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McCarthy Era 2000
Monday, 28 February 2000, 2:29 pm | John Howard
The weekend bombshell that British and American spy agencies have eavesdropped on world leaders, including politicians, is reminiscent of the 1950's FBI witch-hunt over alleged communist infiltration of the US government. John Howard writes. More >>
Investigated By A "Happy" Auckland City Council
Wednesday, 23 February 2000, 8:52 pm | John Howard
What on earth is going on at the Auckland City Council when it uses ratepayers money to hire private investigators to spy on a ratepayer. John Howard writes. More >>
Sky City Buys Adelaide Casino
Wednesday, 23 February 2000, 8:55 am | John Howard
A New Zealand group has purchased the Adelaide Casino for between $180 and $190 million, around $50 million more than analysts predicted. John Howard reports. More >>
Big Brother Bill Is Watching You
Monday, 21 February 2000, 11:27 am | John Howard
The world of computer espionage is hotting-up with French accusations that US secret agents worked with computer giant, Microsoft, to spy on worldwide communications. John Howard reports. More >>
Greece Insists On A Higher Standard Of Television
Sunday, 20 February 2000, 4:25 pm | John Howard
Television programmers in Greece who allow sexual allegations, scurrilous innuendo and soap box spouting onto television news have been told by the Government to tone it down or we'll turn it off. John Howard reports. More >>
Sandra Lee's Ministerial Car - Impound It!
Thursday, 17 February 2000, 10:04 am | John Howard
By now, most of the country knows that Sandra Lee's ministerial car was impounded on Sunday. But unlike other New Zealanders who've had their cars impounded for 28 days, this one was not. John Howard asks why? More >>
The Russian Bear Begins To Growl
Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 10:56 am | John Howard
If strategic analyst's in the West are not concerned about Russia's new direction, they should be. Vladimir Putin has signalled the West will be a rival rather than a partner. The Russian Bear begins to growl. John Howard reports. More >>
Logging Legal Challenge Gets Ratepayer Mandate
Tuesday, 15 February 2000, 12:40 am | John Howard
Problems will not go away for the coalition Government over its West Coast indigenous forest policy, with 1518 ratepayers voting to support the Westland District Council's resolution for a challenge over the axing of the harvesting of beech timber. John ... More >>
TV1 News
Monday, 14 February 2000, 6:49 pm | John Howard
TVNZ - WINZ Inquiry - Fear of abduction in Lisa Blackie homicide More >>
No Sir To No Sir
Monday, 14 February 2000, 9:47 am | John Howard
The Prime Minister is likely to buy a fight, in court if necessary, if Government attempts to change the New Zealand custom of knight's and dame's in the royal honours list. John Howard reports. More >>
Tradeins Cause Eco-damage
Sunday, 13 February 2000, 3:27 pm | John Howard
Scrapping your old car for a new one could do more harm to the planet than you think, according to scientists at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands. John Howard reports. More >>
UK DNA Mismatch
Thursday, 10 February 2000, 9:24 am | John Howard
Police Minister George Hawkins wants police powers broadened to take DNA samples, but Britain's DNA database computer has mistakenly mismatched an innocent man to a burglary. John Howard reports. More >>
Internet Access For Workers
Tuesday, 8 February 2000, 9:20 am | John Howard
A US union has convinced the Ford Motor Co. to offer its 350,000 workers worldwide, a home computer, colour printer and Internet access, for $5 a month. John Howard reports. More >>
Sustainable Logging In Indonesia And Pres. Clinton
Sunday, 6 February 2000, 9:05 pm | John Howard
Indonesia is the world's leading exporter of rainforest timber according to a White House paper supporting President Clinton's $150 million overseas conservation-aid proposal to Congress. John Howard reports. More >>
Opinion: Labour’s Harvest of West Coast
Friday, 4 February 2000, 10:02 am | John Howard
The Labour-Alliance Coalition Government are being urged by West Coaster's to come clean over the inconsistencies in their policies. John Howard writes. More >>
Cyber-smearing Outlawed In Californian Decision
Thursday, 3 February 2000, 5:18 pm | John Howard
In what is believed to be a world first, a California judge has granted a restraining order in a cyber-smearing case which could have a major impact on this practice on the Internet. John Howard reports. More >>
UN Bills Not Paid
Thursday, 3 February 2000, 10:12 am | John Howard
Scoop's UN sources say only 43 of the 188 member states had paid their bills to the UN in full for 2000 by the 31 January deadline. 45 have lost their voting rights in the General Assembly. John Howard reports. More >>
More West Coast Wars
Wednesday, 2 February 2000, 11:52 am | John Howard
"Stop the War on the West," is the battle cry, not just on the West Coast of New Zealand, but now on the West Coast of the US. John Howard reports. More >>
Act "Not Fools"
Tuesday, 1 February 2000, 10:54 am | John Howard
Native Forest Action (NFA) yesterday admitted making a blunder by accusing ACT leader Ken Shirley of making a fool of himself by publicising a leaked email, says a West-Coast newspaper. More >>
Montreal GM Protocol - The Devil Is In The Detail
Tuesday, 1 February 2000, 9:18 am | John Howard
Saturday's landmark Montreal Biosafety Protocol which regulates trade in genetically modified organisms establishes a framework for countries to use when making decisions about genetically modified crops. But there are a couple of fish-hooks in it. John ... More >>
