Today's Top Scoops - 02 July 2008
Scoop Satire: Nat Emails Hacked In Parallel Universe
Questions
For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Policy?:
Insurers Expect Nats To Privatise ACC
Maori:
Occupation Protests Whangamata Marina
Defence:
Court Of Inquiry Announced
Censorship:
British Band's T-Shirt Found To Be 'A Cradle of
Filth'
SOEs:
Cullen Completes Train Set
Health
Policy: Updated Atlas Of Socioeconomic
Deprivation
Environment:
Embalming Fluid Is Bad For You
Manufacturing:
Sales And Confidence Drop, Performance
Stable
Securing
A Future: Ban Ki-Moon Urges Progress Toward Achieving A
Nuclear-Free World
Political
Forum: Sir Paul Reeves To Handle Fiji's Electoral
Reform Dialogue
On
Point: U.S. Army Releases Account Of First 18 Months
After Saddam's Fall
Zapped:
High Powered Laser Ban Now In Force In Australia
Powered
Up: Investment In Clean Energy Hit Record High In
2007
United
Nations: Presence Of Armed Groups Threatens Southern
Lebanon's Stability
Deadlines:
Less Than 48 Hours To Film Fest Final
Religion:
He Who Sups With The Pope Should Have A Short
Spoon
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LEAD STORY
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Scoop Satire: Nat Emails Hacked In Parallel
Universe - New Zealand scientists announced
today that they have made observations of life in a strange
parallel universe. Dubbed "World X", they describe it as
like our own, from identical rules of physics to a planet
with individuals "eerily similar" to those of earth.
However, such coincidences are overwhelmed one particularly
glaring difference. In World X, the idea that Nicky Hager
obtains his internal National Party documents by hacking
into Parliament's email servers is in fact supported by the
available evidence. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- KiwiFM Audio - Flash-Back - John Key: Not My Campaign Style [2]
- KiwiFM Audio - Wammo - Are You An Open Book Mr Key? [3]
- TV3 Video - Key continues evasiveness over use of consultancy company [4]
- TV3 Video - Key frustrated National's secrets keep leaking [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00009.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00010.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00013.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10054.html
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/10057.html
NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00036.htm
Policy?:
Insurers Expect Nats To Privatise ACC -
Australian insurance company investors are being advised
they would reap large profits if the ACC scheme was
privatised, but it would come at significant cost to New
Zealanders, says ACC Minister Maryan Street. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Key's windfall plans for Aussie insurers [2]
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00038.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00039.htm
Maori:
Occupation Protests Whangamata Marina - The
occupation of Whangamata by tangata whenua is an indictment
on the failure of the Crown to protect the natural values of
the foreshore and seabed for future generations, says the
Maori Party. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Whangamata Marina protestors - Spotlight on the Whangamata Marina [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00024.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00024.htm
Defence:
Court Of Inquiry Announced - The Chief of
Defence Force Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae has
convened a Court of Inquiry to find out why NZDF housing
allowances were paid to up to five officers in receipt of UN
housing allowances while seconded to the United Nations in
New York. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- National - National demands answers on NZDF decision [2]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00011.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00031.htm
Censorship:
British Band's T-Shirt Found To Be 'A Cradle of
Filth' - John Mills, President of the Society
for Promotion of Community Standards Inc, (SPCS) has hailed
as "bold, morally courageous and legally sound", the
classification decision issued to him today by the Chief
Censor's Office, that permanently bans a T-shirt. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00009.htm
SOEs:
Cullen Completes Train Set - Former Prime
Minister Jim Bolger has been appointed chair of the
establishment board of KiwiRail which will manage the
business previously known as Toll Rail, Finance Minister
Michael Cullen announced today. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Rail back in New Zealand hands [2]
- NZ Govt - PM: Address at KiwiRail Launch [3]
- NZ Govt - Cullen: Speech at KiwiRail launch [4]
- NZ Govt - National all hot air on protecting rail workers [5]
- NZ Govt - Which lines should close Mr Key? [6]
- National - Ontrack off track says Auditor-General [7]
- ACT - Rail Buyback A Taxpayer Dog [8]
- Progressive Party - Does Nat policy secrecy mean it will re-sell rail? [9]
- Greens - Council takes commuters for a ride [10]
- Tranz Metro - 70 Years of Clean and Green Trains [11]
- Victoria University - A rare slice of NZ railway history now online [12]
- TV3 Video - Government takes ownership of rail and ferry stock [13]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00004.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00003.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00006.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00005.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00021.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00030.htm
[7]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00032.htm
[8]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00013.htm
[9]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00017.htm
[10]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00016.htm
