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Environmentalists and groups including farmers on the weekend agreed on the need for urgent action to protect rivers and water ecosystems and for action on climate change. More >>
Countries participating in annual United Nations-sponsored talks this week on oceans and the law of the sea have agreed to some recommendations on how to manage and protect increasingly valuable marine genetic resources. More >>
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It pays to be wary of fad diets — even if they’re in the name of the planet. We put five to the test. More >>
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1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Minister of Finance: What was the total net area of land sold to overseas investors in the 21 months since the relevant provisions of the Overseas Investment Act 2005 commenced, and how does this ... More >>
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After much consideration papers will be filed today in relation to errors in law relating to approvals for field trials of GE Brassica. GE Free NZ (in food and environment) has decided that flawed decision making cannot go unscrutinised. More >>
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Claims made by the Pharmaceutical industry sponsored National Influenza Strategy Group that "Latest research confirms influenza can trigger heart attacks" is totally false and misleading. More >>
Lifting the performance of beef breeds is the aim of workshops for bull breeders being held in New Zealand over the next month. More >>
Department of Conservation staff and former whalers are to team up again this winter to watch for whales in Cook Strait for research that assists efforts to protect whales in the South Pacific. More >>
It’s a pleasure to be here to open the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology’s annual conference. I would also like to extend a welcome to the overseas speakers at this conference, and to students and recent food science graduates. More >>
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Leading animal health company Fort Dodge reminds farmers that a dose of Eweguard[1], a 6 in 1 sheep vaccine and wormer three weeks before lambing is one of the best investments you can make in the welfare and profitability of your farm. More >>
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GE Free NZ (in food and environment) has notified ERMA of the likelihood/ possibility that a case will be filed to the High Court following last months approval of GE Brassica field trials. More >>
Screenwriter / director Jonathan King (Black Sheep, The Tattooist) combined three classic Kiwi institutions, gore, comedy and the innocent sheep to spawn a GE modified killer flock in his hilarious first feature Black Sheep. More >>
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The rapid spread of large-scale industrial livestock production focussed on a narrow range of breeds is the biggest threat to the world’s farm animal diversity, according to a report presented to the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. More >>
EU acceptance of GE contamination in all crops, gives New Zealand a real opportunity and point of difference in the world as a GE Free crop producer, according to Soil & Health. More >>
Groups ask U.S. Health and Environmental Agencies to investigate potential link between pathogenic fungus and introduced genetically engineered eucalyptus trees. More >>
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organizations (FAO) warned today that the ramping up of large-scale industrial livestock production which focuses on a limited range of breeds is the single largest threat to global farm animal diversity, with ... More >>
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Fiji: NZ High Commissioner expelled ; Politics: Copeland Assures Electorate He Won't Be Part Of Any Future Labour Govt; Elections: 331 Objections To Proposed Electorate Boundaries; Statistics: Abortion Statistics 2006; QUESTIONS OF THE DAY More >>
Mr Speaker, the Maori Party always recognises the value of ancestral traditions in informing the present generation. We do recognise however that we have been subjected to influences which include values and beliefs from other world views. More >>
The adoption of new rules in the EU allowing low level accidental GE contamination of organic food creates an economic opportunity for New Zealand to sell its organic produce in Europe as genuinely GE Free says the Green Party. More >>
The adoption of new rules in the EU allowing low level accidental GE contamination of organic food creates an economic opportunity for New Zealand to sell its organic produce in Europe as genuinely GE Free says the Green Party. More >>
EU acceptance of GE contamination in all crops, gives New Zealand a real opportunity and point of difference in the world as a GE Free crop producer, according to Soil & Health. More >>
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The government is backing New Zealand’s rapidly growing biotechnology industry, with confirmation of ongoing funding of $25 million over the next five years for the Australia New Zealand Biotechnology Partnership Fund, Prime Minister Helen Clark ... More >>
Cancer researchers in Germany today announced the results of a study showing a New Zealand company's bee-product extract suppresses a type of tumour affecting one in 3000 people. More >>
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) today called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security, warning of the adverse environmental and social impacts of failing to do so. “A lack of ... More >>
