Today's Top Scoops - 29 April 2008
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Child Poverty: Give Breaks To Those Who Need It - NZCCSS - To start lifting all children in Aotearoa New Zealand out of poverty we need to set measurable targets to reduce the unacceptably high number of children who continue to live in severe or significant hardship. This is the message that the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) takes from Left Behind: How social and income inequalities damage New Zealand children, a major report on child poverty released today by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). More >> [1]
ALSO:Child Poverty Action Group - Download CPAG Report Executive Summary [2] NZ Govt - Child poverty report welcomed [3] Maori Party - Tax cuts for poorest families, says Maori Party [4] NZ First - End Of Child Poverty Worthy Goal [5] NZ Council of Trade Unions - CPAG Commended For Highlighting Child Poverty: CTU [6] Public Health Association - More Money Needed To Eradicate Child Poverty - PHA [7] Grandparents Raising Grandchildren - Child Poverty Action Group report [8] Lindsay Mitchell - CPAG At Loggerheads With OECD [9] Problem Gambling Foundation - Suffer the Little Children [10] QPEC - "Tail" of underachievement is tale of poverty [11] Playcentre Federation - Playcentre supports the call to end child poverty [12] Paediatric Society - 'Left behind' report a sobering reminder [13] National Distribution Union - Kids biggest victims of current food price crisis [14] Barnardos - "Left Behind" report welcomed [15] TV3 Video - Income splitting - a way to take the pressure off families [16] TV3 Video - Thousands starving due to 'silent tsunami' of rising food prices [17]
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NZ POLITICS------------
GST: Grey Power Push For Cheaper Food - Grey Power is very disappointed that the Prime Minister has rubbished a proposal to exempt GST from food.
Superannuitants are very adept at making every cent of their National Superannuation count More >> [1]
Big Heartedness: Kiwi Entrepreur Unable To Hide Generosity - New Zealand developer Alan Gibbs - known for such projects as high-speed amphibian vehicles like the Aquada - today
said he is delighted to donate $100,000 to the ACT Party. "ACT is the only Party with the guts to do what's right for
New Zealand, and I think it's fantastic that the Hon Sir Roger Douglas is coming back into active politics," Mr Gibbs
said. More >> [1]
Top Jobs: New State Services Commissioner Appointed - State Services Minister David Parker today announced the appointment of Iain Rennie to the position of State Services
Commissioner. Mr Rennie will take up his appointment on 1 July 2008. More >> [1]
Tax: Dunne Gets His Income Splitting Discussion - A government discussion document released this weekend seeks people's views on the idea of allowing families with
children to split their income for tax purposes, to reduce the amount of income tax they pay. More >> [1]
ALSO:Parents As Partners - Parents hail income splitting –it's about time! [2] Parents Choice '08 - Income Splitting Moves Step Closer [3]
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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH------------
Wildlife Crime: Alleged Killer Captured In Pukaka - One of two ferrets caught in the Pukaha Mount Bruce forest over the long weekend is thought to be responsible for the
deaths of four kiwi there this month. More >> [1]
Weather: Storm's A-Comin', Says Metservice - MetService forecasters have issued Severe Weather Warnings for heavy rain as a low-pressure system moves towards the
South Island from the Tasman Sea. Fronts associated with this system are expected to move onto the North Island and
western parts of the South Island, on Tuesday, bringing widespread rain that is likely to be heavy and thundery.. More >> [1]
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WORLD------------
Fiji: Bainimarama Appeals To Qarase To Join The Process To True Parliamentary Democracy - Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has reiterated his call for Qarase and other critics of the Interim
Government to join the process towards moving the country forward not only towards the General Elections which is still
scheduled for 2009. More >> [1]
UN Expert: Biofuel Production Is 'Criminal Path' Leading To Global Food Crisis - The United States and the European Union have taken a ''criminal path'' by contributing to an explosive rise in
global food prices through using food crops to produce biofuels, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on
the right to food. More >> [1]
ALSOTackling Drought Crucial For Food Crisis Solution [2] Poor Farmers Get $200M Boost To Face Food Crisis [3]
EARLIERGlobal Food Crisis 'Silent Tsunami' Threatening Over 100 Million People [4] UN Economic Council To Meet On Growing Food Crisis [5] Steps Needed To Fight Growing Global Food Crisis [6] G8 Must Press For Action On Food Crisis - UK's PM [7] UN Wants Urgent Action On Spiralling Food Prices [8] Neglect Of Agriculture In Asia Equals Poverty [9]
Band Of Brothers: Establishment Of West Papua National Coalition For Liberation Formalized - Leaders representing 29 Papuan political and civil society organisations have formalized the establishment of the
West Papua National Coalition for Liberation. This coalition represents the 1.5 million West Papuan people from over 600
tribal communities. More >> [1]
Pray, Tell: Democrats and Independents Say Reverend Wright is Sincere, Republicans Disagree - Results from new national study among 618 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and independents, revealed that while
a majority of Democrats and independents reported that Reverend Wright was sincere after viewing his comments,
Republicans disagreed. More >> [1]
Colombia: Isolated Indians Targeted By Rebels And Army - One hundred and thirty Nukak Indians, some of the last nomadic Indians in the Amazon, have fled their rainforest
homes after becoming caught up in Colombia's civil war. The group make up around a third of the surviving Nukak
population. More >> [1]
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Toni Solo: Globalization & terror - Clueless in Latin America - Corporate globalization and its equally misshapen twin, the fake "war on terror", look like the Western Bloc's last
crooked chance to sustain a few decades longer its member countries' habitual global power and privilege. More >> [1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
Meteorology: Cold Front Likely For Scantily Dressed Weather Girls - After a very successful début season in 2007 The Weather Angels, is back for it's second season. In the first season,
The Weather Angels, which was seen primarily online and on ALT TV, gained a great viewership. More >> [1]
Ingenuity: Charlie Ash Present NZ's First 3-D Video This Friday - Charlie ASH is very very proud and tickled pink to present: New Zealand's first 3D video: Ah-hA debuting on C4 Select
Show this Friday 2nd May. More >> [1]
And those were the Top Scoops on this day, 29 April 2008
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