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1: Stateside:
Pass The Perspective
Please
Saturday evening, New Zealand was a laughing stock Stateside. When movie buff Joel Siegel asked Elijah Wood what he missed most about his native LA in the 18 months he spent away from it filming the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Wood replied: "I ...
2:
PeopleSoft
8 CRM Sets New Industry
Standard
Auckland, Friday 7th December 2001 – At launch events in Auckland and Wellington, PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT) has demonstrated the industry’s first pure internet Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, PeopleSoft 8 CRM.
3:
Firas
Al-Atraqchi: Palestine’s Untenable
Situation
The killing of Hamas activist Mohammad (Ahmad) Selmi during clashes with Palestinian security forces and the attempted house arrest of Hamas’ spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin have brought the situation in Israel and the Occupied Territories to ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
A
Week Of Havoc - 500 Protest In Jerusalem
This year's rain - always welcome, in spite of the immediate hardships - was never welcomed more by the Palestinian population. The fighter planes which our government sent to bombard the Palestinian Authority into obedience were only interrupted now ...
5:
TKI
Editorial: Campaign To Discredit M.G.
Dodson
Major General Maurice Dodson has been the target of an 18 month campaign of misinformation designed to discredit him personally, to prevent his becoming Chief of Defence Force.
6:
Secrets
Of The Bumbling Bear - CIA/NAZI
Marriage
Below is an article from the 'San Francisco Bay Guardian', entitled, 'The CIA's Worst-Kept Secret.' It discusses some recently unclassified CIA files. These documents, 18,000 pages in all, confirm that U.S. intelligence recruited and protected Nazis starting ...
7:
Scoop
Images: Empty Lake –-> Full Lake
I thought you might enjoy a before and after photo of Lake Ohau. We have Had about 100mm of rain in the last five days which has really done wonders for the lake level, which was getting quite low.
8:
Behind
the Veil: Ramadan, Blessed Month
Revealed
Ramadan is a special month to between seven to ten million Muslims in the United States, and millions more Muslims worldwide. It is known as the month of worship, and indeed Muslims increase their worship greatly during this month. To fast in Ramadan, ...
9:
Howard's
End: Tears Not Included
As the New Zealand Government pushes for even more free-trade deals and you watch your kids and grand-kids open their Christmas presents later this month, spare a thought for the millions of people around the world, including stateless refugees ...
10:
HARD
NEWS 07/12/01 - A Place of Humble Heroes
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... it has been quite a spell for turning on the radio in the morning and copping some news that makes you catch your breath. In this case, it's not terrorism or war, but the death of an individual. Sir Peter Blake, shot dead ...
11:
Howard's
End: Witnesses Refute Flight 587
Fallacy
Thirteen witnesses are now prepared to say that when Flight 587 out of JFK in New York crashed on November 12 killing all 265 on board, the tail did not mysteriously fall off. Truth will out! Maree Howard writes.
12:
Motornet:
Stylish, Sporty And Stacked
Multi Purpose Vehicles, or MPVs are usually seen as worthy, but a little dull - certainly not the drivers' choice. But apparently, dull is not a word in VW's vocabulary...
13:
Military
Jets Bow Out - What We Are Giving
Away
In a few days time, New Zealand will have the air combat arm amputated from its air force.
14:
Richard
Prebble's Letter From Wellington
When Michael Cullen updates the state of the Crown's finances next week, he's likely to announce several hundred million dollars of new borrowing. Analysts predict the government could be forced to add more than $500m to its domestic bond borrowing ...
15:
"Party
Hard, The Campaign Starts In The
Morning!"
I am delighted to be in the Green capital of New Zealand. Pokororo is now known far and wide as the place where the Green Party scored its highest party vote in percentage terms - 41% - in the 1999 elections. Congratulations to the 46 of you who voted Green. ...
16:
Scoop
Feedback: Blake A Victim Of Hired
Killers?
The death of Sir Peter Blake at the hands of unknown assailants comes as a deep shock.
17:
100
Nobel Laureates Issue Warning To The
World
OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2001: 100 Nobel laureates have issued a brief but dire warning of the profound dangers facing the world. Their statement predicts that our security depends on immediate environmental and social reform. The following is the ...
18:
Margaret
Wilson has a recurring bad
habit
Margaret Wilson the Attorney General is supposed to protect the parliamentary process but she is again introducing a late Supplementary Order Paper without notice, National's Justice spokesperson Wayne Mapp said today.
19:
Scoop
Images: Farewell Blakey
Team New Zealand's Viaduct Basin Base was open to visitors today to allow them to pay their respects to an outstanding New Zealander.
This week is a black week for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the defence forces in general, National Defence spokesperson Max Bradford said today.
21:
Minister
Canes School Principals -
Donnelly
‘By buckling to PPTA demands to guarantee non-contact time within the secondary teachers’ contract, the Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard has made a rod for principals’ backs,’ said NZ First education spokesperson, Brian Donnelly today.
22:
Sir
Peter Blake appointed UN environment envoy
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that Sir Peter Blake has been appointed a special envoy of the United Nations Environment Programme.
23:
Dr
Joel Hayward on the new Chief of Defence
Force
Dr Joel Hayward, Massey University defence analyst, comments positively on the appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson as the new Chief of Defence Force
24:
Defence
appointments announced
The appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson as the new Chief of Defence Force was announced today by Defence Minister Mark Burton.
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26:
Government
To Introduce New Wine Industry
Bill
A new bill updating and streamlining the arrangements governing the wine industry is to be introduced next year, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.
27:
Statement
issued by the National and Islamic
Force
Following is the statement issued by the National and Islamic Forces on December 8, 2001; signatories are: Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fateh); Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas); ...
28:
Swain
Signs India And NZ Business Agreement
Information Technology Minister Paul Swain has signed a formal agreement with his counterpart in India to forge closer business links between the two countries.
29:
Howard's
End: The Touch Of The Master’s Hand
Shock reverberated around the world this morning on the news that New Zealand's Sir Peter Blake has been murdered in Brazil. Global tributes began flowing almost immediately with such a sad and tragic loss of the touch of the master's hand. Maree ...
30:
ACT
Responds to Defence Appointment
ACT Defence Spokesman Owen Jennings hopes the appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson to the position of Chief of Defence Force will reduce the level of controversy surrounding our country's defence forces.
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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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