Top Scoop Stories July 14th, 2009 News Summary

Friday, 14 August 2009, 4:39 pm
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LEAD STORY

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Gordon Campbell: Our Cozying Up To The Military Regime In Burma
If the military regime in Fiji deserves smart sanctions against its officials, relatives, supporters and sports teams – and it does – then you’d think New Zealand would be zealously promoting a policy of absolute zero tolerance towards the military regime in Burma. You’d be wrong, though. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/14/gordon-campbell-cozying-up-to-the-regime-in-burma/

ALSO:

Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma & NZ [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/sections/nzpolitics.html#burma [2]

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NZ POLITICS

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Health: Massive Restructure On The Cards
The Public Service Association is concerned that the government is to consider a major restructuring of the health system. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0908/S00069.htm

Special Needs: Govt Delays Therapy Cuts
Children currently receiving additional therapy at 23 New Zealand schools will continue to be funded, Education Minister Anne Tolley announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00190.htm

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A victory for Special Ed kids, for now [2]

Funding for Special Ed only half fixed [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00198.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00201.htm [3]

Road Safety: Ban On Mobile Use While Driving
From November 1 it will be against the road rules for drivers to text or talk on a handheld cell phone while driving. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00184.htm

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Road safety gains from new handheld cellphone law [2]

Cellphone ban may not work [3]

Trafinz supports Minister’s banning of handhelds [4]

Cellphones to be banned for drivers [5]

One-in-17 drivers caught using cellphones [6]

Are fines enough to prevent people using cellphones while driving? [7]

NZ's cellphone and driving fines at lower end of international scale [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00188.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00155.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00177.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/25654.html [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/25668.html [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/25689.html [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/25690.html [8]

IPCA: Police Investigated For Slow Response To Child Abuse Allegations
The Independent Police Conduct Authority is investigating delays in the Police responses to a potentially significant number of child abuse cases in the Wairarapa. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00172.htm

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Special operation targets child abuse allegations [2]

Call for Commission of Inquiry into Child Abuse [3]

Child Abuse is the community’s responsibility [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00177.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00147.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00149.htm [4]

Tonga: Navy REMUS Sonar Image Of Sunken Ferry
The Royal New Zealand Navy REMUS sonar system has detected a vessel which fits the general size and shape of the missing vessel PRINCESS ASHIKA. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00157.htm

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Ferry Sinking - Clarification [2]

Navy Divers Locate Wreck Of Tongan Ferry [3]

Princess Ashika only good for 'scrap metal' [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00162.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00141.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/25647.html [4]

Scoop Satire: Things The Emissions Target Is Like
The New Zealand Government has announced its plan for 2020 carbon emissions. Ministers will have trouble explaining why it isn't either inconsistent, selfish or openly hypocritical. To help them out, here is a list of handy analogies to help the public understand New Zealand's target... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00094.htm

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Cap-and-ban could kill carbon market, warns broker [2]

Govt backs Sign On premise at UN climate talks [3]

Synchronised action for strong emissions target [4]

New Forests Can Halve Net Emissions By 2020 [5]

Human sculpture to send environmental message [6]

Australia Senate knocks back carbon reduction plan [7]

NZ Announces 2020 Emissions Target [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00175.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00127.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00139.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00148.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00198.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0908/S00027.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00081.htm [8]

Aung San Suu Kyi: NZ Training Burmese Junta’s Stooges
New Zealand must back up its words with action against the Burmese regime - and ensure no official representatives of its military dictatorship receive training in New Zealand, said Green Party MP Kennedy Graham. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00173.htm" name="burma

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Aung San Suu Kyi conviction serious step backwards [2]

Labour deplores Aung San Suu Kyi's detention [3]

Sentence spells death for democracy [4]

Deploring Myanmar Verdict, Ban Urges Release [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00153.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00160.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00128.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00206.htm [5]

Gordon Campbell: A Man, A Plan - Afghanistan!
Combatting the threat of global terrorism and bringing stability to the Afghan government are John Key’s current soundbite rationales for sending in the SAS. Since we have given the SAS only 18 months, this seems a fairly tall order. [Image: More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/11/gordon-campbell-sas-going-dutch-%e2%80%93-or-canadian/

