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Scoop Report: DC. Impressions From Inside The Power House
Questions Of The Day:

NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Union News: Unite Union Officially Opens Queen St Office
Sport: NZ's Biggest Cricket Fan Still Has Time For Family -
Section 59: Brownlee Concerned Rod Sparing Being Railroaded Through -
The Roger Awards: Countdown To Roger Award Well Worth It For Progressive Enterprises -
Water: ChildFund Considers World Water Day
Disabilities: Sheltered Workshop Workers Get Full Employment Protection
Conservation: Expert Claims Palm Oil Products Linked To Orang-utan Demise
Industrial Relations: Trouble At T'Mill Not Happening So Much -
News Headlines:
Recommended Audio:
Protest: Free Food and Music Utilised In Opposition To Bush Foreign Policy -
Scoop Satire: Mr Field Goes To Wellington
More Scoop Reports:
Foreign Affairs: Footage Details Emerging US Engagement In Pacific

SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
US State Department: Bush Welcomes Clark to the White House
United Nations: Darfur: UN Seeks New Sites For IDPs -
United Nations: Numbers Of Displaced Timorese Continue To Swell
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SCOOP LEAD STORY
Scoop Report: DC. Impressions From Inside The Power House

Scoop's Rosalea Barker writes: The buildings are all much smaller than they seem to be on the telly. The scale of the West Wing, at least, is really no bigger than that of a family home. The annex that links the White House to the West Wing contains the indoor swimming pool where JFK allegedly had his trysts with Marilyn Monroe. The pool has been covered over since those days, and the annex is now used as a break room for the media encampment that is permanently lined up along the driveway to the west wing. See... Stateside: Rosalea’s Big Day Out In D.C. [1] ALSO:

FULL COVERAGE: President Bush Welcomes NZ PM Clark To Oval Office [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00399.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00374.htm

QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

Questions And Answers - Thursday, 22 March 2007 [1]

Questions And Answers - Wednesday, 21 March 2007 [2]

Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 20 March 2007 [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00471.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00440.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00406.htm

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NEW ZEALAND LEAD:

Union News: Unite Union Officially Opens Queen St Office

- The red flag of the Unite Union will be flying over Auckland’s Queen St business district from Friday March 23 when the union formally opens its new offices. Unite is new Zealand’s fastest growing union and has been able to open it’s smart new facilities on the top floor of “Unite House” on the corner of Queen St and Wellesley St by forming a partnership with Te Wananga O Aotearoa and the United Credit Union to supply both educational courses and banking facilities for its members. See... Red Flag To Fly Over Queen St – Unite Union Opens [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00291.htm

Sport: NZ's Biggest Cricket Fan Still Has Time For Family -

Timaru father-of-three Nigel Barrett has been named the biggest cricket fan in New Zealand and will soon be watching his beloved game on a new home entertainment system. The judging panel, which included Black Caps legends Martin Crowe and Chris Cairns, and Samsung New Zealand General Manager Marketing, Jean-Philippe Diel , were greatly impressed by Nigel’s dedication to the game of cricket and his family. See... Biggest Cricket Fan In New Zealand Found [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00253.htm

Section 59: Brownlee Concerned Rod Sparing Being Railroaded Through -

National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says cryptic answers offered in Parliament today lend weight to the suggestion that Labour is planning to "railroad the smacking ban under urgency". "Michael Cullen should come clean. Either Labour plans to take urgency and ride roughshod over our democracy next week or it doesn't. See... Is Labour going to railroad the smacking ban? [1] ALSO:

National - Labour shows contempt for New Zealanders [2]

United Future - United Future says no to urgency on Bradford Bill [3]

National - The Mapp Report - Minister Hodgson, Smacking [4]

Elaine West - Vital to Repeal s59, Commit to Family Support [5]

Scoop Full Coverage - Scoop Full Coverage of Section 59 Debate [6]

KiwiFM Audio: [7] KiwiFM's Wammo interviews National Party's State-owned Enterprises spokesman Gerry Brownlee regarding New Zealand Post opening a chain of souvenir and collectible stores called Real Aotearoa. Gerry also gives his opinion on the privatisation of SOE's and finishes up with a helpful hint on getting those wooden drawers unstuck.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00454.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00469.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00472.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00479.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00281.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00231.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00396.htm

The Roger Awards: Countdown To Roger Award Well Worth It For Progressive Enterprises -

Last evening Australian based Progressive Enterprises took out the much cherished Roger Award for being the worst Trans-national company operating in NZ. According to the events organisers it is no surprise that Progressive won the Roger after their September 06 national lockout of their supermarket distribution centre workers in an attempt to starve these low-paid workers into submission. See... Progressive Enterprises Wins Roger Award [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00264.htm

