TODAY'S TOP SCOOP STORIES
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Election Spending: AG Admits Flaws In Process
NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Economy:
Manufacturing Sales Keep Rising
Transport: Monster
Spaghetti Junction Opening
Charity: Wanna Buy A
Politician?
Comment: Pinochet's Project And The
New Zealand Connection
Defence: NZ Troops Blitz
Afghanistan With Salvo Of Soft Toys
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Int. Justice: International Criminal
Court Moves Against Sudanese War Crimes
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Politics: UN General Assembly Pays Tribute To Annan
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SCOOP LEAD
STORY
Election Spending: AG Admits Flaws In
Process
"When asked whether he made it clear to parties
in his report that he had received legal advice, that some
of the expenditure in the 2005 election could be unlawful,
the Auditor General conceded that he had not stated that.
The Auditor General also conceded that, in hindsight, he now
realises that he should have provided specific examples of
appropriate and inappropriate expenditure to illustrate his
legal advice on the interpretation of the rules governing
Parliamentary advertising by political parties..." See... New
doubts about Auditor's spending report [1]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00310.htm
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NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Economy: Manufacturing Sales Keep Rising
- Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales increased 2.7
percent in the September 2006 quarter, Statistics New
Zealand said today. Two-thirds of this increase was due to
the meat and dairy product manufacturing, and machinery and
equipment manufacturing industries... The strengthening
trend since the December 2005 quarter has coincided with a
depreciating New Zealand dollar and increased volumes of
exported primary products. See... Sales
Increase Continues for Manufacturing [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00303.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00304.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00305.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00292.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00196.htm
Transport:
Monster Spaghetti Junction Opening
- Auckland Issues Minister Judith Tizard today officially
opens the $200 million Central Motorway Junction, which she
says will help get Auckland moving and get through-traffic
off city roads. "As well as reducing congestion these links
will make travel times more predictable, provide all the
missing cross-city connections and improve access to public
transport," says Judith Tizard. See... "Spaghetti
junction" opening gets Auckland moving [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00309.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0612/S00164.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0612/S00161.htm
Charity:
Wanna Buy A Politician?
- Prime Minister Helen Clark and the Leader of the
Opposition, John Key are both being “auctioned” as part
of the country’s biggest online auction this year, to help
New Zealand children. Bidders at Air New Zealand’s
Christmas Charity Auction on award-winning site,
zillion.co.nz are battling it out to win morning tea with
the Prime Minister or lunch with John Key (among other
things). See... Prime
Minister & John Key Hot Favourites [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00185.htm
Comment:
Pinochet's Project And The New Zealand Connection
- The death of Agusto Pinochet Ugarte has reopened old
wounds in Chile and rekindled debate about the relative
merits of his rule versus that of socialist authoritarians
like Fidel Castro. A majority in and out of Chile considers
him to be a poster boy for despotism... Others, including a
significant number of New Zealanders, hold him up as a
champion who saved Chile from Communism and set the bases
for a stable market democracy. See... Paul
G. Buchanan: On Markets and Murderers [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0612/S00209.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00307.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/#pinoch
Defence:
NZ Troops Blitz Afghanistan With Salvo Of Soft
Toys
- New Zealand troops serving in Afghanistan have been giving
Santa a helping hand in the lead up to Christmas,
distributing 1000 teddy bears and dolls to children at a
hospital in North West Bamyan province. The toys were
distributed by a New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team
(NZ PRT) patrol during a recent visit to Nayak Hospital in
Bamyan’s Yakawlang district. See... Santa
Given a Helping Hand in Afghanistan [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00181.htm
MORE
HEADLINES:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0612/S00068.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00290.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00177.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0612/S00262.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0612/S00063.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0612/S00106.htm
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS:
Int. Justice: International Criminal
Court Moves Against Sudanese War Crimes
- The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
(ICC) informed the Security Council today that he is almost
ready to bring cases about some of the worst war crimes
committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur during the past
three years. See... ICC
Prosecutor: First Darfur Cases Almost Ready [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00294.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00279.htm
Int. Politics: UN General Assembly Pays Tribute To Annan
- With prolonged applause the 192-member United Nations
General Assembly today paid warm tribute to
Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the end of his 10-year
tenure as it prepared to swear in his successor Ban Ki-moon,
who will take over as the world’s ... See... General
Assembly Pays Warm Tribute To Annan [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00284.htm
MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00275.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00292.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00290.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00286.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0612/S00283.htm