The PM's Presser: Copenhagen, National Standards and More
New Zealand will join the Copenhagen accord on climate change – as long as everyone else does. That was the message Monday as Prime Minister John Key restated his commitment to reducing the country’s carbon emissions to 10-20 percent below 1990 levels. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00016.htm

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NZ Joins Copenhagen Accord On Climate Change [2]

Maori Party Forgetful On National Standards [3]

Stop Misleading Dr Sharples, Mr Key [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00016.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00015.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00023.htm [4]

Climate Change: NZ Joins Copenhagen Accord
The Government today announced that New Zealand is joining the Copenhagen Accord on climate change and is submitting its existing conditional 2020 target range. “The Copenhagen Accord is a constructive step forward to developing a comprehensive global deal on climate change,” Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith said. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00016.htm

Election 2011: Labour's Candidate Selection Underway
The Labour Party's candidate selection for the 2011 general election is under way with nominations having closed last Friday for the first five electorates scheduled by the Party for early selection. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00007.htm

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MP Welcomes Adoption Of Animal Cruelty Bill [2]

SPCA Welcomes Government Support Of Bill [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00034.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1002/S00010.htm [3]

Gordon Campbell: On The Government’s Tolerance Of White Collar Crime
This government takes a crush ‘em and crate ‘em approach to crime – unless that is, the offender happens to be wearing a tie. In which case, judging by the Ministry of Economic Development discussion paper on business cartels released yesterday, we need to be very, very worried about the Bill of Rights implications of unreasonable search and seizure, concerns that the government plainly does not see as mattering quite as much to its blue collar citizens. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/01/28/on-government-tolerance-of-white-collar-crime/

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Research Reviews Criminalisation Of Cartel Behaviour [2]

Gordon Campbell Interviews Simon Power About Cartels And More [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1001/S00398.htm [2]

[3] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2009/11/doing-the-transtasman-tango/ [3]

You Be The Judge: Community Magistrates Appointed In Auckland
Eight new Community Magistrates have been appointed for the Auckland region, Justice Minister Simon Power and Courts Minister Georgina te Heuheu announced today. Mr Power said the Magistrates would help to reduce court waiting times. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1001/S00152.htm

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Te Heuheu's Speech At The Swearing-in Of Community Magistrates [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1001/S00155.htm [2]

Crown Accounts: Better Than Forecast
Crown accounts for the five months to November 30 were slightly better than forecast, but reinforce the need for responsible fiscal and economic management through 2010, Finance Minister Bill English says. “We face another six years of Budget deficits ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1001/S00148.htm

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All Kiwis Should Benefit From Improved Outlook [2]

NZ’s Annual Trade Deficit Shrinks To 7-yr low [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1001/S00150.htm [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/01/29/nz%E2%80%99s-annual-trade-deficit-shrinks-to-7-yr-low/ [3]

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Conservation: Signing South Pacific Fisheries Agreement Welcomed
The Environment and Conservation Organisations (ECO) today welcomed New Zealand signing the South Pacific regional fisheries management agreement. ECO Co-chairperson, Cath Wallace, said the agreement was essential for the management of pelagic and bottom fisheries in the South Pacific, including orange roughy and jack mackerel. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1002/S00079.htm

Free Trade Benefits: Tim Groser On China / NZ Trade
I am delighted to join KEA China and your guests here in Beijing this morning. It is skilled professionals like you, not just the intrinsic strengths of the NZ economy, who count amongst our most successful exports to China. You represent a vital resource that “NZ Inc” can learn from if we are to maximise the immense opportunities China provides. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00046.htm

Stowaway: Rodent Detected On ‘Pest-Free’ Kiwi Crèche Island
A large Norway rat discovered in a permanent trap on the ‘pest-free’ island of Motuora in the Hauraki Gulf has sparked a Department of Conservation (DOC) response operation. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1002/S00014.htm

Poultry: Reasons To Farm Weka
Federated Farmers is backing entrepreneurial farmer, Roger Beattie, in his quest to secure trial approval to supply farmed weka. “Here’s a true Kiwi entrepreneur who ought to have every policy encouragement to see if a new market can be created,” says Donald Aubrey, Federated Farmers game spokesperson. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1002/S00067.htm

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Telecom compo is great, but what about certainty [2]

What Is Joyce Going To Do To Protect Telecom Jobs? [3]

