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Top Scoop Stories - 28 January 2008 News Summary
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Justice: Bipartisan Outrage Over Kuchenbecker Legal Aid
Scoop
Satire: Reasons 'Kiwi Party' Is An Appropriate
Name
Crime:
Two Manurewa Murders In Two Day; 10 In NZ This
Month
Roads:
New Road Safety Tool Launched
Education:
UF Promises Better Deal For Students This
Year
Housing:
Price Falls No Help To Home Loan Affordability
The Good Oil: Take A Leaf From The Books of Ancient
Healers
Agriculture:
NZers Wolfing Down Piggies
Industrial
Relations: Work Stoppages Decrease
Technology: New Engine For Fast Straight Crossing
Attempt
Health:
Avian Flu Remains Global Threat, Cautions UN
Legal:
"Emulate The Model Of Massachusetts School Of Law"
World:
Bosnian Serb To Serve Jail Term In
Norway
Greg
Palast: South Carolina Primary Colors - Black And
White?
Charming:
National Wooing Indians After 100 Years Of Neglect
Michael
Collins: Democrats Pass On Secret Vote Counting In South
Carolina
Raciness: 25,000 at Trentham for Cup Day
Sevens: Alcohol Fuelled Disorder Not To be
Tolerated
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Justice: Bipartisan Outrage Over Kuchenbecker
Legal Aid - Justice Minister Annette King says
she is alarmed that the Legal Services Agency has asked the
widow of Karl Kuchenbecker to repay up to $19,000 granted in
legal aid for the inquest into his death. Mr Kuchenbecker
was murdered by Graeme Burton on January 6 last year. "If
the legal aid system is producing this sort of result for
victims, it has to be changed urgently," she says. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Victims come second again under Labour [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00200.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00202.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Satire: Reasons 'Kiwi Party' Is An Appropriate
Name - # The new party and the flightless bird
are both endangered. # Both are freakish throwbacks,
representative of a species that their advocates think can
only thrive in a protected environment. # Both have a
problem with rodents in their nests... More
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ALSO
- United Future - Dunne: Just one resignation to go, Gordon [2]
- Gordon Copeland - Copeland steps down as co-leader of Future NZ [3]
- The Kiwi Party - New Name & New Leader [4]
- Electoral Commission - The Kiwi Party - Application to register [5]
- Out-Link - The Kiwi Party [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00230.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00192.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00184.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00175.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00178.htm
[6]
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http://www.thekiwiparty.org.nz/Welcome.html
Crime:
Two Manurewa Murders In Two Day; 10 In NZ This
Month - A 50 year old man has been arrested in
relation to the fatal stabbing of a 15 year old youth in
Southview Place, Manurewa on Saturday night. Details of
events leading up to the altercation are still being
investigated. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Police - Manurewa: 16yr old youth charged with murder [2]
- Police - Operation Waikato [3]
- Police - Operation Kenny Release 6 [4]
- Police - Committed to Solving Marie Jamieson Homicide [5]
- Sensible Sentencing Trust - Where Are The Liberal Do-Gooders Now?? [6]
- pillars - Prisoners' children key to stopping cycle of crime [7]
- SOLO - Spate of NZ Murders = Backfire of Collectivism [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00186.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00184.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00158.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00156.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00155.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00194.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00186.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00196.htm
Roads:
New Road Safety Tool Launched - New Zealand's
latest road safety tool has been launched by the AA and
government transport agencies. KiwiRAP is an internationally
recognised road assessment programme (RAP) that aims to
raise awareness of the risk of being involved in a crash on
New Zealand's state highways. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Candor Trust - Candor Trust Road Safety PR [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00193.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00187.htm
Education:
UF Promises Better Deal For Students This Year
- UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says there will be a
better deal for students this year. he was speaking to this
afternoon's student rally at Parliament. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Union of Students' Associations - Massive student debt increase since 2004 [2]
- NZ Govt - Student support improves every year under Labour [3]
- Greens - Loans simply to live: Greens join student protest [4]
- United Future - Turner: Can you live on $8/week? [5]
