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Super-Wards: Commission Proposes New Boundaries For Auckland
The Local Government Commission presented its proposals on the boundaries and representation arrangements for the new Auckland Council today.
Under the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, the Commission is required to determine boundaries for the new Auckland Council, wards and local boards, ward and board names and the number of members per local board. More>>
Polytechs: Council-Slashing Bill Now Also Removes Student & Staff Reps
Student representatives are outraged at today’s release of an Education and Science Select Committee report on a Bill which will fundamentally alter the nature and quality of Polytechnic Councils. More>>
Greenwash II: Government Baits Guardian Columnist
"When New Zealand's sink forests are harvested in the 2020s, as is likely, all that carbon will return to the atmosphere. The government of New Zealand responded with some irritation to my column last week ... " More>>
John Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power
If you drive from Auckland to Hamilton you pass through some of the richest farmland in the world… virtually everything you see in all directions is confiscated land. More>>
Harm Mimisation: NZ Needle Exchange One Of World's Most Successful
Initial results from the National Needle Exchange Blood-borne Virus Seroprevalence Survey 2009 show New Zealand continues to have the lowest rate of HIV amongst its intravenous drug users compared to other countries, and that a significant reduction in hepatitis B and C among injecting users has been achieved over the last five years. More>>
Protest: Smacking March, On Day After UN Child Convention Anniversary, Also Has Popera
“We’re thrilled to have such awesome talent as Yulia and Lapi Mariner make themselves available to lead us in the national anthem and to perform other items before and after the march,” says organiser Colin Craig. More>>
Submissions: Finance Unions Says ACC Changes Dangerous For Workers
“The changes present a real threat to the coverage of workers with gradual process injuries or OOS,” said Finsec General Secretary Andrew Casidy. “These injuries are common in the banks and raising the bar for their rehabilitation could be devastating for those affected.” More>>
Military: Airman Killed At Waiouru, Another Injured
Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, has confirmed that at just after 9 am, in the Waiouru Training Area, an unexpected explosion occurred, causing instant and fatal injuries to Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster. A second Air Force Sergeant received minor injuries. More>>
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Gordon Campbell: Putting The 9/11 Terrorists On Trial
For years, human rights advocates have argued that terrorism is essentially criminal behaviour, and terrorists should therefore be tried under the rules of due process that democratic states have developed over centuries for dealing fairly with crime, and punishment. More>>
Images & Report: Medical Professionals Write Parliament An RX
Medical professionals representing the OraTaiao: New Zealand Climate and Health group delivered oversized prescription forms to Parliament today, urging lawmakers to reconsider the current changes proposed to the emissions trading scheme (ETS), changes they believe will harm the nation's health as well as the economy. More>>
Anniversaries: John Key Reviews The Year That Was
On this day exactly a year ago, the 19th of November 2008, the new National-led Government was sworn into office. I remember the awesome feeling of responsibility as I took my oath that day. More>>
Family Court: Mediator On Judge's Support Calls
Principal Family Court Judge Judge Boshier is today calling for more support for anguished families. He says, “I feel for people that use our courts who eventually cannot cope and take their own lives”. More>>
Policing: Operation COBRA Disrupts Wellington Drug Community
Wellington Police have arrested more than 50 people over the past seven days in efforts to disrupt criminal activity. The focus has been on drug offending with detectives and general duties staff deployed to execute search warrants and make arrests in Wellington City, Lower and Upper Hutt, Kapiti Mana and the Wairarapa in a major operation codenamed Cobra. More>>
General Politics: Dalai Lama Visits New Zealand
The decision by the Prime Minister not to meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he visits next month has been met by disappointment but not surprise by the organisation responsible for the visit. More>>
Human Rights: NZ Ex-Hostage Returns To Iraq
Harmeet Sooden has joined an international human rights delegation travelling to Iraqi Kurdistan. This is his first time returning to Iraq since he was freed from captivity four years ago. While participating in a CPT delegation, he and three others were kidnapped in Baghdad on 26 November 2005 by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. More>>
Medical Advice: ETS Changes Will Cause Forehead-Slapping Epidemic
Senior doctors today said that the intended changes to New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will not only threaten our future survival but will be an extravagant waste of public funds, describing the legislation process as a fiasco. More>>
Perceptions: NZ Tops International Index For Least Corrupt
State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, today welcomed the release of the latest Transparency International findings – that New Zealand is the least corrupt nation in the world. The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries on a scale of zero to ten - with zero being perceived to be highly corrupt and 10 being perceived to have low levels of corruption. More>>
English Promo: TVNZ Says "We Probably Shouldn't Have Done That"
David Cunliffe said that TVNZ Head of Corporate Affairs Peter Parussini told today’s Finance and Expenditure Committee meeting today that it was now accepted internally at TVNZ that the broadcaster should not have produced the ads in the form they were initially aired. More>>
Brmmm: Thousands Of Motorcyclists Convene At Parliament
An estimated crowd of 10,000 motorcyclists gathered on Parliament grounds today to protest the ACC's proposal to raise of levies on their vehicles. ACC has stated that the rises in fees are a response to "rising claim numbers and healthcare costs" incurred by New Zealand motorcycle owners. More>>
Activism: Greenpeace Protestors Call Out Fonterra
Greenpeace shut down a portion of a lignite coal mine used by dairy processing and export company Fonterra in Southland this morning, covering the mine with a 40 by 40 metre banner with the words "Fonterra Climate Crime". More>>
Sport: Parliament Salutes Cup-Contending Ball-Kickers
Pita Sharples: The Maori Party stands, to join all other parties, to recognise the outstanding success of the All Whites on Saturday night. More>>
Illicit Science: SIS Asks University Staff To Watch For Foreign Agents
The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been approaching universities seeking their help to prevent foreign states getting their hands on technology associated with weapons of mass destruction. More>>
Harawira: Still Not Leaving Party
... Although it has been suggested to me on numerous occasions that I should consider doing so, I am not leaving the Maori Party. More>>
Sport: All Whites! All Whites! All Whites!
