Farewell To Welfare? MPs Shut Out Of “Diverse” Forum
Green MPs have been shut out of this week’s Welfare Working Group forum, the Green Party said today. “The forum is supposed to bring together a diversity of views and opinions, but that apparently does not stretch as far as opposition welfare spokespeople,” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00138.htm

How About CC 3.0 NC-ND? Key Requires 'Public Domain' Foreshore
John Key is again acting in bad faith by unilaterally announcing a take it or leave it foreshore and seabed deal that clearly does not have buy–in from Maori, said the Green Party today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00144.htm

ALSO:

National flirting with disaster on Foreshore [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00084.htm [2]

Investigation: New Management Team Completes SFO Restructuring
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced the appointment of four senior managers following the restructuring of the Office which commenced in March this year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00191.htm

Foreign Aid: Government Collapses Umbrella Group
The Government has cut $900,000 funding to the overseas aid NGOs' umbrella group causing 10 of the group's 11 staff to be laid off. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00149.htm

ALSO:

Meeting to build Relations across Pacific [2]

Special Feature: Crosby Walsh on Fiji [3]

SFWU, PSA appalled at Govt disregard for Rights [4]

Prison slave labour breaches international law [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1006/S00032.htm [2]

[3] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/special-feature-inside-fijis-shoes-and-why-nz-and-australia-need-to-rethink-strategically/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00076.htm [4]

[5] - http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/06/prison-slave-labour-breaches.html" target="_blank [5]

Connie Lawn Audio Interview: NZ's Washington Ambassador Roy Ferguson
Ambassador and Mrs. Roy Ferguson will soon leave Washington, after a very successful four year tour. He has served in the Washington Embassy before, and has also been NZ's Ambassador to South and North Korea. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00051.htm

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:

Now NZ Post on the block [2]

From The Hood : Some more of me polemics [3]

Turn Kiwibank into co-op - Co-op Association [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00141.htm [2]

[3] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/05/from-the-hood-some-more-of-me-polemics/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37125.html [4]

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Print: Fairfax Winds Up The Independent 4 Years After Buying It
In line with its integrated, multi-media business model, Fairfax Media NZ today announced it is further strengthening the business journalism in both its daily newspapers and online through Businessday.co.nz... From July 1, The Independent branded print version will cease publication. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00229.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]

EXTRA, Ep 1, The Octo-egg story - The Jono Project [6]

[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]

[6] - http://ondemand.c4tv.co.nz/EXTRA-Ep-1-The-Octo-egg-story/tabid/79/articleID/391/MCat/28/Default.aspx" target="_blank [6]

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:

NZ dollar edges nearer 10-mth low [2]

While you were sleeping: Economic fluctuations [3]

Fall in manufacturing volume reverses gains [4]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/nz-dollar-edges-nearer-10-mth-low/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/08/while-you-were-sleeping-economic-fluctuations/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00179.htm [4]

Horticulture: T&G Takes Fruit Fight To Masses
New Zealand’s leading distributor, marketer and exporter of premium fresh produce, Turners & Growers is highlighting the need for changes to the decade old Kiwifruit Export Regulations on high profile billboards that will run in Auckland and Wellington. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00095.htm

ALSO:

Rotorua MP Congratulates Kaharoa Kokako Trust [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00108.htm [2]

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

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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

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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

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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]

Maori Party farewell celebrated film maker [3]

Greens farewell Merata Mita [4]

Merata Mita Biography [5]

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

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00010.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00006.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/merata-mita/biography" target="_blank [5]

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