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1:
Images:
Lord Of The Rings Exhibition At Te
Papa
In anticipation of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central instalment in writer/director/producer Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, Te Papa proudly announces a world exclusive and a bold ...
2:
Why
Not Just Genetically Engineer Women For
Milk?
MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering in Food and the Environment) today launched a highly controversial billboard campaign in Auckland and Wellington to provoke public debate about the social and cultural ethics of genetic engineering in New Zealand.
3:
Chuckman
Cartoon: Reviewing Bush's
Intelligence
George Bush Cartoon by John ChuckmanAdvertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Skull
& Bones & John Kerry & President Bush
A little-known fact unites Democratic frontrunner John Kerry and President Bush: they are both members of Yale's secret society Skull and Bones. We speak with the author of "Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths ...
5:
Worldwide
Solution to Global Warming
First to Solve Green House Gases from Combustion of Fossil Fuels; Global Economic Impact Projected
6:
Group
Says Waitangi Day should be New Zealand
Day
The Good Bastards group wants Waitangi Day to change its name to New Zealand Day.
7:
Public
Address 04/02/04 - D&D
Styles
David Slack - Fancy running an online business? Like to become an electronic Arkwright? Very good idea. You can go to the gym while everyone's at work, you can walk down to the beach when your brain slows down, and you can visit the Letterman site any ...
8:
TVNZ
'bullying' a threat to right to
complain
TVNZ's High Court action to overturn a Broadcasting Standards Association ruling comes "dangerously close to outright corporate bullying and is a real threat to the right of citizens and small interest groups to make legitimate complaints", ...
9:
Greenhouse
Agreements acceptable but limits
needed
The Environmental Defence Society says that the announcement by the Minister of Energy today that the government intends to enter into greenhouse negotiations with Carter Holt Harvey and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited is "to be expected."
10:
L/R
Coalition Resists Call to Renew Patriot
Act
Left-Right Coalition Resists President Bush's Call to Renew USA Patriot Act - Interview with Charlie Mitchell, legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, conducted by Scott Harris
11:
Scoop
Feedback: Turia., TOW, Czechs &
Questions
In this edition: Is Turia Chicken? - Things Are Not Quite What They Seem- Photo-Essay 1: Death and Casualty From Iraq - Your $64 Billion Question - What were they thinking?
12:
Ivan
Eland: Are We Fighting a Real
War?
The Bush administration recently made it known that a major offensive against al Qaeda would be launched in Afghanistan and Pakistan during the spring. It was even hinted that Osama bin Laden might be caught this year.
13:
MEDIACOM
Marketing Digest 04 February 2004
To no-one's surprise, NZ IDOL has made its debut with killer ratings results. More than 1.1 million viewers over five tuned in at some time during Sunday's launch hour, with an average of 885,600 people spread across the timeslot. 31% of TV2's target ...
14:
UQ
Wire: Major Update To The Complete 911
Timeline
The most recent update to the timeline was made on January 30, 2004. On the same date, a fascinating video dealing with an important unheeded warning of the 9/11 attacks was also posted.
15:
Public
Address 03/02/04 -
Whoopsies
Remember the Act Party's holiday horror story about how much more tax money those freeloading Maori receive than they pay? In this week's issue of The Listener Brian Easton forgoes a trip to the beach to stay home and check the Act parliamentary research ...
16:
Warning
on NZ GE animals: avian flu jumps to
human
The first indications that avian flu in Asian countries may have transferred via human-to-human contact is a wake-up call to regulators that transgenic experiments could open similar avenues for disease in New Zealand.
17:
Activists
Arrests As LumberBank Refuses
Inspection
Auckland, Tuesday, February, 2004; 3.00pm - Three Greenpeace activists have been arrested after police cut through chains that were blockading the entrances of Auckland based timber company The LumberBank.
United Future leader Peter Dunne today re-issued his consistent call for New Zealand to celebrate its nationhood in an inclusive, rather than divisive, way.
19:
Powell
IV By The Washington Post Editorial
Board
QUESTION: Thank you, again. I ll start by asking you -- the terrible bombings in Kurdistan yesterday. It seems like every day there is something. Do you still feel confident that the military invasion was the right thing to do?
20:
You
Damn Well Voted For It
Bill English makes an interesting point when he says that Labour's 'revamp of the school network review has left thousands of parents angry,' but when he notes parents' 'sullen acceptance' of these closures he says more about the electorate than he does ...
21:
When
Will We Stop Dying Senselessly? – US
Soldiers
Over the Christmas holidays I managed to find two US soldiers who were back from Iraq. They were both somewhat willing to be interviewed and describe their time in Iraq in their own words.
22:
Gun
Control Coalition Renews Gun Law
Reform
The Coalition for Gun Control (CGC) is renewing its quest for tighter gun laws in New Zealand.
23:
How
Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age...
While global warming is being officially ignored by the political arm of the Bush administration, and Al Gore's recent conference on the topic during one of the coldest days of recent years provided joke fodder for conservative talk show hosts, the citizens ...
24:
The
International Order is History - What's
Next?
As the international world order, based on the nation-state, continues its slow-motion collapse, much more than another historical transition to another world order is at stake. The ancient organizing principle of coercive power, and even archaic human ...
25:
Wine
Company Shares Issue Fully Subscribed
The Waipara Hills Wine Estate Ltd issue of $1.3 million of convertible preference shares has closed fully subscribed.
26:
No
Maoris Please – We ’Re Nats!
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described the sacking of Georgina te Heuheu as a return to the politics of 1949 when Maori were not selected for the All Blacks for political reasons.
ACT Leader Richard Prebble said that it was refreshing that National has now got a strong leader.
28:
Singles
invited to mass speed dating
event
4 February 2003, Auckland -- Cupid is preparing to stage one of the biggest matchmaking events in New Zealand: a mass speed dating party to help singles find a date for Valentine's Day.
29:
Domestic
Postal Rates Set For Change In April
New Zealand Post announced today that the price of the standard domestic postage stamp will rise by 5 cents to 45 cents from April 5.
National Party Leader Don Brash today announced the appointment of a new staffer in a minor reshuffle of his backroom team. Bryan Sinclair has been appointed Special Advisor/Projects to concentrate on Auckland and regional projects.
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