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1: Relations
Will Never Be The Same After
Rankin
Ministers will be more formal in their dealings with public servants in the wake of the Christine Rankin affair, Prime Minister Helen Clark says.
2:
People
Gather For A Ge-Free Nation
July 27: At 12 noon, in more than 42* towns and cities across the country, New Zealanders are gathering to show the Government they want a GE-Free nation. The nationwide gatherings are being held to mark the handover of the recommendations of the Royal Commission ...
3:
Governor-General
to receive report on GM
The members of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification will call on the Governor-General, the Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright, at 3:30 pm on Friday 27 July, to present their report.
4:
Questions
For Oral Answer - 7 August 2001
1. Rt Hon JENNY SHIPLEY to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement that the Catching the Knowledge Wave conference “absolutely confirms” the Government’s economic directions?
5:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 7 August
Today's questions of the day concerned: Knowledge Wave And Economic Policy – Benefit Policy – Jim, His Bank, And The Securities Act x 2 – Swearing At Public Servants – Jury Reforms – Air New Zealand – Legal Proceedings – Trevor Mallard’s Views On ...
6:
David
Miller: After The Wave Has
Passed
As the country awaited the outcome of the Christine Rankin court battle with baited breath, the government decided to pass the time by hosting a conference at which it hoped to gain some ideas as to revive New Zealand’s flagging economic growth. ...
7:
Anderton's
Nicked: Papers Published on
Internet
ACT MP Rodney Hide today published secret Government papers detailing Jim Anderton's breaches of the law that cost taxpayers $40 million.
8:
Howard's
End: Frightening Possibilities
Italian embryologist Severino Antinori, the man who enabled a 62-year-old women to have a baby in 1994, is scheduled to announce later this week at the National Academy of Sciences, that he will genetically clone humans by impregnating 200 women. ...
9:
Non-Surgical
Cancer Treatment Services
Report
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is delighted that more therapies will be available, as appropriate, for patients with breast cancer, says Dr Vernon Harvey, medical oncologist and member of the Foundation's medical advisory committee.
10:
Scoop
Images: Looking Down On
Queenstown
Images of the view over Queenstown from Norman Mackay . Queenstown taken on 2nd August from the Skyline viewing area. View from the Skyline Gondola taken on 2nd August.
11:
National
Radio Midday Report
Teresa Cormack – Drop-in Closure – Logging Trucks – Microlite Crash – Fuel Review - Northern Ireland – Weapons Decision – Reserve Bank Legislation – Agent Orange – Motueka Fire – Trading Hours – Body Found – Car Parts
12:
Howard's
End: Imagination Vs Knowledge
A high school student Scoop reader has responded to my Catching the Knowledge Wave column asking that I explain what I meant when I wrote, "imagination is more important than knowledge". Maree Howard responds.
13:
Sludge
Report #7 - Negotiating With A
Psycopath
IN THIS EDITION - FIJI COUP SPECIAL: How Do You Negotiate With A Psycopath? - If This Was A Telemovie - We Haven't Yet Got To The Bottom Of Who Is Behind This! - Conclusions
14:
Failure
Of Cannabis Prohibition Must Be
Confronted
"Calls by the School Trustees Association and politicians to maintain the status quo and keep cannabis illegal overlook the complete and utter failure of prohibition," Deborah Morris said on behalf of the Coalition for Cannabis Law Reform today.
15:
Scoop
Images: Snowgroomer Takes A Rest Over
Ohau
Another image from the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay .
16:
Minister
Wipes-Out on Knowledge Wave
The Minister of Agriculture, Jim Sutton, has wiped-out and hit the rocks in his recent attempt at riding the backside of the Knowledge Wave.
17:
Show
Us Your Legislation, Margaret
After twenty months of complete inaction, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson has finally realised that she should really do something about holiday trading laws, ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide said today.
18:
Scoop
Archive: Fascist Telecoms Control Would 'Waive
Knowledge'
"Green Telecommunications spokesman Sue Kedgley's call for the Government to impose fascist control over Telecom's private property is both outrageous and ignorant" says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/0d/81/200108031029.d6e068e9.html
19:
Who
Runs Your Shop? Retail Commissar Wilson Does!
"Margaret Wilson's legislation allowing limited exemptions to the shop trading hours regime smacks of fascism rather than substantive liberalisation" says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell, condemning self-appointed Retail Commissar Wilson ...
20:
Court
of Christine Rankin cavorts at our
expense
Winz Chief Executive Christine Rankin starred in a Michael-Jackson type performance at a senior manager's conference, dressed in an extravagant costume and descending from the ceiling on a flying rig said Alliance spokesperson on Social Welfare, Grant ...
21:
Scoop
Satire: Pitzfatrick Converts
EDITORS NOTE: Scoop is today commencing publication of satirical articles from the Babylon Express satirical newspaper. Those easily offended and seldom amused should avoid this content. See the author's note at the end of this page for more information ...
22:
Brash's
Benefit Stand Brave
What Mr Brash said yesterday at the Knowledge Wave Conference was so blindingly obvious that his speech should have been described as boring and predictable. Instead it is met with anger and outrage. In a country which purportedly upholds free speech ...
23:
Knowledge
Wave Turns Out to be an Elitist
Puddle
You can only surf the knowledge wave if you have received an invitation and can afford to buy the surfboard. That's the message the government is sending to current and prospective students with this week's high-profile Knowledge Wave conference ...
24:
Diplomacy
With Butchers Okay With
Greens?
Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell described Phill Goff's announcement that the Government has appointed the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to be accredited as Ambassador to North Korea as "No surprise, since the Government is already ...
25:
Organising
Against Capitalism in the 21st
Century
2001: An Anarchist Odyssey will be held in Christchurch over Labour Weekend (October 20-21). This two-day national anarchist conference will feature workshops and discussions on a variety of topics, loosely based around the theme of local responses to capitalist ...
26:
Young
Maori Leaders Conference 2001 - Turia
Speech
Young Maori Leaders Conference 2001, 'What our people expect of our leaders', Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
New Zealand's long term outlook for security of electricity supply could be severely compromised by Minister Pete Hodgson, ACT Environment Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff says.
28:
Knowledge
Wave Conference Reads Like ACT
Manifesto
Historians often look back and identify turning points which weren't noticed as being significant at the time.
29:
Scoop
Images: Views of Ngauruhoe
More images taken from Mt Ruapehu of Mt Ngauruhoe... Mt Ngauruhoe at sunset. Mt Ngauruhoe from Hutt Flat. Mt Ngauruhoe from the top of the Waterfall.
Public inquiries into controversial technology have a mixed history in New Zealand. Having proposed in 1973 a public investigation of nuclear power, I was then sufficiently encouraged by the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Nuclear Power that in 1977 ...
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Bill Bennett: Another Pacific cable for NZ by 2026
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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