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Images: Section 59 Bill Protests At Parliament
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NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Health: Auckland DHBs Extend Medlab Contract While New Provider Chosen
Health: Report Shows Govt Going With Manufacturers Not Medicos On Obesity
Arts: Sheep In Coloured Jumpers Bring Visual Stimulation -
Maori Education: Pilot Programme Helps Teachers Help Maori Students
Health: PlunketLine Re-Opens, Funded By Donations
Biz News: Spark Up & Ready To Help Aspiring 2007 Entrepreneurs
Media News: Greens Demand Police Admit To Muzzling Press Freedom
Consumer Affairs: Ribena Rich In Guilty Pleas After Plucky Schoolgirls Reveal Deception
Lahar: GNS Camera Catches Crater Dam Bursting
Art: Colourful And Fashionable Works On Display In Auckland -
News Headlines:
Scoop Satire: Lyndon Hood Takes An Incoherent Look At The Week's Events
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SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
US Justice: Amnesty Observer Details David Hicks Gitmo Hearing
Scoop's Yasmine Ryan Reports From Lebanon Divided We Fall -
Iranian Government: We are not worried about US attack -
United Nations: Calm Returning To Capital Of DR Congo
Greenpeace: Whaler's factory ship docks amid criticism
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SCOOP LEAD STORY
Images: Section 59 Bill Protests At Parliament

Joining a dedicated group of religious zealots were members of the anti-tax 'do what thou wants the whole of the time ' party ¨C the Libertarianz, and their guru, broadcaster Lindsay Perigo. Rounding out the numbers fighting for the rights of parents to continue to hit their kids (in a presumably loving manner) were National MPs and retired folk keen to make certain todays' youngsters didn't miss out on the discipline that kept them on the straight and narrow. See... Libz, Bible Scholars And Nats Fight S59 Repeal [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - Amendment will monitor effects of Bradford Bill [2]

NZ Govt - Cosgrove review of Bradford Bill adopted by Govt [3]

National - Move on smacking bill shows Labour out of touch [4]

National - Cullen repeats Clark¡¯s contempt for parents [5]

Scoop Feedback - Scoop Feedback: Almost Entirely Section 59 [6]

Society for the Promotion of Community Standards - Anti-Bradford Bill March as It Was, Not as Reported [7]

Scoop Full Coverage (part 2) [8] - Think this is an Anti-Smacking Bill? Confused? Read here to discover what you need to know about this Section59 Bill and how it intends to stop those who thrash their kids from getting off charges... See... Full Coverage (Part2) of Section 59 Bill [9] KiwiFM Audio: [10] Kevin List and KiwiFM's Wammo state why this is not an anti-smacking bill. It is already an offence to give your child a crack. This bill removes defences that are letting people get off thrashing their kids.

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Scoop Audio:

Scoop's Kevin List on Radio Active - This is not an Anti-Smacking Bill¡­ that law passed awhile ago. This bill removes a defence that allows thrashing parents to get off!

RECOMMENDED AUDIO:

Scoop Audio: [1] Scoop's Selwyn Manning & 95bFM's Paul Deady discuss: how Australian David Hicks has pleaded guilty to one specification under the charge of "providing material support for terrorism". How has the US extracted a guilty plea and why now?Scoop Audio: [2] Scoop's Selwyn Manning & Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss: A science experiment by two teenage girls saw GlaxoSmithKline being fined $227,500 for false advertising + Parliament's Speaker is writing to the Chinese embassy informing its must respect NZ's free speech ideals.

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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:

Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 29 March 2007 [1]

Questions And Answers - Wednesday, 28 March 2007 [2]

Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 27 March 2007 [3]

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NEW ZEALAND LEAD:

Health: Auckland DHBs Extend Medlab Contract While New Provider Chosen

- The three Auckland regional District Health Boards advise that they have reached agreement with Diagnostic Medlab Ltd (DML) for the ongoing provision of full primary referred pathology services across the Auckland region. The transition to a new contract (effective from 1 July) will be seamless in all respects. The process of agreeing this new contract took into account clinical advice from the Chief Medical Officers to ensure patient safety and quality of service. See... Laboratory services continuity assured [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - Lab services agreement welcomed by Minister [2]

New Zealand Medical Association - NZMA welcomes laboratory services arrangement [3]

National - 11th hour extension to Pharmacy contract [4]

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Health: Report Shows Govt Going With Manufacturers Not Medicos On Obesity

- A new study into strategies for combating obesity has found big business is opposed to the recommendations of New Zealand¡¯s leading health professionals. The study also reveals how expert medical opinion is being ignored because the government¡¯s current policies are more aligned with the needs of food manufacturers. See... Report Highlights Divisions On Obesity Prevention [1]

