Scoop Top Stories For June 8, 2010 News Summary

Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:58 pm
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LEAD STORY

Gordon Campbell: On The Green Party Conference

NZ POLITICS

Scoop Satire: More And More Curious!

Q+A Transcript: Nick Smith Back Off Agriculture In ETS

Scoop Audio: Palmer Picked For Possible Probe

Unemployment: PM Opens Military Training Youth Camp

Foreign Affairs: Phil Goff Makes Official Visit To China

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Had For Breakfast: TVNZ Apologised For Its Punkedness

Scoop Business: New Zealand’s Net Debt Edges Up In First 10 Months

Scoop Business: World Week Ahead: The Big Hurt Gets Bigger

Number Crunches: Export Led Recovery: Not Yet - 4 June

Scoop Business: ASX Pips NZX To Run Electricity Derivatives Market

COMMENT

Uri Avnery: Kill A Turk And Rest

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking The American Epidemic Of Mental Illness (Part II)

Martin LeFevre: Beyond The Matrix

Sherwood Ross: Opening Soviet Archives Providing New Insight Into Stalin’s Mind

The Drugs Trap: Addicted In Afghanistan

Gordon Campbell: On The Need For New Zealand To Condemn The Gaza Blockade

Pablo Ouziel: Has Israel Declared War on the International Community?

Martin LeFevre: May Tibet Never Be Forgotten

LIFESTYLE

Not Found In Garden Shed: 'Lost' Silent Films In NZ Film Archive

NZ Music: Die! Die! Die! Sign To Flying Nun Records

Day On The Green: Blondie & The Pretenders Join For The Day

Gators Opening: Auckland Zoo Opens The Tropics For New Alligators

WORLD

Gordon Campbell: On The Green Party Conference
The Greens held their party conference last weekend – the first for some years not dominated by an actual or pending leadership change...More on the content of that message later. The more things change though, some things will always remain much the same. For most of 2010, the Greens have continued to serve as the journalistic equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel.They’re never likely to lead a government, never likely to have many friends in the corporate sector – and thus, they offer the luxury of an anxiety free target, especially when in opposition. The result is a series of what I’d call DEW Lines – Damned Either Way. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/gordon-campbell-on-the-green-party-conference/

ALSO:

• Turei Speech To The Green Party AGM [2]


• Greens Congratulate Jeanette Fitzsimons On Honour [3]


• Green Party aim to 'keep it real' [4]


• Green Party meet for annual conference [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00120.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00128.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37079.html [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37058.html [5]

Scoop Satire: More And More Curious!
"Very well," said the cat pleasantly, "If you feel that strongly, I wo'n't sell it. I promise never to sell my bank."
"Oh, good. Thank you kindly," said the girl, curtseying a little...
"I'm sure we shall become fast friends," said the cat, "Perhaps you would like to buy some of my bank if I sell it." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00038.htm

ALSO:

• Turn Kiwibank into co-op - Co-op Association [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37125.html [2]

Q+A Transcript: Nick Smith Back Off Agriculture In ETS
“A National government would only be wanting to include agriculture if the world has made more progress and if we have practical technologies that will enable farmers to contain their emissions.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00059.htm

ALSO:

• Panel Discussions [2]


• ETS costs demand an extra 88,000 + dairy cows [3]


• Dairy leader looks to make money from ETS [4]


• Smith: The next steps in the Bluegreen agenda [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00061.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00092.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00135.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00073.htm [5]

Scoop Audio: Palmer Picked For Possible Probe
Scoop's Selwyn Manning and Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss how the United Nations secretary general has approached Sir Geoffrey Palmer to chair an inquiry into the killing by Israeli commandos of seven Turkish activists onboard an aid ship ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00037.htm

ALSO:

• Independent Probe into ‘Attack’ on Gaza Aid Convoy [2]


• Images: Wellington Demonstration Against Israel: 5 June [3]


• UN proposes Geoffrey Palmer lead flotilla raid inquiry [4]


• Inquiry into deadly flotilla raid rejected by Israel [5]


• Gaza Flotilla Attack & NZ Reaction [6]


• Samoan Language Champions Honoured [7]


• Police blitz sees reduced holiday road toll [8]


