Top Scoop Stories November 20th 2009 News Summary
LEAD STORY
Super-Wards: Commission Proposes New Boundaries For Auckland
Greenwash II: Government Baits Guardian Columnist
John Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To Power
Harm Mimisation: NZ Needle Exchange One Of World's Most Successful
Protest: Smacking March, On Day After UN Child Convention Anniversary, Also Has Popera
Military: Airman Killed At Waiouru, Another Injured
Gordon Campbell: Putting The 9/11 Terrorists On Trial
Getting There: Joyce Gives Telecom More Time For Separation
Consensus-Breaking: Goff To Give Reserve Bank Magic Wand
Miner Strike: Negotiations Resume
Scoop Link: World On Course For Catastrophic 6° Rise
Agri-Rhethoric: Feds Threaten To Cut Out Pound Of Flesh Nearest Heart
Gordon Campbell: The 9/11 Terrorists On Trial
Paul Buchanan: The Strategic Utility of Terrorism (and why jihadism is losing)
East Timor: The Role Of Journalists In The Freedom Struggle
Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture
Harvey Wasserman: For Obama it's one (term) if by war, two if by peace
Aung San Suu Kyi, Omar Khadr, and Barack Obama: A dreadful tale of what America has become
Connie Lawn: US President Barack Obama Talks New Zealand Defence & Trade With Scoop
Party On The Internet: C4 And Telecom Present The Non-Stop Gig
Wellington: Buses, Accidents And Politics
Plagiarism: Author Purchases Remaining Stock Of Trowenna Sea
Local Premiere: Sarandon Expected For Lovely Bones Wellington
Recession: Recovery Depends On Rebalancing Global Demand
Asylum Boats: Kevin Rudd Should Face Senate Inquiry
Terrorism: Chile Invokes Pinochet-Era Anti-Terrorism Law
Humanitarianism: President Yudhoyono Should Uphold Free Expression
Land Theft: Israeli Decision To Expand Jerusalem Settlement
Australia: RAAF Jets Take To The Skies For Exercise
Press Business: Finding New Business Models For Newspapers
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LEAD STORY
------------Super-Wards:
Commission Proposes New Boundaries For
Auckland
The Local Government Commission
presented its proposals on the boundaries and representation
arrangements for the new Auckland Council today. Under the
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, the Commission
is required to determine boundaries for the new Auckland
Council, wards and local boards, ward and board names and
the number of members per local board. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00363.htm
ALSO:
- Auckland ward boundaries a gerrymander [2]
- Commission proposal reflection of local concerns [3]
- Transport agency needs to deliver locally [4]
- Mayor urges Rodney residents to speak up [5]
- Boundary proposals a good start says Mayor [6]
- Report Calls For Auckland Super City [7]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00299.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00365.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00366.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00367.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00368.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0903/S00344.htm [7]
NZ POLITICS
------------ALSO:
- Questions and Answers - 19 Nov 2009 [2]
- Today In Parliament 19.11.09 [3]
- Questions and Answers - 18 Nov 2009 [4]
- Today In Parliament 18.11.09 [5]
- Questions and Answers - 17 Nov 2009 [6]
- Today In Parliament 17.11.09 [7]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00285.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00215.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00252.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00189.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00230.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00178.htm [7]
Greenwash
II: Government Baits Guardian
Columnist
"When New Zealand's sink forests are
harvested in the 2020s, as is likely, all that carbon will
return to the atmosphere. The government of New Zealand
responded with some irritation to my column last week ... "
More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00218.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00236.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00181.htm [3]
John
Minto: Hone Harawira - Speaking Truth To
Power
If you drive from Auckland to Hamilton you
pass through some of the richest farmland in the world…
virtually everything you see in all directions is
confiscated land. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00217.htm
Harm
Mimisation: NZ Needle Exchange One Of World's Most
Successful
Initial results from the National
Needle Exchange Blood-borne Virus Seroprevalence Survey 2009
show New Zealand continues to have the lowest rate of HIV
amongst its intravenous drug users compared to other
countries, and that a significant reduction in hepatitis B
and C among injecting users has been achieved over the last
five years. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0911/S00054.htm
Protest:
Smacking March, On Day After UN Child Convention
Anniversary, Also Has Popera
“We’re thrilled
to have such awesome talent as Yulia and Lapi Mariner make
themselves available to lead us in the national anthem and
to perform other items before and after the march,” says
organiser Colin Craig. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00167.htm
ALSO:
- New Zealanders Prepare to Vote With Their Feet [2]
- Parents Know Better Than Children’s Commissioner [3]
- Children’s Commissioner Needs To Move On [4]
- March against democracy [5]
- How much astroturf can you buy for $500,000? [6]
- The lies behind the 'March for the right to use reasonable force on children' [7]
- CTU says no to ACC full-funding, compensation cuts [8]
- NCWNZ Appreciates Bikers' Concern, Reciprocates [9]
- Revving it up for sensitive claims [10]
- Lack of planning by Tony Ryall fails patients [11]
- ACC – where has the 'honest conversation' gone [12]
- CTU oppose ban on ACC compensation for lawbreakers [13]
- ACC Levy Rises, Cover Cuts [14]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00166.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00218.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00222.htm [4]
[5] - http://editingtheherald.blogspot.com/2009/11/march-against-democracy.html" target="_blank [5]
[6] - http://www.thestandard.org.nz/how-much-astroturf-can-you-buy-for-500000/" target="_blank [6]
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00212.htm [8]
