Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics

Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 5:10 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS:
Governor-General's Knight In Shining Armour Puts Brownlee To The Sword
Scoop Report: Wood/TVNZ Soap - Will A Public Backlash Cost TVNZ Dearly?
"Offensive Language" Arrest at US Ambassador Protest
Letters to the Editor Deliver
Kiwi Film Maker Tackles The Subject Of P Addiction -
CTU Tells Business NZ To Get Real Over Pay Increases
Greenpeace Urges Japanese Whalers to Return To Dock
MORE NEW ZEALAND HEADLINES:
UN General Assembly Almost Unanimous In Urging US To End Embargo Against Cuba
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

SCOOP COLUMNS:
The Real Deal: On The Numbering Of America's Animals
Russell Brown & Tze Ming Mok Are There!
Italian State TV Broadcasts War Crimes Evidence
MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

OTHER NEWS (Just Politics):
Parliament Remembers
Parties Snub Winston on Waka-Hopping Bill
MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

Governor-General's Knight In Shining Armour Puts Brownlee To The Sword

“Gerry Brownlee, with all the finesse of a rather large bull in a China shop, has managed to not only offend the office of the Governor General, but to highlight his complete ignorance of constitutional matters in the process,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters. “It is the height of rudeness and cowardice to personally attack the Governor-General, who is constrained by constitutional convention and therefore unable to defend herself. “But to do so based on such a nonsensical premise – that she had acted inappropriately during the government formation period – simply highlights Mr Brownlee’s ignorance. See... Brownlee's Attack Ill Informed Nonsense [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00112.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00145.htm

Scoop Report: Wood/TVNZ Soap - Will A Public Backlash Cost TVNZ Dearly?

- Susan Wood has returned as the host of Close Up @7, and while TVNZ issued a press statement declaring "delight" that Ms Wood was back on the premises, media executives warn of a public backlash. TVNZ refused to comment but former TVNZ news boss Paul Norris predicts looming ratings problems. See... Is Brand 'Wood' Now A Liability For TVNZ? [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00133.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00153.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00122.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00092.htm

"Offensive Language" Arrest at US Ambassador Protest

- The new US ambassador, William McCormick, was confronted this morning by anti-war protesters at Government House today where he was presenting his credentials to the Governer General. Fifteen anti-war protesters gathered at the entrance gate ... See... Protests against new US Ambassador - one arrest! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0511/S00083.htm

Letters to the Editor Deliver

- Scoop readers write back about: teachers in Canada, Zaoui in the Dom, fusion power, trains, elections, Nepal, Scoop, the new Bond and allegedly "vicious socialist propaganda" from Cuba regarding the Czech Republic. See... Scoop Feedback: Touching the World [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00135.htm

Kiwi Film Maker Tackles The Subject Of P Addiction -

New Zealand filmmaker, Carthew Neal tries to get his best friend off methamphetamine and films the rocky process. When things don’t go to plan he searches for answers in a country gripped by a methamphetamine epidemic. He meets a woman with seven people in her family addicted and a mother who has spent $20,000 on her son’s habit. See... My Friend the Addict - Wed 9 Nov 11.25pm TV2 [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0511/S00084.htm

CTU Tells Business NZ To Get Real Over Pay Increases

- The Council of Trade Unions is challenging Business New Zealand to get real about wages, CTU President Ross Wilson said today. "Businesses all acknowledge that their top challenge right now is skills shortages, yet they lament any changes to the attractiveness of working conditions through wage increases. There have been skills shortages for 3 years," said Ross Wilson. "Only the 2004 amendments to the Employment Relations Act and strong union campaigning in 2005 have made the difference in moving the New Zealand labour market out of the low wage trough we are in." See... CTU Calls On Business NZ To Get Real About Wages [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00157.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00150.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0511/S00039.htm

Greenpeace Urges Japanese Whalers to Return To Dock

- Greenpeace New Zealand is calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan and the companies behind it to recall the whaling fleet that has just left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary. See... Japanese Whalers leave for Southern Ocean [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00108.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0511/S00038.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00148.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0511/S00155.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0511/S00076.htm

UN General Assembly Almost Unanimous In Urging US To End Embargo Against Cuba

- UN NYC - For the 14th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling for an end to the 41-year-old commercial, economic and financial embargo by the United States against Cuba and objecting to laws and regulations compelling third countries to adhere to it. The resolution passed with a vote of 182 in favour to four against (Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau and United States) with one abstention (Federates States of Micronesia). Last year's resolution garnered 179 in favour with the same countries voting no and abstaining. See... UN Assembly Issue Call For USA To End Cuba Embargo [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00115.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00114.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00112.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00109.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00108.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00106.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00128.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00127.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00123.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0511/S00120.htm

The Real Deal: On The Numbering Of America's Animals

- Have you heard about the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)? The radio ads feature a “farmer” telling us how hard it is to make a living farming today - harder than it was for Momma and Daddy. Worse yet, now we’ve got the risks of all ... See... The Real Deal: Tagging Terrorist Chickens [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00146.htm

Russell Brown & Tze Ming Mok Are There!

- One of the things I recall most strongly about the occasions I visited Paris is that they had three kinds of police - and all of them were pricks. You could be arrested if you were caught without ID, and my more romantic illusions about Paris parks were ... See... Public Address 06/11/05 - Worf Vs Tuvok [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00144.htm

Italian State TV Broadcasts War Crimes Evidence

- Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack in November of 2004. The attack killed insurgents and civilians with appalling burns that are the signature of this weapon. See... VIDEO: US Used Chemical Weapons In Fallujah [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00143.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENTARY:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00142.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00141.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00140.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00139.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00138.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00137.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0511/S00136.htm

Parliament Remembers

- Parliament today focused on tributes from all parties to current and former members who have died since last session: the late Rt Hon David Lange, Rod Donald, Hon John Falloon and Jack Luxton. See... PM: Obituary Speeches 9 November 2005 [1] ALSO

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00120.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00116.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00115.htm

Parties Snub Winston on Waka-Hopping Bill

- Winston Peters is wrong when he says all eight parties in Parliament will support the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Bill - the Green Party continue to oppose it, Constitutional Issues Spokesperson Metiria Turei says. See... Greens won't help Winston keep his MPs in line [1] ALSO:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00108.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00121.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00122.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00119.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00118.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00117.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00109.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00114.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00113.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00111.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0511/S00110.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0511/S00082.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0511/S00077.htm

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