Today's Top Scoops - 04 February 2008
More Wellington Madness: Perilous Circus In The Square
Foreign
Affairs: McCully Says Govt Should Be Firmer With
Burma
Transport: NZ's First Dedicated Busway Inaugurated By
PM
Politics:
Race Relations Whitewash A Farce Says Maori Party
Medical: Greens Worried By Slow Emergency
Response
Migration: UK Family Want More Brits To Move
Here
Environment:
NZ Wetlands Receive International Recognition
Agriculture: Farm Business Specialist Thinks Carbon Tax
Beastly
Scoop
Weather: National Climate Summary - January
2008
Global
Warming: Latin America And The Caribbean Have Key
Climate Change Role
Foreign
Affairs: Number Of Political Prisoners Increases In
2007
Sweet!
Cocoa Farmers To Benefit From New UN Partnership With
Chocolate Giant
David
Swanson: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be
Counted?
Ramzy
Baroud: People'S Power In Gaza
Ron
Callari: Obama Vs. Clinton - Public Vs. Private
Talks
Ha,
ha, ha: Classic, It's A Night Of Clean Comedy
Touring
Musos: Interpol choose NZ opening act!
Popular Music: Anika Moa to support Jools
Holland
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LEAD STORY
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More Wellington Madness: Perilous Circus In
The Square - Scoop Images: If you were
missing out on costumed tomfoolery after the Wellington
Sevens, Civic Square was the place to be on Sunday. Outdoor
circus performances, music and clowning mixed with free
workshops in everything from trapeze to unicycling to
juggling. More
>> [1]
FROM THE SEVENS:
- Images: The Best Of The Sevens' Fans [2]
- Pictures: Wellington Sevens Costumes On The Street [3]
- Street Parade Images (Part One) [4]
- Wellington Sevens Parade Hi-jinks Part Deux [5] i
- TV3 Video - Crowds begin to arrive for Sevens [6]
- TV3 Video - Police blame alcohol for disorderly sevens fans [7]
- TV3 Video - Rugby: Vito seals victory for NZ sevens team [8]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00019.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00013.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00012.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00296.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00300.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sport/4723.html
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sport/4717.html
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sport/4735.html
NZ POLITICS
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Foreign
Affairs: McCully Says Govt Should Be Firmer With
Burma - Helen Clark must explain why a
taxpayer-owned company is doing contract work for the
Government of Myanmar (Burma), given her position on flights
to Kuwait and the sanctions imposed on Fiji says National
Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Murray McCully. More
>> [1] ALSO:
- Terry Evans - Burmese Resistance and the Starling Theory [2]
- Terry Evans - Burma: Leading Pro-Democracy Activists Charged [3]
- Assistance Association for Political Prisioners - Number of political prisoners increases in 2007 [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00023.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00021.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0801/S00299.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00018.htm
Transport: NZ's First Dedicated Busway Inaugurated By
PM - New Zealand 's first dedicated 6.25 km two-way
busway with 5 stations that took one decade to build was
inaugurated by the Prime Minister Helen Clark this morning
amid cheers from the hundreds who came to witness the
historic occasion. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00016.htm
Politics:
Race Relations Whitewash A Farce Says Maori Party -
Today's release by Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres
proclaiming that 2007 was a year of 'significant
developments in relation to the Treaty of Waitangi'
demonstrates that the Commissioner's role has become reduced
to that of a Government proxy says Te Ururoa Flavell, Treaty
spokesperson for the Maori Party. More
>> [1] ALSO:
- Human Rights Commission - Treaty developments significant over the past year [2]
- Waitangi Day Speeches - State of the Nation speeches ready to roll [3]
- Maori Party - The Maori Party is doing its bit to fly the flag [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00001.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00019.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00016.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00025.htm
Medical: Greens Worried By Slow Emergency
Response - The Green Party is calling for a formal
inquiry into why no ambulance was available to take
Wairarapa accident victim Reece Lloyd-Grimwood for urgent
surgery. The people of Wairarapa need to know whether there
are major problems with their ambulance service. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00009.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Migration: UK Family Want More Brits To Move
Here - In 2000 Mike and Tammy Bell left a cramped
rented house London with their three young daughters and
flew off to make a life for themselves in New Zealand.
