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3: The
New Write 14 August 2001
Last week it emerged that once again the Government is considering the idea of a taxpayer funded, nation-wide youth radio station. This would have to rank as one of the stupidest ideas this government has had (and thats saying something.)
4:
Big
News: Why Should Smoking A Joint Be A
Crime?
Last week I was asked if I was going to do a column on decriminalising cannabis, and whether I supported the move. I said yes on both counts. I support dope decriminalisation only if it leads to more education and lower use, especially amongst kids.
6:
Questions
For Oral Answer 15/8/01
1. Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH to the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: In light of the Prime Minister's comment that "It would be very, very unfortunate if the current crop of people who run power companies don't have that sensitivity to ...
7:
Feedback:
Threat of World Water Crisis
I notice, in a report from the UN today, that a looming water crisis could threaten one in three people by 2025 sparking as much conflict this century as oil did in the last.
8:
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 ...
9:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day –15 August
Today's questions of the day concerned: Power Crisis SOE Sensitivity – Prison Strike – Reserve Bank And People’s Bank – Drug Advertising – Ross Armstrong – Tertiary Education Funding – Ross Armstrong – Kenepuru Hospital – SOE Information Leaks – Kohanga Reo ...
10:
Self-drive
car for driving
"The use of the ministerial self-drive car by my wife in Christchurch presents no problems, breaks no rules and is not a misuse," said Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton.
11:
Sludge
Report #102 – Don Looks On The Bright
Side
Unsurprisingly, as appears to be his mantra, New Zealand’s ultra-cautious central banker Dr Don Brash has again chosen to do nothing in his latest Monetary Policy Statement out today.
"Broadcasting Minister 'Boo Boo' Hobbs is happy to destroy the viability of the private radio stations that young people currently listen to," says Libertarianz Leader Peter Cresswell, noting "that is the only conclusion I can draw from ...
13:
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.
14:
Wife’s
Taxpayer Funded Council Campaign
Vehicle!
Independent Citizens Candidate Mr. Mark Kunnen today called upon the Prime Minister Helen Clark to pull into line the Deputy Prime Minister’s wife Carole Anderton indiscriminate use of a mufti Ministerial self drive car as some sort of taxpayer funded Council ...
15:
Images:
Very First Alfa Romeo Finds A Home
The very first Alfa Romeo, the Alfa Romeo G1, and the only one left in the world has found a new home with Ateco Automotive, the New Zealand Alfa Romeo importer.
16:
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
17:
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 ...
18:
Quotas
For New Zealand Book Shops
Next?!
"When will the Government require bookshops to ensure that they sell a minimum percentage of New Zealand books?" asks Libertarianz International Trade spokesman Scott Wilson "for that is the absurdity of her veiled call for local music quotas ...
19:
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 ...
20:
Fairer
Tax Treatment Proposed
People who get into difficulty with their taxes are likely to benefit from proposals in a Government discussion document released today.
21:
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 ...
22:
Agreement
On Lamb Tariff Ruling Reached
New Zealand and Australia have agreed to allow the United States additional time to conclude an agreement with its sheepmeat industry which would result in the industry itself requesting that the safeguard be removed, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim ...
23:
Support
For Leaflet Decision
14 August 2001 Police Minister George Hawkins has come out in support of police action in the case of a convicted paedophile living in Kilbirnie.
24:
Blatant
misuse of ministerial car
slammed
National's MP for Wigram, Alec Neill, today slammed the blatant misuse of a ministerial self-drive car by the Deputy Prime Minister's wife to openly campaign for the forthcoming local body elections.
25:
Stateside
with Rosalea: Botti, Benson and
Godinez
Friday night I set out for a dinner in Oakland - the city that has the temerity to take out full-page ads in the San Francisco papers saying things like: June 21 Beginning of summer in Oakland, Beginning of winter in San Francisco. The campaign is being ...
26:
National
Radio Midday Report
Weather Mayhem – OCR Unchanged – Lamb Tariffs – Middle East – Fiji Explosives – Suspicious Death – Courtroom Theft – Daylight Savings – Southerner Train – Gym Fire – Sri Lanka – POW Veterans
27:
Awatere-Huata
Is Off The Wall - Donnelly
"Comments by ACT MP Donna Huata-Awatere, in light of the Select Committee Inquiry into Reading. are simply off-the-wall," said New Zealand First Education Spokesperson, Hon Brian Donnelly MP today.
28:
Greens
Shocked Drug Ads Can
Continue
Green Party Health spokesperson Sue Kedgley said she was shocked that the Health Minister Annette King has refused to ban direct to consumer advertising of drugs, despite Pharmac's support for a ban.
29:
Media
Missing Reading Report Message -
Donnelly
"The media is missing the essential message contained in the select committee report on the teaching of reading," said sub-committee chairperson , Hon Brian Donnelly MP today.
30:
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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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