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Tories: Key Congratulates David Cameron After UK Election
'Promoting Or Encouraging Criminal Acts': Freedom Of Speech: Up In Smoke
World Power: NZ To Join International Renewable Energy Agency
Policing: Expect Unmarked, Zero Tolerance Road Police
Govt won't hand over National Park to Tuhoe - Key
Gordon Campbell: The Ongoing Peter Saunders Saga And The UK Election
Pass The Prison: Auckland Central Remand To Be Re-Privatised
Thinking Of The Children: Kiwi Wins UNICEF Award
Checkups: Minister Welcomes Special Rapporteur Visit
Mobile Termination - He's Ba-aack: Commerce Commission Recommends Regulation
More Exciting Than It Sounds: Auckland Design Company Picks Up Two Pencils
Changing Weather: Windflow, Windfarms Feud Officially Over
Scoop Full Coverage: PM’s Pre-Budget R&D Announcement
Business.Scoop: Vodafone And Axia Team Up For Broadband Bid
What's Not To Love? Customers Dissatisfied With Banks Says Survey
Money/Love Ratios: More Spent On Mother's Day Than Father's Day
Bills: InternetNZ Targets Copyright Bill At Seminars
Martin LeFevre: What Is Intelligent Life?
Gordon Campbell: Gordon Brown’s Exit
Danger! Big Science Peer Review: Jeff Farias Show
Walter Brasch: Arizona and the Alien-Nation of America
VE Day in Russia: ‘Noble’ Stalinism and Western partners
John Minto: The Booze Barons Are At It Again
The Lies Love Tells: Imelda Marcos On The Campaign Trail
Martha Rosenberg: Do You Have Excessive Sleepiness? Shift Work Sleep Disorder?
Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nevada
Making Room For Mr Cock-Up: The UK General Election
Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House
Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs
Comedy Fest Last Days: Improv Diva Fever (I'm A Believer)
Sport: All Whites World Cup Squad Announced
Conservation: Scientists "Have Old Whalers Turning In Graves"
Vague, Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station
Not Hating On The Feelers: Rugby World Cup Theme Officially Not Bad
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NZ POLITICS
------------Tories:
Key Congratulates David Cameron After UK
Election
Prime Minister John Key today offered
his congratulations to David Cameron on becoming the next
British Prime Minister. More
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- PM congratulates David Cameron after UK election [2]
- Lobby Praises British Common Sense Over Reform [3]
- Shirtcliffe can't tell his electoral systems apart [4]
- Gordon Brown: My part in his downfall [5]
- Government formation UK-style: a constitutional hiccup? [6]
- 2010 - The UK Sort Of Decides [7]
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'Promoting
Or Encouraging Criminal Acts': Freedom Of Speech: Up In
Smoke
"Our most basic freedoms are threatened by
an outrageous attempt to shut down peaceful activist
magazine NORML News," declares Libertarianz Drugs Spokesman
Luke Howison. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00100.htm
World
Power: NZ To Join International Renewable Energy
Agency
Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry
Brownlee has announced New Zealand’s intention to join the
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). More
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Policing:
Expect Unmarked, Zero Tolerance Road Police
"All
bets are off!" That's the message from Superintendent
Russell Gibson of Central Police District, Russell Gibson
who is authorising covert tactics to prevent further deaths
and injuries on our roads. More
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Govt
won't hand over National Park to Tuhoe - Key
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Gordon
Campbell: The Ongoing Peter Saunders Saga And The UK
Election
Yes, Bennett has indeed appointed the
bloke who writes paranoid, Islamophobic science fiction
novels and who sees a link between social class and low
intelligence... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00069.htm
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- British Election A Salutary Reminder For NZ [2]
- Clegg will listen to Hide at his own peril [3]
- 2010 - The UK Sort Of Decides [4]
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Pass
The Prison: Auckland Central Remand To Be
Re-Privatised
The joint Mt Eden-Auckland Central
Remand Prison (ACRP) has been selected to be operated by a
private contract manager, Corrections Minister Judith
Collins said today. More
