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1: Image:
Peter Stichbury, The Young Pleasure
Seekers
PETER STICHBURY The Young Pleasure Seekers; Preview Tuesday 14 August 5.30 - 7.30pm; 14 August - 1 September 2001
2:
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.
3:
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 ...
4:
Motornet:
Holden Gives It Some Gas
"You must get a lot of strange looks driving a white Holden," said the cheerful Maori bloke at the carpark ticket booth. I was running late for a meeting, and looked at him rather blankly. "You know, it looks just like a cop car," he added.
5:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day –14 August
Today's questions of the day concerned: NZ Economic Performance – SOE Profiteering From Power Crisis – National Regional Dev. Flip Flop – CCMAU SOE Leak Inquiry – Teacher Numbers – Ross Armstrong Vs Richard Prebble – ERA Membership – School-Work Bridging ...
6:
Jim's
Witch-Hunt A Waste Of Time
Jim Anderton should stop wasting time on a witch-hunt over leaked documents about the People's Bank, ACT leader Richard Prebble says.
7:
Scoop
Satire: Achtung Subversives!
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8:
Feedback:
RE: Don’t Cry For Air NZ
Keith, Your Southland/Otago analogy for trans-tasman relation is wearing a bit thin.
9:
Kiwiflatmates.Com
Flatties Not Safe As Houses
With the recent release of the the www.kiwiflatmates.com site, net enabled New Zealanders have been hurrying to the site to watch the 5 people who have volunteered to have their day to day lives put on the Web. Watch for a price that is! For the most intimate ...
10:
Electricity
Information for Sunday 12 August
2001
Actual daily electricity savings for the past week are shown below. This data shows exactly what the country saved each day. This data has been seasonally adjusted.
11:
Sludge
Report #101: Colin Powell’s Curcuit
Breaker
In This Edition: Rational Thinking On The Holy Land - For the Government of Israel - For the Palestinian Authority - For the International Community’s Mediator, the USA - Conclusion: Colin Powell’s Curcuit Breaker NOTE: Authors of this report will ...
12:
Supercomputer
Weather: Here Comes The Cold
The NOAA weather supercomputer generated image sequence below shows cold temperatures moving north over New Zealand at six hour intervals starting tomorrow morning.
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:
Microsoft
Judgment Against Matrix
Computers
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Monday, August 13, 2001 - The High Court of New Zealand has awarded Microsoft Corporation default judgment and costs against Michael Knight and Matrix Computers for copyright infringement. The judgment restricts Mr Knight and ...
15:
Howard's
End: Waiting For Rain In Brazil
Brazil is facing an unprecedented energy crisis as a result of severe drought with banks estimating that for every 10 percent of energy cutbacks, industrial production falls by 7.7 percent. Maree Howard writes.
16:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday 14
August
1. MARK PECK to the Minister of Finance: What recent economic data has he received and what do they say about the state of the New Zealand economy?
17:
Trade
Me To Auction Kiwiflatmates.Com
Equipment
Trade Me is to auction the computing equipment used behind the highly successful kiwiflatmates.com website. The auctions will include computers, servers, software licenses and other equipment used to operate the site, which was the largest live ...
18:
David
Miller: Fighting An Enemy Unafraid Of
Death
In the wake of the two suicide bombings that have occurred in Jerusalem and Haifa over the past few days, it is almost as if there is a sense of déjà vu concerning the situation in the Middle East and an increased pessimism that the violence cannot ...
19:
Minister
Urged To Consider Early Daylight
Saving
ACT Energy Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff has today written to Minister Pete Hodgson, urging him to consider bringing the start of daylight saving forward as a power saving measure.
20:
The
Future Of The NZ Economy - Cullen
Speech
The last few weeks have been dominated by the Knowledge Wave Conference. For two days 450 delegates and about 30 speakers - both national and international -debated what is needed to move our economy upmarket.
21:
Reading
Inquiry Will Fix National Disgrace
The Government has a real opportunity to fix the national disgrace of poor literacy standards by adopting the recommendations of the Select Committee Inquiry into Reading, ACT Education Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today.
22:
National
Radio Midday Report
Teaching Reading – Tasman Pacific – Starship Surgery – Telecom Result – Electricity Law – Biscuit Theif – Truck Driveshafts – Economy Class Syndrome – Southerner Future – Sounds Claim – Harbouring Charges
23:
Youth
Radio Options To Be Explored
Further
The government is still considering all options for youth radio, Broadcasting Minister, Marian Hobbs, said today.
24:
Jim's
Bank Will Profit More than Other
Banks
ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide today released a Treasury document revealing the 'People's Bank' would profit from its customers even more than existing banks.
25:
Has
Sutton Missed Chance To Remove Lamb
Tariffs?
We can only hope that in the last few hours the New Zealand Government has forced the United States to arbitration over lamb tariffs, National's International Trade spokesperson John Luxton said today.
26:
Public
Meeting for a GE free New
Zealand
On Monday, August 13th, at 7 pm a public meeting will be held in Thistle Hall for anyone concerned about the recommendations from the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. The meeting is aimed at bringing together all peoples who are concerned with the ...
27:
Reject
Juggernaut Trucks, Buy Back
Rail
Green Party Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley today said a recent spate of heavy truck crashes were clear evidence that the Government should drop proposals to allow bigger trucks on our roads and instead focus on buying back New Zealand's rail network.
28:
Military
Relations With Indonesia Hurt Groups Say
Rights Groups Say Military Relations With Indonesia Hurt, Not Help Oppose Any Restoration of U.S. Military Ties
29:
Clark
Proposes A Patchwork Whale
Sanctuary
Prime Minister Helen Clark has indicated she will encourage Pacific countries to individually declare their Exclusive Economic Zone waters whaling-free at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru later this week.
30:
Government
Response To Select Committee
Report
Education Minister Trevor Mallard said the Government will consider the Select Committee's recommendations into teaching reading and respond in due course to them.
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