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00340.htm [9]
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00220.htm [10]
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00289.htm [11]
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00223.htm [12]
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/29595.html [13]
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00138.htm [14]
Military:
Airman Killed At Waiouru, Another Injured
Chief
of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, has confirmed
that at just after 9 am, in the Waiouru Training Area, an
unexpected explosion occurred, causing instant and fatal
injuries to Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster. A second Air
Force Sergeant received minor injuries. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00213.htm
ALSO:
- Govt marks death of Defence Force member [2]
- Goff sad for victims of Waiouru explosion [3]
- Waiouru Military Camp tragedy: full press conference [4]
- Bomb disposal expert dies in Waiouru explosion [5]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00283.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00270.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/29568.html [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/29572.html [5]
Gordon
Campbell: Putting The 9/11 Terrorists On
Trial
For years, human rights advocates have
argued that terrorism is essentially criminal behaviour, and
terrorists should therefore be tried under the rules of due
process that democratic states have developed over centuries
for dealing fairly with crime, and punishment. More
»[1]
[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/18/gordon-campbell-the-911-terrorists-on-trial/
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/29562.html [2]
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
------------Getting
There: Joyce Gives Telecom More Time For
Separation
Communications Minister Steven Joyce
has granted Telecom Corp. nine months to cut down potential
information-sharing among its units as part of the
company’s government-enforced operational separation. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00657.htm
ALSO:
- Biomedical engineer wins top scientist award [2]
- Science medal winners receive cash bonus [3]
- Prize for Creative Science Writing announced [4]
- Royal Recognition for IRL Engineer [5]
- Victoria success in Science Honours [6]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00035.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00038.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00039.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00037.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00034.htm [6]
Consensus-Breaking:
Goff To Give Reserve Bank Magic Wand
The ideal is
a stable and competitive exchange rate. But our Reserve Bank
policy targets are not well designed to produce a stable and
competitive exchange rate, nor to keep interest rates as low
as possible. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00254.htm
ALSO:
- Reneging on Reserve Bank Act raises concern [2]
- NZMEA Supports Call for Action on Monetary Policy [3]
- Goff talks gobbledygook on monetary policy [4]
- Changes needed to NZ monetary policy [5]
- Goff’s Monetary Policy review welcome [6]
- A more equitable monetary policy welcomed by PEC [7]
- Labour wants re-think of Reserve Bank's monetary policy [8]
- Key celebrates one year - Goff steals the limelight [9]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00210.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00609.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00622.htm [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00215.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00217.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00653.htm [7]
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/29592.html [8]
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/29576.html [9]
Miner
Strike: Negotiations Resume
1000 Engineering,
Printing and Manufacturing Union members at Solid Energy’s
four main mines have voted to return to work at 6am Saturday
morning. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00591.htm
Scoop
Link: World On Course For Catastrophic 6°
Rise
The world is now firmly on course for the
worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average
global temperatures rising by up to 6C by the end of the
century, leading scientists said yesterday. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00188.htm
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0911/S00033.htm [2]
Agri-Rhethoric:
Feds Threaten To Cut Out Pound Of Flesh Nearest
Heart
“Hath not a farmer eyes? Hath not a
farmer hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections,
passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same
weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same
means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as
townies?” More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00184.htm
ALSO:
- ANZAC’s “not bludgers”, Smith tell farmers [2]
- Get in behind the ETS, Key tells Federated Farmers [3]
- Fonterra’s farmers agree to raise share cap [4]
- The future of perpetual compensation [5]
- Irrigators could suck rivers dry [6]
- Working with vulnerable farmers [7]
[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/19/anzacs-not-bludgers-smith-tell-farmers/ [2]
[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/18/get-in-behind-the-ets-key-tells-federated-farmers/ [3]
[4] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/18/fonterra%e2%80%99s-farmers-agree-to-raise-share-cap/ [4]
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00190.htm [5]
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00311.htm [6]
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00601.htm [7]
COMMENT
------------
Gordon Campbell: The 9/11 Terrorists On
Trial
For years, human rights advocates have
argued that terrorism is essentially criminal behaviour, and
terrorists should therefore be tried under the rules of due
process that democratic states have developed over centuries
for dealing fairly with crime... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00193.htm
Paul Buchanan: The Strategic Utility of Terrorism (and
why jihadism is losing)
A Word From Afar: Paul
Buchanan writes: One of the axioms of counter-terrorism is
that the nastiness of the atrocity is inversely proportional