ALSO:

Afghanistan review decisions announced [2]

SAS return will sabotage years of good work [3]

SAS troops join foreign occupation of Afghanistan [4]

NZ SAS: complicit in torture & civilian casualties [5]

Key on SAS Redeployment [6]

NZ SAS to be deployed in Afghanistan [7]

Key tells Labour to back Govt on SAS deployment [8]

Afghan War: NATO Makes History's First Global Army [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00133.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00136.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00111.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00115.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00077.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/25502.html [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/25544.html [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00196.htm [9]

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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

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ETS: Cap-And-Ban Could Kill Carbon Market, Warns Broker
An artificial cap on carbon prices and a ban on international sales of New Zealand credits will effectively kill the development of the carbon market, says trader Nigel Brunel. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00175.htm

Economy: 2007-8 Drought Costs NZ $2.8 Billion
Agriculture Minister David Carter has revealed that the nationwide drought between spring 2007 and autumn 2008 cost the New Zealand economy $2.8 billion. A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report outlining the effects of the 2007-2008 drought ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00195.htm

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El Nino: 2.8 billion reasons to back water storage [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00386.htm [2]

Banking System: Moody’s Moody
New Zealand’s banking system is ‘sound’ and the central bank has taken steps to ensure its stability, though rising unemployment and weaker farm earnings mean the outlook “continues to be negative,” Moody’s Investors Service says. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/13/nz-banks-%e2%80%98sound%e2%80%99-outlook-negative-moodys/

ALSO:

Banks “brutally competitive” in wooing savers [2]

Building growth with science [3]

Directions for research funding promising [4]

NZBIO welcomes RS&T priorities [5]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/13/banks-brutally-competitive-in-wooing-savers/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00185.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00305.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00323.htm [5]

Horticulture: Vegetable Prices Rise As Temperatures Fall
Food prices increased 0.6 percent in the July 2009 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. Higher prices for vegetables accounted for nearly all of the increase in the food price index. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00327.htm

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Production and new orders up in July [2]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/13/production-and-new-orders-up-in-july/ [2]

No Great Shakes: Fewer Landslides Than Expected In Fiordland Quake
The recent magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Fiordland caused fewer than expected landslides in Fiordland National Park, geologists said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0908/S00022.htm

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COMMENT

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Russia and America: Rethinking the Unthinkable About Iran
In recent years speculation has mounted that Israel and the United States stand upon the cusp of attacking Iran’s nuclear installations. The potential repercussions of such an attack would be dramatic. It is likely that the wider Middle East would ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00096.htm

Lyndon Hood: Things The Emissions Target Is Like
The New Zealand Government has announced it's plan for 2020 carbon emissions... Minister will have trouble explaining why this isn't either inconsistent, selfish or openly hypocritical. To help them out, here is a list of handy analogies to help the public ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00094.htm

John Minto: MPs Caught Wallowing In The Trough
Think back two weeks to the announcement by parliament’s speaker that travel costs of MPs would be released for us to get our first real insight into their expense claims. Now ask yourself why was it that, well before the announcement, the major ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00121.htm

Harvey Wasserman: The Clock Ticks Ever Faster For Leonard Peltier
By Tuesday, August 18, the four sitting members of the Federal Parole Commission must decide whether they will let Leonard Peltier rejoin his family. Leonard has been in prison for a staggering 33 years, six more than Nelson Mandela. When he was ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00098.htm

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How Leonard Peltier could leave prison by August [2]

We all stand before Leonard Peltier’s Parole Board [3]

The patriotic service of Leonard Peltier [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00352.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00322.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00094.htm [4]

Paul Buchanan: Democracy In NZ - Are We There Yet?
New Zealand has an international reputation for being a robust liberal democracy, one that is on the leading edge of democratic politics... The trouble is that the international perception of New Zealand does not necessarily accord with the perception of those who live in the country. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00080.htm

