Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 4:55 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
LEAD STORY:
BUDGET 2005: Money To Hear More Kiwi Music Over There
FULL COVERAGE: The Election Advertising Debate
Greens Back 'Every Child Counts' Campaign
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
Papal Selection Conclave - Day One
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Pacific Ecologist – New Issue Out Now!
Hard News Is There!
Owen McShane's Short Shrift For Peak Oil Theorists
Sonia Nettnin: Palestine Film Festival's Opening Night
Guest Opinion: The US National Election Reform Conference
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics)
ACT Gets $17k In Costs Award From Awatere-Huata
National Party Warning Regarding Beach Ownership
Signing Of Thai Trade Deal A Step Backwards - Greens
MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

LEAD STORY:
BUDGET 2005: Money To Hear More Kiwi Music Over There

[1] Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton and Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey announced today an investment of $5.4 million to support export growth of the New Zealand music industry. The package, which includes $2 million for the NZ Music Industry Commission and $3.4 million for NZ on Air, has been developed in response to the report of the Music Industry Export Development Group. See... $5.4 million to promote contemporary music exports [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00394.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00394.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00400.htm

FULL COVERAGE: The Election Advertising Debate

- ACT Leader Rodney Hide today labelled the Electoral Commission's allocation of broadcasting funds as a rort on taxpayers. See... Funds allocation a rort [1] . See also Maori Party response… Broadcasting Allocations Disappointing [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00386.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00390.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00226.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00234.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00163.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00376.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00222.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00219.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00383.htm

Greens Back 'Every Child Counts' Campaign

- Green Co-Leader Rod Donald called for a multi-party accord to end child poverty by 2010 at the launch of the 'Every Child Counts' campaign in Auckland today. See... Greens call for 'multi-party accord' for children [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00392.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00407.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00236.htm

MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0504/S00068.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0504/S00232.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0504/S00051.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00229.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00237.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00228.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00227.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00225.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00224.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00233.htm

Papal Selection Conclave - Day One

[1] Personal and community prayer, ballots and a retreatlike atmosphere are the characteristics of the conclave that 115 cardinal electors are holding to elect a new pope. See... A Day in the Life of the Conclave [2] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00282.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00282.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00283.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00281.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00280.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00271.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00270.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00269.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00267.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00279.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00277.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00276.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00275.htm

SCOOP COLUMNS:
Pacific Ecologist – New Issue Out Now!

- On 30 March, yet another study, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) Synthesis Report highlights the global environmental crisis. The MA, conducted by 1,300 experts from 95 countries warns 60 percent of ecosystem services supporting life on Earth e.g fresh water, fisheries, air and water regulation, and regional climate are being degraded or used unsustainably. This adds to a stream of recent reports saying similar things. See... Pacific Ecologist Issue 10 – Late Summer 2005 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00168.htm

Hard News Is There!

- Surely, if God actually chose the Pope it would be much simpler. Just put everyone's name in a hat, and have an innocent child draw out the name of the next pontiff. If God wants an African Pope, or a Latin American one - or for that matter a female... See... Public Address 19/04/05 - Choice [1] 19 April 2005 |

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00180.htm

Owen McShane's Short Shrift For Peak Oil Theorists

- I know many people get their kicks out of forecasting doom but a little balance is needed. The following piece from OpinionJournal.com spells out the real geopolitics and geo-economics of oil and what we should do about it. See... Scoop Feedback: The Peak Oil Mirage [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00166.htm

Sonia Nettnin: Palestine Film Festival's Opening Night

- Opening night of the 4th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival brought Professor Joseph Massad to the Gene Siskel Film Center where he shared his essay, “The Weapon of Culture: Cinema in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle,” forthcoming in Hamid Dabashi, editor, Palestinian Cinema, (London, Verso, 2005). See... Nettnin: Massad Lectures at Palestine Film Fest. [1] MORE REVIEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00178.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00154.htm

Guest Opinion: The US National Election Reform Conference

- As they slowly hack democracy to death, we’re as alone — we citizens — as we’ve ever been, protected only by the dust-covered clichés of the nation’s founding: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” It’s time to blow off the dust and start paying the price. See... Robert C. Koehler: The Silent Scream Of Numbers [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00175.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00174.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00167.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00179.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00176.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00177.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00173.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00172.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00170.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00169.htm

ACT Gets $17k In Costs Award From Awatere-Huata

- ACT Leader Rodney Hide today said it was pleasing that the Donna Awatere Huata case was finally over, and that ACT could now fully concentrate on the election campaign. See... ACT on Supreme Court ruling [1] MORE:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00399.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00230.htm

National Party Warning Regarding Beach Ownership

- National Party Leader Don Brash is expecting more Maori to follow Ngati Porou’s lead and start direct negotiations with Labour over the ownership of our coast. See... Beach ownership on Ngati Porou agenda [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00398.htm

Signing Of Thai Trade Deal A Step Backwards - Greens

- The Green Party has accused the Government of riding roughshod over democracy by signing a free-trade deal with Thailand before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee has finished its examination of the agreement. See... Labour insults democracy by fast-tracking Thai FTA [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00391.htm

MORE PARLIAMENT HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00389.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00416.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00414.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00413.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00412.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00405.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00393.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00396.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00395.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00397.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00388.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00387.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00385.htm
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00409.htm
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00408.htm
[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00417.htm
[17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00415.htm
[18] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00406.htm
[19] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00403.htm
[20] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00401.htm

ENDS

© Scoop Media

Alastair Thompson

Scoop Publisher

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.

Contact Alastair Thompson

• Linkedin
• Twitter - @althecat
• Facebook
• Email - alastair@scoop.co.nz