Today's Top Scoops - 26 March 2008
Scoop Multimedia: Prime Minister's Post Cabinet Presser - China, Tibet, NATO, Afghanistan
Environment:
$72 Million For Rotorua Lakes Clean-Up
Whinging: Saving Britain Twice Last Century Forgotten
Military: Send Overseas Troops A (Nice) Message Says
Defence
Chardonnay
Socialism? Sommelier "500,000th KiwiSaver"
Syed Akbar Kamal: The Missing Voice In New Harbour
Crossing
Climate
Change: Greenpeace Occupies Coal Ship
Crime:
Minister To Visit Site Of Kua Kaupapa
Arson
Gormandery: Giraffes Eye Local Trees For Treats
Internet: Some Good News For TVNZ
Employment: Excess Of Legal Eagles
Eco-Tourism:
Endangered Species Highlighted In Tourism
Report
UN
Watch: Human Rights Activists Urge Swiss to Suspend
Tomorrow's UN Nomination of Khaddafi Ally Pending
Independent Inquiry
Burma/Thailand:
Thai Army Raids Burmese Opposition Group in Mae
Sot
Cheap
Housing: The New Crime On The Block - House
Stealing
United
Nations: Nepalese Arrests Of Protesters On Tibet Issue
Alarm UN Human Rights Office
Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar: How to Survive the
Recession
Sherwood Ross: Impact of Radioactive Ammunition Fired
in Iraq
Suzan Mazur: Theory Of Form To Evolution Center
Stage
Jason Leopold: White House Official Tells Judge
Searching for Missing Emails Too Much
Work
Outrage:
NZ Parents Warned, Kids Informed About Miss Bimbo
Website
Animal Welfare: Don't Forget Fido in A
Disaster
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Scoop Multimedia: Prime Minister's Post
Cabinet Presser - China, Tibet, NATO,
Afghanistan - Video on Demand + Audio of NZ
Prime Minister, Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference
for Parliamentary press gallery journalists. The cabinet
readout was followed by Q&A on a wide ranging variety of
subjects including protest violence in Tibet and NZ's Free
Trade Agreement negotiations with China and NZ's attendance
at NATO discussions on the war in Afghanistan. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00399.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Environment:
$72 Million For Rotorua Lakes Clean-Up - The
Labour-led Government is committing $72.1 million over ten
years to a programme to clean up the most seriously degraded
Rotorua lakes, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced in
Rotorua today. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Saving Rotorua lakes? Or saving Rotorua seat? [2]
- NZ Govt - Clark: Restoration Project for Rotorua Lakes [3]
- NZ First - Lakes to Get Long Awaited Facelift [4]
- Environment Bay of Plenty - Welcome Boost for Rotorua Lakes [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00427.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00435.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00428.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00429.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0803/S00245.htm
Whinging: Saving Britain Twice Last Century Forgotten
- The British/New Zealand Trade Council is to
protest to the British Home Secretary and other British
government politicians through the British High Commission
in Wellington against the possible withdrawal of prioritised
access to the UK for New Zealanders. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00240.htm
Military: Send Overseas Troops A (Nice) Message Says
Defence - The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF)
is encouraging the public to send a message to the Kiwi
troops who will be overseas on Anzac Day. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00241.htm
Chardonnay
Socialism? Sommelier "500,000th KiwiSaver"
- A sommelier in Wellington signed up his son as the 500,000
Kiwi Saver this afternoon at the ninth floor of the Beehive.
Jules Van Cruysen, who is a Labour Party supporter but not
presently a card carrying member, was happy to put down the
plonk and complete the signing under the gaze of the Prime
Minister Helen Clark and Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen.