Telecom Downplays Reports Of IT Outsourcing [4]

Declining opportunities grim for struggling Kiwis [5]

Quarterly Employment Survey: December 2009 Quarter [6]

Wage Growth Eased To Slowest Rate In Nine Years [7]

Pay rises slow, but still coming through [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00036.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00043.htm [3]

[4] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/03/telecom-downplays-reports-of-it-outsourcing/ [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00029.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1002/S00036.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1002/S00041.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1002/S00043.htm [8]

International Trade: NZ And India Begin Free Trade Negotiations
Trade Minister Tim Groser and Indian Commerce Minister, Sri Anand Sharma announced today the start of negotiations towards a free trade agreement between New Zealand and India. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00001.htm

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Labour welcomes progress on NZ-India free trade [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1002/S00017.htm [2]

Finally, Fast Broadband, Only 7 Years Away: Super Fast Fibre To The Door
Vector plans to provide an ultra-fast open access fibre broadband solution to the door of every Aucklander. And it will do so three years faster than the Government’s 10 year deadline by drawing on its extensive experience in building, maintaining and operating multiple infrastructure networks. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1001/S00044.htm

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NZRFG stakes strong claim for fibre rollout [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1001/S00488.htm [2]

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COMMENT

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Suzan Mazur: Free Science Peer Review From Cultish Conspiracy
While the hacked emails episode several months ago revealing attempts by scientists to withhold information about global warming from publication has put the matter of peer review under scrutiny like never before , secrecy in peer review continues ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00027.htm

Shaping Up To Fight: Gordon Campbell traverses the new White Paper on Defence
Defence policy tends to be the mumblespeak of grey men in and out of uniform – which is unfortunate, given that our defence policy says a lot about New Zealand’s plans for survival, who our friends and enemies are regarded to be and the level of... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/shaping-up-to-fight/

Denis O’Reilly: The Real Three Strikes: Mad, Sad And Bad
When Rufus Marsh, a poster boy for the promoters of the 3 Strikes legislation, died earlier this month there was no tangi at his papakainga, Mangaroa Marae. The first I knew of his passing was a story in the Dominion Post. I’m told that he had been... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/the-real-three-strikes-mad-sad-and-bad/

Lyndon Hood: Installing a crime-prevention camera in the Justice Minister’s mind.
Pity Simon Power. On his sofa watching The Shawshank Redemption, crying into his ice cream while Judith Collins and Rodney Hide announce a new Three Strikes plan. The Minister of Corrections and the Minister of Local Government... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/from-the-hood-think-crimes/

Cushla McKinney: The mixed blessings of commercial gene testing
Imagine being able to send a sample of saliva off to a laboratory and (for a small fee) receiving a personalised assessment of your chances of developing a host of physical and mental illnesses, the medications which will be most effective in treating or... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/living-by-the-code/

Prakaj Roy: Hebron’s spiral of despair
Hebron is a sad, lost city hidden deep within the West Bank – despite it being only 40km away from the metropolitan, cosmopolitan and similarly contentious Jerusalem. Outside of Gaza, it’s arguably the site where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is felt the most... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/decline-and-fall/

Scott MacWilliam: Fiji Electoral Reform Vital To Speedily End Malapportionment
The current regime in Fiji has correctly identified one vote one value as an important democratic principle which should underpin electoral reform. The system used under the 1997 Constitution for the 1999, 2001 and 2006 elections grossly... More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/electoral-reform-for-fiji-vital-to-speedily-end-malapportionment/

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Biscuit Month: Join The GirlGuiding NZ Biscuit Army
Join former Girl Guides Allyson Gofton, Bernice Mene and fashion designer Sera Lilly as they get behind GirlGuiding NZ’s biscuit-selling army to fundraise during Guide biscuit month in March. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1002/S00052.htm

Greg Palast: Kvetcher In The Rye
In the sixth grade, the Boys’ Vice-Principal threatened to suspend me from school unless I stopped carrying around The Catcher in the Rye I think because it had the word “fuck” in it. Since the Boys’ Vice-Principal hadn’t read the book – and I don’t think he’d ever read any book – he couldn’t tell me why. More »[1]

[1] - http://books.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/03/kvetcher-in-the-rye/

Gordon Campbell: Classics - The Borrowers (1952) By Mary Norton
British author Mary Norton put the inspiration for her classic book The Borrowers down to her extreme shortsightedness as a child. The failing had turned her into a ‘gazer into banks and hedgerows . . . a rapt investigator of shallow pools. More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/classics-the-borrowers-1952-by-mary-norton/

