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1: New
Zealand is not replacing
itself!
The disturbingly slow growth rate of New Zealand's population is the most worrying aspect of the new population figures released by Statistics New Zealand, says National's Immigration and Population spokesperson, Marie Hasler.
2:
GM
food scare inappropriate says
professor
Raising a “food scare” around gene technology is inappropriate and counter productive,” says Professor of Plant Biotechnology Brian Jordan of Lincoln University.
3:
Lindsay
Perigo: Recycling GE
Arguments
Today I'm cheating. My editorials are written the night before they appear, in my own time, in my private capacity. It's been a long day at the office, & I lack the motivation to produce a fresh opinion piece, basking instead in the glories of red ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Feedback: Who Are The Real
Terrorists?
Your correspondent, Mirek Marcanik, shows a strange liking for fascism. Even stranger is that the 'patriotic' measures (Terrorist (Bombing and Finance) Bill) are being forced on us by politicians (NB not 'representatives') who had a direct or indirect ...
One of the favoured techniques of rhetoric is to describe something that you intuitively disagree with in such a way that your audience will feel obliged to share your disagreement. You construct a straw man for the purpose of knocking him down.
"A disgusting piece of work which illustrates a nasty mindset and the general fascist tendencies of the right in general." -Email from a fan of The New Write 1. HOW TO HANDLE PEACENIK HIPPIES 2. GREENS WANT TO BAN WATER 3. MAORI PROTESTS DAMAGE ...
7:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 1
November
Today's questions of the day concerned: Confidence In Susan Bathgate – Pre-school Education – Susan Bathgate – Irian Jaya – GE and Maori - Oceans Policy – Southland Institute Of Technology – Student Allowances – Cancer Treatment In Oz – Science As ...
8:
America’s
Latest Threat - Terror Food
Details are starting to leak from of Scoop's Washington sources that after anthrax, food terror will be the next weapon unleashed on the U.S. Maree Howard reports.
9:
PC's
Opinion: An (Updated) Anatomy of
Compromise
WWF Wrestling has nothing on this: a three-way battle between politics, science and the Stone Age.
10:
Motornet:
S Is For Jag's New S-Type V8
What do you get when you take a standard S-Type Jag, lower the ride, add flash new wheels and hit the delete button on the chrome? One stylish ride, that's what...
11:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Thursday, 1 November
1. RODNEY HIDE to the Minister of Labour: Does she have confidence in Employment Relations Authority member Ms Susan Bathgate; if so, why?
12:
Scoop
Images: High Flying Skeleton
The skeleton in the following images is Felicity Fyr le Fay, a local Wellington trapeze performer. Felicity performed at Capital E yesterday evening as part of the Halloween celebrations. Images by Chris McCarthy, IT Knowledge Ltd, chris@itknowledge.co.nz
13:
Big
News: Some Seek Justice, Others Prefer
Peace
I recently received a number of e-mails on the peace march held in Wellington on October 27. While they certainly didn’t tempt me to march for peace, I did question why the march was planned. As well as peace, the organisers want to see justice, ...
14:
Greenpeace
Activist Flies To US To Face
Jail
New Zealand based Greenpeace activist Henk Haazen will fly from Auckland to Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday (October 31) to turn himself in to the FBI and face charges carrying up to six years in jail for his involvement in a peaceful protest against ...
15:
Scoop
Images: America At War Photo
Essay
Photo essay by Brian Klocke - klockeb@colorado.edu - and originally posted on Indymedia.org . 1. Evil-Doers (t-shirts) 2. Money is Lifeblood of terrorism (humvee stretch) 3. The Sport of war (football stadium) 4. double-barrelled dualisms (media boxes) 5. ...
16:
BP
Drops Fuel Prices – 4th Time in 4
Weeks
BP today dropped its petrol and diesel prices by two cents a litre at its company owned service stations – the fourth price drop this month.
17:
Scoop
Images: Indymedia Anti-War Posters
The following anti-war images (plus a joke at Hillary Clinton's expense) are all taken from the indymedia.org website.
18:
Supercomputer
Weather: Snow For Afghanistan
Snow and winter cold are coming to Afghanistan over the next four days according to the latest NOAA medium range supercomputer weather forecast. This is likely to inhibit the aid effort, substantially worsen the plight of refugees, and slow any ...
19:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 31
October
Today's questions of the day concerned: GE Announcement x 2 – Maori and GE Announcement – Alzheimer’s Drugs – Southland Employment – Susan Bathgate – China & The WTO – War Against Terror x 2 – Susan Bathgate – Southern Institute Of Technology – Occupational ...
20:
One
Tree Hill Decision
“Embarrassment”
Maungakiekie MP Mark Gosche says he is saddened to hear that the Auckland City Council is so destitute that it cannot afford to replace the tree on One Tree Hill.
21:
Letter
From Elsewhere: Your Money and Your
Life
We learnt a useful double lesson this week. Today’s expert highwaymen don’t believe in giving us a choice. They want both our money and our life.
22:
ACT
Considers Legal Action over GM Crop
Threats
The ACT Party is taking legal advice on the possibility of laying a complaint with the police over the Green Gloves threat to destroy GM field trials.
23:
ACT
Party Moves to Rekindle Its 'Liberal'
Vision
The ACT Party has launched a project to help redefine the party's vision as it heads into the next election.
24:
NEWSFLASH:
Anti-GE Direct Action Begins
Scoop understands that direct action against Genetic Engineering - expected in the wake of yesterday’s decision to allow contained field trials - has begun already with the occupation of the Environmental Risk Management Authority [ERMA] premises ...
25:
Joint
Statement by Major US Muslim Organizations
We reiterate our unequivocal condemnation of the crime committed on September 11, 2001 and join our fellow Americans in mourning the loss of up to 6000 innocent civilians.
26:
Feedback:
What The World Needs Now…
In This Edition: Stan Goff & Lindsay Perigo - From Suez To Afghanistan, A Very Slow Learning Curve - USA Hypocrisy
27:
Radical
plans for Human Rights Act
opposed
The Government's radical restructuring of the Human Rights Act will be vigorously opposed by National as an attack on the freedom of individual New Zealanders and the further implementation of a politically correct agenda, National's Justice spokesperson ...
28:
One
Tree Hill needs tree says
Lee
Conservation Minister Sandra Lee is saddened by suggestions today that the tree on One Tree Hill may not be replaced.
29:
Symantec
2002, Windows XP Compatible Security
Symantec Makes Internet Security Protection a Breeze with its 2002, Windows XP Compatible, Versions of World’s Most Trusted Security Products
30:
NZ
Government Assets To Be
Frozen?
Did you hear Phil Goff discussing the government's amendments to the Terrorism (Bombings and Financing) Bill on the radio yesterday? The amendments will allow for the assets of 'terrorists' to be frozen immediately. In a discussion about the difference between ...
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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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