• Police congratulate drivers on low road toll [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00073.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00036.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/37069.html [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/37097.html [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00014.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00059.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37071.html [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00088.htm [9]

Unemployment: PM Opens Military Training Youth Camp
Unemployed young New Zealanders looking for direction and discipline will have the opportunity to challenge themselves at the brand-new Hobsonville Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) course, Prime Minister John Key announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00113.htm

ALSO:

• Prime Minister Opens New Charity Facility [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00029.htm [2]

Foreign Affairs: Phil Goff Makes Official Visit To China
''China is an important trade partner for New Zealand and this will be my first visit since I signed the Free Trade Agreement in 2008 as Trade Minister,” Phil Goff said. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00114.htm

ALSO:

• Cuts of over $100 million to choke health services [2]


• Investing in child health [3]


• Audit of stroke services suggests improvements [4]


• Kiwi kids being let down all round - report [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00023.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00020.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00027.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37013.html [5]

Had For Breakfast: TVNZ Apologised For Its Punkedness
TV ONE’s Breakfast Show has apologised to viewers for being the victim of a prank this morning. A young man purporting to be a pro-commercial whaling supporter named Jay Pryor was interviewed by Paul Henry on Breakfast this morning after being profiled in a Fairfax Newspaper story at the weekend. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00074.htm

ALSO:

• Petition To Reinstate Commercial Whaling In NZ [2]


• "Commercial Whaling New Zealand" [3]


• The Breakfast interview [now on TVNewZealand's Channel [4]


• Breakfast Pranked (Twice) [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00133.htm [2]

[3] - http://commercialwhaling.co.nz/" target="_blank [3]

[4] - http://www.youtube.com/user/TVNewZealand#p/a/u/0/5AG4odHCokw" target="_blank [4]

[5] - http://www.spareroom.co.nz/2010/06/08/breakfast-pranked-full-clip/" target="_blank [5]

Scoop Business: New Zealand’s Net Debt Edges Up In First 10 Months
The government’s cash flow and financial statements have remained similar to forecasts, and though the tax take is in line with projections, the country’s net debt position has climbed 0.3% to $27.8 billion, or 15% of GDP. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/new-zealand%e2%80%99s-net-debt-edges-up-in-first-10-months/

ALSO:

• Careful cost management critical in year ahead [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00132.htm [2]

Scoop Business: World Week Ahead: The Big Hurt Gets Bigger
So much for bets on an improving U.S. labour market and optimism that the U.S. economy’s recovery would offset lingering worries about sovereign debts in the euro zone. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/07/world-week-ahead-the-big-hurt-gets-bigger/

ALSO:

• While you were sleeping: Economic fluctuations [2]


• Fall in manufacturing volume reverses gains [3]


• Rotorua MP Congratulates Kaharoa Kokako Trust [4]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/while-you-were-sleeping-economic-fluctuations/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00179.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00108.htm [4]

Number Crunches: Export Led Recovery: Not Yet - 4 June
“Sales have increased on 2009, but reports have indicated that many manufacturers are suffering lower profitability despite the higher sales figures,” says NZMEA Chief Executive John Walley. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00130.htm

Scoop Business: ASX Pips NZX To Run Electricity Derivatives Market
NZX Ltd.’s plans to base its future growth on derivatives trading took a serious knock this morning with the announcement that the country’s five main electricity generators will use the Australian exchange operator, ASX, to operate the new electricity forward market ... More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/03/asx-pips-nzx-to-run-electricity-derivatives-market/

ALSO:

• Electricity market's move to Australia a blow [2]


• ASX and EHL sign agreement [3]


• Simply Energy well positioned for new futures [4]


• MEUG welcomes agreement between ASX and powercos [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00102.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00072.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00094.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00089.htm [5]

Uri Avnery: Kill A Turk And Rest
ON THE high seas, outside territorial waters, the ship was stopped by the navy. The commandos stormed it. Hundreds of people on the deck resisted, the soldiers used force. Some of the passengers were killed, scores injured. The ship was brought into ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00047.htm

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking The American Epidemic Of Mental Illness (Part II)
Tax dollars are being used to fuel the American epidemic of mental illness by promoting the preemptive drugging of persons supposedly at risk of developing mental disorders, to the great benefit of the pharmaceutical industry. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00040.htm

