Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Monday, 18 April 2005, 5:59 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY: Wellington V8 Proposal Race Gets Moved – Opponents Sense Victory
Scoop Report: NZ First Dumped On By Electoral Commission
Action on Internet Safety Children's Organisations Unite On Internet Safety
Ministry of Health Answers Questions Over Meningococcal Vaccine
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Environmentalist Group To Challenge Australian Fed Over Tasmanian Milling Rights
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Stateside: Rosalea Barker On The Credit Card Caper
Sonia Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film Festival
Steve Weissman Investigates The Religious Right In America
Karen Hughes: The Woman To Sell America To The Middle East
Jonar Nader's New Book – 'Z'
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
Brash Says Maori Party and Labour A Dangerous Coalition
Govt. Releases Report On Prostitution Reforms
MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
Wellington V8 Proposal Race Gets Moved – Opponents Sense Victory

[1] Wellington City Council is to consider an alternative V8 racing circuit around the Westpac Stadium to the north of the CBD, Mayor Kerry Prendergast announced today. See... V8 street race - new race track proposed [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00127.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00127.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00125.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00381.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00384.htm

Scoop Report: NZ First Dumped On By Electoral Commission

- Despite having only 27 MP’s and being consistently behind Labour in the polls for the last six months, the National Party’s election campaign manager, Steven Joyce was still a little miffed at getting less funding than Labour in the allocations [1] of political advertising funding announced today [2] . See... NZ First Adverts Funding Snub Defended By National [3] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00222.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00219.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00163.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00376.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00222.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00219.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00383.htm

Action on Internet Safety Children's Organisations Unite On Internet Safety

- ECPAT, Today children’s organizations in 67 countries are uniting to call on the world’s leading Internet and high tech companies to take responsibility for ensuring children’s safety online. ECPAT New Zealand Director, Alan Bell says: "…we believe more can be done if there was to be a concerted international effort of which New Zealand could be part. Many of the objectionable images viewed by New Zealanders originate in other parts of the world and are distributed internationally. These images are of real children that are subjected to totally unacceptable behaviour. This has to be stopped regardless of whether these children actually live in New Zealand or not. ” See... Action on Internet Safety [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00212.htm

Ministry of Health Answers Questions Over Meningococcal Vaccine

Answers To Questions On Meningococcal Vaccine Programme Posted On Scoop - Ministry Of Health. ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Questions to Ask the MOH about MeNZB(tm) Ron Law, Risk & Policy Analyst Barbara Sumner Burstyn, Free-lance writer/columnist… See… Health Ministry Answers Questions About MeNZB [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00065.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00066.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00118.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0504/S00119.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00209.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00211.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00204.htm

Environmentalist Group To Challenge Australian Fed Over Tasmanian Milling Rights

[1] The Wilderness Society will mount a legal challenge against a decision by the Federal Government not to assess the impact of Gunns’ proposed pulpmill on Tasmania’s forests. The action will be taken in the Federal Court under the Administrative Decision Judicial Review Act. “The proposed pulpmill will consume more than three million tonnes of Tasmanian wood each year,” said National Forest Campaigner for the Society, Sean Cadman. See… Legal Challenge Looms Over Tasmania Milling Proposal [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00263.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00263.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00262.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00261.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00259.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00255.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00254.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Stateside: Rosalea Barker On The Credit Card Caper

- Those of you old enough to have seen the moon before it had footprints on it might recall a fun little song with the words: "What did Delaware, boys? What did Delaware?... She wore a brand New Jersey, that's what she did wear." See... Stateside: The Town Bike Of Wilmington, Delaware [1] and Stateside: The Town Bike, Part 2 [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00159.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00160.htm

Sonia Nettnin At The Chicago Palestine Film Festival

- The documentary “Women In Struggle,” explores the lives of four Palestinian women, ex-political detainees, who grew up in the West Bank and in Jerusalem. While military occupation shaped the course of their lives and it created economic, family, mental, and emotional hardships, the women made individual choices as well. See... Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Women in Struggle [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00154.htm

Steve Weissman Investigates The Religious Right In America

- Judge Roy Moore knows how to rally the troops, especially among right-wing Christian evangelicals. A devout Southern Baptist, he tells them what they want to hear, as he did in early 2002 to a gathering in Tennessee: See... The Religious Right (Pt. 2): Hang Ten and Fight! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00150.htm

Karen Hughes: The Woman To Sell America To The Middle East

- She's smart, savvy and she can spin with the best of them. When revelations about George W. Bush's DUI surfaced in the final days of the 2000 presidential campaign, she ran interference for the startled candidate as well as any blocking back in professional football. See... Bill Berkowitz: Tapping Karen Hughes [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00148.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00151.htm

Jonar Nader's New Book – 'Z'

- The 'war on terror' is merely child's play. There will come a time when terrorists will declare real war, on each other, and you'll be forced to take sides. You've seen the horror that freedom-fighters can unleash. You've seen the devastation that demented terrorists can inflict. But could you combat the new breed of sophisticated terrorists who are intent on absolute power? Could you out-smart educated terrorists who seek retribution in the name of righteousness? Would you ever condone vigilante terrorists who commit the worst of acts for the purest of motives? See... New Book By Jonar Nader – What Would You Kill For? [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00147.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00161.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00158.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00156.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00155.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00153.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00152.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00149.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00157.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00146.htm

Brash Says Maori Party and Labour A Dangerous Coalition

National Party Leader Don Brash says if Labour and the Maori Party are returned to government it will spell goodbye to any hope of ending race-based separatism. “Labour’s track-record on Maori issues is a disgrace. New Zealanders are sick and tired of separatism, and no one believes the Maori Party will be a moderating influence on the Labour Party.” See... Maori Party, Labour dangerous combination [1] and Brash Speech: A new government and a new direction [2] MORE NATIONAL SPEECHES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00366.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00365.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00364.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00363.htm

Govt. Releases Report On Prostitution Reforms

- Justice Minister Phil Goff today released two reports on the sex industry that will help set benchmarks for assessing the impact of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 over the next few years. See... Goff releases benchmark reports on NZ sex industry [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00377.htm

MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00382.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00371.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00378.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00374.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00370.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00379.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00375.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00372.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00368.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00367.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00369.htm

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