Today's Top Scoops - 11 March 2008
Politics: Multimedia - PM'S Post Cabinet Presser 10 Mar. 2008
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Crime And Punishment: Vigorous Debate Likely At SST
Conference
Syed
Akbar Kamal: Rates Revolt in Auckland
Oddspot: Kiwi Party Offers 'No Mates' National
Friendship
Politics: Wisdom Of Solomon Needed For Poananga-Fox
Scrap
Neighbourliness:
NZ to help rebuild Solomon Islands homes
Key Watch: Cullen Scans Scoop For Key Quotes
Holidays: Bunnings Workers Can Chill Out With Easter
Bunny
International Relations: Hugo Chavez's Buddy To Speak
In Christchurch
Profit Forecasts? NZ Buys UK Weather
Employment: Demand for New Staff Remains Strong
Employment: Scoop Appoints Senior Account
Manager
Regulation: Lepionka Wages War On Aspartame
Real Estate: Plane Crash Survivor Winner In Charity
Auction
Unemployment:
Two More "Feltex" Plants To Close
Common
Dilemma: British PM Calls For Greener
Commonwealth
Burma:
UN Envoy Meets Pro-democracy Leader Again Before Wrapping Up
Myanmar Visit
UN
Envoy Holds Talks With Senior Myanmar Ministers
UN
Burma Envoy Meets With Pro-democracy Leader
Mind
Games: Another Worldwide Protest Against
Scientology
Uri Avnery: "Kill A Hundred Turks And
Rest..."
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Did Republicans
give Hillary her victory in Ohio?
Dr. Ravindra Kumar: Morality - A Fundamental of
Civilization
Sherwood Ross: A Little "PR" Advice For Senator
Obama
Bill Quigley: Half of New Orleans's Poor Permanently
Displaced
Jason Leopold: VA Official -- More Than 60,000 Iraq,
Afghanistan Vets Diagnosed With PTSD
Sport: Coaches Get Financial Boost
Media: Don't Blame The Flame, Fire Service Tells
Kiwis
Groovin': LA Mitchell 'Live at the
Matterhorn'
Good Times: Scribe, Elemeno P And Vicky-Lee at Onewa
Music: Psychedelic Wellington Blues Moves North
Shore
Writers
Week: Writers Released Onto Streets
Touring Musos: Miriam Clancy Opens for Wilco
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Politics: Multimedia - PM'S Post Cabinet
Presser 10 Mar. 2008 - Video on Demand of NZ
Prime Minister, Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference
for Parliamentary press gallery journalists held this
afternoon. The cabinet readout was followed by Q&A a wide
ranging variety of subjects including making NZ more
innovative, electricity, Auckland airport, strategic assets
in general, railway nationalisation, sustainability and the
selection of Derek Fox as a Maori Party candidate. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00158.htm
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00170.htm
Crime And Punishment: Vigorous Debate Likely At SST
Conference - The Rethinking Crime and
Punishment Project Leader, Kim Workman will headline the
Sensible Sentencing Trusts Victim's Conference in
Wellington, in April. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00098.htm
Syed
Akbar Kamal: Rates Revolt in Auckland - A
rates revolt campaign has been launched by a section of
Auckland City Council residents spearheaded by Penny Bright.