Asian Angst: Press Council Upholds Complaints Against North & South; Education News: Schools Are No Place For Brain Dead Food & Drinks; Police: Borrows Tries To Grass Govt Up Over UK 5-0 – Is The SP Kosher?; Obituary: Prof August H. (Augie) Auer ... More >>
Forget tying knots in string or leaving Post-it notes on the fridge – understanding the genetic basis of behaviour and memory in bees could help us understand how humans remember things, a New Zealand PhD student studying at The Australian National University ... More >>
In March 2006, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter posted an article online proposing that the antiwar movement learn techniques from warriors. Ritter developed the article into the recently released book "Waging Peace: The Art of War for the ... More >>
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Wellington's kaka population is set to be three birds better off from Monday 11 June, when kaka chicks bred at Wellington Zoo are released at Karori Sanctuary. More >>
As top officials from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries gather in Germany for their summit meeting today, the main United Nations agency dealing with AIDS urged them to show continued leadership on the issue. More >>
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Iraqi Government to bring to justice those responsible for killings that occurred during the 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait. More >>
Exciting and complex biomedical research forms part of a number of research grants awarded to Dunedin health researchers today by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) in its annual funding round. More >>
Vision of Humanity - NZ ranks 2nd in world; "liberated" Iraq is last; Who rallied publically against a carbon tax, Kyoto Protocol?; National would love an excuse for more user pays; National offers Greens a Cabinet seat; Maori Party: National's long-term ... More >>
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The Ministry for the Environment has taken three months to respond to questions raised about serious flaws in a scientific review that in the meantime has been used to justify ERMA approving a GE field-trial. More >>
Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has put some hard questions to both the Labour and National parties in her speech to members at the Green's Annual General Meeting in Nelson this morning. More >>
Green Co-Leader, Dr. Russel Norman, used his speech to 150 members and guests at the annual Green Party conference today to promote a new kind of globalisation, green globalisation, which engages in sustainable trade but also builds our own national ... More >>
You’re hard pressed to find some time on the computer in the household of ex-New York and now Wanganui based artists Brit Bunkley and his wife Andrea Gardner. More >>
A report from the International Labour Office (ILO) wired to our correspondent on Thursday, says there are still mounting inequalities in income and opportunities and significant and persistent forms of workplace discrimination. More >>
Three takahe are today being taken from Tiritiri Matangi destined for the Murchison Mountains in Fiordland, in a move aimed at increasing the takahe population as a whole. More >>
A former Crop & Food GE scientist, Dr Elvira Dommisse, said today that proper scrutiny by ERMA of evidence would have prioritised the need for food studies over fund-wasting field trials. More >>
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KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Malcolm Rands from Ecostore about the G.E testing approved for Crop & Food by ERMA. More >>
The appearance of a southern right whale in Wellington Harbour this week has coincided with a call for public support to help track their whereabouts. More >>
The appearance of a southern right whale in Wellington Harbour yesterday has coincided with a call for public support to help track their whereabouts. It is also a timely reminder that southern right whales may soon be visible from the coast throughout ... More >>
GE-Free NZ are seeking legal advice on a possible High Court challenge to ERMA's decision announced yesterday, to approve a 10-year trial of GE brassica. More >>
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Newly elected NZ Deer Farmers’ Association (NZDFA) Chairman, Bill Taylor (Southland), described the annual meeting mood as confident with delegates now focusing on the issues that will shape their future investments and activity in the industry. More >>
Today’s Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) decision approving a Crop and Food application to field trial brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and forage kale) genetically engineered with a toxin derived from the bacterium Bacillus ... More >>
Prime Minister Helen Clark’s confirmation that agents of Solid Energy have been spying on peaceful protestors raises huge questions about other state-owned entities, says Greens Co-Leader Russel Norman. Because of the Green Partys’ areas of interests ... More >>
The Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA) decision to allow field testing of genetically engineered brassica crops risks sending good money after bad, with no chance that the New Zealand public will ever agree to eat this plant or have it ... More >>
The decision by ERMA to approve 10-years of field trials of GE brassica is a defeat for common sense and undermines the Authority's credibilty as a regulatory body. The decision excludes any consideration of "the future", effectively ring-fencing ... More >>