Rafa In The Twilight Zone: Why is tennis treating its top players as utterly disposable ?
On Tom Tebbutt’s tennis blog in the Toronto Globe and Mail, there’s a heartwarming story about Rafael Nadal, arising from events at this year’s Australian Open. Apparently, after one of his late night games... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/talking-sport-rafa-in-the-twilight-zone/

Gordon Campbell: From Animal Collective to Bobby Conn - Indie rock is for wimps, and we’re OK about that
According to legend, it was the bland, conservative nature of mainstream culture during the 1950s that made rock’n’roll’s response ( loud, angry, out of control etc ) the right one... Okay then, so what form should that response take when it is... More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/02/the-complicatist-from-animal-collective-to-bobby-conn/

The Vicious Countryside: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon
Arthur Conan Doyle found the English countryside seething with potential criminality. His sleuth creation of Sherlock Holmes was never deceived by the tranquil image of the country retreat and escape from the industrialized centre... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00022.htm

A Night at the Gala: Steve Braunias encounters the madding crowd of a literary gig
I suppose it might’ve been hard on family and friends, but the thought occurred at the Buddle Findlay gala night launch of New Zealand Book Month in October that the nation’s cultural life would benefit greatly... More »[1]

[1] - http://books.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/01/a-night-at-the-gala/

Kiwi Music: The Inaugural Taite Music Prize – Finalists
After much deliberation and more than a few heated discussions, the finalists for the Inaugural Taite Music Prize have been decided. Named after the late Dylan Taite, one of the country's most highly respected music journalists More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1002/S00034.htm

Sex.Scoop: Kev Red's Fantastic Sexy Valentine's Day Cards
Are you looking for something new and inspired token for Valentines day? Do you want to send something creatively saucy to your lover? Do you want to send something anonymously? KevRed has the perfect Valentines Day Card for you. More »[1]

[1] - http://sex.scoop.co.nz/2010/02/01/kev-reds-fantastic-sexy-valentines%e2%80%99-day-cards/

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Nuclear Weapons: Joined Hands Must Replace Clenched Fists - Ban
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the role of international political, military, business and faith leaders in pushing for the phased elimination of all nuclear weapons with a global campaign to build public and political support. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00076.htm

United Nations: Shelter Urgently Needed For Haitian Quake Victims
Beyond food, hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake victims displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel urgently need shelter, with plastic sheeting taking priority over tents, the United Nations reported today in its latest update. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00075.htm

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Scoop Coverage: Haiti Earthquake Response [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1001/S00074.htm [2]

Sri Lanka: A Civil Disobedience Campaign Is Needed
The failure to appoint the Election Commission as required by the 17th Amendment makes a mockery of any attempt to hold elections in Sri Lanka. The manner in which the election for the executive presidency would have been conducted if the commission required under the 17th Amendment had been in place would have been very different. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00066.htm

Israel: Targeting Of Human Rights Organizations
Thirteen Israeli human rights organizations sent an urgent letter (attached) to the president, the Knesset speaker and the prime minister, protesting the increasing and systematic campaign against human rights organizations in Israel: ''A democracy must not silence critical voices; protecting human rights is vital." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00059.htm

Torture, Define: Major NGOs Call For The Impeachment Of Jay Bybee
A campaign is building to demand the impeachment of Jay Bybee, a sitting federal judge and the former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Council (OLC), who wrote memos to facilitate offensive war and torture. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00048.htm

United Nations: African Leaders Join Forces For Malaria Prevention
Dozens of African leaders met today in Ethiopia to tackle the challenges facing the continent in the effort to meet the United Nations target of ensuring universal access to malaria control measures by the end of this year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00047.htm

Journalism: IFJ Marks "End Of Deadly Decade"
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today issued its report on journalists and media workers who died in the exercise of journalism in 2009. The report provides detailed information of media killings, including 32 victims of a single massacre More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00044.htm

Haiti: Human Trafficking Third Largest Criminal Activity
UNICEF is again warning that post-quake Haiti is providing ideal conditions for child traffickers to operate. UNICEF NZ Executive Director, Dennis McKinlay, says relief agencies estimate that as many as 1.5 million children have been affected by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1002/S00027.htm

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