairy farmers
The Government has sent all dairy farmer shareholders of Kiwi Dairies and New Zealand Dairy Group co-operatives a letter setting out clearly the regulatory package that would be implemented if the proposed mega-merger goes ahead, Agriculture Minister ...
24:
NZ
Herald Walks For Four Days
They walked out at 10am this morning over the breakdown in their employment agreement negotiations. They are not expected to return to work before 10am on Saturday.
25:
Minister
on Samoan removal
attempt
Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel today said she was seeking more detail on the attempted removal of a 21-year-old Samoan woman and her 10-year-old relative.
26:
Dayna
Berghan: The State Won't Pay For
Tampons
Take into account that women menstruate every month and there is no government subsidy on female sanitary products, and you are required to pay Goods and Services tax (GST) on items such as these.
27:
NZ
UNIVERSITIES POISED TO BECOME POOR
RELATIONS
An increase in funding is urgently needed if New Zealand Universities are to maintain their international standing and contribute to a knowledge society, according to Victoria University's Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, ...
28:
More
Sex Education and Contraceptive
Subsidies
"New Zealand needs three things if we really want to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions in New Zealand. We need comprehensive sexuality education in our schools, we need a detailed sexual and reproductive health strategy that includes ...
29:
Greenpeace
Sandbags Mobil – No. 1
Villain
Embargoed until 12 noon, 12 June 2001, Wellington: Greenpeace New Zealand today sandbagged Mobil HQ in Lambton Quay, Wellington, and called on Mobil to stop undermining the Kyoto Protocol.
30:
Import
News: The Dumb Economy
Fisher & Paykel used to be held as an example of "the knowledge economy." Finding it hard to compete, it sought - and got - tariff subsidies from government. Welcome to the dumb economy.
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