to the terrorist’s chances of success. That is to say, the
worse the act, then less likely that terrorist... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00192.htm
East Timor: The Role Of Journalists In The Freedom
Struggle
The struggle for justice is not a
contest between Indonesians and non-Indonesians. Rather, it
is a contest between those around the world who want to
justice to prevail and those who want to see impunity
prevail... More
»[1]
[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/east-timor-the-role-of-journalists-in-the-freedom-struggle/
Globalization
Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real
Culture
A Muslim family sits across of me in
café, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman
shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye
contact with the giant plasma screen TV, blazing loud music
on the popular music video channel, MTV. ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00194.htm
Harvey
Wasserman: For Obama it's one (term) if by war, two if
by peace
As the world awaits Barack Obama's
decision on Afghanistan, a lethal myth has spread. It says
that standing up to the military will doom him to be a
single-term president. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00186.htm
Aung San Suu Kyi, Omar Khadr, and Barack Obama: A
dreadful tale of what America has become
During
his trip to Asia, President Obama called for the government
of Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi, a noted dissident who
has spent years under house arrest. It made headlines, a
fact which tells us more about the role of media as an
outlet for government ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00173.htm
Connie
Lawn: US President Barack Obama Talks New Zealand
Defence & Trade With Scoop
President Obama has
provided positive answers to a number of questions about New
Zealand. Scoop's White House reporter, Connie Lawn, posed
the questions a few weeks ago. She had been hoping to get an
interview with the President, before... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00154.htm
LIFESTYLE
------------Party
On The Internet: C4 And Telecom Present The Non-Stop
Gig
C4 and Telecom have joined forces to deliver
a New Zealand first. On Sunday 6th December a collection of
New Zealand’s hottest musicians will get together to
perform a mammoth 12 hour gig - streamed live, and non-stop,
on the internet. The only way to see this concert will be
online at www.c4tv.co.nz/thenonstopgig. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00343.htm
ALSO:
- Adiago Returns to Downstage for the Holidays [2]
- The Wishing Tree @ Bats [3]
- Santa's $100,000 makeover [4]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00337.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00336.htm [3]
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/29577.html [4]
Wellington:
Buses, Accidents And Politics
Accidents with the
city’s buses have led on to discussions about city
politics this week. There’s been a lot of sadness about
the two accidents, one of them fatal, involving buses and
pedestrians... More
»[1]
[1] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=16331
ALSO:
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00337.htm [2]
Plagiarism: Author Purchases Remaining Stock Of
Trowenna Sea
New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera is
to purchase the remaining warehouse stock of the novel The
Trowenna Sea from his publisher Penguin Group (NZ). At the
same time Penguin has announced that it is offering to take
back stock from any bookseller who wishes to return the
book. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00312.htm
Local
Premiere: Sarandon Expected For Lovely Bones
Wellington
This December, Wellington will once
again play host to some of Hollywood’s biggest names at
the premiere of Peter Jackson’s latest film The Lovely
Bones. More
»[1]
[1] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=16298
WORLD
------------Recession:
Recovery Depends On Rebalancing Global
Demand
Washington - To establish a global
foundation for growth and avert future economic crises,
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says, the major advanced
economies must rebalance global demand. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00698.htm
Asylum
Boats: Kevin Rudd Should Face Senate
Inquiry
''The Prime Minister should be subject to
a Senate Inquiry over his handling of the various asylum
boat debacles of the last month, which include reports that
the Oceanic Viking was directed away from Australian waters
after rescuing asylum seekers in ... More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00695.htm
Terrorism:
Chile Invokes Pinochet-Era Anti-Terrorism Law
In
comparison to other countries in Latin America, Chile boasts
relatively stable political institutions, particularly free
and fair elections, and a substantial middle class. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00688.htm
Humanitarianism:
President Yudhoyono Should Uphold Free
Expression
President Yudhoyono (Indonesia) has a
chance to show Papuans before the December 1 anniversary
that Indonesia is a rights-respecting country that upholds
free expression. Yudhoyono should have these men freed
without delay. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00679.htm
Land
Theft: Israeli Decision To Expand Jerusalem
Settlement
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored
the Israeli Government's decision today to expand
Jerusalem’s Gilo settlement, stressing that it was built
on Palestinian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war.
More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00593.htm
Australia:
RAAF Jets Take To The Skies For Exercise
Royal
Australian Air Force personnel will play an important role
as fighter jets take to the skies for the East Coast Air
Defence Exercise (ECADEX 09), to be conducted off the coast
of New South Wales. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00585.htm
Press
Business: Finding New Business Models For
Newspapers
One of the most intriguing new
business models for newspapers -- an individualised
newspaper in Germany composed of selected pages and sections
from other papers, delivered each morning to one's door --
will be examined when the world's press gathers. More
»[1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00596.htm
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