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Cabinet Papers Show likely Cost Blowout for F16s
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 4:11 pm | Unknown
The Green Party today released cabinet papers showing a likely cost blowout if New Zealand proceeds with the purchase of 28 F-16 fighter planes. More >>
Opposition Goes Soft On Doone - ACT
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 4:05 pm | Unknown
The Labour/Alliance Government has failed to match its Opposition bluster on the removal of senior public servants with its actions over the exit of beleaguered Police Commissioner Peter Doone. More >>
Canterbury Vignette Series Starts Soon
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 2:57 pm | Unknown
The Canterbury Vignette Series is a 150th anniversary series of historical vignette exhibitions comprising the work of eight artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. More >>
TVNZ In Internet Merger
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 2:55 pm | Unknown
TVNZ announced today that it has signed an agreement with Snap, the Internet portal service from NBC Internet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBCI), which enables TVNZ to receive a customized, co-branded version of the Snap search and aggregation service. More >>
Drugs Bill To Take Another Dive With Tender
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 2:33 pm | Unknown
PHARMAC is expecting to free up another $13 to $17 million a year for health spending following its new tender round for the supply of 86 drugs. More >>
Govts Unconstitutional Says Investigate Magazine
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 11:18 am | Unknown
New Zealand, Australia and Canada appear to have unconstitutional governments as a result of a bureaucratic bungle eighty years ago when all three nations gained independence from Britain. More >>
Kavkaz News: Captured Russian General Alive
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 10:01 am | Unknown
Note: The following transcript is taken from the website of the official Chechen rebels website http://www.kavkaz.org/ and reports a Chechen view of the war in the Caucasus. More >>
East Timor's First Newspaper Bids Fairwell
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 9:38 am | Unknown
DILI, East Timor, Jan 23 (AFP): Independent East Timor's first newspaper, "New East Timor," published with the help of Australian troops, bade farewell to its readers this weekend. More >>
New Zealand’s Trade Prospects With Iraq
Tuesday, 25 January 2000, 12:41 am | Unknown
As reported on RNZ "Morning Report" yesterday, a briefing paper on trade prospects with Iraq was issued today to MPs, officials and media by the humanitarian organisation, Iraq Sanctions Medical Alert Group (ISMAG), a group of Wellington-based ... More >>
PHARMAC’S Policies 'Reflect Today's Environment'
Monday, 24 January 2000, 8:36 pm | Unknown
Maori and Pacific Island people are among those who should benefit from new policies PHARMAC is looking to adopt. More >>
Opinion - A Band-aid for Legal Aid
Monday, 24 January 2000, 8:25 pm | Unknown
News that the Government is to centralise legal aid and provide bulk funding along with a Public Defender’s Office is a band-aid solution. John Howard writes. More >>
GE Trade Talks Threaten NZ Control - Greens
Monday, 24 January 2000, 7:55 pm | Unknown
World talks on trade in genetically engineered organisms could leave New Zealand powerless to control its borders, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today. More >>
Opinion - Housing Prices Are Down - Hurrah!
Monday, 24 January 2000, 7:32 pm | Unknown
House prices fell sharply last week amid much concern and media hooplah. But is the fall necessarily a bad thing? Scoop's Jordan Carter looks into the matter in his weekly 'On the Left' column. More >>
Natural Gas Corporation - Genesis Power Deal
Monday, 24 January 2000, 7:14 pm | Unknown
Natural Gas Corporation (NGC) has concluded a major natural gas supply agreement with Genesis Power Limited. More >>
NZ Oil And Gas - Oil Search Update
Monday, 24 January 2000, 7:10 pm | Unknown
NZ Oil & Gas has advised that the company has secured the Ocean Epoch semi-submersible rig to drill the Hochstetter-1 wildcat well in the West Maui area. More >>
Otter Gold Directors Respond to Offer
Monday, 24 January 2000, 7:01 pm | Unknown
Otter Gold has provided a directors response to the NRT received from Mid East Minerals (MEM). Otter believes that there is no relevant information pertaining to Otter likely to be available to MEM which has not otherwise been made available to the market. More >>
Heritage Gold NZ Ltd Distributes E-Analyst Shares
Monday, 24 January 2000, 4:53 pm | Unknown
The directors of Heritage Gold NZ Ltd have resolved to distribute in specie some of the 55 million shares in its wholly owned subsidiary E-analyst Ltd to shareholders of Heritage in the ratio of one E-analyst share for every three Heritage shares. ... More >>
The Information Age - Cook Islands Style
Monday, 24 January 2000, 4:44 pm | Unknown
AVARUA: Government embracing modern technology should be an occasion for rejoicing but the launch of the Cook Islands government website is proving to be anything but. More >>
Grey Power Supports Free-To-Air Sport
Monday, 24 January 2000, 4:33 pm | Unknown
Grey Power, the political organisation representing elderly New Zealanders, says it is "one hundred percent behind" Jim Anderton's call for sporting events to be broadcast free-to-air. More >>
Bougainville Wants Govt's Counter Offer Package
Friday, 21 January 2000, 6:00 pm | Unknown
PORT MORESBY: The second round of the Bougainville political negotiations between the national government and Bougainville leaders is highly likely to take place on the second week of February, according to a source from the Bougainville administration ... More >>
