Today's Top Scoops - 15 January 2008
Whaling: Sea Shepherd Activists In Custody
Foreign
Affairs: Bomblets And Biofuels For Asia-Pacific
ForumStatehood:
Constitutional Debate "Difficult To Avoid"
Police:
Another Internet Related Sexual Assault
Public
Service: MSD Top-Band Salaries Increase More Than
546%
Drink
Driving: Lawnmowers Count
Computers:
Apple Announces 19mm Thick Notebook
Engineering:
GE Tree Cut Down
Kiwisaver:
"Ethica"-l Investment Option
Broadband:
Orcon Unbundling In Beta Testing
High
Sea Drama: Whalers Kidnap Two Sea Shepherd Whale
Defenders
Hostage
Grab: Japanese Whalers Holding Two Crew
Members
Guatemala:
Election Of Alvaro Colom Brings Hope
Bernard
Weiner: New Hampshire - U.S. Elections Still in SNAFU
Mode
David
Swanson: What Martin Luther King Jr Said About
Change
Martin
LeFevre: Philosophy Of Mind
Rock:
Bon Jovi Set To Sell Out Stadium
Music:
The Nightwatchman Changes Big Day Out Slot
Groovin':
If You're Searchin For The Drifters Come To
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LEAD STORY
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Whaling: Sea Shepherd Activists In
Custody - Two Sea Shepherd activists today illegally
boarded the Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 in
the Antarctic and were immediately taken into custody... The
Director General of the Institute of Cetacean Research, Mr
Minoru Morimoto, said the men have not been harmed and were
taken to a secure room. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Whalers Kidnap Two Sea Shepherd Whale Defenders [2]
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Japanese Whalers holding two crew members [3]
- KiwiFM Audio - Wallace & Esperanza's Carly Thomas on Whaling [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00179.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00182.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00181.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00133.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Foreign
Affairs: Bomblets And Biofuels For Asia-Pacific
Forum - On Sunday, while many New Zealanders are
thinking about barbecues and the beach, around 400
parliamentarians and support staff from around the
Asia-Pacific region will be settling down to five days'
work. The occasion is the 16th annual meeting of the
Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00102.htm
Statehood:
Constitutional Debate "Difficult To Avoid" -
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says that while former Prime
Minister Mike Moore's call for a constitutional convention
is nothing new, the basic message behind it should not be
ignored. "While some will automatically dismiss his comments
as no more than summertime mutterings from an eccentric
relative, the point behind them cannot be so easily
ignored." More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Mike Moore - Former PM - Moore: Let the Constitutional Conversation Begin [2]
- NZ Republican Movement - Republican Movement Welcomes Moore's Call [3]
- Law Commission - Tribunals [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00101.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00092.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00086.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00097.htm
Police:
Another Internet Related Sexual Assault - Less than
12 hours after warning of the dangers of forming
relationships over the internet Hamilton Police arrested a
man for sexual violation. The 36-year-old Te Kauwhata farmer
is alleged to have sexually violated a 31-year-old Fijian
woman who had come to New Zealand after developing a
relationship with the man over the internet. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Waikato DHB - Wheelchair Thefts From Waikato Hospital [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00084.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0801/S00020.htm
Public
Service: MSD Top-Band Salaries Increase More Than
546% - The number of Ministry of Social Development
staff earning more than $100,000 has ballooned from 54 in
2002 to an incredible 349 in 2007, says National's Welfare
spokeswoman, Judith Collins... "In 2002, just six people
earned more than $160,000, now 159 earn more than $160,000
and the number earning more than $200,000 have increased
from zero in 2002 to 21 today." More
>> [1]
EARLIER:
- National - PR staff triple at Education Ministry [2]
- National - 967% increase in MAF staff earning $100k [3]
- National - 500 staff for beneficiary debt, still rising [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00097.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00039.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00023.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0801/S00018.htm
Drink
Driving: Lawnmowers Count - A 52-year-old
Dargaville man has had his ride-on lawnmower impounded after
he was caught drink driving on the vehicle... The officer
went to ask the man to get off the road and discovered the
man was a disqualified driver and that he had been drinking.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00078.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Computers:
Apple Announces 19mm Thick Notebook - Apple today
unveiled MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook. MacBook
Air measures an unprecedented 0.4 centimetres at its
thinnest point, while its maximum height of 1.9 centimetres
is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Apple - Apple Announces Major Software Upgrade for iPod [2]
- Apple - Apple Announces Time Capsule [3]
- The Diffusion Group - Apple: A Quick Take on Take 2 [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00025.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00024.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00023.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00022.htm
Engineering:
GE Tree Cut Down - The biosecurity containment
facility at Scion (Forest Research Institute Ltd) Rotorua
has been breached and investigations by MAF are underway...