More
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ALSO:
- NZ Govt - KiwiSaver breaks through half-million mark [2]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00396.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00420.htm
Syed Akbar Kamal: The Missing Voice In New Harbour
Crossing - Voices of discontent are emanating
from some quarters concerning the proposed new Waitemata
harbour crossing. They say millions and billions of public
dollars are at stake. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00373.htm
Climate
Change: Greenpeace Occupies Coal Ship -
Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior has blocked a shipment
of export coal from leaving the Port of Lyttelton. This is
the first time the Rainbow Warrior has been used to block
another ship in New Zealand. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Save Happy Valley Coalition - Greenpeace ship highlights Government hyprocrisy [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00239.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00246.htm
Crime:
Minister To Visit Site Of Kua Kaupapa Arson -
Over the weekend five classrooms were destroyed at a Maori
immersion school, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarere, in
Moerewa. Only four classrooms were saved. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Shane Jones - Arson attack at Kura Kaupapa is just "agony" [2]
OTHER ARSONS:
- Police - Admission over Rangeview Intermediate fire [3]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00415.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00412.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0803/S00180.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Gormandery: Giraffes Eye Local Trees For Treats
- Hamilton Zoo is offering Hamiltonians the
opportunity to have their trees pruned free of charge while
providing tasty fare for its resident giraffes. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0803/S00243.htm
Internet: Some Good News For TVNZ - The
top three channels in the TV & Radio category for New
Zealand visitors' unique browsers are are tvnz.co.nz,
tv3.co.nz and radio.co.nz. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00382.htm
Employment: Excess Of Legal Eagles - The
economic turnaround has already been felt in the legal
market with lawyers being made redundant by some smaller law
practices, according to sources spoken to by LawFuel.co.nz.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00376.htm
Eco-Tourism:
Endangered Species Highlighted In Tourism
Report - New Zealand has received the worst
possible ranking, last amongst 130 countries, for its
protection of threatened species, according to the World
Economic Forum's latest Travel & Tourism Competitiveness
Report (T&TCR). More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0803/S00048.htm
WORLD
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UN
Watch: Human Rights Activists Urge Swiss to Suspend
Tomorrow's UN Nomination of Khaddafi Ally Pending
Independent Inquiry - Activists point to
Ziegler's long record of support for serial human rights
violators including Libya's Khaddafi, Fidel Castro of Cuba,
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, and Ethiopian strongman Colonel
Mengistu. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00215.htm
Burma/Thailand:
Thai Army Raids Burmese Opposition Group in Mae
Sot - Thai soldiers, in the Thai city of Mae
Sot, raided the homes of three top Karen National Union
(KNU) leaders yesterday. The troops entered the homes of KNU
leaders Padoh Myat Maung, an administrator; Lt-Col Paw Doh;
and KNU Commander in Chief Mu Tu. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00216.htm
Cheap
Housing: The New Crime On The Block - House
Stealing - The con artists start by picking out
a house to steal, say YOURS. Next, they assume your
identity, purchase forms that transfer property, forge your
signature, file these deeds with the proper authorities. Lo
and behold! The house is now THEIRS. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00217.htm
United
Nations: Nepalese Arrests Of Protesters On Tibet Issue
Alarm UN Human Rights Office - United Nations
human rights officials in Nepal have expressed deep concern
at the arbitrary arrest and detention of several hundred
people in the capital, Kathmandu, apparently on the grounds
that they were involved in protests related to recent
developments in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00220.htm
COMMENT
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Dr. Abbas Bakhtiar: How to Survive the
Recession - By now it should be clear to all
but the craziest of optimists that we are in a recession, at
least in US. What is not clear, however, is the severity of
this recession and if this will turn into a depression. A
technical recession is defined as the economic ... More
>> [1]
Also:
- Keith Rankin - An imminent recession? Be prepared. [2]
- Dean Baker - Financial Meltdown [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00376.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00319.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00387.htm
Sherwood Ross: Impact of Radioactive Ammunition Fired
in Iraq - The U.S., Great Britain and Israel
are turning portions of the Middle East into a slice of
radioactive hell. They are achieving this by firing what
they call "depleted uranium"(DU)ammunition but which is, in
fact, radioactive ammunition and it is perhaps... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00375.htm
Suzan Mazur: Theory Of Form To Evolution Center
Stage - IT'S PRIVATE. That is now the word from
organizers as to whether or not the public can listen-in to
the conversation of 16 scientists meeting to remix the
theory of evolution at Altenberg, Austria in July. So while
Konrad Lorenz Institute where the ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00380.htm
Jason Leopold: White House Official Tells Judge
Searching for Missing Emails Too Much Work -
The White House's chief information officer said the Bush
administration should not be compelled to search for
millions of emails on individual computers and hard drives
that... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00370.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Outrage:
NZ Parents Warned, Kids Informed About Miss Bimbo
Website - The website www.missbimbo.com
encourages girls to use plastic surgery and extreme dieting
to get the perfect figure and children can earn "bimbo
dollars" to buy plastic surgery, diet pills, facelifts,
lingerie and fashionable nightclub outfits. More
>> [1]
- ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Critics slam 'Miss Bimbo' website [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00245.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/international/6204.html
Animal Welfare: Don't Forget Fido in A
Disaster - The SPCA has called on pet-owners to
make arrangements in advance, to help their animals through
natural disasters and other emergencies. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00235.htm
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