Ministry of Health - Classification System Helps Schools With Nutrition [2]

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Arts: Sheep In Coloured Jumpers Bring Visual Stimulation -

How much better is a man than a sheep? A live sculptural installation takes place from Friday until Sunday in Civic Square, with twelve sheep in brightly coloured, 100% New Zealand woolly jumpers grazing within white picket-fence enclosures. See... Colourful Sheep Extravaganza At City Gallery [1] MORE ARTS:

Radio New Zealand - Website Initiative NZ First For Classical Music [2]

The Film Archive - Film Archive tips its hat to some of our finest [3]

Auckland City Council - Auckland¡¯s Living Room gets up and running [4]

Arts Access Aotearoa - ¡®Outsider¡¯ Art gaining recognition, in Parliament [5]

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Maori Education: Pilot Programme Helps Teachers Help Maori Students

- A programme targeting M¨¡ori students has resulted in a marked improvement in their performance at school, Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia said today. He said a report released today on Te Kotahitanga, a research and teacher professional development programme started in 2000, shows very encouraging results. See... Programme Has Promising Results for Maori Students [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - Horomia: Te Kotahitanga Phase Three Report [2]

Maori Party - Admission that Education System has failed Maori [3]

National - Te Kotahitanga results encouraging [4]

PPTA - Teacher-student relationships important [5]

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Health: PlunketLine Re-Opens, Funded By Donations

- Plunket today launched the new PlunketLine telephone service that will be run in-house to ensure families continue to have access to expert help on child health and development. The service previously made use of external technology providers but is now based in Plunket offices and uses modern integrated contact centre technology. See... PlunketLine launched anew and running in-house [1] ALSO:

National - PlunketLine delivering for parents [2]

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Biz News: Spark Up & Ready To Help Aspiring 2007 Entrepreneurs

- Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Do you have an idea for a business? Do you want to make a difference in society? Do you want to learn business skills? Do you want to be inspired by those who have made it and learn how? Then you need to continue on reading and find out how Spark can give you all of the above and more. See... Spark Set To Assist New Entrepreneurs In 2007 [1]

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Media News: Greens Demand Police Admit To Muzzling Press Freedom

- Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke is asking the Police to admit responsibility for wrongly stopping an accredited parliamentary press gallery journalist from doing his job at a media event in the Beehive. Wellington-based journalist Nick Wang, a press gallery veteran of nine years standing, was barred entry to a photo opportunity between deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Chinese vice-premier Zeng Peiyan. See... Greens ask Police to admit they were wrong [1] ALSO:

United Future - United Future backs Greens over ejected journalist [2]

Parliament's Speaker - Speaker Backs Freedom Of The Press [3]

Greens - Labour sacrifices free speech for trade deal [4]

NZ Govt - NZ, China simplify entry procedures for air crew [5]

NZ Govt - Guangzhou diplomatic office to open [6]

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Consumer Affairs: Ribena Rich In Guilty Pleas After Plucky Schoolgirls Reveal Deception

- Ribena Vitamin C claims false and misleading: Court GlaxoSmithKline has pleaded guilty to 15 representative charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act by making misleading claims about the Vitamin C content of Ribena. The Commission investigated after a complaint from two college students who tested the drink for a science project. See... Ribena Vitamin C claims false and misleading [1] ALSO:

ACT - Ribena - When Good Markets Go Rotten [2]

GSK - Consumer Healthcare statement on Ribena [3]

Greens - Ribena case could be more widespread, say Greens [4]

Charlie's - Charlie's Offers Ribena Busting Students Jobs [5]

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Lahar: GNS Camera Catches Crater Dam Bursting

A camera installed by GNS Science near the summit of Ruapehu has captured the moment when the wall of tephra that had been holding back the Crater Lake failed, triggering last Sundays spectacular lahar. The fixed digital still camera was installed overlooking the downstream side of the barrier in early January... to monitor the development of erosion scarps and to attempt to capture unique pictures of the dam failing. See... GNS dam-cam films Crater Lake outburst [1]

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Art: Colourful And Fashionable Works On Display In Auckland -

It¡¯s fashion meets art meets interiors when Auckland artist Paul Hooker¡¯s latest collection of paintings goes on display in May. Paul¡¯s latest works have been inspired by his experiences behind the scenes of the fashion world where he is immersed as part of his work as a lecturer in figurative and fashion drawing and figurative painting. See... Inspired By Fashion [1]

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NEWS HEADLINES:

Contractor paid to watch inmates and staff talk [1]