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

KiwiFM Audio: [1] KiwiFM's Wammo interviews freelance journalist Jon Stephenson about his discussions with former SAS troops who say the government intends to announce a troop return to Afghanistan.Scoop Audio: [2] Scoop's Kevin List on Radio Active delivers his weekly New Zealand news roundup. Items discussed today include: the Roger Awards and whether Peter Dunne's party is the weirdest Christian-based party in the world…

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00393.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00372.htm

Water: ChildFund Considers World Water Day

- As the United Nations celebrates World Water Day today we consider how much water is enough to survive. As New Zealanders we don’t generally have to worry too much about our water supply. While we have endured water shortages at one time or another, New Zealand, unlike many other countries globally, is not faced with ongoing problems of water scarcity that hinders our ability to survive or make a living. See... World Water Day: How much water is enough? [1] ALSO:

Council for International Development - NZ needs to do much more on world water crisis [2] New Zealand:

NZ Govt - New dairy report emphasises every day is water day [3]

Maori Party - Who owns the water? [4]

Joint Media Statement - Forest Owners: Taupo Plan Rewards Emitters [5]

Environment Bay of Plenty - Lake Rotoiti wall to be built by Tauranga company [6]

Forest And Bird - Farmers score a C-minus for environmental practice [7]

Aotearoa Educators - Hui Recognises Indigenous World Water Day [8]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00273.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00274.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00450.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00461.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00388.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00252.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00279.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00249.htm

Disabilities: Sheltered Workshop Workers Get Full Employment Protection

- The right for disabled people to be paid according to their ability and not where they work has been won with the passing of the Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill, said Disabilities Minister Ruth Dyson. "For 47 years, disabled people have not had the same employment rights or protections as other New Zealanders," said Ms Dyson. See... Working Rights For The Disabled [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - Dyson: Disabled to receive equal employment rights [2]

Maori Party - Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Bill [3]

Disabled Persons Assembly - DPA hails the repeal of Act [4]

Council of Trade Unions - Milestone for Workers with Disabilities [5]

New Zealand CCS - Important Step for Disabled Workers [6]

IHC - End to segregated workplaces benefits all [7]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00438.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00435.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00436.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00267.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00266.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00263.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00271.htm

Conservation: Expert Claims Palm Oil Products Linked To Orang-utan Demise

- New Zealanders must stop buying palm oil products if they want to save the critically endangered orang-utan, according to a leading international conservation expert coming to Auckland this week. “Only 7000 orang-utans are left, in Indonesia and Malaysia, due to their homes in the rainforests being cut down,” says Dr Peter Pratje, the director of Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Programme (SOCP). See... Palm Oil Products Linked To Orang-utan Demise [1] ALSO:

Other News From Michelle King - Consumers Shut Out Of Govt Party Pill Consultation [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00377.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00378.htm

Industrial Relations: Trouble At T'Mill Not Happening So Much -

Labour Minister Ruth Dyson today welcomed statistics showing this government's Employment Relations Act compares much better than National's Employment Contracts Act across all work stoppage indices. "I have recently received a Department of Labour report measuring work stoppages under Labour's Employment Relations Act compared with the Employment Contracts Act of the 1990s." See... Fewer stoppages under Employment Relations Act [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00433.htm

NEWS HEADLINES:

David Cunliffe has sucessful European telco talks [1]

Asian Team Marks Launch of Gambling Campaign [2]

Motor racing champs rev up study at new MIT centre [3]

Triathlon Begins ‘Life After Carter’ [4]

Chinese And Australian Visitors Boost Record [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00447.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00268.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0703/S00075.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00247.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0703/S00386.htm

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

KiwiFM Audio: [1] KiwiFM's Wammo interviews Nandor Tanczos regarding The Criminal Proceeds Recovery Bill and whether it would allow the Crown to take assets even if the person has not been convicted. It would be up to the targeted person to prove the property was legally obtained.KiwiFM Audio: [2] Scoop's sports obsessed Kevin List joins KiwiFM's Wammo to deliver his weekly News Roundup… Items discussed… Protests outside Parliament for all manner of things; Helen Clark's state visit to the US; Health reporting and the current NZ vs Kenya score…

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00394.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00370.htm

Protest: Free Food and Music Utilised In Opposition To Bush Foreign Policy -

On a glorious autumnal day in Wellington a modest crowd gathered outside Parliament to protest at, and remember, the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq. As well as protesting the United States led invasion of Iraq, New Zealand politicians such as Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff got a tongue lashing. See... Iraq Invasion Peacefully Remembered At Parl't [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00344.htm

Scoop Video:

International Day Of Action Begins In New Zealand.

