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2: HARD
NEWS 24/8/01 - The News Without the News
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES - a community rises in anger, crowding the local hall to demand justice and jobs for its children. People call each other stupid and gutless - and that's just the politicians. Yes, the West Coast is back in the news.
3:
Resignation
of Human Rights
Commissioner
Friday, 24 August 2001 Media Statement The Associate Minister of Justice Margaret Wilson says she has now received the resignation of Human Rights Commissioner Ms Ella Henry from the Chief Human Rights Commissioner.
4:
Howard's
End: Organisational Psychopaths
If you are working in middle or upper management of government or business, one in twenty of you is likely to be an organisational psychopath and you are causing untold grief to your fellow Kiwi's and costing this country millions of dollars. ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Heavy
restriction on French film Baise-Moi
French film Baise-Moi caused controversy overseas because of its shocking portrayal of violence, and the explicit depiction of sexual activity. Of particular concern was the juxtaposition of extreme violence with explicit sexual activity.
6:
Three
New Backcountry Huts For The West Coast
The Department of Conservation today announced plans to replace three backcountry huts in the West Coast Conservancy thanks to extra Government funding for visitor facilities. These huts are planned to be replaced as part of the Department’s hut ...
7:
ACT
Says Human Rights Commissioner Must
Go
A Human Rights Commissioner who has to have an apology driven out of her on Holmes for an attempted abuse of power, should offer her resignation and it should be accepted before she offers it, ACT justice spokesman Stephen Franks says.
8:
Clark
sat on sidelines while Henry abused
powers
It is utterly unacceptable that the Prime Minister sat on information regarding the Ella Henry debacle, rather than requiring her resignation immediately, National Leader Jenny Shipley said today.
9:
Apology
accepted, matter closed
The Associate Minister of Justice, Margaret Wilson says she has been briefed by the Chief Human Rights Commissioner on the exchanges between Ms Ella Henry and the Police, originating with a traffic infringement.
10:
Proposed
Defence restructure sinister
The Prime Minister's proposal to restructure the Ministry of Defence and the New Zealand Defence Force is sinister, National's Defence spokesperson Max Bradford said today.
11:
Big
Brother! Hey Sister! – Too Good To Take
Off!
Hey Sister! today announced it has signed Big Brother star Jemma Gawned to be the face of its brand. Jemma, too modest to shower without lingerie on the “real-time” television programme, was featured wearing a Hey Sister! Polka Dot lingerie set on ...
12:
Wilson's
Poor Judgement A Constitutional
Threat
Attorney General Margaret Wilson must take the blame for the debacle surrounding Human Rights Commissioner Ella Henry, ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said.
13:
Speak
Up Helen, Zimbabwe Still Can't Hear
You!
Libertarianz Party leader Peter Cresswell continued to condemn Helen Clark's inability to speak out about human rights abuses in Zimbabwe - a fellow member of the Commonwealth with whose leader, Robert Mugabe, she will no doubt be rubbing shoulders at Brisbane's ...
14:
Scoop
Satire: Business Confidence
Disappears
“It’s not fair”, said Mr Curdled, his bottom lip plainly quivering, “It’s our government. We paid for it, we ran it, and we want it back. This blatant intent to reverse our favourite policies because they don’t like them is beyond political negligence; it ...
15:
LifeSciences
and Green Party agree on 800km
buffer
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today welcomed comments from LifeSciences Network Chairman William Rolleston that an effective buffer zone between GE and non-GE crops would be 800 km of sea water.
16:
One
law for Margaret's friends
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, is again highlighting the nepotistic tendencies of Attorney General Margaret Wilson over the resignation of Ella Henry.
17:
Sneak
Preview Of Intel® 845 Chipset For Pentium®
4
Sneak Preview Of Intel® 845 Chipset For Pentium® 4 Processor–Based Platform At Computex Taiwan ‘2001
18:
Brain
Drain Becomes Brain Gain?
- July saw the highest net inflow of permanent migrants recorded since February 1997, continuing the improving trend of recent months.
19:
Notorious
British Vivisector At
Conference
Animal rights activists say one of the speakers at an international animal research conference next week, is well known in Britain for his brain damage experiments on monkeys. Animal Aid, the largest animal rights group in the UK has condemned Passinghams ...
20:
Government
price gouging its own
Hospitals are likely to face price gouging from Government-owned energy companies, says National's Finance spokesman Bill English.
21:
DaimlerChrysler
On LAVIII Acquisition Report
DaimlerChrysler NZ Ltd applaud the findings and recommendations of the Auditor-General’s Report into the Acquisition Process of Light Armoured Vehicles and Light Operational Vehicles for the NZ Army. Recognising the fact that the whole process has been equally ...
22:
Chief
Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn
Noonan
Ella Henry has offered her resignation to me this morning. I have conveyed that to the Associate Minister of Justice the Hon. Margaret Wilson.
23:
Queen's
Visit To New Freeland - Proposed
Programme
Libertarianz leader Peter Cresswell today released the unofficial programme for the Queen's visit in October, noting that Helen Clark's earlier proposed programme for the Queen gives both women undue and undeserved importance.
24:
Open
Letter To Minister Of
Conservation
Please accept my congratulations on your handling of the proposed expansion of rock-crushing on public land near Reefton.
25:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Ella Henry Resigns – MMP Petition Launched – Local Elections – McCarten Standing For Auckland Mayoralty - Speight Trial – Fiji Election – Garbage Death Investigation – Palestinian Tank Attack – Afghanistan – Murder Accused Committed For Trial – Rapist ...
26:
Microsoft
Clarifies Misleading NZ Herald
Article
Auckland, New Zealand - Tuesday, August 21, 2001 - Microsoft New Zealand says the New Zealand Herald front page article on Microsoft® Internet Explorer on 21 August 2001 is misleading, and assures customers that their privacy is a top priority. The ...
27:
Select
Committee Business17-24 August
There were four committee meetings this week. One was in Christchurch and the remainder in the parliamentary complex.
28:
Keith
Rankin: Learning To Live With The Gene
Genie
Genetic manipulation is a new technology, which, like most new technologies makes a large proportion of us uncomfortable. And, as with other new technologies, we tend to see the issues in pure black and white terms. The pros unquestioningly embrace ...
29:
Scoop
Images: The View From The Skifield
Road
More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay at the top of the Ohau ski field road.
30:
Incompetent
Labour Ministers spending
blindly
Reports today on a Treasury review of Budget spending by the Labour Alliance Government indicate Cabinet Ministers are groping blindly in the dark when it comes to prioritising their spending, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today.
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