The All Black have beaten Bahrain 1-0 in Wellington, qualifying for the South Africa World Cup in 2010. Including Scoop photographer Karim Sahai's images from the sideline. More>>
Wellington.Scoop: Council Under-Estimates The Public Opposition To Height Rules
I think that Wellington city councilors under-estimated the strength of public opposition to Variation 11 when eleven of them (or was it ten?) voted for it this week. More>>
Disruption: Motorbike ACC Protests This Lunchtime
Wellington Police along with organizers of a protest by motorcycle riders are working to keep disruption to a minimum on Tuesday 17 November. More>>
High Seas: South Pacific Fisheries Convention Agreed
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today announced a new convention text had been agreed which will create a regional fisheries management organisation to manage non-highly-migratory fisheries in the high seas. More>>
Ladies, A Protest: Women – Working For Free For The Rest Of The Year
Women subsidise the economy by nearly $4 billion a year! New Zealand women earn at least 12% less (in average hourly earnings) than men. It’s as if from 18 November until the end of the year women are working for free. More>>
Greens: Smith’s ETS Should Be Shot
Revelations that Climate Change Minister Nick Smith’s proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are going to cost taxpayers an extra $105 billion is something really worth swearing about, Dr Russel Norman, Green Party Co-Leader said today. More>>
Fox Vs Hen House: Polluter Boss to Oversee Canterbury Resource Management Review
Appointing former Deputy Prime Minister Wyatt Creech to oversee an investigation into Environment Canterbury’s resource management functions is like former US President George W Bush’s practice of appointing industry cronies to senior regulatory positions, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today. More>>
Law Commission Report: Review Name, Evidence Suppression
“Criminal cases in our courts must be open to public scrutiny,” says President of the Law Commission Sir Geoffrey Palmer. “As far as possible, the public should be able to attend court, and the media should be able to report what happens in the court room. More>>
Cars: Dunne Says Govt Reinventing Wheel On Driving Age
The Government doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel on lifting the driving age, UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne said today, calling on it pick up his Bill to raise the driving age. More>>
Audio: Turia & Sharples On Harawira's Future
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia said Hone Harawira is difficult to control and it does not look like he is going to change. The decision “to invite him to consider whether he would prefer to be independent” was made by the party a few days ago but has the support of herself and co-leader Pita Sharples, Turia said. More>>
Useful After All: Army LAVs Off To Afghanistan
Three of the Army’s Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAVs) and their crews are to be deployed to Afghanistan, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. “The LAVs are being deployed by the Defence Force to support SAS operations and will be there as long as they are needed,” Dr Mapp said. More>>
On The World Stage: Guardian's 'Greenwash' vs New Zealand
As the world prepares for the Copenhagen climate negotiations next month, it is worth checking out the greenwash that has followed the promises made 12 years ago when the Kyoto protocol was signed. More>>
Scoop Satire: Submission On ETS Amendment Bill
The most notable change brought about by this bill would be giving polluters, to 2050, one hundred billion dollars... I am right behind that idea, but the proposed system for delivering the money is unnecessarily complicated. More>>
Gordon Campbell: Obama’s Latest Surrender To Israel, And Drone Warfare
President Barack Obama’s single most important foreign policy decision during 2009 has been his recent backdown over requiring Israel to abandon the building of settlements in the occupied territories. Beforehand, this was to be a precondition for peace talks. More>>
Stats: Population Growth Highest In Three Years
The estimated resident population of New Zealand was 4,331,600 at 30 September 2009, Statistics New Zealand said today. The population increased by 51,700 (1.2 percent) in the September 2009 year, the highest growth in three years. More>>
Survey: Likely Rerun Of 1993 MMP Vs FPP Referendum
Very early indications show that the likely opponent for any run off referendum against MMP will be First Past the Post. Opinion wasn’t particularly clear on the alternatives to MMP but when given the most talked about options 29% of New Zealanders went for FPP, 20% for STV and only 9% for Prime Minister, John Key’s favoured supplementary mixed member. More>>
Social Justice: Social Workers' Experience Can Shape Policy
Social workers should draw on their experiences with clients in difficulty to highlight the serious need for policy change on issues such as housing, income support and mental health treatment, says social work and social policy researcher Associate Professor Mike O'Brien. More>>
Tertiary: Students To Go Without Togas
The Otago University Students’ Association (OUSA) has confirmed its mid year decision to remove the Toga Parade from its Orientation programme. More>>
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Gordon Campbell: Putting The SAS Back Into Afghanistan
Who has stolen John Key’s brain? The Prime Minister who only a couple of months ago was demanding to see a viable exit strategy before he would put New Zealand combat troops back into Afghanistan, has been replaced by a John Key impersonator for whom the vaguest of goals – combatting global terrorism – now seems like a darn good reason for doing so. More >>
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