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Foreign Affairs: UN Gears Up Security In Timor On Eve Of Elections
POLITICS:
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY
Justice: Submitter Feels Civil Liberties Lawyer Belittles Victims
Religious Diversity: Bishop Brian Battles For Antidisestablish-mentarianism
Legislation: Greens Applaud Govt Scrapping Of Sedition Laws
Defence: Goff Off To Washington To Talk With Robert Gates BUSINESS/SCIENCE:
Statistics: Instant Coffee Price Spike Fuels Food Inflation
Employment: Subway Puts Blame On Franchisee Galcol Ltd
Media: NZ's Top News Websites
Media: Takeover Offer To Be Made For Canwest NZ
MULTIMEDIA:
LIFESTYLE:
Arts: Wellington Comedy Fest Now On
Sport: Swot For Student Prior To Tae-Kwon-Do Champs
Kiwi Made: More NZ TV channels broadcasting NZ content
Ballroom Dancing: Krystal And Some Chap That Played Rugby Depart DWTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Global: Wolfowitz Affair: Europeans Offer Bush Compromise
French Elections: Sarkozy Keeps Right In Power
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UN Gears Up Security In Timor On Eve Of
Elections
United Nations: On the eve of the second round
of presidential elections in Timor-Leste, the United Nations
peacekeeping mission in the small country is shoring up
security measures with the expectation that the polls will
be peaceful. UN police officers (UNPOL), which worked with
the National Police of Timor-Leste to provide security
during the campaigning, "will continue to provide a strong
presence at polling stations tomorrow," the UN Mission
(UNMIT) said in a news release. A strong security presence
will also be provided across Timor-Leste during the counting
and tabulation of votes. (Image by Jon Stephenson.)
See... More
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POLITICS:
QUESTIONS OF THE
DAY:
Justice: Submitter Feels Civil Liberties Lawyer
Belittles Victims - When I was first asked to put a submission
forward my thoughts were great, here is a victims true and
meaningful attempt to make our country a better and safer
place for all New Zealanders, what I did not expect was to
have submissions from myself, other victims, and the
Sensible Sentencing Trust, ridiculed and called Fascist,
Nazi, and going back to Nuremberg war crimes trials, for
examples given. More
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Religious
Diversity: Bishop Brian Battles For
Antidisestablish-mentarianism - Bishop Brian Tamaki of Destiny Churches New
Zealand confirmed today his intention to hold a peaceful
rally at an Asia Pacific Interfaith Forum. The Forum, hosted
by the Prime Minister, aims to incorporate a National
Statement on Religious Diversity that declares, “New
Zealand has no established or official religion.” See...
More
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Legislation:
Greens Applaud Govt Scrapping Of Sedition Laws - Green Party MP Keith Locke welcomed Cabinet's
decision to scrap the sedition laws, which Prime Minister
Helen Clark said today were out of date, given that in her
view any offences within its ambit could now be prosecuted
under other laws. "Traditionally, the sedition laws were
used by the governments of the day to suppress political
dissent, so this marks a victory for free speech and the
right to dissent," Mr Locke says. More
>>ALSO:
Defence: Goff Off To Washington To Talk With
Robert Gates - Trade and Defence Minister Phil Goff leaves
tonight for an eleven day visit to Washington DC, London and
Paris for a series of trade and defence meetings. More
>>
Statistics: Instant Coffee Price Spike Fuels Food Inflation -
Food prices increased 0.2 percent in the
April 2007 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. The
increase was largely due to higher prices for the
non-alcoholic beverages subgroup (up 1.2 percent), driven by
higher prices for instant coffee (up 12.4 percent). More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00187.htm
Employment:
Subway Puts Blame On Franchisee Galcol Ltd –
The matter between Subway, George Street
Dunedin and Jacqueline Lang is confidential between employer
and employee. All Subway restaurants in New Zealand are
individually owned and operated by independent franchisees.
