Today's Top Scoops - 29 January 2008
Key Speech: National Target Youth Crime Wave
Transtasman Buddies: Rudd's Indigenous Australia
Commitment Commendable Says Turia
Kiwi Pride: Prime Minister Honoured By UN Environment
Award
Race
Relations: Maori Claim Home Of Treaty Of
Waitangi
The
Ice: Peters Of The Antarctic
Technological Wizardry: Cook Strait Crossed By An
Amphibious Vehicle
Prices:
Any Old Iron?
Transport: Passenger Movements Reach Record
High
Ideas:
NZ's Dragon's Den 'Tastefully' Renamed Bear
Baiting
Happy
Birthday: 50th Anniversary Of LEGO Building
Bricks
Mid
East: Israel's Blockade Affects Gaza's Sick And
Elderly
Champions
of the Earth: Environmental Leaders From Bangladesh To
New Zealand To Receive UN Honours
Bali
Forum: UN Official Urges Action Against
Corruption
Dr. Ravindra Kumar: War And Peace In Relation To Religion
Foodie:
Tickets on Sale for Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
Theatre:
Employee Employer Relationships Explored By
Surrealists
Fine Arts: Wellington Painters Join Hammond at City
Gallery
Bon
Jovi: Bonny Time Had In Christchurch
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LEAD STORY
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Key Speech: National Target Youth Crime
Wave - National Party Leader John Key today
announced policies to fight a growing youth crime wave and
ensure young people get into education or training. In a
speech in Auckland, he outlined National's Youth Plan "Last
year, in my underclass speech I warned that New Zealand was
seeing a dangerous drift toward social and economic
separatism. Helen Clark denied the problem existed, yet
nobody can deny its fruits, which are seen daily in the
media. More
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ALSO:
- Key Speech 2008: A Fresh Start for New Zealand [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00214.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00215.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Transtasman Buddies: Rudd's Indigenous Australia
Commitment Commendable Says Turia - Maori
Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, has today recognised
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's promise to 'build a
bridge ...to restore respect with indigenous Australia' as
demonstrating the political leadership that tangata whenua
will admire. More
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ALSO:
- Greens - Flag decision fuelling cultural division - Greens [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00211.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00213.htm
Kiwi Pride: Prime Minister Honoured By UN Environment
Award - Prime Minister Helen Clark says New
Zealand's efforts to adapt to the global impact of climate
change have been recognised with the United Nations
Environment Programme "Champions of the Earth" award. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00210.htm
Race
Relations: Maori Claim Home Of Treaty Of
Waitangi - In a surprise announcement shortly
before Waitangi Day, Maori academic David Rankin has
indicated that his sub-tribe - Matarahurahu - is finalising
a claim to have the Treaty grounds in Waitangi, including
the historic Treaty House, returned to his people. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00201.htm
The
Ice: Peters Of The Antarctic - Foreign
Minister Winston Peters flies to Antarctica tomorrow for a
three-day visit to New Zealand's research station, Scott
Base. "...as the Minister responsible for Antarctica New
Zealand, this trip allows me to see our research work
first-hand as we approach the mid point of International
Polar Year." More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00205.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Technological Wizardry: Cook Strait Crossed By An
Amphibious Vehicle - It was third time lucky
for Sealegs this morning. After setting off from Arapawa
Island in the Marlborough Sounds at 7.23am Sealegs CEO David
McKee-Wright powered the 6.1m Sealegs RIB onto the beach at
Owhiro Bay at Wellington in 47minutes and said it was a
"faultless crossing." More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00274.htm
Prices:
Any Old Iron? - Pacific Steel Group has advised
customers it will be increasing the price of all its steel
reinforcing and wire products by 12 per cent, effective from
March 1. The price rise is due to a 25 per cent jump in the
cost of scrap metal since Christmas. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00268.htm
Transport: Passenger Movements Reach Record
High - Domestic passenger movements at
Christchurch International Airport have reached a record
high for the month of December, with an 11% increase on the
same month last year. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00265.htm
Ideas:
NZ's Dragon's Den 'Tastefully' Renamed Bear
Baiting - Do you have a great business idea?
Find out whether it's really a million dollar baby or just
hot air in a suit. Bear Baiting is an event hosted by the
University of Otago's Enterprise Office, in collaboration
with the Upstart Business Incubator, KickStart More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00261.htm
WORLD
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Happy
Birthday: 50th Anniversary Of LEGO Building
Bricks - The 50th birthday of the LEGO brick is
in January 2008 and there is plenty to celebrate. Children
all over the world have played with LEGO bricks for the past
50 years, and LEGO is still right at the top of many wish
lists - just as it always has been. Industry and trade
associations also recognize the LEGO success. Just before
the turn of the millennium the LEGO brick was voted "Toy of
the Century", one of the highest awards in the toy industry,
by both Fortune Magazine in the US and the British
Association of Toy Retailers. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00288.htm
Mid
East: Israel's Blockade Affects Gaza's Sick And
Elderly - The seven-month ongoing Israeli
blockade is taking an ever-more severe toll on the health
system in the Gaza Strip. The one-off relaxation of the
blockade this week to allow the delivery of fuel and some
other humanitarian supplies, cannot meet the needs of 1.5
million Gazan population, especially the sick, injured and
vulnerable. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00281.htm
Champions
of the Earth: Environmental Leaders From Bangladesh To
New Zealand To Receive UN Honours - The head of
a leading South Asian environmental think tank and the Prime
Minister of NZ are among those chosen as this year's
Champions of the Earth by the UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) for spearheading efforts to advance sustainable
development. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00275.htm
Bali
Forum: UN Official Urges Action Against
Corruption - ''Corruption hurts us all,
therefore fighting it is a shared responsibility - we all
have a duty and the power to say 'no' to corruption,'' said
the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00280.htm
COMMENT
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Dr.
Ravindra Kumar: War And Peace In Relation To
Religion - It was indeed a matter of pleasure
to receive an invitation in 1999 from my Danish friend Niels
Thomassen to speak before teachers, students and researchers
of the South Denmark University on 'War and Peace in
Relation to Religion'. I was keen to ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00241.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Foodie:
Tickets on Sale for Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
- Tickets for the 2008 Bluff Oyster & Food
Festival, scheduled for Saturday 24 May, have gone on sale.
Festival Chairman, John Edminstin made the announcement
after the new Festival Committee had quickly put the major
details for the event in place. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00189.htm
Theatre:
Employee Employer Relationships Explored By
Surrealists - The anti-dance crusaders return
with a new surreal, black comedy that explores the ethics of
employer - employee relationships. BabyshadS received
critical and popular acclaim for their previous performances
Watch This Space. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00245.htm
Fine Arts: Wellington Painters Join Hammond at City
Gallery - Recent works by three Wellington
artists play with traditional painting styles and
conventions in a new exhibition at the Michael Hirshfeld
Gallery, 2 February until 2 March. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00247.htm
Bon
Jovi: Bonny Time Had In Christchurch -
Capital C: Concerts has it's second sell out concert over
the summer holiday period, firstly with a capacity audience
in New Plymouth with Elton John in December and now the huge
concert by American Super band Bon Jovi More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00239.htm
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