Today's Top Scoops - 04 April 2008
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Defence News: New Zealand Strengthens Deployment In Afghanistan - New Zealand's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan has been strengthened following Cabinet's approval for the deployment of an additional 18 New Zealand Defence Force personnel, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff announced today. More >> [1]
RELATED:UK Govt - More NATO Troops Needed In Afghanistan - British PM [2] United Nations - UN Will Stay In Afghanistan As Long As Necessary [3]
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NZ POLITICS-----------
Robson-On-Immigration: Missive To NZ First's Peter Brown - Dear Peter, I had meant to write to you on behalf of my party on 1 April on the issues of immigration and getting
such issues into the media in election year as your Party is so experienced in this field. But I am afraid I have been
busy. More >> [1]
Life In NZ: Kids Say The Darndest Things - Launched by the Minister for Social Development, Ruth Dyson, Growing Up in New Zealand builds on the internationally
respected Christchurch and Dunedin longitudinal studies begun in the 1970s. More >> [1]
ALSONZ Govt - Dyson: Launch of Growing Up Longitudinal Study [2]
Daylight Saving: Dunne Lords It Over Time - UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is thrilled that New Zealanders have been able to enjoy this year's 'Indian summer'
due to the extension of daylight saving. More >> [1]
ALSONZ Govt - Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday [2]
The Charter: National Wonder Who Is Watching TV(NZ) - National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman says Labour is at sixes and sevens about who is responsible
for monitoring TVNZ's spending of charter funding. More >> [1]
Video: Rainbow Warrior Climate Change Debate - "Which party should climate change be most afraid of?" was the theme of a debate organised by Greenpeace last
evening. The debate was between the climate spokespeople from four political parties (including Minister David Parker),
and was chaired by Sean Plunket. More >> [1]
ALSOGreenpeace - Cartoonist Evans Makes Live Billboard For Climate [2] NZBR - Proceed With Great Care: Emissions Trading [3]
EFB: Labour Dodges Bullet On Pamphlets - The commission considered whether two different pamphlets produced by separate parties were election advertisements
encouraging people to vote in a particular way and so required promoter statements. More >> [1]
ALSONational - Labour breaks election laws - again [2]
Herceptin: Pharmac Gets Well Deserved Slap - Blue - The court-ordered review of the decision not to fund 12 months of Herceptin is a "well deserved slap in the face" for
the Labour Government's drug buying agency, says National's Jackie Blue. More >> [1]
ALSOPHARMAC - Herceptin Court judgement reassuring [2] NZ Govt - Ministers respond to High Court Herceptin decision [3] NZ First - Pharmac To Reconsider Herceptin Funding [4] Maori Party - High Court decision on Herceptin welcome - Turia [5]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH-----------
Future Is Now: Biotechnology Ferments Across NZ- Twenty-one percent of biotechnology organisations are active in the Auckland region, but biotechnology activity is
spread evenly across the remainder of the country, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >> [1]
Media: As Days Get Shorter Ratings Get Better - 3 News and Campbell Live have both shown positive growth across key demographics in March. The Campbell Live audience
share in the key 18-49 demographic has increased by +21% More >> [1]
Environment: Plants Attempt To Make City Dwellers Less Potty - It's estimated between 80 to 100 Wellingtonians participated in an inaugural downtown eco therapy tree potting event
in Midland Park recently, including three city councillors. More >> [1]
ALSONZ Red Cross - One Man, One Bike: Planting Trees to Save Planet [2]
Horticulture: Early Start to the 2008 Kiwifruit Season - The world's best kiwifruit is now on its way to meet the high demand of discerning Japanese consumers with the
departure of the Sampaquita 1 from the Port of Tauranga this week. More >> [1]
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WORLD-----------
Seeing Red: Lesotho Fourth Country To See (RED) Funds To Fight AIDS - Lesotho has become the fourth country assisted by the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria to receive funds from the consumer-driven RED initiative, launched in 2006 by Irish musician Bono and Bobby
Shriver, nephew of John F. Kennedy. More >> [1]
RELATEDUN - AIDS Report: Major Gains Treating Women, Children [2] UN - Burkina Faso's Children Educate Children About HIV [3]
British PM: More NATO Troops Needed In Afghanistan - Gordon Brown said that ''burden sharing'' among the 40 Allies in Afghanistan would be high on the agenda. He said it
was in the ''rest of the world's'' interests to make sure that Afghanistan doesn't fall again to the Taliban. More >> [1]
ALSOUnited Nations - UN Will Stay In Afghanistan As Long As Necessary [2]
Film: Forgotten in the Mountains - Displacement in the Highlands of Papua - The new demographic balance in Papua pits a large minority of settlers--both ''old'', officially sponsored
transmigrasi ones and ongoing ''spontaneous'' ones (mostly traders and small bisnis people from E. Indonesia)--against
an almost dwindling Papuan one. More >> [1]
RECENTLYFree West Papua Campaign - Why West Papuans Reject Special Autonomy [2]
Human Rights: International AIDS Society Calls For Release Of Chinese Activist - The International AIDS Society (IAS) today expressed grave concern over the sentencing of Hu Jia - a prominent
Chinese human rights activist - on charges of subversion, and called for Mr Jia's immediate and unconditional release. More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE-----------
Charity: Collectors Doggedly Determined For Success - Thousands of volunteer collectors will be tugging at the leash to get out and about TODAY, Saturday and Sunday with
their buckets for the Red Puppy Appeal. More >> [1]
The Edge: Dance & Acrobatics Merge On Stage In Auck In April - Acclaimed American dance company Pilobolus Dance Theatre visits New Zealand for the first time, performing
exclusively in Auckland as part of THE EDGE International Arts Season 2008. More >> [1]
TV3 Video: Queen Farewells Sir Ed - The world looked up to Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary one last time last night, honouring his life in a
historic London chapel much loved by the monarchy. More >> [1]
ALSOTV3 Video - Royal Family prepares to host service for Sir Ed [2] TV3 Video - Taranaki woman to make history at Sir Ed's royal farewell [3] TV3 Video Full interviews with: Helen Clark [4] - Sir David Attenborough [5] - Sean Fitzpatrick [6] - Sir Ian McKellen [7]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 04 April 2008
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