Martin LeFevre: Beyond The Matrix
Set to the lyrics from Willy Wonka’s “A world of pure imagination,” the business ad invites participants into a brave new world of technology, where the only reality is what the mind and self invent at whim. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00041.htm

Sherwood Ross: Opening Soviet Archives Providing New Insight Into Stalin’s Mind
Historians today are only coming to understand the complex and sophisticated individual that was Joseph Stalin, who ruled Russia for nearly thirty years until his death in 1953. Much of the information shedding light on the character of the dictator ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00039.htm

The Drugs Trap: Addicted In Afghanistan
Afghanistan is doing what it has done well for so long – seducing invading forces by the lure of drugs and lingering addiction. In November last year, there were reports from the New Freedom of Information showing how hundreds of soldiers, sailors and ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00035.htm

Gordon Campbell: On The Need For New Zealand To Condemn The Gaza Blockade
The Israeli attack on the Turkish aid convoy to Gaza, and its subsequent slaughter of the civilians on board is being condemned around the world. That the commando raid was mounted in order... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/01/g-campbell-the-need-to-condemn-the-gaza-blockade/

ALSO:

• On The International Aid Flotilla Now Approaching Gaza [2]

[2] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/28/g-campbell-on-the-aid-flotilla-approaching-gaza/ [2]

Pablo Ouziel: Has Israel Declared War on the International Community?
Yesterday, with amazement, many of us around the world witnessed through a live-feed on the Internet how heavily armed sea pirates – dressed in full military combat gear – descended from Israeli military helicopters unto the decks of the Mavi Marmara ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00018.htm

ALSO:

• The Lone Ship of the Freedom Flotilla - The Rachel Corrie [2]


• If You Stop 6 Ships We Will Send 6,000 [3]


• Pirates in the Mediterranean [4]


• International Law And Israel's War On Gaza [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00024.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00020.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00023.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00012.htm [5]

Martin LeFevre: May Tibet Never Be Forgotten
The Dalai Lama has said that he may not reincarnate again, and if he does, it will not be in Tibet. He isn’t referring to illumination however. After all, bodhisattvas reincarnate; illumined beings incarnate. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00009.htm

Not Found In Garden Shed: 'Lost' Silent Films In NZ Film Archive
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson has welcomed a partnership to repatriate and preserve 75 American motion pictures from the New Zealand Film Archive’s collection to the United States National Film Preservation Foundation. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00136.htm

NZ Music: Die! Die! Die! Sign To Flying Nun Records
After over a year of touring, recording and some more touring, Die! Die! Die!, return with a new single, video and record label. Having signed to Flying Nun Records, Die! Die! Die! are now set to release their new album FORM via the revived label. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00042.htm

Day On The Green: Blondie & The Pretenders Join For The Day
They’re two of music’s most acclaimed bands boasting two of music’s most compelling front women – Deborah Harry leading the wondrous Blondie and Chrissie Hynde fronting the mighty Pretenders. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00030.htm

Gators Opening: Auckland Zoo Opens The Tropics For New Alligators
Visitors to Auckland Zoo will be able to check out four impressive new American alligators at a newly built exhibit that opens this Queen’s Birthday weekend. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00024.htm

ALSO:

• Farewell Merata Mita [2]


• Greens farewell Merata Mita [3]


• Merata Mita Biography [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00008.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00006.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/merata-mita/biography" target="_blank [4]

ALSO:

• Call from Gaza for global response to killings [2]


• Deadly Raid on Gaza Aid Flotilla [3]


• Israeli Embassy on Gaza flotilla [4]


• Israel’s killing of 19 Innocents with 60 Injured [5]


• Military Takeover of the Flotilla on Its Way to Ga [6]


• Killings on International Flotilla to Gaza [7]


• Israel: Killings at Sea an Outrage [8]


• What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage? [9]


• Israel: US Activist Loses Eye; Shot in Face [10]


• Call from Gaza for global response to killings [11]


• Israel Prevents Food & Construction-BasedWeapons From Entering Gaza Strip [12]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00512.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00005.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00008.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00011.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00014.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00015.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00016.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00024.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00021.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00020.htm [11]

[12] - http://weeklycoitus.co.nz/?p=1309" target="_blank [12]

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