Today's Top Scoops - 27 March 2008
Education: ERA Says Buchanan Dismissal Was Unjustified
Govt Real Estate: Purchase of Tarnbrae Station, Omarama
Foreign
Affairs: Goff Meets Jose Ramos Horta
Scoop
Audio: Pacific Ministers Tight On Fiji
Justice:
Sensible Sentencing Asked To Respect Victim's
Rights
Tax:
Cullen "Squirms" On Cuts
Open
Letters: Copeland Speaks For The
Goats
TV3
Video: Impacts Of Emissions Trading Scheme On NZ
Industry
TV3
Video: Blue Chip Founder Fails To Turn Up To Creditors'
Meeting
Transport:
Fuel Efficiency Car Sale Labels From April
7
World
News: Indonesian Shooting Rampage In West
Papua
Energy
Revolution: Cuba Energy Program Saves One Million Tons
Of Oil
Peru:
British TV Company Accused Of Bringing 'Epidemic' To
Isolated Indians
Crowd
Pleaser: UN Human Rights Council Elects Khaddafi Prize
Founder to Expert Post
Paul G. Buchanan: Obama And The 'Pastor
Disaster'
Michael Collins: The Money Party (5) - "Us versus
Them"
Jim Miles: The Science of Terror
Scoop
Review: Split Enz In Wellington
Funding:
League Club Distances Itself From Pokies
Water:
UNICEF Launches Tap Project In
NZ
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LEAD STORY
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Education: ERA Says Buchanan Dismissal Was
Unjustified - The Employment Relations
Authority has ruled that the dismissal of Dr Paul Buchanan
from the University of Auckland was unjustified and it has
awarded him more than $65,000 in lost wages and
compensation. [The determination said that] while there was
no doubt that there was misconduct on Dr Buchanan's part, it
was unreasonable for the university to have escalated the
matter to one of serious misconduct. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Scoop Full Coverage - Students Flare Over Buchanan Firing [2]
- Paul G. Buchanan - Obama And The 'Pastor Disaster' [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0803/S00065.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00096.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00408.htm
NZ POLITICS
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Govt Real Estate: Purchase of Tarnbrae Station, Omarama
- Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick today
announced the purchase by the Nature Heritage Fund of 2044
hectares of a high country wetland and tussock complex in
the Mackenzie Basin near Omarama in Canterbury. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00454.htm
Foreign
Affairs: Goff Meets Jose Ramos Horta -
Defence Minister, Phil Goff, last night met Timor Leste
President Jose Ramos Horta, who is recovering in Darwin from
wounds received in the February 11 assassination attempt. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Goff visit to Timor Leste [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00451.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00452.htm
Scoop
Audio: Pacific Ministers Tight On Fiji -
Audio+Images+Pdf (full press conference): Pacific
Islands foreign ministers presented a unified pact today
calling on Fiji to honour its commitment to hold free and
fair elections before March 31 2009 - a move that would see
military coup leader Frank Bainimarama out of office. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- (95bFM Audio): Paul Deady & Selwyn Manning - All Eyes on Fiji [2]
- Scoop Audio - Audio: Peters & Stephen Smith Bilateral Press Conf [3]
- Scoop Audio/Images - Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 25 Mar. 2008 [4]
- NZ Govt - Ministers welcome a quarter century of CER [5]
- PIF - Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting Outcome (pdf) [6]
- Fiji Government - "We Are On Track" - Fiji Foreign Affairs Minister [7]
- TV3 - Pacific Forum Sceptical At Chance Of Free And Fair Fijian Elections
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00412.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00411.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00404.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00399.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00461.htm
[6]
- http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0803/FFAMM200820Outcomes20Statement20FINAL2026mar081.pdf
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00210.htm
Justice:
Sensible Sentencing Asked To Respect Victim's
Rights - Brian Aim, the father of Taupo murder
victim Karen Aim, should be able to choose to meet the 14
year old offender, without harassment from an organisation
promoting its own political agenda," said Project Leader of
Rethinking Crime and Punishment, Kim Workman. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Rethinking Crime and Punishment - International Experts on Penal Reform To Speak [2]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00248.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00249.htm
Tax:
Cullen "Squirms" On Cuts - National leader John
Key today expressed confidence his party will "out tax cut"
Labour in this year's election, but he ignores an issue of
vital interest to most New Zealanders and that is at what
cost, says Finance Minister Michael Cullen. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - Cullen in 'defiant squirming' over tax cuts [2]
- NZ Govt - Cullen: Speech to AUT Business Faculty, Auckland [3]
- NZ Govt - Key and English not taking challenges seriously [4]
AND KEY "SLIDES":
- National - Aust audience hears message of optimism [5]
- NZ Govt - Key slips and slides over the truth. Again [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00438.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00446.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00445.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00453.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00441.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00448.htm
Open
Letters: Copeland Speaks For The Goats - I
am having a meeting with... the Minister of Conservation, in
early April to look at the situation objectively. I believe
it is possible both to preserve a beautiful part of our
natural history and at the same time the flora and fauna on
that island. More
>> [1]
EARLIER:
- Arapawa Island Goats - New move to save the unique goats of Arapawa Is [2]
