Today's Top Scoops - 11 March 2008
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Politics: Multimedia - PM'S Post Cabinet Presser 10 Mar. 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 making NZ more innovative, electricity, Auckland airport, strategic assets in general, railway nationalisation, sustainability and the selection of Derek Fox as a Maori Party candidate. More >> [1]
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NZ POLITICS
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 11 March 2008 [1]
Crime And Punishment: Vigorous Debate Likely At SST Conference - The Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project Leader, Kim Workman will headline the Sensible Sentencing Trusts Victim's
Conference in Wellington, in April. More >> [1]
Syed Akbar Kamal: Rates Revolt in Auckland - A rates revolt campaign has been launched by a section of Auckland City Council residents spearheaded by Penny
Bright. The dispute centres on the continuation of 'charitable payments' by the Council owned Metrowater. More >> [1]
Oddspot: Kiwi Party Offers 'No Mates' National Friendship - Observers of political history are aware that as the General Election date draws closer minor parties within our MMP
environment come into their own, boosted by a concentrated media presence. More >> [1]
Politics: Wisdom Of Solomon Needed For Poananga-Fox Scrap - "A very constructive meeting was held with members of the Maori Party in Ikaroa Rawhiti tonight" said Professor
Winiata. "We are humbled by the wisdom of the people" said Professor Winiata. "The people told us, 'this is fixable'". More >> [1]
Neighbourliness: NZ to help rebuild Solomon Islands homes - Thousands of homes damaged or destroyed by earthquake and tsunami in the Solomon Islands last April are to be rebuilt
with help from New Zealand, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. File Image: Solomon Islands by Jason Dorday. More >> [1]
Key Watch: Cullen Scans Scoop For Key Quotes - Less than a week after John Key forgot that he had set a deadline for Treaty of Waitangi settlements, Bill English
has now been caught forgetting that his leader has set a Crown debt target of 25 per cent of GDP. More >> [1]
ALSO: Scoop IV Transcript - John Key Talks Tax Cuts [2]
Holidays: Bunnings Workers Can Chill Out With Easter Bunny - A u-turn by Bunnings means its giant warehouses will not be open on Easter Sunday, says the Bunnings workers' union,
the National Distribution Union. More >> [1]
ALSO:Gordon Copeland - Copeland welcomes Bunnings move [2]
International Relations: Hugo Chavez's Buddy To Speak In Christchurch - Venezuela's Charge d'Affairs Nelson Davila, a close ally of President Hugo Chávez, will give two public speeches in
Christchurch on March 16 and 17. He will be discussing the formation of the five-million strong United Socialist Party
of Venezuela. More >> [1]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Profit Forecasts? NZ Buys UK Weather - New Zealand's public weather forecaster, MetService, has taken a 50% stake in a private UK forecasting company
Weather Commerce with a view to a complete buy-out in three years. More >> [1]
Employment: Demand for New Staff Remains Strong - The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today shows that whilst the employment prospects for New Zealand's
job seekers remain positive, the Net Employment Outlook for the upcoming quarter is below the long-term average. More >> [1]
Employment: Scoop Appoints Senior Account Manager - Scoop Media, publishers of Scoop.co.nz and commercial partners of Publicaddress.net have appointed Chloe Thomsen to
the newly created role of Senior Account Manager - Advertising. More >> [1]
Regulation: Lepionka Wages War On Aspartame - Phoenix Organics' CEO Stefan Lepionka has called on Food Safety Minister Lianne Dalziel and Health Minister David
Cunliffe to scrap the Voluntary Schools Beverage Statement. More >> [1]
Real Estate: Plane Crash Survivor Winner In Charity Auction - Eight months after he nearly died in a plane crash, Nicholas Eagleson bravely looked to a brighter future yesterday -
successful bidding with his fiance' Karen Forsyth for the Free Home for Hospice auctioned in Orewa by Harcourts. More >> [1]
Unemployment: Two More "Feltex" Plants To Close - "Workers, families and the two small communities of Foxton and Feilding will be devastated by today's announcement
that their former-Feltex plants, now owned by Godfrey Hirst, are being closed," said Robert Reid, President of the
National Distribution Union. The announcement was made to workers by Godfrey Hirst management at 4.00 pm today. Around
160 workers will be affected by the two closures. More >> [1]
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WORLD
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Common Dilemma: British PM Calls For Greener Commonwealth - "Commonwealth States share the same dilemma. We need to find a way to grow and develop our economies without
destabilising the climate and destroying the foundations that underpin our growth, stability and development." -- Gordon
Brown, British PM More >> [1]
