Top Scoop Stories November 26th 2009 News Summary
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New Zealand is at a cross-roads.We can celebrate the rich tapestry of our heritage and use it to move forwards as a
nation; or re-open wounds and divisions where there can be healing. ...We can choose our future based on principle and
with the interests of all New Zealanders at heart.Or we can have a country where one New Zealander is turned against
another, Maori against Pakeha, in a way that Labour strongly rejects. More »[1]
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Private sector management of prisons will bring greater innovation, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the corrections
system, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said. The Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Bill 2009 passed into
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News that the Manawatu River is one of the most polluted in the Western world, with a pollution measure that is
literally off the scale, drives home the urgent need for Government action on water quality, Green Party Co-leader
Russel Norman said today. More »[1]
The current national education standards being imposed on primary schools extend the ‘try it out on live bodies and see
if it works’ approach to primary school children... More »[1]
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National's ETS [5]
[2] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2009/11/25/campbell-using-kids-as-guinea-pigs-hone-ets/#ets [2]
Amnesty International is calling on both the New Zealand Government and Fonterra to condemn the executions of two people
involved in the San Lu tainted milk powder scandal and to raise those concerns with China. More »[1]
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The National Executive of the Maori Party has confirmed that no meeting has been organised or authorised of the National
Council to discuss the decision of the Maori Party to support the Emissions Trading Scheme. More »[1]
The electrification of Auckland’s rail system is one step closer today, with Cabinet approving funding of $500 million
for the purchase of electric trains. More »[1]
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Turners & Growers Chairman, Tony Gibbs today dismissed Zespri’s claims over concerns being raised about the monopoly
internationally as typically “hysterical” and said they were simply another smokescreen put up by Zespri in order to
avoid questions on its monopoly status, its practices and performance. More »[1]
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Revenue Minister Peter Dunne today released a supplementary order paper that proposes the addition of urgent tax
measures to the taxation bill that is nearing its final stages in Parliament. More »[1]
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New Zealand mortgagee sales, which reached a record in September, will probably continue through 2010 as high levels of
household debt and rising unemployment make it harder for kiwis to meet interest payments. More »[1]
New Zealand climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger is among an international group of climate scientists quoted in emails
obtained from the University of East Anglia's climate research unit and leaked onto the internet. More »[1]
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The CRU hack [3]
Wellington digital agency Resn has received an unprecedented five wins at the 2009 Pixel Awards – a prestigious
international competition for the world’s best digital agencies. More »[1]
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"Imagining 2020" is an online discussion where people are invited to write about how a low-carbon future will affect
their individual circumstances. The idea is to provide a platform that considers the impacts of economic transformation
on each sector in the NZ economy. Write to us telling us what you think a low-carbon future will look like for you
personally, for the country and world. Your ideas will be compiled and then published. More »[1]
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The unattributed borrowings from other authors in Witi Ihimaera’s new novel The Trowenna Sea have become the literary
news story of the decade in New Zealand, inviting a pompous editorial from the Herald as well as protracted... More »[1]
The DK State-by-State Atlas puts it this way: “In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon sailed to the region during Spain’s spring
holiday, Pascua Florida, the Feast of the Flowers. He came ashore and named the land La Florida in honor of the
holiday.” Most people... More »[1]
Repentance hangs thickly in the air, at least when it comes to some institutions and government authorities. The late
Jacques Derrida noted near the end of his life that the world was bearing witness to a ‘proliferation of scenes of
repentance... More »[1]
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It’s worth reflecting, now that all the hollow reminiscing and disgusting triumphalism is over, on the collapse of
communism 20 years ago. America is finally waking up to the fact that we have collapsed as well. More »[1]
“It began as a ripple; an online whisper; a grassroots awakening to a new threat on freedom. … Lady Liberty faces her
newest challenge and across this great nation a new generation of patriots stands ready for her defense. … They were
ignored... More »[1]
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military wants the U.S. to provide satellite equipment and imagery so it can hunt
thousands of Islamist separatists who are killing Thai troops and civilians with hidden roadside bombs in the south. More »[1]
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There is a certain cache among international artists for Flying Nun bands. In the 90s you had bands like Pavement name
checking the Clean, even Kurt Cobain was a fan of Flying Nun. Lately it’s been the likes of No Age and Jay Reatard. More »[1]
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A street football from the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, made from paper, wrapped in plastic bags and tied with string – and
signed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon – was the top scorer at a United Nations-backed gala auction in Dubai last night
that raised ... More »[1]
The Government of Japan is contributing US$200,000 for several Pacific regional projects to help strengthen stability in
the region. More »[1]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy
off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone. More »[1]
With the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen just 13 days away, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has
highlighted the need to ensure that the energy needs of developing countries are central to any new climate agreement. More »[1]
An independent expert, commissioned by Greenpeace, has concluded that two nuclear reactors, currently under construction
in Finland and France, suffer from serious safety flaws. More »[1]
UNIFEM, Honiara - The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM Pacific Regional Office) will start a week-long
workshop on Gender and Elections in Honiara, Solomon Islands today. More »[1]
A man who claims he was an Australian soldier on the East Timor-Indonesia border and viewed through binoculars but was
powerless to stop the brutal murder of 3 United Nations aid workers in Atambua in 2000 has had an application for a
disability pension ... More »[1]
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