The dispute centres on the continuation of 'charitable
payments' by the Council owned Metrowater. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00173.htm
Oddspot: Kiwi Party Offers 'No Mates' National
Friendship - Observers of political history are
aware that as the General Election date draws closer minor
parties within our MMP environment come into their own,
boosted by a concentrated media presence. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00099.htm
Politics: Wisdom Of Solomon Needed For Poananga-Fox
Scrap - "A very constructive meeting was held
with members of the Maori Party in Ikaroa Rawhiti tonight"
said Professor Winiata. "We are humbled by the wisdom of the
people" said Professor Winiata. "The people told us, 'this
is fixable'". More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00167.htm
Neighbourliness:
NZ to help rebuild Solomon Islands homes -
Thousands of homes damaged or destroyed by earthquake and
tsunami in the Solomon Islands last April are to be rebuilt
with help from New Zealand, Foreign Minister Winston Peters
announced today. File Image: Solomon Islands by Jason
Dorday. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00154.htm
Key Watch: Cullen Scans Scoop For Key
Quotes - Less than a week after John Key forgot
that he had set a deadline for Treaty of Waitangi
settlements, Bill English has now been caught forgetting
that his leader has set a Crown debt target of 25 per cent
of GDP. More
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ALSO:
- Scoop IV Transcript - John Key Talks Tax Cuts [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00162.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0606/S00216.htm
Holidays: Bunnings Workers Can Chill Out With Easter
Bunny - A u-turn by Bunnings means its giant
warehouses will not be open on Easter Sunday, says the
Bunnings workers' union, the National Distribution Union. More
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ALSO:
- Gordon Copeland - Copeland welcomes Bunnings move [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00090.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00160.htm
International Relations: Hugo Chavez's Buddy To Speak
In Christchurch - Venezuela's Charge d'Affairs
Nelson Davila, a close ally of President Hugo Chávez, will
give two public speeches in Christchurch on March 16 and 17.
He will be discussing the formation of the five-million
strong United Socialist Party of Venezuela. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00082.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Profit Forecasts? NZ Buys UK Weather - New
Zealand's public weather forecaster, MetService, has taken a
50% stake in a private UK forecasting company Weather
Commerce with a view to a complete buy-out in three years.
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0803/S00021.htm
Employment: Demand for New Staff Remains Strong
- The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey
released today shows that whilst the employment prospects
for New Zealand's job seekers remain positive, the Net
Employment Outlook for the upcoming quarter is below the
long-term average. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00168.htm
Employment: Scoop Appoints Senior Account
Manager - Scoop Media, publishers of
Scoop.co.nz and commercial partners of Publicaddress.net
have appointed Chloe Thomsen to the newly created role of
Senior Account Manager - Advertising. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00157.htm
Regulation: Lepionka Wages War On Aspartame
- Phoenix Organics' CEO Stefan Lepionka has
called on Food Safety Minister Lianne Dalziel and Health
Minister David Cunliffe to scrap the Voluntary Schools
Beverage Statement. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00151.htm
Real Estate: Plane Crash Survivor Winner In Charity
Auction - Eight months after he nearly died in
a plane crash, Nicholas Eagleson bravely looked to a
brighter future yesterday - successful bidding with his
fiance' Karen Forsyth for the Free Home for Hospice
auctioned in Orewa by Harcourts. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00143.htm
Unemployment:
Two More "Feltex" Plants To Close - "Workers,
families and the two small communities of Foxton and
Feilding will be devastated by today's announcement that
their former-Feltex plants, now owned by Godfrey Hirst, are
being closed," said Robert Reid, President of the National
Distribution Union. The announcement was made to workers by
Godfrey Hirst management at 4.00 pm today. Around 160
workers will be affected by the two closures. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00079.htm
WORLD
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Common
Dilemma: British PM Calls For Greener
Commonwealth - "Commonwealth States share the
same dilemma. We need to find a way to grow and develop our
economies without destabilising the climate and destroying
the foundations that underpin our growth, stability and
development." -- Gordon Brown, British PM More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00104.htm
Burma:
UN Envoy Meets Pro-democracy Leader Again Before Wrapping Up
Myanmar Visit - The Secretary-General's Special
Adviser on Myanmar has concluded his latest mission to spur
democratic change in the SE Asian nation, meeting today for
the second time during his visit with detained pro-democracy
leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. More
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ALSO:
- UN Envoy Holds Talks With Senior Myanmar Ministers : UN, 9 March 2008 - Continuing his latest mission to promote democratization and national reconciliation, Ibrahim Gambari met with senior Government ministers in Yangon. [2]