MFAT: Sri Lanka Travel Advisory [2]

SPCS seeks Classification of Shipton Sex Video [3]

Survey: Communication Gap Between Doctors, Smokers [4]

Electricity market summary [5]

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Scoop Satire: Lyndon Hood Takes An Incoherent Look At The Week's Events

- Does anyone know what Helen Clark ate when she had lunch with George Bush? And did she bring her long spoon? He called her a "straight-forward honest woman" so probably she called him a "war-mongering maniac" at some stage. Still, it was a weight off my mind when John Key said Helen Clark wasn't actually very close to George W. Bush after all. See... Lyndon Hood: The Week In No Particular Order [1]

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MORE SCOOP REPORTS:

Scoop Full Coverage - New Zealand PM's Visit To USA [1]

Selwyn Manning - State Visit Signals Shift In NZ/US Foreign Policy [2]

Kevin List - Iraq Invasion Peacefully Remembered At Parl't [3]

Lyndon Hood - Satire: Mr Field Goes To Wellington [4]

Scoop Full Coverage - Reserve Bank Lifts Rates [5]

Scoop Full Coverage - Section 59 Repeal Debate [6]

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
US Justice: Amnesty Observer Details David Hicks Gitmo Hearing

- At a hearing in Guant¨¢namo on 26 March 2007, in his sixth year of detention and at the start of the US administration¡¯s second attempt in the last three years to try him before a military commission, Australian national David Hicks pleaded guilty to one specification under the charge of "providing material support for terrorism". This plea was made after years of indefinite detention, isolation and allegations of torture and ill-treatment, and after a day in which Hicks¡¯ legal representation was reduced by the military judge overseeing the commission. See... Amnesty Int: Hicks Pleads Guilty On One Count [1] ALSO:Video: David Hicks Defence Council Speaks Out [2] Scoop Audio: [3] Scoop's Selwyn Manning & 95bFM's Paul Deady discuss: how Australian David Hicks has pleaded guilty to one specification under the charge of "providing material support for terrorism". How has the US extracted a guilty plea and why now?

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Scoop's Yasmine Ryan Reports From Lebanon Divided We Fall -

One unified Lebanese delegation? Yeah, like that was going to happen. Today the Arab League Summit begins, and on Tuesday afternoon the Saudis met two separate delegations at the airport ¨C each with very different ideas on how the negotiation process should go. Now the Lebanese are leaning on the other regional powers ¨C especially Saudi Arabia ¨C to resolve their domestic dispute. See... Letter from Lebanon: Divided We Fall [1]

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Iranian Government: We are not worried about US attack -

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in an exclusive interview with France Channel 2 TV network said, " We are not worried about US military attack." The president expounded on Iran's viewpoints and dismissed West's accusation on Iran's efforts to access. See... We are not worried about US attack [1] ALSO:

United Nations - Security Council Tightens Sanctions Against Iran [2]

United Nations - Secretary-General Calls For Iran To Comply [3]

US State Department - Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran [4]

Iranian Government - No break in Iran's peaceful atomic activities [5]

Iranian Government - Iran's Nuclear Activities Based On NPT Regulations [6]

United Nations - SC To Vote Tomorrow On Iran¡¯s Nuclear Programme [7]

United Nations - Plan To Prevent Nuclear Proliferation [8]

NZ Govt. - Goff - Iran Has 60 Days to Comply With UN Resolution [9]

NZ Govt. - Goff - Cooperating for Non-Proliferation [10]

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United Nations: Calm Returning To Capital Of DR Congo

The situation is relatively calm again inside Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after two days of deadly clashes between Government forces and the security detail of former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the United ... See... Calm Returning To Capital Of DR Congo [1] ALSO:

United Nations - Appeal For Halt To Fighting In DR Congo [2]

United Nations - Fighting Erupts In Capital Of DR Congo [3]

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Greenpeace: Whaler's factory ship docks amid criticism

Tokyo, Japan ¡ª The Nisshin Maru arrived in Tokyo Bay today. Its time in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary was cut short by a tragic fire, which claimed the life of one crewmember and threatened the Antarctic environment. Over the course of this past. See... Whaler's factory ship docks amid criticism [1]

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MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

Africa - Locust Infestations In Horn Of Africa [1]

UN - Iraqis Topped Asylum Seekers In 2006, UN Reports [2]

East Timor - UN-Backed Police Station To Patrol Dili [3]

Sudan - UN Official Blocked From Darfur Camp [4]

Iraq - Decimation Of Journalists In Iraq [5]

US State Dept. - Iraqi Refugees: What Is America's Obligation? [6]

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