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Thursday, 7 April 2005, 8:58 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Scoop Report: The Taping Of Tamihere
Related: Kevin List Interviews Pita Sharples
Scoop Report: Standing Orders House Stoush
Goff Moves To Outlaw Grooming Of Children By Paedophiles
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Amnesty Calls For Côte d'Ivoire Investigation Into New Zealander's Death
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Hard News & More Is There!
Molesworth and Featherston – The Insiders Good Oil
Steve Weissman Investigates America's Religious Right
Charles Shaw On The Passing Of Saul Bellow
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Nats Claim Hawkins Breached Court Suppression Orders
Cullen Again Urges Nats To Produce Alternative Budget
MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Scoop Report: The Taping Of Tamihere

- Scoop contacted Investigate editor, Ian Wishart for an ‘on the record’ interview to ask him about how the now legendary lunchtime conversation with Mr Tamihere came about. What follows is a verbatim transcript of Scoop's Kevin List's 'on the record' interview with Mr Wishart. See... Ian Wishart ‘On The Record’ About Taping Tamihere [1] . For much much more see also… Full Coverage: Tamihere Unplugged [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00056.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00057.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00123.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00122.htm

Related: Kevin List Interviews Pita Sharples

- Scoop Report: Given the fact that John Tamihere has probably received about two million dollars worth of free advertising this week Scoop decided to quickly catch up with his main opponent in the electorate of Tamaki Makauru, the Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples. See... A short Dr Sharples IV on the weeks topical issues [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00068.htm

Scoop Report: Standing Orders House Stoush

- In protest over an incident last night during which Leader of the House Michael Cullen "collapsed" the private members bills debate - by removing all Ministers from the House - the house this afternoon experienced an unprecedented standing orders fillibuster. See... Standing Orders Protest Yields A Partial Victory [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00070.htm

Goff Moves To Outlaw Grooming Of Children By Paedophiles

- Goff introduces sexual grooming offence Paedophiles who groom children for sexual activity will face up to seven years' imprisonment under an amendment to a Bill currently before Parliament, Justice Minister Phil Goff announced today. "The sexual grooming amendment further extends the protection of young people from sexual predators by covering situations where a person contacts or arranges to meet a child, with the intention of having sexual activity, whether or not the intended abuse occurs," Phil GOff said. See... Goff introduces sexual grooming offence [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00132.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00138.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00164.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00125.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00090.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00099.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00135.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00134.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00127.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00081.htm

Amnesty Calls For Côte d'Ivoire Investigation Into New Zealander's Death

“Amnesty International New Zealand urges officials of the Forces Nouvelles (FN), who control the northern part of Côte d'Ivoire, to immediately carry out a thorough, impartial and independent investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Brian Sands”, said Ced Simpson, Executive Director of Amnesty International New Zealand. See... Amnesty Urges Inquiry Into Brian Sands' Death [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00095.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00117.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00126.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00130.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00119.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00118.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Hard News & More Is There!

- I'll put this up the front of the post to avoid confusing fanboys who have Googled their way here. My interview yesterday with Chris Knox, about the excellent new Toy Love retrospective Cuts, is archived here as a 10MB MP3... See... Public Address 07/04/05 - Labouring [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00066.htm

Molesworth and Featherston – The Insiders Good Oil

- John Tamihere’s comments about his colleagues, and the subsequent anguish, have not affected the data yet but Labour is up in our rolling poll of polls. That could be the reason National is importing help. We are arguing there won’t be an early election date, though. The campaign for across-the-board five percent wage settlements rolls on and the OECD wants to see more mothers working. See... Molesworth & Featherston (Lobby Edition) – 7/4/05 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00065.htm

Steve Weissman Investigates America's Religious Right

- When Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin boasted that his God was bigger than Islam's, many people demanded his scalp. But, as angry as his critics were, they dismissed what he said as little more than military machismo, political insensitivity, and bone-headed public relations. How could we possibly win Muslim hearts and minds when this highly decorated Crusader so callously belittled Allah? See... America's Religious Right - Saints or Subversives? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00064.htm

Charles Shaw On The Passing Of Saul Bellow

- Day broke sharp and fast across Chicago this morning as the incendiary copper glow of a million sunbeams ignited an undulating sea of high-rise windows which coat the shore of Lake Michigan. Light spilled amply through one of these solitary windows into an old building in Hyde Park that Saul Bellow once called home. See... Saul Bellow: Eulogy From A Former Student... [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00063.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00062.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00061.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00060.htm

Nats Claim Hawkins Breached Court Suppression Orders

- National Party Deputy Leader Gerry Brownlee has lodged an urgent question in Parliament this afternoon regarding comments made by George Hawkins on Radio New Zealand’s Nine-to-Noon show today. See... Urgent question lodged on George Hawkins [1] ALSO: Police Amendment Bill Will Double Police Numbers [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00149.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00147.htm

Cullen Again Urges Nats To Produce Alternative Budget

- “Suggestions by National that in government it would restrict new budget spending to between $300 million and $400 million a budget make it even more imperative that they put up an alternative budget,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. See... Pressure builds on National for alternative budget [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00148.htm

MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

NZ First - Aussie Banks Robbing Staff [23]

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[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00140.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00133.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00128.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00156.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00155.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00154.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00145.htm
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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00153.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00131.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00152.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00130.htm
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00129.htm
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00146.htm
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[18] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00135.htm
[19] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00134.htm
[20] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00127.htm
[21] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00150.htm
[22] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00144.htm
[23] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00159.htm

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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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