Today's Top Scoops - 20 February 2008
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LEAD STORY
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Hospitals & Healthcare: Raising The Quality Bar In Health - A report that examines the status of healthcare in New Zealand is critical of standards. But the Ministry of Health states that "New Zealand compares well with wealthier countries from the OECD on a range of indicators, including patient safety, timeliness and efficiency," says Director-General of Health Stephen McKernan. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Transparent Events Reporting a Step Forward [2] Waikato DHB - Waikato Focussed on Quality and Safety [3] Southland District Health Board - Reporting of adverse events enables improvements [4] NZ Nurses Organisation - Nurses Support Nationwide Hospital Safety System [5]
AND:NZ Govt - Minister Acts over Hawke’s Bay DHB [6]
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NZ POLITICS
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Design/Politics: Airport 'Too Edgy' For Man Of Common Sense - Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne, a long-time resident of Wellington and a frequent user of the city’s airport, thinks
the proposed new design for Wellington airport’s terminal is a classic example of edginess that’s gone over the edge. More >> [1]
ALSO: Airport Buildings – Artists Impressions [2]
Race Relations: Maori Party Upset By Further Ruatoki Arrests - “The outrage continues in Ruatoki and, second time round, people are not likely to accept that police behaviour was
any sort of mistake.” That is the view of Te Ururoa Flavell, MP for Waiariki. More >> [1]
ALSO:October 15th Solidarity - Support Message To Arrested, Rally in Wellington [2] Revolting books library - Support for yesterday's Operation 8 arrestees [3]
Politics: Greens Thrash National Over Smacking - The National Party needs to explain to New Zealanders exactly where it stands on child discipline and who is writing
its policy, the Green Party says. More >> [1]
ALSO:Family First - Family First Misrepresented by Anti-Smacking Lobby [2] Greens - Green MP speaks at S59 book launch [3] Plunket - Positive move for parenting in New Zealand [4] Family First - Huge Opposition to Anti-Smacking Law Confirmed [5] The Kiwi Party - Poll confirms worst fears. [6] Republic Of NZ Party - New Start with a Smack of Direct Democracy [7]
Politics: Key Wants Less Money In Kiwi's Back Pockets - “John Key and National need to front up with some consistency on wages, after comments reported yesterday about his
desire for wages to drop,” said Council of Trade Unions president Helen Kelly. Yesterday’s reported comments from John
Key to a business audience in Northland in December were revealing, where he said he would love to see wages drop. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Key “would love to see wages drop” [2] Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Key caught lying on wages [3]
Foreign Affairs: Minister Gets It Wrong On Cluster Bomb Investments - The Greens are surprised that Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff is being reported today as saying that
the New Zealand Super Fund has divested its portfolio of cluster bomb investments. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Opening address of Conference on Cluster Munitions [2] Cluster Bomb Conference - Public Protest [3] Cluster Bomb Survivor Speaks [4] Global Push To Ban Cluster Bombs At Crossroads [5]
Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 18 Feb. 2008 - Video on Demand of NZ Prime Minister, Helen Clark's post Cabinet press conference for Parliamentary press gallery
journalists held this afternoon. The cabinet readout was followed by Q a wide ranging variety of subjects including Labour Party donations from Owen Glenn, East Timor… More >> [1]
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WORLD
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Kosovo: Envoy Speaks Against Attacks By Serb Fringe Groups - While the situation on the ground in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia on Sunday, remains calm
overall, the United Nations mission there reported violent attacks today by Serb fringe groups on two boundary ... More >> [1]
United Nations: Edible Insects Provide Food For Thought - Experts from around the world have gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, at a meeting organized by the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to discuss the human consumption of insects, some of which have as much protein
as ... More >> [1]
World News: UNICEF & Gulf Charity To Educate 1,000,000 Kids - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with the Gulf charity Dubai Cares to bring education to one
million children in need and help contribute to achieving universal primary education by 2015. More >> [1]
Burma: Intel Officer Granted Asylum In Norway - Major Hla Win, a former senior Military Intelligence officer in the Burmese army, has just been granted political
asylum in Norway. He fled to Thailand with his teenage son after refusing orders to attack Buddhist monks during last
September's anti-junta ... More >> [1]
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COMMENT
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David Swanson: Feingold Sets Up Republicans to Win Two More Filibusters - Senator Russ Feingold (D., Wisc.) is preparing to give the Republicans in the Senate two more opportunities next week
to grandstand and filibuster in favor of the occupation of Iraq. They will, of course, do so; and they will, of course,
win. More >> [1]
Marjorie Cohn: Tortured Evidence - Injustice at Guantanamo - The Bush administration has announced its intention to try six alleged al Qaeda members at Guantánamo under the
Military Commissions Act. That Act forbids the admission of evidence extracted by torture, although it permits
evidence... More >> [1]
Rosalea Barker: An Occasional Note On The 2008 Campaigns, No. 4 - It’s grainy, it’s indistinct, it’s a worry. In this news video of Obama leaving John Edwards’ home in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, does he stroke his chin or wipe his nose or mouth before he shakes hand with Edwards? Just asking
because there’s ... More >> [1]
Martin LeFevre: The Worst President’s Day - Today is Presidents’ Day in the USA. George Bush is in Africa on his second trip to the continent. He’s not even
making an appearance in neighboring strife-torn Kenya, and he’s ignoring the slaughter in Darfur that his administration
labeled ... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE
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History: Salvation Army Welcomes Home Taonga - Wellington, 20 February 2008 - The Salvation Army has welcomed home significant taonga (cultural treasures) from the
late 1800s which have been overseas for about 100 years. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 20 February 2008
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