Article: Fed: Fraser hopes Senate won't be just a rubber stamp

Article: Waitai refuses to be `rubber stamp'
The Press;  August 5, 1998 ;     512 words ...New Zealand First MP Rana Waitai has quit the Maori ... Delamere, because he would not be a ``rubber stamp''. ``I have taken this step because ... Parliament itself. Parliament as a rubber stamp device sits very badly with me ...

Article: RL: Australia waiting of England to rubber-stamp ...
AAP Sports News (Australia);  October 15, 2002 ;     520 words ... ... 00-00-0000 RL: Australia waiting of England to rubber-stamp Tri-nations By Brent Read SYDNEY, Oct 15 AAP - The ... proposed series between Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand in place after the Kangaroo and Kiwi camps were critical ...

Article: Rubber-stamp your one-night stands
New Truth & TV Extra;  June 14, 2002 ;     423 words ... ... is yet to be seen. The condom's makers told Truth they're in talks with a distributor to make the product available in New Zealand. "It has been popular in the US and has had a lot of interest from law firms," said a spokesman. But the product has ...

Article: Microscope or rubber stamp--finding the balance
New Zealand Management;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... director may contribute, if the company's corporate governance is fundamentally deficient then so will be the outcomes. New Zealand has many past and current examples of this but too few directors capable of identifying, let alone signalling, this - former ...

Transcript: NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR NOMINATION CONF. ...
Congressional Testimony;  November 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... POST OF AMBASSADOR TO NEW ZEALAND Today the full Foreign ... volatility of this issue in New Zealand, it is critical that ... imports from Australia and New Zealand increased by nearly ... duty to be more than a rubber stamp. It requires us to ...

Transcript: U.S. SENATOR JESSE HELMS (R-NC) CHAIRMAN U.S. SENATOR JESSE ...
Washington Transcript Service;  November 5, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... NOMINATION AS AMBASSADOR TO NEW ZEALAND NOVEMBER 5, 1999 SPEAKERS ... year tariff schedule on New Zealand lamb. To no surprise ... Imports from Australia and New Zealand increased by 50 percent ... the duty to more than rubber-stamp. It requires examination ...

Article: NEW ZEALAND: PROPER PROCESS FOR XENOTRANSPLANTATION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 21, 2008 ;     530 words ...The government of New Zealand issued the following news release ... I am not in the habit of being a rubber stamp where public safety is concerned ... I want to make it clear to New Zealand that while the application is for ...