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Thinking
Of The Children: Kiwi Wins UNICEF Award
Every
Child Counts congratulates Dr Ian Hassall on receiving the
international UN Aldo Farina Award in Seoul on Sunday 9th
May 2010. More
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Checkups:
Minister Welcomes Special Rapporteur Visit
Maori
Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples is very pleased that the
UN Special Rapportuer on the Situation of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples has accepted the
Government’s invitation to visit New Zealand. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00154.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
------------Mobile
Termination - He's Ba-aack: Commerce Commission
Recommends Regulation
In a draft reconsideration
report issued today, the Commerce Commission has indicated
that its preliminary view is to recommend that the Minister
for Communications and Information Technology regulate
mobile termination access services, and not accept
undertakings from Telecom and Vodafone. More
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More
Exciting Than It Sounds: Auckland Design Company Picks
Up Two Pencils
The champagne was again flowing at
Auckland based multidisciplinary design firm Alt Group’s
offices this week, with the company netting two Pencils and
two Merits at the esteemed One Show Design Awards in New
York on Monday night (New York time). More
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Changing
Weather: Windflow, Windfarms Feud Officially
Over
Wind turbine manufacturer Windflow
Technology Limited (WTL) is pleased to advise that the
agreement it reached in early April with its customer NZ
Windfarms (NWF) is now unconditional after the successful
completion of the NWF capital raising last week. More
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Scoop
Full Coverage: PM’s Pre-Budget R&D
Announcement
Scoop Coverage and Reaction:
Farmers and firms will be the big winners in this year’s
Budget with an extra $225m in science, research and
technology funding, Prime Minister John Key announced... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00097.htm
Business.Scoop:
Vodafone And Axia Team Up For Broadband
Bid
Vodafone New Zealand Ltd., the country’s
biggest mobile phone carrier, has announced it will partner
with Canadian company Axia NetMedia Corp. if it’s
successful in its bid to build a new fibre network for the
country. More
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[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/10/vodafone-and-axia-team-up-for-broadband-bid/
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What's
Not To Love? Customers Dissatisfied With Banks Says
Survey
Results released today showing high levels
of customer dissatisfaction with the Australian owned banks
are a wake up call to the industry and highlights the need
for the government to step in to make banking in NZ fairer
says the finance sector union Finsec. More
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Money/Love
Ratios: More Spent On Mother's Day Than Father's
Day
New Zealand families spend much more money on
mothers than fathers, with Mother's Day now the second
largest single-day event in the retail calendar behind
Christmas, while Father's Day barely features, according to
an Auckland retail advocate. More
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Bills:
InternetNZ Targets Copyright Bill At
Seminars
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc)
will host seminars this month on the Copyright (Infringing
File Sharing Amendment) Bill, to assist with submissions to
the Select Committee. More
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COMMENT
------------Martin
LeFevre: What Is Intelligent Life?
One of the
world’s premier celebrity brains, Stephen Hawking, says
that humans should avoid contact with aliens at all costs.
“I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher
Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out
very... More
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Gordon
Campbell: Gordon Brown’s Exit
Now that
Gordon Brown has resigned, the way is a little bit clearer
for Nick Clegg to make a deal with Labour – but only a
little bit clearer. The arithmetic of cobbling together a
parliamentary majority for a Lib/Lab government (which would
need a gaggle ... More
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Danger!
