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1: 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.
2:
UQ
Wire: Harper's Cover - 9/11 Report A
Whitewash
In an essay of the new October Issue of "Harper's Magazine", editor and professor Benjamin DeMott describes, ''how the 9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation''.
3:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 6 October
2004
1. Cannabis—Legal Status 2. Aoraki Polytechnic—Funding 3. Benefit Reforms—Domestic Purposes and Widows Benefits 4. Question No. 2 to Minister 5. Surgery—Transfers to General Practitioners 6. Primary Health Organisations—Enrolments of Over 65s 7. Health—FundingAdvertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Questions
for Oral Answer - 7 October
2004
1. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: Why has the Government agreed to transfer title to 14 Rotorua lakebeds to Te Arawa, when Te Arawa originally transferred the ownership of those lakes to the Crown in return ...
5:
Don
Brash alarmed at Maori fee plan for ‘free
air’
National Party Leader Don Brash says revelations today that Ngati Tuwharetoa want to charge for the use of air space above Lake Taupo will confirm for many New Zealanders the Treaty industry has gone much too far.
6:
Not
A CNN Embed Report: The Situation In
Samarra
SCOOP EDITOR'S NOTE: The following message was forwarded to Scoop by a member of the Wellington activist community. It contains an eyewitness report of the battle for Samarra. It appears to come from a CNN correspondent providing a completely different ...
7:
UN
Peacekeepers Face Armed Groups In
Haiti
Battling armed groups and street gangs that have attacked civilians and police officers and destroyed shops and properties, United Nations peacekeepers are helping Haitian National Police as they attempt to restore order to some of the most dangerous districts ...
8:
Public
Address 07/10/04 - Hospo
Gossip
Noelle McCarthy did a couple of great interviews on Tuesday's Wire on 95bFM on the matter of the Restaurant Association's plan to introduce drug-testing for hospitality industry workers. First up was Alistair Duncan of the Union of Food Handlers, who ...
9:
Human
Rights F Submission Citizenship
Bill
We have concerns with respect to powers conferred on the Minister, the Police, and specific agencies, and the use of classified information (paras 23-31 and 31-33). Legislative drafting should ensure that a particular provision is tailored to its ...
10:
Don
Brash asks: what did NZ get for the
$34b?
National Party leader Don Brash has launched a stinging attack on the culture of big government fostered by the Labour-led Government.
11:
Images:
Departing LOTR Stars Meet Their
Planes
The Lord of the Ring's stars come face to face with themselves on the side of Air NZ planes as they bid New Zealand goodbye at Wellington Airport before boarding the Air New Zealand 767 emblazoned with giant images of the characters Aragorn and Arwen.
12:
Brash
should ask his caucus about
deed
National leader Don Brash's comments on issues surrounding Tuwharetoa's property rights to Lake Taupo are hypocritical, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today.
13:
Brash
Speech: What did NZ get for the
$34b?
I am told that during preparations for his America's Cup campaigns, Sir Peter Blake asked a standard question when confronted with a new proposal to spend valuable campaign funds.
14:
William
Rivers Pitt: Cheney's Avalanche of Lies
Clearly, Dick Cheney is no George W. Bush. On Tuesday night in Ohio, Cheney showed the American people who is really running things at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He was controlled, calm, every inch the CEO in charge.
15:
Prince
Of Norway Visits Cambodia On A UN
Mission
5 October, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, who is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), began a four-day trip to Cambodia today to advocate for bridging the poverty gap in Cambodia. He will talk ...
16:
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 ...
17:
Powell
IV With Claudia Bomtempo - Brazil TV
Globo
QUESTION: Hello, Mr. Secretary. Nice to meet you. Thank you so much for this interview. We could say we are very surprised that you could find the time to visit Brazil during this presidential campaign. What brings you here that is so important?
18:
Naked
in Nuhaka: 28 Days Later
WE'RE NOW 28 DAYS OUT FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, and I think its time for a bit of an update on the way the world is.
19:
Iranian
Says Oil Brings The West To Persian Gulf
Control of the world’s energy supplies, not peace and democracy, was the reason for the presence of foreign military in the Persian Gulf, according to a senior researcher for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
20:
$23
million more for Wellington
trains
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today announced $10.6 million for rolling stock for Wairarapa train services. This will be added to $15.85 million to be provided by Transfund New Zealand for the project.
21:
Noriega:
Remarks at the Miami Americas
Conference
At the outset, let me extend condolences and express my solidarity to all of those--some of whom are with us today--who have been affected by the terrible storms that have passed through Florida and the Caribbean in recent weeks. We stand by our friends ...
22:
PowerLess
NZ - The 2007 Peak Oil date
explained
The real point is not so much the exact date of peak but the statement that the First Half of the Oil Age, which was characterised by growing production, is about to be followed by the Second Half when oil production is set to decline along with all ...
23:
Diebold
Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting
Fraud
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie.
24:
Intel
Collaborates With Nokia
Intel Collaborates With Nokia, Symbian To Help Deliver Series 60 Platform-Based 3g Smartphones Using Intel Technology
25:
Nats
& Greens Work On Short Sighted
Coalition
National and Greens work together in a coalition of the short sighted to demolish security in retirement
26:
Stateside
with Rosalea: Veep, Veep
You only had to look at who was moderating last night's vice presidential debates to see how rankism works in the United States. And the saddest thing is that many people would think that it was sooo democratic and inclusive to have a non-white, ...
Clause 37 of the Care of Children’s Bill provides that, where a girl under the age of 16 seeks an abortion, the doctor from whom she seeks assistance is under no obligation at all to advise the girl’s parents of this request.
28:
Paul
Buchanan: The Return To
Dictatorship
Around a decade ago two proclamations were made by prominent US scholars: the demise of the Soviet bloc had brought about ''the end of history'' in which a ''third wave'' of democratization would result in the extension of liberal democracy, or at least ...
29:
In
Aotearoa, It Is The Year Of
Pasifika
AUCKLAND (Lali Media/Pacific Media Watch): There¹s no denying 2004 is the year of Pasifika in Aotearoa --- and we still have three months to go.
30:
Leading
New Zealand Dancer Returns To New
Zealand
Acclaimed New Zealand dancer Sarah-Jayne Howard will return home to dance alongside Michael Parmenter in the Wellington and Auckland seasons of Weather.
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