Today's Top Scoops - 07 April 2008
Union News: Unite Union Employs Slick Marketing Techniques
Waikato
Fire: Firefighter Loses Life In Cool Store
Incident
Crime:
"Garth McVicar Fails to Address the Problem"
Health:
Cunliffe Throws Slippery Tag At National
Munitions:
Super Fund To Divest From Cluster Companies. Soon.
EFB:
Can Third Parties Meddle In Political Parties? EPMU TO
Register
Trade:
China FTA Predictions
Brewing:
Students Take Beer Classes
PHR-Israel
Report: "2007 - Challenges & Achievements"
Health
Benefits: Cuban Medical Collaboration Program - The
Best Show of Altruism
Environment:
Global Warming Continues, Regardless Of La Niña Weather
Pattern
Foreign
Affairs: DOJ Asked How Bush Could Sidestep Fourth
Amendment
Scoop
: Ramzy Baroud: No Checkpoints In Heaven
Foreign
Affairs: Steve Weissman: When The Clintons Mine Big
Bucks
World
News: Walter Brasch: Murder In An Alaskan
Forest
Photography:
The Children of the Revolution As Snapped By Kiwis
Art: The New Dowse Celebrates Gender
Diversity
Telly:
Disturbing Kiwi Crime Drama For Sunday
Theatre
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LEAD STORY
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Union News: Unite Union Employs Slick
Marketing Techniques - AUT Journalism student,
Keira Stephenson, reports that UNITE union secretary Matt
McCarten hopes to bring the union movement kicking and
screaming into the 21st century by employing the slick
marketing techniques used by big business. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00054.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Waikato
Fire: Firefighter Loses Life In Cool Store
Incident - The New Zealand Fire Service has
reported "with profound regret" that Senior Station Officer
Derek Lovell has died from injuries sustained in an
explosion and fire at a cool store facility in Tamahere,
near Hamilton, Waikato, yesterday afternoon. More
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ALSO:
- NZ Fire Service - NZ Fire Service: Injured firefighters named [2]
- Waikato DHB - Emergency Department Response Praised [3]
- Waikato DHB - (Includes Audio) Tamahere Explosion Condition Updates [4]
- NZ Govt - Minister Barker in Hamilton To Meet Firefighters [5]
- National - Key pays tribute to firefighters [6]
- TV3 Video - Acrid smoke drifting over Hamilton from Tamahere fire as it still burns [7]
- (Waikato DHB): Audio Released of Press Conference on Waikato Fire [8]
- TV3 Video: Massive explosion rocks Hamilton [9]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00106.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00109.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0804/S00039.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0804/S00040.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00173.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00177.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/6612.html
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0804/S00038.htm
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/6582.html
Crime:
"Garth McVicar Fails to Address the Problem" -
Youth advocacy group Youth Organised and United are
condemning the Sensible Sentencing Trust and their spokesman
Garth McVicar for comments made regarding the death of 15
year old Pihema Clifford Cameron. McVicar is quoted
describing Bruce Emery as "a decent hard-working citizen
(who) is facing a murder charge because of his frustration
over this (tagging) issue." More
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ALSO:
- Sensible Sentencing Trust - Law & order revolution gains momentum [2]
- Sensible Sentencing Trust - Maori Want Crack Down on Crime [3]
- Sensible Sentencing Trust - Kiro Supports Taggers [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00108.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00103.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00111.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00052.htm
Health:
Cunliffe Throws Slippery Tag At National -
Minister of Health David Cunliffe said figures showed that
between First Specialist Appointments and follow-up
appointments there were over 1.3 million meetings with
medical and surgical specialities each year. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Health Minister steals Nats' proposals [2]
- National - Cunliffe tries to cover up embarrassing goof [3]
- Agenda - Transcript: Cunliffe for More Govt Control of DHBs [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00183.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00186.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00185.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00114.htm
Munitions:
Super Fund To Divest From Cluster Companies.