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Strictly embargoed until 14,00 hours local time (20,00 hours BST), Sunday 27 May, 2007 The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2007 Overall Best Book and Best First Book Winners Announced at the Calabash International Literary Festival http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/writersprize/ ... More >>
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In a move so startling that it almost seems like science fiction, the British Government has published a draft Bill which would allow people to obtain licences to create 'inter-species embryos.' If passed into law, the Bill would mean that scientists ... More >>
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GE crops designed to survive toxic herbicides may increase people's exposure to chemicals that are now being linked to reproductive and endocrine problems. New research has just been published into the effects of glyphosate - one of the active ingredients ... More >>
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 18 May 2007 MAF Dinosaurs Must Stop Robbing Sustainability Budgets. More >>
Motorists on the Southern Motorway today (16 May) may spot some unusual and heavy, cargo as Hamilton Zoo and Auckland Zoo transfer four white rhino between the two facilities – weighing over six tonne between them. More >>
Motorists on the Southern Motorway today (16 May) may spot some unusual and heavy, cargo as Hamilton Zoo and Auckland Zoo transfer four white rhino between the two facilities – weighing over six tonne between them. More >>
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Minster of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters; Amnesty International NZ Executive Director Ced Simpson; Geoffrey Carracher, Network of Concerned Farmers Victoria; Tim Bollinger, Tintin expert More >>
Manukau Institute of Technology has welcomed the Performance-Based Research Fund’s (PBRF) Quality Evaluation score for the institute, which places MIT among the top ranking Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in the country. More >>
Russian scientists have gone public with a warning to authorities that their research has revealed alarming effects from GE foods previously believed to be "safe". At a conference in Moscow results from research by scientists from Vavilov Agriculture ... More >>
The Green Party is calling for veterans who participated in Operation Grapple to be compensated for genetic damage, and for their children to be tested to see if genetic damage has been passed on. More >>
New Zealand is set to benefit from its GE- free production system, if pressure from the biotech industry and the Federal government results in GM crops being planted in Australia. More >>
The United States militarist plutocracy wrangled in recent weeks over assigning more than 500 billion of worth-less-and-less foreign creditors' US dollars to its imperialist war machine. More >>
President Nixon declared the "war on cancer" in 1971 by passing the National Cancer Act. A bounty of US$100 million was provided for research in the hope that a cure could be found for what was then the second-leading cause of death in the United ... More >>
Although progress has been made at combating discrimination in the workplace, rising gender disparities in income and other forms of discrimination – including age, sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS status – are cause for growing concern, the United ... More >>
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Conservative UMP candidate, Nicolas Sarkozy, has won the presidency of the French Republic, beating Socialist candidate, Segolene Royal, 53 percent to 47, in the final round of voting. His victory may mark a rejection of recent French habits and a return ... More >>
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One of the jobs of a journalist is to keep cleaning up one's own mind. It is so easy to drift into a colloquial world in which habit, cliche and spin conspire to make one an unconscious co-conspirator in the myths of the time. More >>
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New Zealand's food-safety officials remain silent on revelations that an approved GE corn (Mon 863) has be found by scientists in France to show toxicity to liver and kidney organs, and could be a serious threat to human health. Dr.Mae-Wan Ho from ... More >>
The Green Party’s “tax at all cost” dictatorial environmental policies will do nothing to deal with the very real environmental issues confronting New Zealand, says Direct Democracy Party leader Kelvyn Alp. More >>
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Speech by Ken Shirley, Executive Director of Organics Aotearoa New Zealand To the "Organics - the future" seminar, Lincoln University, Thursday May 3, 2007 More >>
Plants containing “Bt” toxins could severely damage New Zealand soil, and beneficial insect populations, suggests a published review of international scientific studies. More >>
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Why do the Busheviks hate science? Scientists insist upon presenting evidence and proven facts, regardless of what the Busheviks would prefer to hear. And so, for Bush's team, political dogma, special interests and public relations trump science. ... More >>
Scoop Full Coverage S59 Bill: Wednesday morning the media and assorted onlookers were treated to the rare sight of a joint press conference involving both the Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Leader of the Opposition John Key. The reason behind ... More >>