[11]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00002.htm
[12]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0807/S00003.htm
[13]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/10013.html
Health
Policy: Updated Atlas Of Socioeconomic
Deprivation - The Ministry of Health today
released an updated atlas of New Zealand's socioeconomic
landscape, which includes maps showing socioeconomic
differences in and between the 21 district health boards. More
>> [1]
MORE:
- Out-Link: Socioeconomic Deprivation in New Zealand [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0807/S00003.htm
[2]
- http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/dhb-maps-and-background-information-atlas-of-socioeconomic-deprivation-in-nz-nzdep2006
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Environment:
Embalming Fluid Is Bad For You - The Natural
Burials organisation today said a promise by the New Zealand
Embalmers Association to investigate the environmental
safety of embalming fluid might help the Association learn
about the hazardous chemical it uses every day. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00033.htm
Manufacturing:
Sales And Confidence Drop, Performance Stable -
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters
Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed
during June 2008, shows total sales in May 2008 decreased
3.71% (export sales increased by 8.13% with domestic sales
decreasing 15.3%) on May 2007. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00030.htm
WORLD
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Securing
A Future: Ban Ki-Moon Urges Progress Toward Achieving A
Nuclear-Free World - A robust Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is essential to take steps
towards checking nuclear proliferation and achieving
disarmament, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today,
marking the 40th anniversary of the UN-backed pact. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00040.htm
Political
Forum: Sir Paul Reeves To Handle Fiji's Electoral
Reform Dialogue - Sir Paul Reeves is in Fiji to
meet with the PM and political parties, to formulate the
terms of reference and arrange other logistics for the forum
to be convened in all likelihood in August. The forum is
being convened to bring together Government and Political
parties to discuss and agree on the way forward regarding
the Electoral Reform that has been adopted and recommended.
More
>> [1]
ALSO
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00036.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00035.htm
On
Point: U.S. Army Releases Account Of First 18 Months
After Saddam's Fall - A new book released by
the Army examines the challenging period of transition from
conventional combined-arms operations to full-spectrum and
counterinsurgency operations in Iraq after the fall of
Saddam Hussein's regime in April 2003. "Even if that
planning had been a bit more robust and had ... happened
earlier on in the process," Army Col. Timothy Reese said, "a
lot of the assumptions on which that planning was done
turned out to be incorrect once the coalition got to
Baghdad." More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00044.htm
Zapped:
High Powered Laser Ban Now In Force In
Australia - "New Australian Customs regulations
prohibit the import of hand-held laser pointers with an
emission level greater than one milliwatt (1mW), without
written permission. These new laws will balance the risk
posed to aircraft and the travelling public, with the
legitimate import and use of laser equipment by responsible
parties such as scientists, astronomers and the surveying
industry." More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00037.htm
Powered
Up: Investment In Clean Energy Hit Record High In
2007 - Prompted by climate change concerns,
increased international support, surging oil prices and
continuing anxiety over energy security, investment in
renewable energy and energy efficient reached a record last
year, according to a UNEP report. "Just as thousands were
drawn to California and the Klondike in the late 1800s, the
green energy gold rush is attracting legions of modern day
prospectors in all parts of the globe," Mr. Steiner said. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00047.htm
United
Nations: Presence Of Armed Groups Threatens Southern
Lebanon's Stability - Southern Lebanon has
witnessed the longest period of relative stability in many
years as the cessation of hostilities between Israel and
Hizbollah following their 2006 war continues to hold,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stated, while voicing
concern about the presence of armed groups and record levels
of Israeli overflights in the area. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00043.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Deadlines:
Less Than 48 Hours To Film Fest Final - 'The V'
48HOURS is officially the largest filmmaking competition in
the Southern Hemisphere. Now in its sixth year, the
competition is drawing to a thrilling conclusion on July 3rd
at 8.30pm on C4 Television. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00010.htm
Religion:
He Who Sups With The Pope Should Have A Short
Spoon - For most of the 220,000 expected
pilgrims at World Youth Day, lunches will probably be eaten
with fellow pilgrims, on roadsides, park benches or in noisy
cafeterias. For one lucky New Zealand pilgrim, however, one
lunch at World Youth Day will involve hanging out with the
Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI... More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- TV3 Video - Laws for pope visit rankle critics in Australia [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00008.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/10060.html
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