Top Scoop Stories October 21st 2009 News Summary
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Health Minister Tony Ryall today announced a major drive for better value for money in health. He intends to free up
resources for more and better front line services."Cabinet has agreed to a number of proposals from the Ministerial
Review Group's report 'Meeting the Challenge' that will greatly improve national and regional cooperation and reduce
duplication of back office functions, " the Minister said More »[1]
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The Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill that tackles illegal street racing passed its Third Reading in
Parliament last night. More »[1]
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Energy and Resources Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is welcoming a report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the
Environment about the Stockton coal mine, describing it as a useful contribution. More »[1]
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Thank you for the invitation to address your Biennial Conference. It’s good to be here. I last addressed the CTU at your
Productivity Conference in March. I enjoyed that opportunity and I was pleased to get a good hearing, so when Helen
Kelly and Peter Conway asked me to address this conference I was keen to accept. More »[1]
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Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s decision to charge city and regional councillors in Christchurch to attend a
breakfast meeting to learn about the future of local government is the first of many according to ACT party sources
disgruntled with the influence of the ‘sensible sentencing’ wing of the party, says North Shore City Mayor Andrew
Williams. More »[1]
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The Maori Party caucus has decided to support the introduction of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation
Amendment Bill, to be referred to a Select Committee. More »[1]
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New Zealand companies’ compliance with new international accounting rules is “very patchy” as boards struggle with a
“cultural” aversion to disclosure... More »[1]
Brian Roche, a senior partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, is to be named chief executive of New Zealand Post this week,
the Trans Tasman Political Newsletter reported. More »[1]
Proving size isn’t everything, the critically endangered kākāpō population has shown their combined pulling power can
draw people in from all over the world, after a Youtube video featuring the now famous Sirocco the kākāpō received more
than million hits this weekend. More »[1]
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The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) is the only New Zealand political party with a policy that can reverse
man-made climate change. Neither emission reductions targets or carbon trading schemes will solve the problem. Nor will
the establishment of more International Laws. More »[1]
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(Oct 20-- DailyCensored.Com ) The justices above are clearly the most rational group of high level functionaries in the
industrialized world. They did what no other court would do in Europe or the United States. They effectively outlawed
electronic voting... More »[1]
Nationals from nearly one-third of the 192 member states of the United Nations met in Damascus last week to discuss the
Return/Liberation of the Golan Heights. An estimated 5000 researchers, Lawyers, politicians, activists, victims of
Israel’s 42 years ... More »[1]
On one of the last days of the year before winter sets in in the mountains, I drive up to Lassen Volcanic National Park,
the entrance of which is only about an hour and a half from here. Lassen is one of the least visited national parks in
America, ... More »[1]
The US flag atop the new drilling rig next to the road to my birthplace was in tatters by the time I left town a week
later, shredded by the south wind that had brought unseasonal snowfalls early in the week of my visit and dressing my
beloved mountain... More »[1]
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Newly obtained documents, prepared by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), portray an
elaborate sting operation to capture alleged weapons trafficker Viktor Bout in Bangkok, and America's current appeal to
extradite him ... More »[1]
IT IS, of course, all the fault of Judge Richard Goldstone. He is to blame for it, as he is to blame for all the other
ills that are befalling us now. He is to blame for the trouble we are having at the UN, both in New York and in Geneva.
For the ... More »[1]
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LIFESTYLE------------
The Minister of Maori Affairs joined Ngati Porou and the nation in mourning the passing of a pillar of Maoridom, Mate
Huatahi Kaiwai, of Ngati Porou. She was 94. More »[1]
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Critically acclaimed theatre troupe, The Naked Samoans are coming out of retirement for a special one-off performance of
their ‘Go Home’ show to raise money for those affected by the recent tsunami in Samoa. More »[1]
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WORLD------------
A senior United Nations official today welcomed a recent landmark agreement with the International Criminal Police
Organization (INTERPOL) to strengthen police units in peacekeeping missions around the world, and called on Member
States to contribute ... More »[1]
Nearly 30,000 Angolans recently expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who are now seeking refuge in
overcrowded camps in northern Angola, are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations refugee agency
reported ... More »[1]
After years of lobbying by human rights activists, Congress has approved the release of information on the Western
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, the military training
facility infamous for ... More »[1]
Afghanistan has been through a rough and contentious election. The bravery, patience, and resilience of the Afghan
people has been on display since election day, when so many of them went to the polls in the face of threats and
intimidation. And after ... More »[1]
Taliban extremists operating against Australian and coalition forces continue to suffer significant setbacks with the
discovery and destruction of two weapon caches by Australian soldiers in Oruzgan province. More »[1]
In the opening speech to the World Forestry Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, IUCN Deputy Director General Dr William
Jackson said given the rate at which climate change is happening, no country, rich or poor, could afford to neglect its
forests. More »[1]
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is throwing its weight behind strong climate legislation, a spokesman for
Chamber President Tom J. Donahue announced today at the National Press Club. More »[1]
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