This comes in the wake of ERMA and MAF scrutinising
containment facility and enforcement of control conditions
after it had been found that rabbits had dug large burrows
running along the perimeter fence. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Soil and Health Association - GE Tree Trial Breach Shows Contradictions [2]
- Soil and Health Association - Christmas is over Scion, take the GE trees down [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00093.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0801/S00095.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00012.htm
Kiwisaver:
"Ethica"-l Investment Option - SuperLife today
announced the launch of the first balanced, Socially
Responsible Investment investment option available to
KiwiSaver scheme members in New Zealand. It will exclude
investments that have an adverse impact on community values.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00097.htm
Broadband:
Orcon Unbundling In Beta Testing -
Telecommunications provider Orcon last week began the final
stage of testing of its unbundled telephone and broadband
network in five suburbs around Auckland. As Orcon prepares
for the full customer launch of its own network, it has
invited a group of customers to participate in a Beta
trial... More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Telecom New Zealand - Chorus Announcement Brings Milestone Moment [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00091.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0801/S00099.htm
WORLD
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High
Sea Drama: Whalers Kidnap Two Sea Shepherd Whale
Defenders - Despite repeated demands by the captain
of the Steve Irwin, the Japanese whaler Yushin Maru No. 2
has refused to release the two Sea Shepherd crewmembers he
took hostage. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00182.htm
Hostage
Grab: Japanese Whalers Holding Two Crew Members
- The captain of the Yushin Maru No. 2 is holding two Sea
Shepherd crew hostage. Australian citizen Benjamin Potts and
British citizen Giles Lane have been tied to the radar mast
of the harpoon vessel. The Captain has refused Captain Paul
Watson's demand ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00181.htm
Guatemala:
Election Of Alvaro Colom Brings Hope - The election
of Alvaro Colom as the president of Guatemala has brought
renewed hope. The international trade union movement, headed
by the ITUC, will keep a close watch on the situation of
workers in the country. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00183.htm
COMMENT
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Bernard
Weiner: New Hampshire - U.S. Elections Still in SNAFU
Mode - On the basis of what happened last week in
New Hampshire we would be remiss as citizens if we didn't
admit that eight years after the disaster that was the 2000
election process, we still don't have a reliable, secure
voting system. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Scoop Full Coverage - 2008 Primaries [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00132.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00080.htm
David
Swanson: What Martin Luther King Jr Said About
Change - "The white establishment is skilled in
flattering and cultivating emerging leaders. It presses its
own image on them and finally, from imitation of manners,
dress, and style of living, a deeper strain of corruption
develops. This kind of Negro leader acquires the white man's
contempt for the ordinary Negro. His language changes, his
location changes, his income changes, and ultimately he
changes from the representative of the Negro to the white
man into the white man's representative to the Negro." More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00131.htm
Martin
LeFevre: Philosophy Of Mind - A kestrel is
hovering about 200 meters away over the fields. Fluttering
over a single spot for 20 seconds or more in search of prey,
it tucks its wings back and plummets to the ground in an arc
of pure gracefulness. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00129.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Rock:
Bon Jovi Set To Sell Out Stadium - With CLOSE TO
30,000 people already set to be in the AMI Stadium,
Christchurch on Sunday January 27, the Bon Jovi Concert
which is their only New Zealand appearance has already
broken all known outdoor paid concert records. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00109.htm
Music:
The Nightwatchman Changes Big Day Out Slot - In a
last minute adjustment to the previously-published programme
for Friday's Big Day Out in Auckland, The Nightwatchman has
swapped performance times with Battles on the Green Stage.
More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Auckland Regional Transport Authority - MAXX out on your favourite bands at Big Day Out [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00096.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00077.htm
Groovin':
If You're Searchin For The Drifters Come To SKYCITY
- For the first time ever and for one night only
internationally renowned acts Billy Washington's The
Drifters and The Searchers are coming to SKYCITY Theatre. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0801/S00095.htm
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