Right to Life deplores the decision of the Minister of Health the Hon Pete Hodgson to request the National Screening Unit to advise him on how to implement a national screening programme for Down syndrome. A programme for screening all pregnant women ... More >>
Listed beverage maker Charlie’s Group Ltd has appointed finance and marketing expert Mark Darrow as an independent director from May 1, 2007. More >>
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Right to Life deplores the decision of the Minister of Health the Hon Pete Hodgson to request the National Screening Unit to advise him on how to implement a national screening programme for Down syndrome. A programme for screening all pregnant women ... More >>
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IN THE NEWS British teachers fear segregation Submissions requested on Health Information Privacy Code amendments More >>
A report released today by the National Screening Unit of the Ministry of Health recommends important changes to improve the quality and safety of the current approach to antenatal screening for Down syndrome in New Zealand. More >>
The choice between taking a job in Australia or moving to Auckland was an easy one for agri sector specialist, Tony Arthur. More >>
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Evidence of a bacterial agent in a dead endangered Maui’s dolphin found at the mouth of the Waikato River in November has prompted concerns for the future of the species. More >>
The compelling evidence presented by submitters to ERMA against GE field-trials is a sign New Zealand has been right to prevent further steps for release on GE crops here, even though the moratorium has officially lapsed. "The submissions were ... More >>
The recently retired Chief Executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Dr Bruce Scoggins of Auckland, and Australian beef industry leader Don Lawson of Victoria, are the 2007 recipients of Lincoln University medals for distinguished ... More >>
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The unprecedented, nasty and almost gleeful participation of liberal groups in the suppression of a free media by getting Don Imus fired twice in a week is another warning for the country. What it means simply is that when you go to the polls you ... More >>
The recently retired Chief Executive of the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Dr Bruce Scoggins of Auckland, and Australian beef industry leader Don Lawson of Victoria, are the 2007 recipients of Lincoln University medals for distinguished ... More >>
Soil & Health is calling for more integration of environmental and food safety analysis on GE and pesticide applications, following last weeks Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) Bt Brassica hearing. More >>
Soil & Health is calling for more integration of environmental and food safety analysis on GE and pesticide applications, following last weeks Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) Bt Brassica hearing. More >>
Good stock performance and a strong focus on farm productivity and sustainability earned the McAtamney family the Supreme title in this year’s Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
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The ERMA hearing being held in Christchurch to consider a ten-year field-trial of Genetically Modified vegetables, has already prompted public protest. Amid Crop and Food's presentation about their application two frustrated members of the public ... More >>
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The article about autism, No Know Cause, No Cure by Jennifer Chancellor in the Tulsa World on April 1 got my attention. It wasn’t because we were again told that no one knows for sure why one in every 150 U.S. kids is now autistic, or that experts ... More >>
The Privacy Commissioner is seeking public submissions on proposed amendments to the Health Information Privacy Code 1994. More >>
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The following is a selection of feedback and other unsolicited email received by Scoop recently. The opinions they contain do not necessarily reflect those of Scoop. They do not appear in any particular order. More >>
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Remarks at the Business Partnerships in Higher Education Luncheon Hosted by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce More >>
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Section 59: Govt Plans To Review Bradford Amendment After Two Years; QUESTIONS OF THE DAY; Health: Auckland DHBs Extend Medlab Contract While New Provider Chosen; Maori Education: Pilot Programme Helps Teachers Help Maori Students; Health: Report ... More >>
The leader of Brazil, the hemisphere’s emerging, if reluctant, super power, will be arriving in Washington on March 31 as the guest of President Bush at Camp David More >>
The Commerce Commission yesterday discontinued its case against the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd for alleged price-fixing in relation to interchange fees. More >>
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The Green Party is calling on FSANZ to halt an application by Monsanto for approval of food derived from a genetically modified corn after it was revealed the company had earlier concealed test results showing another corn product caused illness in ... More >>
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This list goes to over 1200 broadcast media people, newspaper editors, directors, producers, actors and other "above the line" personal. Some regular people, a few member of congress, some 911 and government truth researchers, and some World ... More >>