- Gordon Copeland - Arapawa Goats [3]
- Gordon Copeland - Copeland not giving up on Arapawa Island Goats [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00443.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0803/S00003.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00068.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00258.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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TV3
Video: Impacts Of Emissions Trading Scheme On NZ
Industry - Examining the impacts of an
emissions trading scheme on New Zealand industry is the
theme of a summit on in Wellington today. A keynote speaker
is Robert Dornau of SGS Switzerland - the world's largest
control and inspection company. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Petroleum Exploration Association of New Zealand - Report pulls Government up on Gas [2]
- Major Electricity Users Group - Electricity security being compromised [3]
- Wastesaver - More Stable "Green" Electricity Needed [4]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/6225.html
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00251.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00253.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0803/S00384.htm
TV3
Video: Blue Chip Founder Fails To Turn Up To Creditors'
Meeting - Blue Chip's founder Mark Byers is to
be reported to the "appropriate authorities" after he failed
to show at today's meeting of about 300 angry creditors in
Auckland. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/6226.html
Transport:
Fuel Efficiency Car Sale Labels From April 7 -
Car buyers wanting to save money on their fuel bills will
find it easier to choose a vehicle that goes further on a
full tank, as a result of new fuel efficiency labels. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - New vehicle efficiency ratings could be misleading [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0803/S00431.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/6219.html
WORLD
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World
News: Indonesian Shooting Rampage In West
Papua - Local human rights workers at the scene
report that the police were supported by Indonesian military
forces from the Koramil (district headquarters) and Tim
Khusus (Army Special Services). These military forces were
described as combat troops. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00224.htm
Energy
Revolution: Cuba Energy Program Saves One Million Tons
Of Oil - Cuba saved nearly one million tons of
oil in the period between 2006 and 2007, which translated
into 400 million dollars, as a result of the ongoing
nationwide energy program, known here as Energy Revolution.
More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00222.htm
Peru:
British TV Company Accused Of Bringing 'Epidemic' To
Isolated Indians - A fierce controversy is
raging in the Peruvian Amazon over the activities of a film
crew working for the British TV company Cicada Films. Local
Indians, government officials and independent scientists
have accused the film-makers of visiting very isolated
Indian communities, despite being warned not to. The
isolated Indians reported later that the visit provoked an
epidemic of respiratory disease that left four people dead
and others seriously ill. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00225.htm
Crowd
Pleaser: UN Human Rights Council Elects Khaddafi Prize
Founder to Expert Post - To the sound of
cheers, and by an overhwelming majority of 40 out of 47
votes, the UN Human Rights Council today elected Jean
Ziegler, the co-founder of the ''Muammar Khaddafi Human
Rights Prize,'' as an expert advisor representing the
Western world. More
>> [1]
EARLIER:
- UN Watch - Suspension Of Jean Ziegler's UN Nomination Urged [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00226.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00215.htm
COMMENT
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Paul G. Buchanan: Obama And The 'Pastor
Disaster' - The "pastor disaster" that is
Jeremiah Wright, spiritual mentor to Barack Obama, has
occasioned a chorus of righteous indignation from US
conservatives and a few Democrats about the first viable
black American presidential candidate. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00408.htm
Michael Collins: The Money Party (5) - "Us versus
Them" - We have been warned again and again
that seeing the world as an "us versus them" proposition is
a fatal error. It's polarizing. It leads to "class warfare."
It absolves "us" of the collective responsibility we all
have in a democracy. Can't have it, ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00402.htm
Jim Miles: The Science of Terror -
Sometimes the science community, hiding behind the guise of
empirical research, cannot see its own bias even while
correctly analyzing a situation. The latter statement may
seem contradictory, but given the manner in which it studies
`terror´ and then ... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00406.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Scoop
Review: Split Enz In Wellington - Split
Enz was huge fun and a remarkable nostalgia trip. As the
band got more and more into it and the crowd limbered up, a
great sense of the fondness a lot of Kiwis feel for the Enz
became more and more apparent. You really could feel the
love. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00424.htm
Funding:
League Club Distances Itself From Pokies - In
an era where many sports clubs are struggling to survive one
league club is trying innovative ways of regaining community
support. The Mt Wellington Rugby League Club is backing up
its healthy message with plans to free itself of pokie
funding. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00250.htm
Water:
UNICEF Launches Tap Project In NZ - UNICEF NZ
is inviting restaurants around the country to join the
campaign, by asking diners to donate a minimum of $1 for the
tap water they normally enjoy for free, for one week from
Saturday 5 - Friday 11 April. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00252.htm
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