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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:
Cullen
Puts Hide On Notice About Outside
Payments
Acting PM Michael Cullen today put ACT leader Rodney Hide on notice similar scrutiny being applied to suspended Cabinet Minister John Tamihere's payments from the Waipareira Trust might also be applied to payments the ACT Leader has allegedly received himself.
3:
Powell
To The U.S. Global Leadership
Campaign
SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you all very much for your warm welcome, and, Jim and Peter, I thank you for this award, and through you I thank all the members of the Campaign for presenting me with this award.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
'It's
For The Tongan People,' Says Award
Winner
* Pacific Media Watch Online - check the website for archive and links: http://www.pmw.c2o.org/ * Post a comment on this story at PMW's Right of Reply: http://www.voy.com/166636/
5:
Public
Address 18/10/04 - Debates And
Dopes
I've been fascinated by the controversy over John Kerry's mention of Dick Cheney's l*sbian daughter, Mary, during the third presidential debate. In answering a question about whether homosexuality was a choice or not, after Bush had claimed that he didn't ...
6:
Inquiry
Needed to Uncover The Facts
ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called for an urgent independent inquiry to ascertain just why police responded to an emergency 111 call from missing woman Iraena Asher by sending a taxi rather than a police car.
7:
Maori
Party To Select Tamaki Makaurau
Candidate
The Maori Party Executive has approved the Tamaki Makaurau committee to go ahead with their candidate selection process.
8:
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.
9:
Brash
Speech: Screen Directors Guild
AGM
Don Brash MP Address to the AGM of the International Screen Directors Guild of NZ at the Kodak Theatre, The Production Village,
10:
Greens
question plans for secret alcohol meeting
Green MP Nandor Tanczos today questioned the role of a planned secret meeting in Queenstown to be hosted by the Alcohol Advisory Council of NZ (ALAC) with alcohol industry representatives and Associate Health Minister Damien O’Connor.
11:
Population
information on new on-stop
website
Population information is available on a new one-stop website providing access to material held by 19 government agencies - www.population.govt.nz.
12:
Scientists
Return With Rich Haul From
Kermadec
The deepwater research ship Tangaroa berthed at Tauranga today with a shipload of new knowledge and discoveries about the ocean floor northeast of New Zealand.
13:
Electricity
efficiency initiatives
sought
Expressions of interest to develop a $2.2 million pilot electricity efficiency programme are being sought by the Electricity Commission its Chair, Roy Hemmingway, announced today.
14:
Weapons
Sales To Haiti and Contacts With
Aristide
Taken Questions Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 15, 2004 Question Taken at the October 15, 2004 Daily Press Briefing
15:
Scoop
Link: New York Times Endorses John
Kerry
Senator John Kerry goes toward the election with a base that is built more on opposition to George W. Bush than loyalty to his own candidacy. There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure.
16:
Norwegians
Challenge Bush In Washington Post
Ad
When the Norwegian government doesn't tell George W. Bush the Norwegian opinion on the Iraqi war, we have to tell him ourselves.
17:
Carnival
of Resistance at Wellington City
Council
The Wellington City Council reception area was turned into a dance-floor by protesters today. 150 people gathered in front of the Freedom Shop at noon. They absolutely positively creatively marched down Cuba street in opposition to the Wellington inner ...
18:
Report
Blows Labour Claims Out Of The
Water
Labour's claim that the New Zealand economy is improving its competitiveness is blown out of the water by the recently released World Economic Forum global competitiveness report, ACT New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Spokesman Ken Shirley said today.
19:
State
Dept. Daily Press Briefing for October 15
IRAQ - Designation of Jama'at al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad as Foreign Terrorist - Organization & Global Terrorist / Explanation of U.S. Designations - / Description of Proposed United Nations Designation / U.S. View - of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi / Number of Designated ...
20:
Cuba,
Si! Nueva Zelandia, Si!
Miguel Ramirez Ramos, the Cuban Ambassador to our part of the world, visited New Zealand from his base in Jakarta to coincide with the Si! Cuba! film festival being held in Auckland and Wellington. The Ambassador was in Auckland on Saturday and Scoop ...
21:
No
Need For Early Election Says Peters
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described media speculation that there will be an early election as nonsense and he sees no reason why the next general election should be held any earlier than August or September 2005.
22:
IPENZ
Supports Electricity Commission's
Initiative
The Electricity Commission’s latest initiative to allocate over $2 million for energy efficiency initiatives is an encouraging step forward for New Zealand, and supported by the Institution of Professional Engineers, IPENZ.
23:
Significant
Navy spend for NZ secured
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s (NZTE) Industry Capability Network (ICN) unit are looking for New Zealand companies capable and ready to help build seven new vessels for the Royal New Zealand Navy.
24:
Douglas
White QC to conduct Tamihere
inquiry
Douglas White QC will conduct an independent investigation into allegations surrounding John Tamihere and the Waipareira Trust.
25:
Tamihere Inquiry Should Be Open &
Transparent
ACT New Zealand Leader Rodney Hide today said Prime Minister Helen Clark was making the same mistake she made with her last inquiry into John Tamihere: the inquiry should be a judicial one, it should be open to the media, and witnesses should be allowed ...
26:
Emirates
Expands Again In
Christchurch
Emirates is to increase the frequency of its Christchurch-Melbourne-Dubai service for the second time since starting Christchurch flights at the beginning of July.
27:
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.
28:
Auckland
Uni Students face fee increases
today
The University of Auckland Council meeting to increase fees is Today (Monday 18th October) in the Music Theatre number 6 Symonds Street at 4pm.
29:
Nuplex
to Buy Akzo Nobel Coatings Resins
Business
Nuplex Industries Limited has made an offer to buy the Coatings Resins (CR) business of Akzo Nobel N.V. for a consideration of approximately €110 million (NZ$202m). CR is a global manufacturer and recognized technology leader in the development, manufacture ...
30:
Lynn
Cheney And The Lavender Smokescreen
Yesterday the world was agog with the vitriolic attacks by Lynn Cheney on the honor and the goodness of John Kerry for his reference to the homosexuality of her daughter, Mary, in response to the question by Bob Scheiffer at the final Presidential debate.
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