Peace Action Wellington - NZers protest UK Weapons of Mass Destruction [1]

Rock Against War - The Rock Against War marks Iraq anniversary in Ak [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00242.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00235.htm

SCOOP REPORTS:

Foreign Affairs: Is NZ Poised For A Major Foreign Policy Shift? [1] - A Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the United States may well be a longstanding goal of New Zealand governments going back to 1990. But in 2007, is an FTA with the United States a clever disguise, a red herring masking a more significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy? Scoop's Selwyn Manning analyses an emerging union of common foreign interests. See... State Visit Signals Shift In NZ/US Foreign Policy [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00277.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00277.htm

Scoop Satire: Mr Field Goes To Wellington

- Plot Outline: An idealistic man joins the New Zealand Parliament filled with a selfless desire to make the world a better place for his constituents, and for many people from places quite removed from his constituency. However, he rapidly discovers that the administration has been corrupted by the powerful and ruthless children's lobby. See... Lyndon Hood: Mr Field Goes To Wellington [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00278.htm

MORE SCOOP REPORTS:

Scoop Full Coverage - Reserve Bank Lifts Rates [1]

Scoop Full Coverage - Section 59 Repeal Debate [2]

Lyndon Hood - Scoop Satire: Law and Order Briefs [3]

Scoop Transcript - National's Statements On Iraq 2003 and 2007 [4]

Kevin List - Taser Trial Puts Green MP In A Tizz [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00162.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00231.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00163.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00192.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00281.htm

Foreign Affairs: Footage Details Emerging US Engagement In Pacific

- Scoop Video: Significant attention is now focusing on what Australia, New Zealand and the United States are planning in an attempt to take the uncertainty and instability out of the Pacific region. Scoop today releases footage (from November 06)) of NZ prime minister Helen Clark, US assistant secretary of state Christopher Hill and others discussing Pacific security; NZ/US free trade; how the US can make diplomatic use of NZ's anti-nuclear laws; and a renewed commitment by the US to increase its presence in the Pacific.

Scoop Video:

An A NZ US Plan For Pacific Stability?Scoop Audio: [1] Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: How New Zealand is moving to warmer relations with the United States highlighted by a NZ state visit to the White House.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00347.htm

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

KiwiFM Audio: [1] Wallace Chapman talks to Scoop's Selwyn Manning about the up-coming New Zealand state visit to the White House. What does this mean for NZ and the Pacific?KiwiFM Audio: [2] NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark talks to Wallace Chapman about her pending meetings in the United States with President George W Bush and other top U.S officials – disputes Scoop's interpretation of the US move to make 2007 the year of the Pacific.Scoop Video: International Day Of Action Begins In New Zealand. [3] KiwiFM Audio: [4] NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark talks to Wallace Chapman about the response to Mt Ruapehu’s Lahar on Sunday, as well as her pending meetings in the United States with President George W Bush and other top U.S officials.

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00299.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00297.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00291.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00296.htm

INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
US State Department: Bush Welcomes Clark to the White House

PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam Prime Minister, welcome. We've had a really fruitful discussion. The Prime Minister and I have visited several times over the course of the years. Every time I've talked to Helen Clark I've found a very straightforward, honest woman who cares deeply about the country she represents. And I really thank you very much for coming back. See... Bush Welcomes Clark to the White House [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00424.htm

United Nations: Darfur: UN Seeks New Sites For IDPs -

Camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region are almost at full capacity due to a continuing influx of people fleeing violence, with 30,000 people uprooted last month alone, the United Nations reported today… See... Darfur: UN Seeks New Sites For IDPs [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00402.htm

United Nations: Numbers Of Displaced Timorese Continue To Swell

Although recent violence in Timor-Leste appears to be abating, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the capital, Dili, continues to rise, prompting the United Nations mission to the South-East Asian country to warn today of possible food shortages. See... Numbers Of Displaced Timorese Continue To Swell [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00432.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

Pacific - Drug-resistant tuberculosis threatens the Pacific [1]

United Nations - Movement To Halt Spread Of Tuberculosis [2]

Middle East - A Microcosm of Middle Eastern Contradictions [3]

Sri Lanka - UN Appeals For Urgent Funds To Feed Thousands [4]

Europe - EU Darfur Draft Falls Short [5]

United Nations - Urge Palestinian Unity Government To Commit [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00439.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00435.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00408.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00397.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00438.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00437.htm

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