Burma: UN Envoy Meets Pro-democracy Leader Again Before Wrapping Up Myanmar Visit - The Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Myanmar has concluded his latest mission to spur democratic change in the
SE Asian nation, meeting today for the second time during his visit with detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi. More >> [1]
ALSO:UN Envoy Holds Talks With Senior Myanmar Ministers : UN, 9 March 2008 - Continuing his latest mission to promote democratization and national reconciliation, Ibrahim
Gambari met with senior Government ministers in Yangon. [2]UN Burma Envoy Meets With Pro-democracy Leader: UN, 8 March 2008 - Ibrahim Gambari met in Yangon with detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of
her party, the National League for Democracy. [3]
Mind Games: Another Worldwide Protest Against Scientology - As Project Chanology continues, thousands of people worldwide will stage a protest on March 15th against the Church
of Scientology's corruption, and abuse of its members and critics. A number of former Scientology members who had
previously been afraid to give their own testimonies for fear of retribution from church officials have joined the
movement. More >> [1]
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COMMENT
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Uri Avnery: "Kill A Hundred Turks And Rest..." - I WAS reminded this week of the old tale about a Jewish mother taking leave of her son, who has been called up to
serve in the Czar's army against the Turks. More >> [1]
ALSO: Ramzy Baroud - 'Unwavering Commitment' to Inequality [2]
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman: Did Republicans give Hillary her victory in Ohio? - Hilary Clinton's larger-than-expected victory in Ohio may have been won with votes from Republicans, and from
independents who usually vote Republican. More >> [1]
Dr. Ravindra Kumar: Morality - A Fundamental of Civilization - A review of thousands of years of human history, in which various civilizations raised their flags in different parts
of the globe, from time to time, confirms the fact that morality always remained established in human society in both
forms, direct ... More >> [1]
Sherwood Ross: A Little "PR" Advice For Senator Obama - If Senator Obama spends his time between now and the Pennsylvania primary April 22 attacking Senator Clinton he will
have focused on the wrong target. Public Enemy No. 1 in America today is George Bush, not Hillary Clinton. When there's
a Mafioso ... More >> [1]
Bill Quigley: Half of New Orleans's Poor Permanently Displaced - Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before
Hurricane Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages in low-cost housing, few now expect tens of thousands
of poor and working ... More >> [1]
Jason Leopold: VA Official -- More Than 60,000 Iraq, Afghanistan Vets Diagnosed With PTSD - Jonathan Schulze was awarded two Purple Hearts in 2005 after a lengthy tour of duty in Iraq. But the Marine veteran
couldn't escape the war inside his head. Drugs and alcohol temporarily numbed his pain. Yet the guilt he carried around
with him having ... More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE
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Sport: Coaches Get Financial Boost - SPARC has invested over $600,000 into some of New Zealand's top coaches through Coach Performance Enhancement Grants
(CPEGs) - almost twice the amount invested in this programme during 2007. More >> [1]
Media: Don't Blame The Flame, Fire Service Tells Kiwis - Firefighters say thousands of house fires in New Zealand every year could be prevented if people took more care
around their homes. More >> [1]
Groovin': LA Mitchell 'Live at the Matterhorn' - Since the colossal success of Fat Freddy's Drop's 'Live at the Matterhorn' critics and fans have been awaiting
another quality production from the Matterhorn assembly. The wait is now over...More >> [1]
Good Times: Scribe, Elemeno P And Vicky-Lee at Onewa - Around 2,500 of North Shore City's youngest folk turned up to see Scribe and local legends Elemeno P in action at
Onewa Domain on Sunday afternoon. More >> [1]
Music: Psychedelic Wellington Blues Moves North Shore - Close to 1,000 folk turned up to hear Wellington's psychedelic blues four-piece Little Bushman at North Shore City's
Onepoto Domain on Saturday afternoon. More >> [1]
Writers Week: Writers Released Onto Streets - Once Upon a Deadline is the world's first wireless writing marathon. Watch as six New Zealand writers take to the
streets. In the course of a single day they will each visit six locations, and by the end of the day have created a
story of no more than 1200 words inspired by their adventures. More >> [1]
ALSO:Victoria University of Wellington - NZ's largest literary prize to be announced [2]
Touring Musos: Miriam Clancy Opens for Wilco - Recently returned from a successful expedition to the U.S, Silver Scroll nominee Miriam Clancy is chosen to play
support for double Grammy winning US band Wilco on their NZ shows at the end of the month. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 11 March 2008
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