- UN Burma Envoy Meets With Pro-democracy Leader: UN, 8 March 2008 - Ibrahim Gambari met in Yangon with detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her party, the National League for Democracy. [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00102.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00101.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00100.htm
Mind
Games: Another Worldwide Protest Against
Scientology - As Project Chanology continues,
thousands of people worldwide will stage a protest on March
15th against the Church of Scientology's corruption, and
abuse of its members and critics. A number of former
Scientology members who had previously been afraid to give
their own testimonies for fear of retribution from church
officials have joined the movement. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00099.htm
COMMENT
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Uri Avnery: "Kill A Hundred Turks And
Rest..." - I WAS reminded this week of the old
tale about a Jewish mother taking leave of her son, who has
been called up to serve in the Czar's army against the
Turks. More
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ALSO:
- Ramzy Baroud - 'Unwavering Commitment' to Inequality [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00155.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00149.htm
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Did Republicans
give Hillary her victory in Ohio? - Hilary
Clinton's larger-than-expected victory in Ohio may have been
won with votes from Republicans, and from independents who
usually vote Republican. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00160.htm
Dr. Ravindra Kumar: Morality - A Fundamental of
Civilization - A review of thousands of years
of human history, in which various civilizations raised
their flags in different parts of the globe, from time to
time, confirms the fact that morality always remained
established in human society in both forms, direct ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00147.htm
Sherwood Ross: A Little "PR" Advice For Senator
Obama - If Senator Obama spends his time
between now and the Pennsylvania primary April 22 attacking
Senator Clinton he will have focused on the wrong target.
Public Enemy No. 1 in America today is George Bush, not
Hillary Clinton. When there's a Mafioso ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00152.htm
Bill Quigley: Half of New Orleans's Poor Permanently
Displaced - Government reports confirm that
half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in
New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina have not returned.
Because of critical shortages in low-cost housing, few now
expect tens of thousands of poor and working ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00126.htm
Jason Leopold: VA Official -- More Than 60,000 Iraq,
Afghanistan Vets Diagnosed With PTSD - Jonathan
Schulze was awarded two Purple Hearts in 2005 after a
lengthy tour of duty in Iraq. But the Marine veteran
couldn't escape the war inside his head. Drugs and alcohol
temporarily numbed his pain. Yet the guilt he carried around
with him having ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00119.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Sport: Coaches Get Financial Boost - SPARC
has invested over $600,000 into some of New Zealand's top
coaches through Coach Performance Enhancement Grants (CPEGs)
- almost twice the amount invested in this programme during
2007. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00098.htm
Media: Don't Blame The Flame, Fire Service Tells
Kiwis - Firefighters say thousands of house
fires in New Zealand every year could be prevented if people
took more care around their homes. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00104.htm
Groovin': LA Mitchell 'Live at the
Matterhorn' - Since the colossal success of Fat
Freddy's Drop's 'Live at the Matterhorn' critics and fans
have been awaiting another quality production from the
Matterhorn assembly. The wait is now over...More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00100.htm
Good Times: Scribe, Elemeno P And Vicky-Lee at Onewa
- Around 2,500 of North Shore City's youngest
folk turned up to see Scribe and local legends Elemeno P in
action at Onewa Domain on Sunday afternoon. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00088.htm
Music: Psychedelic Wellington Blues Moves North
Shore - Close to 1,000 folk turned up to hear
Wellington's psychedelic blues four-piece Little Bushman at
North Shore City's Onepoto Domain on Saturday afternoon. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00087.htm
Writers
Week: Writers Released Onto Streets - Once
Upon a Deadline is the world's first wireless writing
marathon. Watch as six New Zealand writers take to the
streets. In the course of a single day they will each visit
six locations, and by the end of the day have created a
story of no more than 1200 words inspired by their
adventures. More
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ALSO:
- Victoria University of Wellington - NZ's largest literary prize to be announced [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00078.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00064.htm
Touring Musos: Miriam Clancy Opens for Wilco
- Recently returned from a successful
expedition to the U.S, Silver Scroll nominee Miriam Clancy
is chosen to play support for double Grammy winning US band
Wilco on their NZ shows at the end of the month. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00084.htm
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