Big Science Peer Review: Jeff Farias Show
As I
promised, we're joined now by a very special guest, Suzan
Mazur is back with us on the program. She's the author of
The Altenberg 16: An Expose of the Evolution Industry . She
did a recent article on peer review called '' The Peer
Review Fig Leaf ... More
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Walter
Brasch: Arizona and the Alien-Nation of
America
My father, a federal employee with a top
secret clearance, carried a copy of his birth certificate
when he went into Baja California from our home in San
Diego. Many times, when he tried to reenter the U.S., he was
stopped by the Border Patrol... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00089.htm
VE
Day in Russia: ‘Noble’ Stalinism and Western
partners
There is always a time for firsts, and
the Russian VE parade on Sunday to commemorate the defeat of
Nazi Germany 65 years ago was no different. On this
occasion, there was something rather unusual: forces from
Nato countries, including the United States... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00088.htm
John
Minto: The Booze Barons Are At It Again
Last
Thursday morning I was driving through Otahuhu in South
Auckland and came across a huge billboard for a new RTD
(ready-to-drink) of bourbon and cola with the message
“Would you prefer to walk in on your parents or have them
walk in on you?” More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00074.htm
The
Lies Love Tells: Imelda Marcos On The Campaign
Trail
When does the pornography of violence
sweeten and remould political messages for public
consumption? In a feature on the BBC, which provided a
platform to air an example of astonishing guff, we have an
apologia in motion, enriched by missives ... More
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Martha
Rosenberg: Do You Have Excessive Sleepiness? Shift Work
Sleep Disorder?
Do you work in customer service?
Health care? The restaurant industry? You might be suffering
from shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) says a new ad campaign
from Frazer, PA-based Cephalon who makes the Schedule IV
stimulants Provigil and Nuvigil. One ... More
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Stateside
With Rosalea Barker: Nevada
Who is Nevada
Bill, and why did he get screwed? Trick question! “Screw
Nevada Bill” is the nickname the Silver State’s
residents gave to a 1987 Congressional bill that singled out
Yucca Mountain, NV, as the sole site the federal government
would ... More
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Making
Room For Mr Cock-Up: The UK General
Election
Cranky returning officers, with names
such as Longbottom. Solemn punters awaiting the results of
their candidate’s performance with funereal dignity. Then,
calls of ‘Yes we Khan’ (in favour of Labour member Sadiq
Khan) stopped when they became... More
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LIFESTYLE
------------Whose
House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s
House
The long awaited move of the house of Sir
Edmund Hillary will take place tomorrow [Wednesday].
Students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, the future site
for the house, will acknowledge Sir Edmund’s legacy as the
building is removed at 10.30am. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00141.htm
Employment:
Anglicization Of Names On CVs
Many migrant job
seekers, more usually those from Asian backgrounds, still
experience a level of discrimination when applying for jobs.
This can be at the very early stages of the selection
process, when they submit their CVs and applications to
employers. More
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Comedy
Fest Last Days: Improv Diva Fever (I'm A
Believer)
The Improv Divas are back! NZ's leading
ladies of improv are ready to rock the capital with an all
new, all improvised show in 2010's International Comedy
Festival. More
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Sport:
All Whites World Cup Squad Announced
Canterbury
United’s Aaron Clapham and United States based Jeremy
Christie are the notable selections in the 23 man All Whites
squad named today to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
in South Africa, beginning next month. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00124.htm
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- Images: NZ All Whites Beat Bahrain, Qualify For World Cup [2]
- All Whites! All Whites! All Whites! [3]
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00152.htm [2]
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00168.htm [3]
Conservation:
Scientists "Have Old Whalers Turning In
Graves"
Scientists are using centuries-old
whalers' data from the southwestern Pacific & Tasman Sea to
help better protect threatened whale species. More
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Vague,
Passionate and Erratic: The Last Station
In
Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station , a portrayal over the
last days of Leo Tolstoy’s life and a battle over the
disposition of his estate and copyright to his works,
politics and personalities clash. The wily aide and
pejoratively labelled ... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00057.htm
Not
Hating On The Feelers: Rugby World Cup Theme Officially
Not Bad
Most Kiwis who have heard the campaign
song for marketing the Rugby World Cup think it’s a hit,
but it’s a definite flop for older people. More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00065.htm
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