Before Peter Jackson made this a popular destination it was
an unusual and difficult move. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- JP Morgan - NZ: Falling net-permanent migration [2]
- Stats NZ - Trips to the Pacific Islands and Asia increase [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00030.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00029.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00024.htm
Environment:
NZ Wetlands Receive International Recognition -
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has announced today on
World Wetlands Day that a unique area of New Zealand
wetlands has received international recognition. 16,000
hectares of wetlands in Southland have become part of a
network of just six New Zealand sites that are recognised
under the International Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Taranaki Regional Council - No Dry Arguments On World Wetlands Day [2]
- Greater Wellington Regional Council - Spotlight goes on our wetlands [3]
- Environment Bay of Plenty - Celebrate Our Wetlands [4]
- Greens - Government must protect Happy Valley wetlands [5]
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00026.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0802/S00004.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0802/S00024.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0801/S00203.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00014.htm
Agriculture: Farm Business Specialist Thinks Carbon Tax
Beastly - Anyone who thinks that farmers should be
hit with a carbon tax for greenhouse gas emissions should
think again, according to farm business specialist Peter
Floyd. Floyd says that properly managed pastures will
steadily build up organic matter and effectively lock up
atmospheric carbon. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00023.htm
Scoop
Weather: National Climate Summary - January 2008
- NIWA: Heat wave conditions occurred across inland areas of
the South Island, and even extended to coastal parts of
Canterbury and central Marlborough. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NIWA - Warm late summer; dry soils and low river flows [2]
- Greens - Hawkes Bay DHB warns GPs of death risk [3]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0802/S00002.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0801/S00060.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00004.htm
WORLD
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Global
Warming: Latin America And The Caribbean Have Key
Climate Change Role - The top United Nations climate
change official today highlighted the crucial role that
Latin America and the Caribbean countries - which scientists
believe will bear the brunt of the effects of global warming
over the coming decades - will play in addressing the
problem. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00020.htm
Foreign
Affairs: Number Of Political Prisoners Increases In
2007 - The international community has made little
progress in addressing the oppression and suffering of the
Burmese people. The visits of both the UN special envoy to
Burma, Mr. Gambari, and the UN Special Rapportuer on Human
Rights in Burma, Mr. Pinheiro, failed to yield any real
results. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00018.htm
Sweet!
Cocoa Farmers To Benefit From New UN Partnership With
Chocolate Giant - The United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) is setting up a partnership with the
confectionery conglomerate Cadbury to support cocoa-farming
communities in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean by
helping them to boost their crop yields. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00005.htm
COMMENT
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David
Swanson: Your Vote Will Be Thoughtful, But Will It Be
Counted? - By the time November 2008 rolls around,
you will have endured over two years of breathless
horse-race election coverage. But the big question (and one
of the important things to work on) is this: will you have
any way to know your vote is counted? More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00026.htm
Ramzy
Baroud: People'S Power In Gaza - In a radio
interview prior to the US invasion of Iraq, David Barsamian
asked Noam Chomsky what ordinary Americans could do to stop
the war. Chomsky answered, ''In some parts of the world
people never ask, 'what can we do?' They simply do it.'' More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00020.htm
Ron
Callari: Obama Vs. Clinton - Public Vs. Private
Talks - What is the evolution of unresolved
negotiations? Have we benefited from failed diplomacy and
conflict management over the years? Does mankind actually
learn from its collective mistakes? More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00027.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Ha,
ha, ha: Classic, It's A Night Of Clean Comedy -
After ending last year with a sell out show, Clean Comedy is
back with a special event. The Clean Comedy show is a family
friendly show offering a great night of up-lifting
entertainment guaranteed to be a hit with everyone. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00019.htm
Touring
Musos: Interpol choose NZ opening act! -
Interpol as on their previous visit from the start insisted
on choosing the opening act for their forth coming Auckland
show. Mysterygirl sent them a list (with audio links) of a
dozen bands ranging from The Dead C to Charlie Ash and the
result is that they chose...Surf City More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00015.htm
Popular Music: Anika Moa to support Jools
Holland - Kiwi songbird Anika Moa has been signed to
support British superstar musician JOOLS HOLLAND when he
performs in Auckland next month. After her memorable support
slot for Ryan Adams and her sold out national tour, Anika is
honoured to be supporting Jools. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00016.htm
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