- Student Job Search - Tertiary Students seek more work [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00194.htm [1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00251.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0801/S00025.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00198.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00188.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00185.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00227.htmBUSINESS SCIENCE &
TECH
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Housing:
Price Falls No Help To Home Loan Affordability
- House prices may be falling and wages improving, but
higher interest rates kept New Zealand home loan
affordability near its worst levels ever in December,
according to the monthly Fairfax Media Home Loan
Affordability report. Affordability for first home buyers
remained at a record low. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00197.htm
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00255.htm
Agriculture:
NZers Wolfing Down Piggies - >New
Zealanders consumed a record 21.4kg of pork per capita last
year according to the Board's recently released Annual
Report for the Year Ending 30 September 2007. This
represents an increase of 0.8kg over the previous year. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00259.htm
Industrial
Relations: Work Stoppages Decrease -
Twenty-nine work stoppages ended in the September 2007 year,
Statistics New Zealand said today. This compares with 50
stoppages for the September 2006 year. Stoppages in the
September 2007 year involved 6,979 employees, and losses of
16,678 person-days of work and $2.9 million in wages and
salaries. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00253.htm
Technology: New Engine For Fast Straight Crossing
Attempt - A new attempt at setting the record
for the fastest crossing of the Cook Strait in an amphibious
vehicle has been scheduled for Tuesday, this time with a
brand new engine. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Sealegs Corporation - Outboard Failure Prevents End to Strait Crossing [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00248.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00232.htm
WORLD
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Health:
Avian Flu Remains Global Threat, Cautions UN -
Despite advances in controlling the virus, recent avian
influenza outbreaks in more than one dozen countries reveal
that it is still a global threat More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00272.htm
Legal:
"Emulate The Model Of Massachusetts School Of
Law" - A prominent legal authority has called
publicly upon the nation's law schools to shift their
teaching approach from the 'academic' or research model most
now use to one designed to train ''good lawyers,'' citing
the example of the Massachusetts ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00273.htm
World:
Bosnian Serb To Serve Jail Term In Norway - A
former Bosnian Serb army commander convicted by the United
Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia over
his role in the notorious Srebrenica massacre in 1995 was
transferred today to Norway to serve the remainder of his
prison sentence. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00271.htm
COMMENT
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Greg
Palast: South Carolina Primary Colors - Black And
White? - There's an awfully good reason for
Black folk to vote for one of their own. This is the chance
to even the historic score in this land of lingering Jim
Crow where the Confederate Flag flew over the capital while
the longshoreman faced Southern justice. But maybe there's
more to South Carolina's story than Black and White. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00240.htm
Charming:
National Wooing Indians After 100 Years Of
Neglect - The mood generally in the
increasingly politically aware Indian community is of a
growing concern of not having one of their own
representatives in parliament. A great section in the camp
wonders at this lack of representation despite having seen
their numbers grow to over 100,000 in the last 150 years.
National has woken upto this disparity only recently. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00234.htm
Michael
Collins: Democrats Pass On Secret Vote Counting In South
Carolina - South Carolina's state constitution
is clear, if not elegant, in its definition of the basic
elements of elections: "All elections by the people
shall be by secret ballot, but the ballots shall not be
counted in secret.". These touch screen "ballots" are
nothing more than a computerized record (not a ballot).
After the election, citizens almost always lack the right to
examine that computerized records and are typically barred
from reviewing the paper forms they mark for optical scan
voting machines. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00233.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Raciness: 25,000 at Trentham for Cup Day -
An estimated 25,000 people packed Trentham Racecourse for
the final day (subs: Saturday 26 January) of the Century
City Developments 2008 Wellington Cup Carnival, according to
Wellington Racing Club president, Mike Brown. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00232.htm
Sevens: Alcohol Fuelled Disorder Not To be
Tolerated - People who use next week's NZI
Sevens festivities in Wellington as an excuse to drink too
much and disrupt the enjoyment and safety of others can
expect a firm response from Wellington Police. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00192.htm
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