Scoop Top Stories For June 14, 2010 News Summary

Monday, 14 June 2010, 2:50 pm
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LEAD STORY

Foreshore Issue Hits Highwater Mark

NZ POLITICS

Another Blubber Fest: McCully heads to European Whaling Talks

Gordon Campbell:On a Solution for the Ministerial Spending Scandal (And for Child Poverty)

Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministers will always spend more - Key

Govt prepared for welfare debate to get ugly

Whaling Protest Trial: Greens Say Bethune’s Trial "Unfair Due To Govt Inaction"

Public Service: Trans Tasman's Government Department, CEO Of The Year

Rugby The Winner On The Planning Permission: RWC Empowering Bill Introduced

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Sharemarket: NZ Oil Dries Up Over Poor Tui Prospects

Drugs: Medicated Cough & Cold Remedies To Have 'Over 12' Written On Them

Conservation: Full Protection For Some Quite Unattractive Animals

COMMENT

Helen Clark: Women and Power

Martin LeFevre: The Hole In America’s Soul

Getting at Google: Crime, Maps and the Street View Project

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nebraska

Martha Rosenberg: Will You Take An Immune Drug To Prevent Fractures? Amgen Hopes So

Gordon Campbell: On The Green Party Conference

Julie Webb Pullman: San Juan Copala – Mexico’s Gaza

Catherine Austin Fitts: Plant It Forward “As For Years”

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness - Part I

LIFESTYLE

Top Of The Class: PE Professor Wins Olympic Honour

World Cup referees learning English swear words

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

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

WORLD

Foreshore Issue Hits Highwater Mark
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00192.htm

Another Blubber Fest: McCully heads to European Whaling Talks
Foreign Minister Murray McCully leaves for Europe for consultations with the European Union (EU) and meetings in Madrid, Brusssels, and London before attending the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Morocco. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00356.htm

Gordon Campbell:On a Solution for the Ministerial Spending Scandal (And for Child Poverty)
The litmus test in the Ministerial expenses scandal is what would happen to an ordinary employee who repeatedly misused the company or departmental credit card in the fashion exposed in the last couple of days... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/11/g-campbell-ministerial-spending-child-poverty/

ALSO:

• Carter - statement on ministerial expenses [2]


• Real Issue is Porn – Not Jones [3]


• Physician, Heal Thyself! [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00166.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00107.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00114.htm [4]

Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministers will always spend more - Key
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37252.html

ALSO:

• Did Anyone Listen? Comments from Welfare Forum [2]


• Beneficiaries are not the problem [3]


• MPs shut out of “diverse” welfare forum [4]


• Greens Miffed at Missed Opportunity [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00118.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00165.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00138.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00090.htm [5]

Govt prepared for welfare debate to get ugly
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/37169.html

ALSO:

• Air-Quality Standard Reprieve Likely for HB Homes [2]


• Grey Power supports relaxing air quality standards [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00110.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00124.htm [3]

Whaling Protest Trial: Greens Say Bethune’s Trial "Unfair Due To Govt Inaction"
A Maritime New Zealand investigation into the incident that sunk the Ady Gil is still months away from completion. Mr Bethune’s trial ends today and the verdict is likely to come before the end of June. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00181.htm

Public Service: Trans Tasman's Government Department, CEO Of The Year
The winners are Peter Hughes of the Ministry of Social Development as Government Department CEO of the Year and The Treasury as Government Department of the Year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00095.htm

ALSO:

• Measuring agency performance [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00109.htm [2]

Rugby The Winner On The Planning Permission: RWC Empowering Bill Introduced
Temporary legislation enabling timely consent and regulatory approvals necessary for the 2011 Rugby World Cup was introduced to Parliament today by Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00167.htm

Sharemarket: NZ Oil Dries Up Over Poor Tui Prospects
Shares in listed New Zealand oil and gas companies exploring the Tui prospect fell immediately the NZX opened this morning, following announcement that "an economic accumulation of hydocarbons is not present" at the Tui SW-2 exploration well. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00341.htm

Drugs: Medicated Cough & Cold Remedies To Have 'Over 12' Written On Them
Cough and cold medicines for children under 12 years old will now be sold only in pharmacies except for those containing ingredients such as honey, lemon and other natural substances. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00034.htm

ALSO:

• Medsafe’s Cough/Cold Remedy Ban – Goodbye Access [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00226.htm [2]

Conservation: Full Protection For Some Quite Unattractive Animals
Whale sharks, katipo spiders and all giant weta will now be absolutely protected under changes to the Wildlife Act, Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00168.htm

ALSO:

• Reserve Bank raises OCR to 2.75 percent [2]