Soon. - Disarmament and Arms Control Minister
Phil Goff has warmly welcomed the New Zealand Superannuation
Fund's announcement today that it would divest from
companies involved in the production of cluster munitions
once a Treaty on the weapons comes into force. The Treaty,
which will be concluded by the end of 2008, stems from the
Oslo Process which was started by New Zealand and six other
countries last year. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Greens - The last hesitation before morality [2]
- Oxfam - Super Fund's move to divest from cluster bombs [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00156.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00159.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00095.htm
EFB:
Can Third Parties Meddle In Political Parties? EPMU TO
Register - The Crown Law opinion is that in the
context of section 13(2)(f)(i) of the Electoral Finance Act
2007 'person' means a natural person... The EPMU will be
listed as a third party on Thursday 17 April 2008 unless the
Electoral Commission is ordered otherwise by a court. More
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ALSO:
- Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Commission ruling is a victory for free speech [2]
- National - The door is open for election law rorts [3]
- Out-Link - Kiwiblog: Parallel Campaigning Made Easier [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00090.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00093.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00157.htm
[4]
- http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2008/04/parallel_campaigning_made_easier.html
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Trade:
China FTA Predictions - The Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) to be signed with China should lift economic
performance and keep New Zealand at the forefront of moves
towards freer trade in the Asia Pacific region, says the New
Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF). More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Minister of Trade to sign NZ-China Free Trade Deal [2]
- Greens - FTA signing - Green MPs say 'don't forget Tibet' [3]
- Meat And Wool New Zealand - China holds opportunity for New Zealand farmers [4]
- Mike Moore - Mike Moore Backs NZ China FTA [5]
- Global Peace And Justice - Free Trade - Embarrassing moments from Helen Clark [6]
- Global Peace And Justice - The high cost of free trade [7]
- TV3 Video - Helen Clark says China Free Trade Agreement will be lucrative for NZ [8]
- TV3 Video - Protests at London torch relay continue Beijing Olympics controversy [9]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0804/S00107.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00143.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0804/S00188.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0804/S00096.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00110.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00113.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00104.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/6617.html
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/international/6616.html
Brewing:
Students Take Beer Classes - The micro brewery
at Massey's School of Engineering and Advanced Technology
was officially opened on Friday, with staff and visitors
raising a glass of the pilsner-style beer named Pilot Pils.
More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0804/S00015.htm
WORLD
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PHR-Israel
Report: "2007 - Challenges &
Achievements" - Throughout 2007, we struggled
against the exclusion policies issued by the State of Israel
against all the populations under its control: the
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, migrants, refugees
and statusless people, the Bedouin residents of unrecognized
villages in the Negev, prisoners and detainees, and all the
people who cannot afford supplementary insurance policies,
as well as co-payments for medicines and medical services
included in the national health package. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0804/S00078.htm
Health
Benefits: Cuban Medical Collaboration Program - The
Best Show of Altruism - After 45 years of
existence, the Cuban Medical Collaboration Program continues
as a model and a cornerstone of the nation's international
policy, as well as one the highest forms of altruism ever
showed to sister nations. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0804/S00090.htm
Environment:
Global Warming Continues, Regardless Of La Niña Weather
Pattern - The long-term trend of global warming
is continuing, despite the current La Niña weather
phenomenon that is bringing relatively cooler temperatures
to parts of the Equatorial Pacific region, the UN World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0804/S00086.htm
COMMENT
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Foreign
Affairs: DOJ Asked How Bush Could Sidestep Fourth
Amendment - Earlier this week, the Pentagon
declassified an 81-page memorandum John Yoo, a former deputy
in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, drafted
in March 2003 that authorized military interrogators to use
brutal techniques to obtain information about terrorist
plans from prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00070.htm
Scoop
: Ramzy Baroud: No Checkpoints In Heaven -
I still vividly remember my father's face - wrinkled,
apprehensive, warm - as he last wished me farewell fourteen
years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family's
home in a Gaza refugee camp wearing old yellow pyjamas and a
seemingly ancient robe. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00065.htm
Foreign
Affairs: Steve Weissman: When The Clintons Mine Big
Bucks - Frank Giustra has never been a lobbyist
and has never contributed a dime to Hillary Clinton's
presidential bid, at least not directly. But if Hillary were
to win in November, the Canadian mining mogul could
reasonably expect to have a big say. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00059.htm
World
News: Walter Brasch: Murder In An Alaskan
Forest - No one -- at least no human -- knows
his name, or even if he had a name. We don't know where or
when he was born. We know nothing about his life. But we
know a lot about his death. A politician/trapper from
northeast Pennsylvania went to Alaska and killed him. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0804/S00058.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Photography:
The Children of the Revolution As Snapped By
Kiwis - Through the eye of the camera, this
exhibition captures rare glimpses of largely unknown aspects
of Zapatista life - at home, at church, at school. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0804/S00059.htm
Art: The New Dowse Celebrates Gender
Diversity - Transsexual, intersex, pan-sexual -
when you enter TheNewDowse's latest exhibition Assume
Nothing, you will be greeted by a series of intimate
portraits. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0804/S00057.htm
Telly:
Disturbing Kiwi Crime Drama For Sunday Theatre
- One of New Zealand's most disturbing real-life crime
stories is to be transformed into a Drama for "Until Proven
Innocent", the story of David Dougherty is to be made into a
feature length film. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0804/S00054.htm
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