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1: Feedback:
Singapore Goes Pro-Active
While not wishing to reopen the seemingly "lost cause" debate on defence, recent purchases announced by "the tiny city-state of Singapore" must have our defence wizards wondering how they got it so wrong.
2:
Appalling
sexist behaviour must not be
tolerated
The sexist and intimidatory behaviour by Cabinet Minister Steve Maharey and the head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Mark Prebble must surely be sackable offences, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today.
3:
HARD
NEWS 22/06/01 - Wild Ideas
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... ideas are a dangerous commodity. Quite how dangerous was demonstrated this week when a few laboratory ideas escaped into the wild and caused widespread civil panic.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Howard's
End: Justice Be Damned!
Judicial tantrums, rudeness, rolling their eyes, shaking their heads, belittling comments in front of clients and comments to clients families; this is a system in crisis with the public the meat in the sandwich. Justice be damned! Maree Howard ...
5:
Fair
Trade and Green Campaigners target STARBUCKS
ORGANIC CONSUMER and FAIR TRADE GREEN ACTIVISTS WILL LEAFLET & PROTEST AT STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOPS IN OVER 200 CITIES ON JUNE 25-26. CONSUMERS DEMAND STARBUCKS REMOVE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS FROM THE COMPANY'S BRAND-NAME PRODUCTS, START ...
6:
Scoop
Feedback: Governmental Bigotry
Unleashed
If only one quarter of the allegations voiced in the Employment Court by Michael Quigy in his opening statement and later by Christine Rankin are true, it just goes to show the depth of bigotry and overall absence of any sense of decency inherent ...
7:
ARGY-BARGY:
ALL Blacks 67 Los Pumas 19
ALL Black power rode rough-shod over Argentinian aggro at Jade Stadium tonight with the Anton Oliver led New Zealand pack paving the way for an impressive 10 try, 67-19 victory over a tough Puma XV.
8:
National
Radio Midday Report
Rankin Hearings – Bashing – Breast Screening – Transient Students – Hydro Lakes – South American Earthquake – Wahid Visit – Speight Trial – NZ Post – Abandoned Yacht – Abandoned Yacht – Ferry Near Miss – Meningococcal Disease – Middle East – Court ...
9:
Minister
calls for 'time out'
"I have listened, and with the agreement of Cabinet, decided to put the proposed increase in court fees on hold for three months," says Minister for Courts Matt Robson.
10:
Lindsay
Perigo: Carpe Diem!
Recently a young man posted the following on my SOLO (Sense of Life Objectivists) Forum:
11:
First
Complete Broadcast Of An Execution In The
US
The recent execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh focussed international attention on the emotive issue of capital punishment.
12:
Govt
Seeking Corrections Advice From Wrong
Sources
Having a gang criminal advise on prisons and corrections policy “is not necessarily silly”, says Act Justice Spokesman, Stephen Franks. "We could support it. Everyone has heard of setting a thief to catch a thief, poacher turned gamekeeper etc.
13:
Scoop
Images: Heavenly Ohau
Yet more images from Norman Mackay of the view from Ohau Village in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps.
14:
TVNZ
Decisions Will Do Nothing To Secure
Future
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says today's expected Cabinet decisions to turn TVNZ into a Crown company and retain BCL will do nothing to secure TVNZ's long-term future in today's television market.
15:
Reality
Check Needed Over Soy
Sauce
National's Consumer Affairs spokesperson Marie Hasler says the Ministry of Health's proposal to impose a complete ban on the importation of soy sauce may be taking things too far.
16:
Lee
Drags Heels Over Media Gagging
Provisions
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks today made a renewed call for Sandra Lee to take action over media gagging provisions in the Local Electoral Act.
17:
TVNZ
to be charter-focused crown company
TVNZ will be re-established under its own legislation as a crown owned company, the Minister of Broadcasting, Marian Hobbs, announced today. This will enable TVNZ to give priority to fulfilling its charter while maintaining its financial performance.
18:
Maori
And Science - Pete Hodgson
Speech
[Address to Ministry of Research, Science and Technology hui — Whaia te Ara Putaiao o Aotearoa — Wellington]
19:
Maori
Television Trust Says Progress Hamstrung
The Te Reo Maori Television Trust, Te Awhiorangi, today expressed grave concern at what it says is a continued wall of silence and inaction by Government regarding the establishment of a Maori television channel.
20:
Elections
Not Likely In August - Diplomat
The US' Suva Embassy head of Political Affairs, John Hennessy has been quoted by a journalist as saying that the August elections will not be held. The journalist James Heartfield writes: "In August John Hennessy is coming back to Fiji, with ...
21:
SSC
steps into Police Minister vs
Commissioner
The latest war of wills between the meddling George Hawkins and the Commissioner of Police over whether or not there will be another search in the Tory Channel raises questions about the state of the relationship between the two, National's Police ...
22:
Soy
Saucery
It is quite amusing to see the Green Parliamentary party hopping round like cut cats demanding action on some brands of soy sauce. It is also fascinating to see ANZFA taking "urgent action" to amend the Food Safety Standards immediately. ...
23:
Alliance
central role in Crown-Owned Company
The Alliance is pleased to have played a central role in making the decision to create a new Crown-Owned Company, TVNZ. We were not supportive of a split between BCL and TVNZ, Deputy Prime Minister and Alliance leader Jim Anderton said today.
24:
Scoop
Images: Lake Ohau And Its
Wildlife
Images of the most photogenic alpine destination on the planet, and its wildlife, from Norman Mackay .
25:
Protests
Planned For Vivisection
Conference
Monday 25th June 2001. Animal rights activists are converging on Hamilton this week to protest against a vivisection conference
26:
Dayna
Berghan: Legal
Technicalities
There has been a nervous tension in Wellington recently. It is election year for New Zealand's city Mayors. There has also been a recent emphasis on city safety issues due to eleven highly publicised rapes in the central city of Wellington over the ...
A TIMARU man has been charged with breaches of the Food Act 1981 relating to the sale and packing for sale of products containing 1,4,butanediol.
28:
"Take
Back The Track" Petition
· Understand that the retention of the current rail network is essential to the economic wellbeing of NZ
29:
Keith
Rankin: A Classical Retirement
Fund
When we teach economics today, we still contrast the "classical" with the "Keynesian" point of view. The central (though largely forgotten) point of difference relates to the importance or otherwise, to the national economy, of ...
30:
Military
Confirms Reports Of Unrest
The military has confirmed reports of rumours of unrest in Suva city and the military barracks.
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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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