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Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:50 pm
Article: The Scoop Team

POLITICS HEADLINES:
Scoop News: PM's Speech - Sustainability Of The Nation
Conservation: Carter Objects To Not Very Civil Southern Ocean Behaviour
Mortgage Tax A Dead Duck - PM
Super News: Govt Investing In Nuke Manufacturing Co.s - Greens
Education: 53% of Maori Boys Leave School With NCEA Level One
Immigration: Is Govt Purposely Dragging The Chain On Zaoui Case?

Scoop News: PM's Speech - Sustainability Of The Nation

It’s my privilege to present this annual statement to Parliament setting out the government’s priorities for the year ahead. Last year’s statement set out an ambitious programme, and a great deal has been achieved. That has been due in no small part to the constructive working relationships Labour and the Progressive Party have with other parties in the House... See... Clark: Prime Minister’s Statement [1]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00210.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00206.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00212.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00215.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00211.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00213.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00208.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00214.htm

Conservation: Carter Objects To Not Very Civil Southern Ocean Behaviour

Conservation Minister Chris Carter today flatly rejected threats from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society following a violent confrontation between protest ships and a Japanese Whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean. "The Japanese whaling ship, the Kaiko Maru, issued a distress call this evening following a confrontation with two Sea Shepherd ships. See... Sea Shepherd should back off says Carter [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00188.htm

Mortgage Tax A Dead Duck - PM

With Parliament sitting for the first time in 2007 this week the Prime Minister's post cabinet press conference contained something of a preview of what is likely to come up in tomorrow's question time. Nuclear arms manufacturer investments by the NZ Super Fund received short shrift from the PM during the course of the conference, as did the idea of a Mortgage Tax which the PM says Michael Cullen did not "float" on Friday. A mortgage tax was now a dead duck she said. See... Audio: PM's Presser Monday, February 12, 2007 [1]
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Scoop Streaming Audio (click here to listen):PM's Press Conference, 12/02/07 [2]
Click to download the file (MP3) [3]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0702/S00104.htm
[2] - http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/audio/0702/PM120207.m3u
[3] - http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/audio/0702/PM120207.mp3
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00191.htm

Super News: Govt Investing In Nuke Manufacturing Co.s - Greens

A Green Party report released today shows that the Government’s New Zealand Super Fund is investing taxpayers’ money in nuclear weapons’ manufacture. Greens’ Co-Leader and Economics’ Spokesperson Russel Norman says the report - Betting the Bank on the Bomb – reveals that Labour’s New Zealand Super Fund has invested millions of dollars in businesses that the Norway Pension Fund will not touch on ethical grounds. See... Super Fund must stop investing in nuclear bombs [1]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00131.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00167.htm

Education: 53% of Maori Boys Leave School With NCEA Level One

Te Ururoa Flavell, Education Spokesperson for the Maori Party, today spoke out about yet another instalment of dispiriting statistics, describing the under-performance of the education system with respect to Maori. Research released today showed that in 2005, 53% of Maori boys left school without even level one of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), compared with 20% of Pakeha boys. See... “Education Ministry heading for bankruptcy” [1]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00172.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00186.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00173.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0702/S00033.htm

Immigration: Is Govt Purposely Dragging The Chain On Zaoui Case?

The Immigration Minister David Cunliffe needs to give an explanation for his refusal to allow the family of Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui to be re-united in the interim while the SIS and Inspector-General Paul Neazor drag their feet on the review of his case, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says. "There is no way the presence of the family on a temporary visa can affect how the Inspector-General does his job." See... Government in denial over Zaoui case [1]
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00127.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00110.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0702/S00117.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0701/S00065.htm

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