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1: Secrecy
Over Auckland City Review Causes Alarm
(2)
Birch Consulting Group has responded to the PSA, saying he would not meet but instead referred us to Brian Taylor CEO Auckland City.
2:
History
Revisited: One God, One
Humanity
New Zealand based journalist, Dave Crampton (Big News with Dave Crampton – Big News: When Bombing Activates Peace Activists ) claimed last week that Islam was a violent religion, “and on the topic of religion and war – you will notice that it is the ...
3:
Scoop
Links: Kunduz Falls, 100s Die In Prison
Riot
The Northern Afghanistan city of Kunduz has fallen to the Northern Alliance on a day that also saw a riot in a Northern Alliance prison end in the deaths of an estimated 700 Taliban prisoners. The following are links to wire reports of today’s developments.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Secrecy
Over Auckland City Review Causes
Alarm
'The secrecy surrounding the razor gang employed by Auckland Mayor John Banks to cut $25 m from Auckland City budgets is causing alarm amongst Auckland City staff' said Richard Wagstaff, PSA National Secretary.
5:
New
Zealanders Want More Of New Zealand On
Air
New Zealanders want to see more of New Zealand programmes on free-to-air television channels according to NZ On Air's latest research into New Zealanders' television viewing choices.
6:
Scoop
Images: Paradise Found
Two images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay .
7:
Scoop
Feedback: Japanese Demise, Twists Of
Logic
a little research on behalf of the Minister and his advisors would have made him aware that the problems of the diminishing Japanese tourism market go rather more deeply than the effects of 911 and a fear of travelling.
8:
Scoop
Link: WTC Photo Hoaxer
Revealed
The identity of the world-famous "Tourist Guy" has been revealed, but his fear of becoming an Internet freak show means he'll be shunning the limelight.
9:
NZSTA
Scores 100% Strike Rate On School
Houses
The New Zealand School Trustees Association has won the war against councils charging illegal rates on school houses, collectively saving schools an estimated $1 million to $2 million.
10:
Scoop
Image: Bring The Sunshine
In
Despite the clouds, the rain held off on Saturday at the Ellerslie Flower show and the 60's were revisited when the Auckland Theatre Company performed songs from 'Hair' to a good-sized crowd.
11:
Headlines
from the NZ Business Times Fri 23
Nov
Briscoe Group managing director Rod Duke is happy to go shopping with Australian retail guru Gerry Harvey but he is drawing the line at buying a block of land with him. This means property investment is out for the Briscoe Group, but using some ...
12:
Oz
GE Cropping Underway As CHH Gets Cold
Feet
As forestry giant Carter Holt Harvey abandons its New Zealand trials of genetically modified pine trees, the summer planting program for GM canola crops in the south east of South Australia has started. Maree Howard reports.
13:
Scoop
Images: GE Free Cuba And Street
Party
After leaving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and trade the carnival made its way across town to Cuba Street (with the occasional incident along the way outside Starmart oulets) to Cuba Mall where an Anti-GE rally was held. Finally the group moved up ...
14:
New
Zealand’s first Ambassador to North
Korea
A New Zealand Ambassador has been accredited to North Korea for the first time, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.
15:
Stateside
with Rosalea: Thanksgiving
I spent Turkey Day at home this year enjoying the delights of the Norse god who has moved in with me. A couple of days earlier I'd paid two burly Sikhs to carry him up the stairs and over the threshold into my apartment, and now his perfectly symmetrical ...
16:
Greedy
Businessman Rips Off Starving
Artists
Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath described the jailing of former Wellington businessman Richard Zurek for failing to forward PAYE deductions to the Inland Revenue Department as a "disgusting injustice", and said that all laws relating ...
17:
Wetsuit
Regulation An Infringement of
Rights
ACT Deputy Leader Ken Shirley today called on the Minister of Local Government Sandra Lee to step in and give clear a direction that local councils should not be passing punitive restrictive rules such as that which will see surfers, windsurfers and boogie ...
18:
Sludge
Report #120 - US Participating In War
Crime
In This Edition: An Unusually Clear Moral Dilemma - US Officials Wring Their Hands (In Their Own Words) - The US Position In Summary - And So There Is Now No Way Out… For Pakistani Teenagers! - Is This A War Crime?
19:
Osama
Bin Laden: An Enemy Of Islam
Bin Laden has become a significant moral challenge to Muslims. His alleged association with the perpetrators of 9/11 attacks raises a major question about the relationship between Islam and terrorism.
20:
Coal
And Pollen Shed Light On Global
Catastrophe
A New Zealand-led group of scientists has found the first evidence for global destruction of forests when a large asteroid hit the Earth 65 million years ago, killing off the dinosaurs.
21:
Pan
industry grouping formed to handle Kyoto
“A coalition of New Zealand business organisations spanning the electricity, petroleum, gas, forestry, agriculture, cement and transport industries has come together to work on Kyoto climate change policies. This coalition has formed because of rising ...
Wanda Martini and I didn't shed a tear when 43,998 other Wellingtonians belted the chorus to "Angels" (What does "I'm loving Angels instead" mean??) down at the stadium. How far away from being "over" is Robbie Williams? I wonder if Robin Reynolds feels ...
Libertarianz health spokesman Dr Richard McGrath today threw his party's support behind efforts to bring to justice the doctor who tortured children and adolescents at Lake Alice mental hospital in the 1970s.
24:
NZ
Takes Centre Stage At World Congress On IT
2002
Auckland, November 12 2001-- New Zealand Government and industry bodies are teaming up to host part of next year’s World Congress on Information Technology, to be held in Adelaide and opened by former US president Bill Clinton.
25:
Intel
Marks 30th Anniversary Of The
Microprocessor
From the Bathroom Scale to the Powerful PC, Your House is Home to More Than 40 “Chips”
26:
Expect
All Talk And No Action With Virgin
Blue
The public will have little faith in the Government having meaningful talks with discount airline, Virgin Blue.
27:
General
Skills Category Passmark
Adjusted
The government is to increase by one point the qualifying passmark for General Skills category migrants seeking permanent residence in New Zealand.
28:
BBC
Transcript Of Osama Bin Laden
Statement
Transcript Of Message From Shaykh Usaamah Ibn Laadin (Osama bin Laden) broadcast November 3rd by Al-Jazeera satellite television channel
29:
The
World’s Toughest Multisport Event Is On
The world’s greatest, gutsiest and gruelling adventure race will take place in New Zealand over 28 days at the end of this year.
30:
Scoop
Archive: Auckland Joins Global Pro-Capitalism
Rally
Auckland will be one of over 100 cities around the world on December 2, 2001 to host the WalkForCapitalism - the first annual Global Rally for Capitalism.http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/26/89/200111221125.ad8aacdc.html
Alastair Thompson
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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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