Top 30 Stories On Scoop For Tuesday Oct 25
Dates: 25/Oct/2005
1: Brethren group face police probe over election The Green Party is pleased the Chief Electoral Officer has upheld its complaint that the Exclusive Brethren's "Beware"
pamphlet may have breached the Electoral Act.
2: Scoop News: Peters Will Not Attend Pacific Forum NZ Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, will not be attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Papua New Guinea this week.
Pacific leaders, including those from New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Cook Islands, Nuie, Solomon Islands
have gathered ...
3: Agenda Transcript: Winston Peters IV Well despite a pre-election pledge that they would abstain on confidence and supply issues New Zealand First has of
course signed a confidence and supply agreement with Labour. A major feature of the deal is that Winston Peters becomes
the Foreign Minister. ...
4: Wine-in-a-Can technology paves way for NZ RTD Wine Barokes Wine-in-a-Can technology paves the way for New Zealand’s Ready-To-Drink-Wine (RTDW™) market
5: The Newman Letter: The March to Maori Sovereignty It has been disconcerting watching the political courtship rituals taking place in the corridors of power over the last
few weeks, especially those made towards the Maori Party by National.
6: Flying High Above The Pacific With The RNZAF On Saturday 22nd October a RNZAF 757, Flight NPB970, carrying a New Zealand media contingent, the official New Zealand
PM's Party, & the premiers of Samoa, Kiribas, Naaru and Tahiti departed from Wellington for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where ...
7: AIDS has nothing to do with Maori text of Treaty National Party Maori Affairs spokesman Gerry Brownlee is describing as a "politically correct clap-trap" an
advertisement for a new trustee of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
8: ACT's The Letter 25 October 2005 New Ministers have their heads down studying their departmental briefs. The PM has gone to Papua New Guinea for the
forum. The Reserve Bank is expected to raise interest rates. Don Brash plans for opposition.
9: Government sanctioned sexism must stop The Government must make clear to its departments and organisations that treating female employees and students
differently because of their gender is not acceptable, says National Party MP Katherine Rich.
10: Brethren to face police over use of false address The Chief Electoral Officer has replied to the Progressive Party complaint over their use of a false address in their
election publicity material.
11: Photo Essay: At The Opening Of The Pacific Forum Scoop Foreign Correspondent: Photo Essay: The Opening Of The 36th Pacific Island Forum Images by Jason Dorday
12: HIV Aids problem in West Papua must be highlighted HIV Aids problem in West Papua must be highlighted at the Pan Pacific Aids Conference
13: New Trend In Ramallah: 'Girls Only' Cyber Cafés Reem Abdullah was raised in a conservative family in a village near the city of Ramallah. She is a university student
and needs some Internet time to do research for her studies. But Reem had a dilemma; family restrictions made it almost
impossible for her to ...
14: Nations Urged Think As Big As The Oceans Are Vast The World Conservation Union (IUCN) co-hosts the First International Marine Protected Areas Congress in Australia; calls
on the global community to achieve the UN 2012 target on marine protected areas
15: Pics: Giugiaro proves mettle with Ferrari GG50 Proving his mettle with the Ferrari GG50, Giorgetto Giugiaro paints in glowing colors a great adventure
16: A Virtual Visit To Honiara With PM Helen Clark A virtual visit to Solomon Islands capital Honiara with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, October 23, 2005,
(features images and audio) From Scoop Co-Editor Alastair Thompson on Assignment in Papua New Guinea and the Solomons –
CLICK IMAGES FOR BIG ...
17: Lunacy that pregnancy a 'personal injury accident' ACC costs will skyrocket and credibility of the scheme will plummet if unwanted pregnancy is compensated for as a
'personal injury accident', says National's ACC spokeswoman, Katherine Rich.
18: Eu Bird Import Ban Must Include Smuggler Crackdown BirdLife International [1] today called on countries around the world to intensify efforts to stem the illegal trade in
wild-caught birds, following recent detection of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in both legally
imported and ...
19: Done Deals, Bumper Retail Sales At Fashion Week From retailers to designers, international media to sponsors, the fifth Air New Zealand Fashion Week was getting rave
reviews as the week drew to a close on Friday night.
20: Agenda Transcript: Helen Clark IV Today she's formed a government but how long can she hold it together. Helen Clark will try to put the complex set of
deals she's done into plain English. We'll also talk to the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters, will his
immigration ...
21: Images: Karim Sahai Captures Diwali Celebrations Over the weekend the Wellington Town Hall, Capital E and Civic Square turned into an exciting zone of music, dance, and
culinary delights in celebration of Diwali. Scoop contributor Karim Sahai was there and captured some of the magic.
22: Software deal great news for Open Source cause The deal that has cleared the path for government agencies to adopt and expand their use of non-proprietary software is
great news for the Open Source cause in New Zealand, Green Party IT Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
23: Solomon Is. Poverty and Power! Powerful people are never poor. The poor, on the other hand, never have power. No matter how poverty is spelt out--badly
paid job, poor or no education, constant illness, decaying homes, unsafe surroundings--the root cause always leads back
to a lack of ...
24: Govt presides over discriminatory health funding The plan by Capital and Coast and Hutt Valley DHB to charge patients for private pathology testing is discriminatory and
should not be allowed to happen without full nationwide consultation, says National Party Health spokesman Paul
Hutchison.
25: A Tribute to the Maori Showbands of Yesterday There's only nine days to go till the first-ever public launch of the 2006 New Zealand International Arts Festival
programme. To get things rolling the Festival has announced one of it's key New Zealand musical events: Maori Showbands
- Taking on the World.
26: Scoop Talks To Two West Papuan Freedom Fighters Scoop Talks To Two West Papuan Freedom Fighters .. and goes Inside The Campaign To Get West Papua Back On The Pacific
Island Forum's Agenda
27: Eight Reporters Without Borders nominees blog comp The German radio station Deutsche Welle has published the list of nominees for its weblog contest, including those
chosen by Reporters Without Borders for the "freedom of expression" category. The bloggers who have been singled out
include former ...
28: Audio: Clark & Howard Don't Talk West Papua The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand held a bilateral meeting today, the first since Helen Clark's
re-election for a third term as NZ PM. Afterwards they held a brief press conference with New Zealand and Australian
media.
29: Cycling Benefits All Road Users All road users should actively promote cycling because everyone benefits. That's the key message to come out of the
fifth New Zealand Cycling Conference.
30: Drug users deserve jobs too A New Zealand advocate for sensible drug policy today said it was ridiculous to deny people employment on the basis of
whether they had used recreational substances on the weekend.