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Rimu Decision Shows Govt Double Standards On Green

Monday, 15 May 2000, 3:27 pm | Unknown

A decision by the Government today to halt sustainable rimu logging on the West Coast would show its double standards on green issues, the Ecologic Foundation said today. More >>

The Cost of a Rash Promise and Buying Votes

Monday, 15 May 2000, 3:18 pm | Unknown

Press Release from Brian Swale, member of sustainable forestry campaign group. Monday, 15 May 2000. More >>

Fresh Not Always Best

Monday, 15 May 2000, 3:04 pm | Unknown

One hundred percent of consumers say ‘no’ to frozen vegetables in the belief that ‘fresh’ are nutritionally best.(1) The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation today releases information to debunk this myth in a bid to get New Zealanders to eat more vegetables. More >>

FEG:Focus shifts to second Brunei exploration well

Monday, 15 May 2000, 2:37 pm | Unknown

BRUNEI, Monday 15 May 2000 – Fletcher Challenge Energy has plugged and abandoned the Bendahara Selatan A-1 exploration well as drilling results have shown it to be a sub-commercial gas discovery. More >>

Growth In Trade Deficit Slows

Monday, 15 May 2000, 11:33 am | Unknown

Latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show strong growth in exports of non-food manufactured goods. This has led to the merchandise exports trend growing almost as quickly as the merchandise imports trend for the first three months of this year. ... More >>

Matterhorn weekly listings - 15-21 May 2000

Monday, 15 May 2000, 9:37 am | Unknown

Much respect to Squeeze for featuring Mr Manuel Bundy on last weeks episode... Check Manuel out June 3rd at The Horn. More >>

NZIER Report on Mäori Fisheries Allocation

Sunday, 14 May 2000, 8:01 pm | Unknown

The Chairman of the Treaty Tribes Coalition, Mr Harry Mikaere, will this week publicly release an independent economic study into the costs of delaying allocation of fisheries assets to iwi. The study was undertaken by the New Zealand Institute of Economic ... More >>

“Political Police” Inquiry Call Long Overdue

Sunday, 14 May 2000, 7:52 pm | Unknown

A full inquiry into the role of the Police Criminal Intelligence Service’s surveillance and information-gathering on political organisations and activists is long overdue, says Aziz Choudry, the GATT Watchdog organiser who successfully sued the SIS after ... More >>

Vodafone moves to Manukau

Friday, 12 May 2000, 6:38 pm | Unknown

Vodafone New Zealand has taken up residence in Manukau City with the official opening of its call centre today. More >>

Indian Government Is To Blame For Massacre

Friday, 12 May 2000, 6:35 pm | Unknown

NEW REPORT SHOWS INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS TO BLAME FOR MASSACRE OF 35 SIKHS IN CHATTI SINGHPORA -- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS (Extension of Remarks - May 10, 2000) More >>

Govt Must Act Against Transnational Recidivist

Friday, 12 May 2000, 3:56 pm | Unknown

The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) welcomes the Government’s decision to hold a Ministerial Inquiry into the safety practices of American-owned Tranz Rail. Speaking personally, as a former railway worker and union official, I ... More >>

Inquiry into Police Criminal Intelligence Service

Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:56 pm | Unknown

We write to urge a full and open inquiry into the role of the NZ Police Criminal Intelligence Service (CIS) with regard to its ongoing surveillance of, and collection of information on political organisations and individuals in New Zealand. More >>

Frontier Acquisition Deemed ‘Fair And Reasonable’

Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:41 pm | Unknown

May 12, 2000 - An independent report commissioned by Frontier Petroleum (ASX: FRO) to assess its purchase of Receivables Management Group (RMG) has declared the transaction fair and reasonable. More >>

NZ Premiere Of "The Pain & The Passion"

Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:37 pm | Unknown

Release: Resident Theatre Group at The Rose Centre, School Road, Belmont, Auckland. Ph: 445.9900 Fax: 445.6606 More >>

Campbell Pope Acquisition Delivers Advantage Skill

Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:36 pm | Unknown

Auckland – 12 May 2000 – Advantage Group Limited (NZSE: ADV) today announced it has enhanced its position as a leading provider of end-to-end enterprise e-commerce solutions in Asia Pacific with an agreement to purchase the business of leading enterprise ... More >>

TIMOR TODAY 12 MAY 2000

Friday, 12 May 2000, 2:15 pm | Unknown

For full text see… http://www.easttimor.com/ More >>

Journalist Allan Nairn Talks Timor To Congress

Friday, 12 May 2000, 1:58 pm | Unknown

Prepared Statement of Allan Nairn US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights May 11, 2000 More >>

Call to End East Timor Refugee Crisis

Friday, 12 May 2000, 1:55 pm | Unknown

A delegation recently returned from a fact-finding mission to East Timorese refugee camps in West Timor found that East Timorese refugees remain under threat from militia leaders and members of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), who are preventing the ... More >>

Return To Union Strong-Arm Tactics

Friday, 12 May 2000, 11:37 am | Unknown

ACT New Zealand Whip Ken Shirley has written to Parliament’s Speaker Rt Hon Jonathan Hunt, expressing grave concern over union picketing of the Select Committee sitting in Christchurch today. More >>

Chinese researcher made honorary Fellow

Friday, 12 May 2000, 11:35 am | Unknown

A Chinese expert on kiwifruit varieties Professor Huang Hongwen, has been made an Honorary Fellow of HortResearch. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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