Gordon Campbell: SAS Going Dutch – Or Canadian
Now that our SAS troops are heading back into combat in Afghanistan the key question becomes – who are they going to replace? The answer to that would say a lot about what the SAS will be doing and where, inside the country. Apparently, there will ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/11/gordon-campbell-sas-going-dutch-%E2%80%93-or-canadian/

Toni Solo: Honduras - An Imminent New Phase?
When President Barack Obama remarked last week that he could not just press a button to restore Manuel Zelaya to the Honduran presidency he was saying one of two things. Either the President of the United States is not inclined to implement the resolution ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00086.htm

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LIFESTYLE

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Nation Building: Hero’s Medals Go To Museum
A highly decorated New Zealand war hero’s medals have been donated to the National Army Museum. Brigadier (Brig) Reginald Miles, a New Zealand Army Artillery Officer who served in WWI and WWII, where he received 15 decorations, had his medals donated ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00246.htm

Classical Circus: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Come into an erotic underworld of circus and wantonness; of transformation and desire in a world where the boundaries of reality and imagination merge into an arena you might not have expected … More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00220.htm

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Te reo Māori version of Sonnet 18 at Globe Theatre [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00227.htm [2]

Sex.Scoop: The Perfect Erotic Picnic
A beautiful erotic meal should take you on a sensual journey. It should be nourishing, satisfying and add to a sexy experience. It needs to stimulate the senses. A variety of textures, temperatures, and tastes inspires sensuality. Think, sweet, spicy, silky, slippery and seductive. Food in itself is evocative of sex, and an erotic meal is an aphrodisiac. More »[1]

[1] - http://sex.scoop.co.nz/2009/08/12/dr-michelle-mars-the-perfect-erotic-picnic/

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NZ Competitors at Bonneville Speed Week [2]

Slopestyle Overcomes the Elements on Day Two [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00207.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00206.htm [3]

Pacific Arts: Toa Fraser To Write Robert Louis Stevenson Film
Celebrated Fijian New Zealand filmmaker and playwright Toa Fraser has been selected as this year’s recipient of the three month Fulbright- Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency at the University of Hawai‘i. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0908/S00201.htm

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Toa Fraser eyes up new screenplay [2]

Full interview with screenwriter and director Toa Fraser [3]

Toa Fraser awarded prestigious residency [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/25622.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/25617.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/25645.html [4]

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WORLD

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Difficult Times: ‘Humanitarian Perfect Storm’ Brewing In Sudan
New York, Aug 12 2009 4:10PM Spiralling inter-tribal conflict, a massive food shortage and a budget crisis have converged to create a humanitarian emergency in southern Sudan, putting at least 40 per cent of the local population at risk, a senior United ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00227.htm

Freedom: Somalia: UN Welcomes Release Of Aid Workers
New York, Aug 12 2009 11:10AM The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today welcomed the release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted nine months ago and called for the freeing of remaining hostages. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00232.htm

Youth Issues: Recession: Ban Calls For Protection Of Young
New York, Aug 12 2009 9:10AM Young men and women around the world are hit excessively hard by the impact of the global economic meltdown and climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in a message marking International Youth Day. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00233.htm

Refugee Attacked: Thai Military Taser Hmong Refugee In Head
Last Sunday morning, just two days after a U.S. Embassy delegation visited Hmong refugees in Huay Nam Khao camp, the Thai military shot refugee Shoua Lor in the head with some sort of taser gun. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00249.htm

ALSO:

ITUC Denounces the Sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi [2]

Outcome of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's trial "shameful" [3]

Secretary's Statement on Aung San Suu Kyi [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00220.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00222.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00224.htm [4]

HIV Worries: 50 Million Women In Asia At Risk Of HIV
An estimated 50 million women in Asia, who are either married or in long-term relationships with men who engage in high-risk sexual behaviours, are at risk of becoming infected with HIV from their partners, according to a new report published by the Joint United ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00204.htm

US Backing: United States Vows Support For UN Efforts
The United States stands alongside the United Nations ready to face down the use of rape as a weapon of war in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a local UN-backed radio station during her visit to ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00207.htm

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