• UPDATED: Bollard lifts OCR, with 5% seen as target [3]


• NZ dollar climbs as Bollard resumes rate hikes [4]


• NZ dollar extends gains on China data and OCR hike [5]


• Tax cuts cause interest rate rise [6]


• Budget GST increase sows first bitter seeds [7]


• Borrowing for tax cuts impedes economic rebalance [8]


• Home owners encouraged to prepare for changes [9]


• Disappointment at OCR rise [10]


• Interest Rate Rise Won’t Help Small Businesses [11]


• Reserve Bank Announcement Good for Property Market [12]


• Time to find an alternative to the OCR [13]


• Reserve Bank should require transparency [14]


• Reserve Bank lifts OCR [15]


• Interest rates increase for first time in nearly three years [16]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00259.htm [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/10/updated-bollard-lifts-ocr-with-5-seen-as-target/ [3]

[4] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/10/nz-dollar-climbs-as-bollard-resumes-rate-hikes/ [4]

[5] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/11/nz-dollar-extends-gains-on-china-data-and-ocr-hike/ [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00162.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00171.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00173.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00091.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00264.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00271.htm [11]

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00295.htm [12]

[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00101.htm [13]

[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00291.htm [14]

[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37197.html [15]

[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37216.html [16]

Helen Clark: Women and Power
As Prime Minister of my country for nine years and the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), I believe that achieving gender equality is not only morally right, but also catalytic to development as a whole, creating political, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00079.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Hole In America’s Soul
The black goo spewing from the abyss is a complete metaphor for the hole in America’s soul. Indeed, the dark crude erupting in the Gulf of Mexico is so rich in metaphysical symbolism, that one can’t help but heed the call to “drill, baby drill.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00076.htm

Getting at Google: Crime, Maps and the Street View Project
Google is being cheeky. In fact, according to the London-based pressure group Privacy International, it may well have behaved in a criminal way. The bone of contention here is that the search company has been accumulating Wi-Fi data for its Street View ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00088.htm

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Nebraska
This being the Cornhusker State, it’s time to husk some corn—of the sentimental kind. Nebraska entered the US as the 37th state on March 1, 1867, just under two years after the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis on May 10, 1865, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00087.htm

Martha Rosenberg: Will You Take An Immune Drug To Prevent Fractures? Amgen Hopes So
Monkeys developed tooth and jaw abscesses and two died of protozoal infections. Human subjects developed cervical, ovarian, pancreatic, gastric and thyroid cancers and breast cancer ''was the most common adverse event that led to discontinuation'' in ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00085.htm

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. This time, the new team of Russel Norman and Meteria Turei could focus entirely on the traditional... More »[1]

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

Julie Webb Pullman: San Juan Copala – Mexico’s Gaza
San Juan Copala, traditional centre of the indigenous Triqui people, lies in Oaxaca State, Mexico, and is one of the poorest and strife-torn areas in Mexico. In an attempt to break the cycle of poverty, inequality, exclusion, and persistent human rights ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00050.htm

Catherine Austin Fitts: Plant It Forward “As For Years”
In 2006, after settling a significant piece of litigation, I decided that I would build my new home base in Hickory Valley, Tennessee, the small farming community where I have lived since 2000 next to my cousin and her family. I and the Solari... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00061.htm

Evelyn Pringle: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness - Part I
For the past two decades, the Psychopharmaceutical Industrial Complex has been the driving force behind the epidemic of mental illness in the United States with the promotion of biological psychiatry and a bogus ''chemical imbalance'' in the brain ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00057.htm

ALSO:

• Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness (Part II) [2]


• Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness (Part I) [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00040.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00022.htm [3]

Top Of The Class: PE Professor Wins Olympic Honour
An Adjunct Professor of Physical Education at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education has won the prestigious International Olympic Committee President’s Prize. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1006/S00046.htm

ALSO:

• All Whites! All Whites! All Whites! [2]


• Government aims for top spot in sport for NZ [3]


• The Daily Show - World Cup 2010: Into Africa [4]


• World Cup specials on BBC World Service [5]


• Kiwi student scores in World Cup Google contest [6]


• TAB Releases Special Football World Cup Bets [7]


• 55% of Asia Pacific to Follow Soccer World Cup [8]


• Emirates Providing Treatment For Football Fans [9]


• South Africa: Code Denouncing Sex Tourism [10]


• Families Face Eviction on eve of FIFA World Cup [11]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00168.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00185.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00136.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00104.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP1006/S00004.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00134.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP1006/S00003.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00307.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00196.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00205.htm [11]

World Cup referees learning English swear words
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/37239.html

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

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