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Thursday, 1 March 2001, 5:00 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House: Questions & Answers
Keith Rankin: Procreate Or Immigrate?
Maharey Pledges Immediate Action On CYF Report
Govt Considers Response To Monetary Review Findings
Every Possible Measure Must Be Taken To Keep Out Foot & Mouth
GE Free Feed For KFC Chickens A Victory For Consumers
Musos Saving Rainforest With Cyber Jukebox
NZDF In Maritime Exercise With Australian And France
Plunket Goes On The Road
Scoop World: US State Dept Human Rights Report, Per Country

TOP SCOOPS

Scoop Is In The House: Questions & Answers

- Today's questions of the day concerned: NZ Post’s Privacy – Party Hopping Bill – Mick Brown Report On CYFS – Dumping Skyhawks – Treaty Settlements – Emergency Unemployment Benefit – Security Regulation Changes – Australian/Kiwi Welfare Agreement. See... SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 1 March [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0103/S00004.htm

Keith Rankin: Procreate Or Immigrate?

- Just over a week ago, Opposition leader Jenny Shipley suggested that New Zealand could solve some of its problems by raising the birth rate. While her idea made a lot of sense to professional demographers, it was met with derision in the editorial and letters pages – at least in the ones I read. See... Keith Rankin: Procreate Or Immigrate? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0103/S00001.htm

Maharey Pledges Immediate Action On CYF Report

- Child, Youth and Family chief executive Jackie Brown says she wants the Brown report, released today, to be “the catalyst for a really focused, community-wide effort to strengthen the way we work together to protect vulnerable young New Zealanders”. See... Brown Report Provides Clarity For Future [1] and Govt To Act Immediately On CYF Review [2] REACTION: - ACT - Fresh Start Needed On Child Abuse Policies [3] - NATS - It Is Maharey Who Is Rewriting History [4] - COMMISIONER FOR CHILDREN - Judge Brown’s Report Makes Plain Common Sense [5] - PSA - Budget Money The ‘Real Test’– PSA [6] - GOVT - National Can't Dodge CYF Responsibility [7]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0103/S00002.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0103/S00011.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0103/S00014.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0103/S00013.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0103/S00001.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0103/S00003.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0103/S00002.htm

Govt Considers Response To Monetary Review Findings

- “Professor Lars Svensson's Review of the Operation of Monetary Policy is an intelligent and careful piece of work which will require an intelligent and careful response,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said on the report's release today. See... Monetary Policy Review [1] REACTION: - NATS - Review of monetary policy fair, says English [2] - EMA - Monetary Review A Big Tick [3] - DEUTSCHE BANK - Government releases findings of Svensson review [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0102/S00457.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0102/S00458.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0103/S00001.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0102/S00203.htm

Every Possible Measure Must Be Taken To Keep Out Foot & Mouth

- Federated Farmers biosecurity spokesman Tom Lambie is calling for immediate action at New Zealand borders in light of the devastating affects of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the United Kingdom. See... Farmers call for Immediate Action at Border [1] . See also… Foot and Mouth Disease - continual exposure [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0102/S00097.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0102/S00099.htm

GE Free Feed For KFC Chickens A Victory For Consumers

- Thursday 1 March 2001 Auckland - Greenpeace welcomes Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited (1) announcement in its 2000 Annual Report that it will be working with its suppliers to eliminate any remaining genetically engineered material from all its ingredients and animal feed by 1 December 2001. See... Victory For Consumers Of KFC [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0103/S00004.htm

Musos Saving Rainforest With Cyber Jukebox

- Some of Australia's finest musicians have donated their songs to help save the rainforests. See... Cyber Jukebox Benefit For The Rainforests [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0103/S00002.htm

NZDF In Maritime Exercise With Australian And France

- A major New Zealand Defence Force joint/combined maritime exercise, involving ships and aircraft from Australia, France and New Zealand, will be conducted in the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean from March 5 - 16, 2001. See... Exercise TASMANEX 2001 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0103/S00001.htm

Plunket Goes On The Road

- Well child health checks for children under five years of age are about to become as popular as Mr Whippy when Plunket's latest child health initiative, a bus converted to a mobile Plunket clinic, begins operating on streets in Wellington and Wairarapa. See... Move Over Mr Whippy Here Comes Plunket [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0102/S00049.htm

Scoop World: US State Dept Human Rights Report, Per Country

- 2000 Human rights reports now available. See... US State Dept Human Rights Report, per country [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0102/S00180.htm

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Alastair Thompson

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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