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Howard's End: An Unaccountable Court
Tuesday, 7 May 2002, 10:45 am | Maree Howard
The New Zealand Government ratified the UN Treaty which establishes the International Criminal Court that comes into being on 1 July. But yesterday the U.S. renounced its obligation to support the Court because of flaws in its mandate that leaves the ... More >>
Howard's End: C'mon Kiwi - Get The Spirit!
Friday, 19 April 2002, 10:41 am | Maree Howard
The talkback lines have gone ballistic across the country following the IRB announcement that we have lost our fight to co-host next year's Rugby World Cup. There is a fundamental lesson we forgot in all this; - never upset the mind you are trying to convince. ... More >>
Howard's End: The Original Sin
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:46 am | Maree Howard
It is a catastrophe when evil triumphs, but it is an even greater catastrophe if it compels the just to resort to injustice in order to combat it. Time has never settled the Anglo-American differences over the major responsibility for the Middle ... More >>
Howard's End: A Grand Coalition Of Scared Horses
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 10:02 am | Maree Howard
If the ability to count is all that political parties need to know in order to gain or retain power under MMP, then National and Labour must be rubbing their hands together over the break-up of the Alliance which will scare more of the horses back to the ... More >>
Howard's End: Architeuthis
Monday, 25 March 2002, 9:10 am | Maree Howard
Film Director, Peter Jackson, might describe it as the stuff of nightmares. Boats have simply disappeared, people torn to shreds. Scientists had been searching for it, unsuccessfully, for more than a century. Of all the living things left on earth ... More >>
Howard’s End: Legal Anarchy & The Court Of Appeal
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 11:06 am | Maree Howard
The recent landmark decision of the Privy Council that our Court of Appeal was, between 1996 and 2000, engaging in what I can only describe as legal anarchy, demands the judges involved ought to be held to account by the public of New Zealand whom ... More >>
Howard's End: The Truth Is Out There - Somewhere!
Friday, 15 March 2002, 2:31 pm | Maree Howard
At last count, there were a dozen U.S. Congressional Committee's investigating the tragedies surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. It is difficult to grasp the magnitude of the chaos, but as former FBI chief, J. ... More >>
Howard's End: Secret Visitors May Be Kidnappers
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 11:16 pm | Maree Howard
The U.S. Government is using US-registered Gulfstream V jets to secretly transport dozens of people suspected of links to terrorists to countries other than the United States, bypassing extradition procedures and legal formalities. The same type of ... More >>
Howard's End: Mercenaries Better Than U.N. Troops
Friday, 8 March 2002, 2:07 pm | Maree Howard
The days of countries contributing U.N. Peacekeepers might be numbered because Private Military Companies (PMC's) are seen in a Green Paper report to the British Parliament as being more cost effective and doing a better job. Maree Howard writes. More >>
UN Aid Workers In Sex Abuse Allegations
Friday, 8 March 2002, 10:14 am | Maree Howard
A major sex scandal surrounding alleged mass abuse of West African refugee children has erupted at a United Nations Refugee Agency forum in Geneva. More >>
Howard's End: What The Innovators Are Up Against
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 11:52 am | Maree Howard
As our Innovation Conference kicks off in Christchurch today, news comes out of Britain that one of its icon innovators, who runs a private company valued at more than a NZD $1 billion, is joining the industrial exodus to Asia. Maree Howard writes. More >>
Howard's End: Road Tax A Blunt Instrument
Friday, 1 March 2002, 9:44 am | Maree Howard
For a government who consistently pushes smart intervention to support innovative economic growth, the blunt instrument of a universal increase in fuel taxes and road user charges to ease congestion is a dumb solution! Maree Howard writes. More >>
Howard's End: Baby Hearts Scandal
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 11:21 am | Maree Howard
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." So says Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And New Zealand has breached it - again. Maree Howard writes. More >>
Howard's End: Representing Oneself
Monday, 25 February 2002, 10:00 am | Maree Howard
No lawyer, no worries, as judges seek a fair go for those who got it alone. While judges in New Zealand are being publicly criticised, judges in Australia are being publicly applauded and our Justice Minister Phil Goff should listen-up. Maree Howard ... More >>
Howard's End: Constitutional Monarchy Is Best
Friday, 22 February 2002, 11:40 am | Maree Howard
As the Queen arrives in New Zealand and the Prime Minister has disappeared over the horizon, it is time to reflect that it's a very healthy democracy that does not give too much attention to its Head of State. History shows that things start to ... More >>
Howard's End: Bewigged Titivation
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 9:41 am | Maree Howard
I'm not surprised that judges in our Courts might look for a bit of titivation (no pun intended) in their lives, because the court day is often hot and stuffy, the evidence boring and repetitive, and barristers long-winded and uninspiring. It's ... More >>
Howard's End: Streamlining Bureaucracy
Monday, 18 February 2002, 11:17 am | Maree Howard
In a move to cut costs and streamline bureaucracy, people on welfare in Australia will be able to take out loans from the Government over the telephone to help them through emergencies. Maree Howard writes. More >>
Howard's End: Inventors Don’t Sit On Committees
Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 4:20 pm | Maree Howard
The Prime Minister has announced an "innovation strategy" for the country which will see taskforces appointed and there is also to be an Innovate Conference in Christchurch in March. But can we handle innovation? Maree Howard writes. More >>
Howard's End: The Global Warming Industry
Thursday, 7 February 2002, 11:36 am | Maree Howard
Some in the New Zealand business community are wondering why the government appears adamant it will push ahead to ratify the Kyoto protocol on global warming. It is about money, pure and simple, because it can be extremely profitable to sell hot ... More >>
Howard's End: Making Smart Money
Monday, 4 February 2002, 11:28 am | Maree Howard
There are hundreds of " how to" books about becoming fabulously wealthy and most of us want to be. But, let's face it, most will only be comfortable at best until we reach retirement age. More >>