MELBOURNE, Australia - March 22, 2007 - Prana Biotechnology Limited (NASDAQ: PRAN / ASX: PBT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research and development of treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, today announced the appointment of ... More >>
1. Taxation—Economic Effects 2. Corrections and Justice, Ministers and Chief Executives—Confidence 3. Land—State-owned Enterprises 4. National Certificate of Educational Achievement—Cambridge Examinations 5. Mount Ruapehu—Lahar Question No. 2 to Minister 6. Corrections, ... More >>
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Pacific Genes and Life Patents: Book Launch; Rutherford House, Victoria University, Wellington. Pacific indigenous experiences and analysis of the commodification and ownership of life. Tariana Turia; Co-leader, Maori Party More >>
Foreign Affairs: Footage Details Emerging US Engagement In Pacific; Health: Court Voids Auckland Lab Tests Decision; Scoop Images: Iraq Invasion Peacefully Remembered At Parl't; Fitzsimons Disturbed By Cullen's Enthusiasm For Tarmac- ; Medical: Planning ... More >>
Eighteen months after the launch of its 2020 Science strategy, AgResearch has evaluated the progress of its plan for keeping New Zealand prosperous to 2020 and beyond. More >>
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University of Otago genetic researchers have discovered exactly how a deadly hereditary type of stomach cancer develops. More >>
University of Otago genetic researchers have discovered exactly how a deadly hereditary type of stomach cancer develops. More >>
Soil & Health wants a ban on seed imports of alfalfa, soy, corn & maize, as well as GE foodstuffs, from the USA and other GE producing countries, following shonky environmental and food safety appraisals by overseas agencies coming to light. More >>
New research from the universities of Auckland, Oxford, Durham and Adelaide suggests the origin of the pigs carried into the Pacific region by Polynesian ancestors can be traced back to ancient pig populations in mainland Southeast Asia, and not back ... More >>
The Green Party is calling for FSANZ to immediately withdraw its approval for human consumption of a genetically modified corn after it was revealed the company hid test results showing it caused illness in rats. More >>
"Bank of America's Money is Getting Greener" is the headline of a recent article praising the Bank of America for launching a $20-billion project to help finance environmentally smart business practices. More >>
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New Zealand's food regulators- FSANZ, must think again about the basis for their approvals of GE foods in the light of revelations that companies may have deliberately hidden data from officials. More >>
The Green Party is calling for FSANZ to immediately withdraw its approval for human consumption of a genetically modified corn after it was revealed the company hid test results showing it caused illness in rats. More >>
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FULL COVERAGE: The Maori Party: We have been asked to support a Bill which is motivated by the need to protect children. We believe that Parliament has an important role in dispelling the illusion that violence is normal and acceptable... More >>
Judy Daubenmier spent 25 years as a reporter for the Associated Press and saw the field of news reporting sliding downhill. Now she works to reform our system of communications through the internet. More >>
Massey University researchers are seeking more than 300 south Asian women living in New Zealand to study whether changes in diet and sunshine hours affects their health. More >>
Sickness and Death in Animals Eating GE Bt Cotton Raises Alarm. Evidence into GE plant risks has come one step nearer to showing that long term ingestion could cause serious harm, even death, when eaten as a regular part of the diet. More >>
Media Release: 9 March 2007 Embargoed until 10pm Volvo S80 V8 AWD Wins 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Supreme Award The Supreme Winner of the 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Awards has been announced in Auckland tonight. Stella Stocks, General Manager of AA Technical ... More >>
The category winners of the remaining four 2007 AA Motoring Excellence Awards have just been announced in Auckland tonight: More >>
Because resources are limited, we can't have everything we want and therefore we have to make choices about how we use what we have. More >>
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There is now compelling evidence that depleted uranium (DU) is permanently damaging Iraq's soil, air and water and causing severe genetic mutations in its people... THIS EVIDENCE HAS MOVED DOMINICAN CATHOLIC PRIEST PETER MURNANE TO BEGIN AN ALL-DAY ... More >>
Despite uninformed criticism the SUV is alive and well with a big future. Hyundai has just hinted at how big with a recyclable, pedestrian-friendly design called QarmaQ (pronounced Karma–Q). The product of Hyundai Motor Europe’s Design and Technical ... More >>
As an economic historian I have a special interest in this area, 'Economics New and Old'. I specialise in looking at the reason economies developed the way they did. And that is valuable in approaching the way we manage the economy today. More >>
Testimony in the Libby trial from CIA briefer Craig Schmall, who had the unenviable task of getting up in the wee small hours to brief Vice President Cheney and Lewis "Scooter" Libby from Summer 2002 through the end of May 2004, establishes that the ... More >>
ARCHIVES: Scoop Commentary Early 2006 - December 2006 From: http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/commentary.html More >>
