Today's Top Scoops - 07 April 2008
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LEAD STORY------------
Union News: Unite Union Employs Slick Marketing Techniques - AUT Journalism student, Keira Stephenson, reports that UNITE union secretary Matt McCarten hopes to bring the union movement kicking and screaming into the 21st century by employing the slick marketing techniques used by big business. More >> [1]
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NZ POLITICS------------
Waikato Fire: Firefighter Loses Life In Cool Store Incident - The New Zealand Fire Service has reported "with profound regret" that Senior Station Officer Derek Lovell has died
from injuries sustained in an explosion and fire at a cool store facility in Tamahere, near Hamilton, Waikato, yesterday
afternoon. More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Fire Service - NZ Fire Service: Injured firefighters named [2] Waikato DHB - Emergency Department Response Praised [3] Waikato DHB - (Includes Audio) Tamahere Explosion Condition Updates [4] NZ Govt - Minister Barker in Hamilton To Meet Firefighters [5] National - Key pays tribute to firefighters [6] TV3 Video - Acrid smoke drifting over Hamilton from Tamahere fire as it still burns [7] (Waikato DHB): Audio Released of Press Conference on Waikato Fire [8] TV3 Video: Massive explosion rocks Hamilton [9]
Crime: "Garth McVicar Fails to Address the Problem" - Youth advocacy group Youth Organised and United are condemning the Sensible Sentencing Trust and their spokesman
Garth McVicar for comments made regarding the death of 15 year old Pihema Clifford Cameron. McVicar is quoted describing
Bruce Emery as "a decent hard-working citizen (who) is facing a murder charge because of his frustration over this
(tagging) issue." More >> [1]
ALSO:Sensible Sentencing Trust - Law & order revolution gains momentum [2] Sensible Sentencing Trust - Maori Want Crack Down on Crime [3] Sensible Sentencing Trust - Kiro Supports Taggers [4]
Health: Cunliffe Throws Slippery Tag At National - Minister of Health David Cunliffe said figures showed that between First Specialist Appointments and follow-up
appointments there were over 1.3 million meetings with medical and surgical specialities each year. More >> [1]
ALSO:National - Health Minister steals Nats' proposals [2] National - Cunliffe tries to cover up embarrassing goof [3] Agenda - Transcript: Cunliffe for More Govt Control of DHBs [4]
Munitions: Super Fund To Divest From Cluster Companies. Soon. - Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff has warmly welcomed the New Zealand Superannuation Fund's
announcement today that it would divest from companies involved in the production of cluster munitions once a Treaty on
the weapons comes into force. The Treaty, which will be concluded by the end of 2008, stems from the Oslo Process which
was started by New Zealand and six other countries last year. More >> [1]
ALSO:Greens - The last hesitation before morality [2] Oxfam - Super Fund's move to divest from cluster bombs [3]
EFB: Can Third Parties Meddle In Political Parties? EPMU TO Register - The Crown Law opinion is that in the context of section 13(2)(f)(i) of the Electoral Finance Act 2007 'person' means
a natural person... The EPMU will be listed as a third party on Thursday 17 April 2008 unless the Electoral Commission
is ordered otherwise by a court. More >> [1]
ALSO:Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union - Commission ruling is a victory for free speech [2] National - The door is open for election law rorts [3] Out-Link - Kiwiblog: Parallel Campaigning Made Easier [4]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Trade: China FTA Predictions - The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be signed with China should lift economic performance and keep New Zealand at the
forefront of moves towards freer trade in the Asia Pacific region, says the New Zealand International Business Forum
(NZIBF). More >> [1]
ALSO:NZ Govt - Minister of Trade to sign NZ-China Free Trade Deal [2] Greens - FTA signing - Green MPs say 'don't forget Tibet' [3] Meat And Wool New Zealand - China holds opportunity for New Zealand farmers [4] Mike Moore - Mike Moore Backs NZ China FTA [5] Global Peace And Justice - Free Trade - Embarrassing moments from Helen Clark [6] Global Peace And Justice - The high cost of free trade [7] TV3 Video - Helen Clark says China Free Trade Agreement will be lucrative for NZ [8] TV3 Video - Protests at London torch relay continue Beijing Olympics controversy [9]
Brewing: Students Take Beer Classes - The micro brewery at Massey's School of Engineering and Advanced Technology was officially opened on Friday, with
staff and visitors raising a glass of the pilsner-style beer named Pilot Pils. More >> [1]
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WORLD------------
PHR-Israel Report: "2007 - Challenges & Achievements" - Throughout 2007, we struggled against the exclusion policies issued by the State of Israel against all the
populations under its control: the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, migrants, refugees and statusless people,
the Bedouin residents of unrecognized villages in the Negev, prisoners and detainees, and all the people who cannot
afford supplementary insurance policies, as well as co-payments for medicines and medical services included in the
national health package. More >> [1]
Health Benefits: Cuban Medical Collaboration Program - The Best Show of Altruism - After 45 years of existence, the Cuban Medical Collaboration Program continues as a model and a cornerstone of the
nation's international policy, as well as one the highest forms of altruism ever showed to sister nations. More >> [1]
Environment: Global Warming Continues, Regardless Of La Niña Weather Pattern - The long-term trend of global warming is continuing, despite the current La Niña weather phenomenon that is bringing
relatively cooler temperatures to parts of the Equatorial Pacific region, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
said today. More >> [1]
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COMMENT------------
Foreign Affairs: DOJ Asked How Bush Could Sidestep Fourth Amendment - Earlier this week, the Pentagon declassified an 81-page memorandum John Yoo, a former deputy in the Justice
Department's Office of Legal Counsel, drafted in March 2003 that authorized military interrogators to use brutal
techniques to obtain information about terrorist plans from prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More >> [1]
Scoop : Ramzy Baroud: No Checkpoints In Heaven - I still vividly remember my father's face - wrinkled, apprehensive, warm - as he last wished me farewell fourteen
years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family's home in a Gaza refugee camp wearing old yellow pyjamas and a
seemingly ancient robe. More >> [1]
Foreign Affairs: Steve Weissman: When The Clintons Mine Big Bucks - Frank Giustra has never been a lobbyist and has never contributed a dime to Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, at
least not directly. But if Hillary were to win in November, the Canadian mining mogul could reasonably expect to have a
big say. More >> [1]
World News: Walter Brasch: Murder In An Alaskan Forest - No one -- at least no human -- knows his name, or even if he had a name. We don't know where or when he was born. We
know nothing about his life. But we know a lot about his death. A politician/trapper from northeast Pennsylvania went to
Alaska and killed him. More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Photography: The Children of the Revolution As Snapped By Kiwis - Through the eye of the camera, this exhibition captures rare glimpses of largely unknown aspects of Zapatista life -
at home, at church, at school. More >> [1]
Art: The New Dowse Celebrates Gender Diversity - Transsexual, intersex, pan-sexual - when you enter TheNewDowse's latest exhibition Assume Nothing, you will be
greeted by a series of intimate portraits. More >> [1]
Telly: Disturbing Kiwi Crime Drama For Sunday Theatre - One of New Zealand's most disturbing real-life crime stories is to be transformed into a Drama for "Until Proven
Innocent", the story of David Dougherty is to be made into a feature length film. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 07 April 2008
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