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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Oil
Spill Reinforces Need For Ban On Big
Ships
Sunday's oil spill in Milford Sound is proof that a recent decision to ban large ships from Doubtful Sound was necessary according to conservationists.
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:
PM's
Statement to Parliament 10 February
2004
Under Parliament’s Standing Orders, I have the opportunity through this formal Prime Minister’s statement to review public affairs and set out the government’s key policy and legislative intentions for the year. I welcome this because there is a very positive ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
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 ...
5:
Smith: Brash's colonialism betrays his
ignorance
Don Brash's comments on the Treaty of Waitangi and on Maori portray the blindness of a colonialist mentality and simply demonstrate his ignorance of the fundamentals of the Treaty of Waitangi, United Future's Maori issues spokesman, Murray Smith, ...
6:
The
secret (not glamorous) life of garment
workers
Big brand companies and retailers in the fashion industry are driving down employment conditions for millions of women workers around the world, according to a new study by international agency Oxfam.
7:
Tamihere
Waitangi Day - Dominion Post
Column
I experienced an epiphany at Waitangi: I realised I agreed with Don Brash. Not with the "one people" line or any of that nonsense, but on one point he's right. Maori do get special treatment, or more specifically, the mob up at Te Tii Marae ...
8:
John
Banks' State of Auckland
Speech
Speech notes: Hon John Banks QSO – Mayor of Auckland City Property Council Breakfast The Auckland Club, 34 Shortland Street Tuesday, 10 February 2004
9:
Holidays
Bill passes into law
The Holidays Bill that gives four weeks annual leave to all New Zealanders was passed in Parliament today.
10:
David
Miller: Why Don Brash Spoke As He
Did
Don Brash’s speech on race-relations last week was perhaps one of the most controversial public addresses given by the leader of a major political party and certainly of his burgeoning political career.
11:
Public
Address 10/02/04 - Better, Faster,
Cheaper?
So I get some relief on broadband pricing - but only if I drop from full-speed JetStream to a 256k service. As ever, Telecom is inclined to do no more than meet the market. And for so long as the market remains tepid, so will the incumbent's offerings...
12:
Liberia:
Human rights must be priority
As the international community meets in New York on 5 and 6 February to discuss post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia, Amnesty International urges that good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights are given the highest priority.
13:
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 ...
14:
Richard
Prebble Speech: Race Relations - The
Issue
Speech to Auckland Harbour Rotary 7 am Tuesday 10 February 2004 Hyatt Regency, Cnr Waterloo Quadrant and Princes St, Auckland.
15:
Palestine:
No Road, No Money, No Treatment
Fatma, two years old, is the daughter of Abed and Fathiya *. The family resides in a tent in an unrecognized village south of Be'er Sheba.
16:
Australia/US
FTA - Confirms TLN's Worst
Fears
Reacting to the conclusion of a "free trade" agreement between the United States and Australia, Trade Liberalisation Network Executive Director, Suse Reynolds, said it confirmed the Network's worst fears for agriculture.
17:
Solar
water heating a smart choice for NZ
homes
Energy Minister Pete Hodgson is calling for more New Zealanders to install solar water heating and says there are government grants available now to help with the purchase of solar systems.
18:
Intelligence
Crisis And Bush Admin’s
Immorality
I watched President Bush’s hour-long interview with Tim Russet on NBC (02.07.04), with great patience. You have to be patient while the President processes questions and occasionally tries to answer one, after the interviewer has asked the same question ...
19:
President
Bush Appears On NBC's Meet The
Press
TIM RUSSERT: And we are in the Oval Office this morning with the President of the United States. Mr. President, welcome back to Meet The Press.
20:
Karen
Walker Fashion Show Autumn/Winter
2004/2005
Karen Walker, New Zealand's most illustrious fashion designer, will show her Autumn/Winter 2004/2005 collection entitled 'Liberal & Miserable' at an off-schedule show during London Fashion Week next Tuesday.
21:
$520
Million For Rebuilding Effort In
Liberia
Donors meeting at the United Nations in New York today pledged $520 million to help Liberia to meet a host of reconstruction and humanitarian needs, including disarming fighters, creating jobs, retooling the country's infrastructure and stopping the ...
22:
Clampdown
On Illegal Street Racing
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road in Otara and ...
23:
Address
In Reply Speech - Jeanette Fitzsimons
10 February, 2004 Speech by Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons in reply to the PM's statement to Parliament
24:
Winston
Peters Address & Reply Debate
Speech
There are times in this Parliament when one is truly moved by the eloquence of impassioned and sincere speeches given by inspired orators who lift the standard of this place and give Parliament a purpose and meaning for which the public are grateful.
25:
Shallow
Throat to Dems: One Chance, Don't Blow
It
I'd been trying to reach ''Shallow Throat'' for several months, but had never received a response. ''I apologize, Bernie, for not answering your coded messages,'' said ST, as we sat opposite each other in a dimly-lit Virginia tavern, ''because you wouldn't ...
26:
Let's have reasoned
debate
National Party leader Don Brash has flatly rejected suggestions from Prime Minister Helen Clark that he was inciting civil unrest with a newspaper advertising campaign on Labour's seabed and foreshore proposals, to be run tomorrow.
Ruth Dyson's flippant description of herself as Steve Maharey's "stunt double" and tongue-in-cheek reference to her "non-controversial portfolio's", ACC and CYFS, which produced publicity and, "in politics, any publicity is good ...
28:
Respect
for property rights in everyone’s
interest
“Respect for property rights, regardless of ethnicity, is in everyone’s interests and is essential to fair and principled government,” Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen said today.
29:
US-Aust
free trade agreement reflects
imbalance
"The lousy deal for Australia is a reminder that our real interests lie with resumed multi-lateral negotiations," Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today.
30:
Environmental
Collapse - Sooner Not Later
There is an interesting article in the February 9, 2004 edition of Fortune Magazine - CLIMATE COLLAPSE - The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare - by David Stipp. The Pentagon is apparently taking "climate change" seriously even if the White House is not. The ...
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