Saturday 17 March, 6pm - 8pm. Unitec Lecture Theatre 1018 (Building 23) Carrington Road, Mt Albert. More >>
The Green Party is welcoming news that the government is considering splitting the New Zealand Food Safety Authority from MAF and turning it into a stand-alone department, but says consumers and not just be vested interested must be consulted about its ... More >>
We are now close to crisis point. This is not a melodramatic statement intended to frighten or shock readers. It is merely an inescapable fact. The Global Climate Change crisis is a most urgent concern - or should be - for all political parties. More >>
Welcome to the age of genetic engineering where any form of plant, material or animal can be combined using the latest technology with DNA transplanting and gene splicing. Nature can combine varieties of a similar genus, such as apples, forming new breeds. More >>
A month long festival of celebrating Pacific culture and arts in the Auckland region begins tomorrow at Auckland Museum. Called Celebrate Pasifika, the festival incorporates more than 25 events and will run throughout March in Auckland, Waitakere and Manukau. More >>
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Wellington Zoo's chimpanzees have moved into their newly built indoor home today announced Katja Geschke, Wellington Zoo's Manager of Life Sciences. More >>
Food Safety Minister Annette King should be congratulated for standing up for proper process and seeking a ministerial review of the recommendation by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to approve a genetically engineered corn for animal ... More >>
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A regional programme of arts and events that reflects the unique talents of Pacific cultures in Auckland will again come together as Celebrate Pasifika over three weeks in March. More >>
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The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) today voted to oppose the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in field and food in the Auckland region. The Council does not, however, oppose creating GMOs in laboratories for medical purposes. More >>
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Some of New Zealand’s most successful business and science leaders have been recognised with World Class New Zealand awards, with category winners announced today by expat association Kea and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE). More >>
The Fortnight Ahead At Auckland Museum Special events, exhibitions and programme listings running from: Monday 19 February - Sunday 4 of March 2007 FROM THE NEWSDESK: Opening on March 2, featuring work from some of New Zealand's leading contemporary ... More >>
RADIOLOGY specialists at Whakatane Hospital have started using their new $835,000 CT scanner and Ultrasound Suite, and they are impressed by the improvements. More >>
UCOL rescue package raises questions In a move which appears at odds with the Government’s tertiary-education strategy, a rescue package for UCOL’s Diploma in Glass Design and Production involves the course being bailed out by local authorities and eventually ... More >>
An eight-month-old captive-bred kiwi had the honour this week of being the first juvenile female kiwi to be released into the wilderness of the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest. More >>
The University of Waikato has promoted four of its leading academics to the rank of professor. The newly appointed professors are: More >>
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An independent digest of widely-sourced information relevant to the GE debate More >>
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Although no foreign power has threatened a bioterror attack against America, since 9/11 the Bush administration has allocated a stunning $43-billion to "defend" against one. Critics are now saying, however, Bush's newest "biodefense" initiative is both ... More >>
Australian and New Zealand regulators are failing to resist an audacious bid by GM plant developers to have them abandon a fundamental principle of food safety testing. More >>
SPC was established as the South Pacific Commission on 6 February 1947 under the ‘Canberra Agreement’, at about the same time as the United Nations. The six founding members were Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom ... More >>
It is a pleasure to give my first major speech of this year about the economy, in particular to give it to an Auckland business audience. More >>
The recommendation from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to approve a genetically engineered High-Lysine Corn LY038 for animal and human use, is a warning sign that the Authority is inappropriately influenced by trade-related issues and ... More >>
New Zealand must re-focus its scientific programmes around non-GE plant and animal research to gain advances that will appeal to consumers, farmers and which are environmentally safe. More >>
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Joint Media Statement - Sustainability Council and Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety Australian and New Zealand regulators are failing to resist an audacious bid by GM plant developers to have them abandon a fundamental principle of food safety ... More >>
Genetic analysis of kumara by Massey scientists will determine whether they are varieties cultivated by Mäori in pre-European New Zealand or varieties descended from those that travelled with early 19th Century whalers and sealers. More >>
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