The owner of the Subway George Street store is Galcol
Limited. More
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Media: NZ's Top News Websites -
A website ranking of the top channels in
Nielsen//NetRatings' Market Intelligence General News
category for New Zealand visitors' unique browsers during
April 2007. Leading the list is the NZ Herald website
followed closely by Fairfax's Stuff website. Edging out
TVNZ for third place is Scoop Media. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0705/S00162.htm
Media:
Takeover Offer To Be Made For Canwest NZ
- CanWest MediaWorks (NZ)
Limited today confirmed its understanding that a lock-up
agreement has been signed between its majority shareholder,
CanWest MediaWorks Ireland Holdings (“CanWest”) and HT
Media Limited (a company controlled by Ironbridge Capital)
(“HT Media”). The Company has been advised that,
pursuant to the agreement, HT Media has agreed to make a
takeover offer for all of the Company’s ordinary shares
and options, and CanWest has agreed to accept that offer in
respect of its 69.992% shareholding. More
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- (Spareroom.co.nz Trailer): Doco: Pregnant In America Ana Samways writes: As a mother who laboured for 23 hours... I watched the trailer with an uneasy feeling, not unlike early labour pains.
- (Scoop Audio): Scoop on Radio Adelaide Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss: how Aussie co. Ironbridge has moved to take over Canwest NZ. Also, how good health reporting unearthed a tale of a decomposing corpse in a hospital morgue!
- (95bFM Audio): The Wire Richard Beniston and Barry Wilson, Auckland Council For Civil Liberties discuss the Sedition repeal.
- (95bFM Audio): The Wire Richard Beniston talks to Canterbury Uni's Head of Political Science and Communication, Jim Tully, about the Canwest sale deal.
- (95bFM Audio): Havoc and Idiot/Savant on Sedition Mikey talks to Idiot/Savant from norightturn.blogspot.com about the repeal.
- (Scoop Video): AMP Scholarship Winners Speak Of Experiences (II) This week we feature sports physician, Rawiri Durie.
LIFESTYLE:
Arts:
Wellington Comedy Fest Now On
The mighty Paramount theatre raises the curtain
on the glitterati event of the Wellington comedy festival on
Tuesday 8 May for the opening night extravaganza – FIRST
LAUGHS. Ben Hurley, returns home from the UK to host this
star-studded showcase - a chance to check out the very best
of the upcoming 3 weeks of Festival madness. The Auckland
festival is also on now. More
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Sport: Swot For Student Prior To Tae-Kwon-Do Champs
-
Daniel Thompson is definitely going places
– specifically to Canada for the taekwon-do world
championships this month – but first he has to complete
his assignments for Manukau Institute of Technology’s
Diploma in Applied Sport and Recreation. See... MIT
champion athlete on a timetable to succeed [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0705/S00075.htm
Kiwi
Made: More NZ TV channels broadcasting NZ
content
This year’s report shows local content is quickly
spreading to new and different channels. Over 10,000 hours
of New Zealand programmes screened on New Zealand’s six
free to air channels in 2006. More
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Ballroom
Dancing: Krystal And Some Chap That Played Rugby Depart
DWTS
Last year Krystal Stuart and ACT Party
Leader Rodney Hide denied the laws of quality dancing and
stayed for many a week on popular telly show 'Dancing With
the Stars'. Sadly, for all the fans of the formerly orange
barneted current blonde bombshell Krystal's current partner
Frank Bunce's toe tapping efforts were not as popular as
Rodney Hide's. More
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Global: Wolfowitz Affair: Europeans Offer Bush Compromise
Andreas von Warburg writes: European governments are
offering the White House a compromise over the Wolfowitz
affair. After a meeting in Brussels, European finance
ministers have decided not to challenge the US president's
prerogative. See... More
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French Elections: Sarkozy Keeps Right In Power
Scoop Link: The International Herald Tribune reports
Nicolas Sarkozy, an immigrant's son who had the French
presidency in his sights for three decades, won a decisive
victory in the election Sunday, keeping the right in power
for the next five years. See... More
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