ACC: Penalty Plan "Displays Gross Ignorance Of Public Hospitals"
“John Judge, Chair of the ACC, has missed the plot with his statement that public hospitals and doctors should be financially penalised when patients have treatment injuries,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00283.htm

Vigils: Happy Birthday, Honduras Coup!
The Latin American Committee and the Wellington Zapatista Support Group are holding a vigil at lunchtime today outside the NZPA, Wellington to mark the passing of one year since the military coup which overthrew the Constitutional President of Honduras, to protest the lack of adequate press coverage in New Zealand of subsequent events in Honduras, and to commemmorate the dead. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00281.htm

ALSO:

Honduras Attempted Military Coup Underway [2]

Honduras – how un-coup! [3]

The Battle for Honduras [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00303.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00010.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00237.htm [4]

Wansolwara Special Report: Prostitution – An Unwanted But Growing Pacific Industry
Prostitution is a problem causing major concerns across the Pacific. Various research reports have been published, detailing the seriousness of the issue. Across the region, poverty, unemployment and low wages are driving sex work. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/wansolwara-special-report-prostitution-an-unwanted-but-growing-industry/

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Mike Williams: Pigs at the trough and wannabe thespians [2]

[2] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/pigs-at-the-trough-and-wannabe-thespians" target="_blank [2]

HIV & The Law: Charles Chauvel For Global Commission
The Green Party congratulated Charles Chauvel on his appointment to the new Global Commission on HIV and the Law today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00414.htm

ALSO:

Goff congratulates new Aussie PM [2]

Australia Gets New Prime Minister [3]

2010 CER Ministerial Forum Joint Statement [4]

Julia Shows John Key How to Handle ETS [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00400.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00424.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00379.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00255.htm [5]

Julia Gillard sworn in as Australian PM
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/37804.html

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FULL COVERAGE: Pacific Islands Forum - Niue [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0808/S00260.htm [2]

Cuba-ism: John Minto On Learning From Cuba
Ask most people about Cuba and they’ll tell you it’s a socialist country with Fidel Castro as head, big Cuban cigars, old 1950’s cars and great music courtesy of such groups as the Bueno Vista Social club. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00188.htm

Remuneration: Super Mayor To Get $240,000p/a
The low salary offered to local board members may mean people think twice before putting their name in the hat, Labour’s spokesperson for Auckland Issues Phil Twyford said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00403.htm

ALSO:

Remuneration Authority pay rates inconsistent [2]

Local Electoral (Maori Representation) Amendment [3]

Auckland supercity mayor will get $240,000 salary [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00256.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00340.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37781.html [4]

Whaling: Negotiations Harpooned By Lack Of Consensus
Existing international law can be upheld at the International Court of Justice to save the whales where diplomatic efforts have failed, the Green Party said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00394.htm

ALSO:

Statement to International Whaling Commission [2]

Controversial Whaling Proposal Fails at Meeting [3]

Disappointing failure to break IWC deadlock [4]

IWC fails to limit whaling, Japan still hunts [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00237.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00448.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00440.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/37772.html [5]

Shipping: NZ’s Nuclear Free History Threatened By Uranium
Uranium, a radioactive material, should never pass through New Zealand’s nuclear free seas let alone come into port, the Green Party said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00318.htm

ALSO:

95bFM: Rob Green On Nuke Supply Group's ChCh Gig [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00180.htm [2]

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Public Image: Wattie’s Crowned Country’s Most Trusted Brand
Kiwi icon Wattie’s has been voted New Zealand’s number one trusted brand in the annual Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Survey; released today in the July issue of Reader’s Digest New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00771.htm

Electricity Market: Commerce Commission Releases Transpower Decisions
The Commerce Commission has today released its draft decisions and reasons on the application of individual price-quality regulation to Transpower. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00766.htm

Scoop Business: Gibbs Puts Up New Plan After GPG Demerger Panned
Guinness Peat Group’s Tony Gibbs has heeded the calls of local investors and backed away from a proposal to carve out the Australian assets into a separate listed entity. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/25/gibbs-puts-up-new-plan-after-gpg-demerger-panned/

Interest-ing: Goff On Monetary Policy (And ETS)
Labour Leader Phil Goff has told farmers today that Labour will create a monetary policy environment that better supports exporters, and says he has a Bill ready to support broader objectives for the Reserve Bank. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00386.htm

ALSO:

Labour will clarify Reserve Bank’s authority [2]

Goff’s announcement will split the business vote [3]

Carter: Speech to Federated Farmers National Conference [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00390.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00253.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00399.htm [4]

Scoop Business: L&M Energy Shares Halted Pending Capital Plan
Shares of L&M Energy Ltd. were halted from trading pending a statement on a capital raising plan. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/24/lm-energy-shares-halted-pending-capital-plan/

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Binoy Kampmark: The Resignation of Stanley McChrystal
Bitter wars often result in bitter decisions between civilian commanders and their military subordinates. Dissatisfied commanders in the field can stray. Comments can be made out of turn. General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as the United States’ ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00193.htm

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Obama Accepts McChrystal's Resignation [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00187.htm [2]

John Minto: Learning From Cuba
Ask most people about Cuba and they’ll tell you it’s a socialist country with Fidel Castro as head, big Cuban cigars, old 1950’s cars and great music courtesy of such groups as the Bueno Vista Social club. Except for Fidel, who has been replaced ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00188.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Observer is an Infinite Regress
Is the brain capable of observing without an observer? What is the observer? What part does it play in the division, conflict, and fragmentation of the world? These are crucial questions, not only for awakening the meditative state, or even for psychological ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00195.htm

California Dreaming: The Hunt for a Russian Silicon Valley
When Petty officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns took a photo of the Russian Federation Navy Missile Cruiser Varyag on June 20, it proved quite a sight. Small Coast Guard boats provided a seemingly unnecessary zone of security around the vessel as it powered ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00194.htm

ALSO:

Stateside: Eeeeeen Viiiiiiiiivo! [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00155.htm [2]

Martin LeFevre: Mandela, Obama, And Greatness
“Invictus” is the latest in Clint Eastwood’s streak of good to excellent directorial forays in the autumn of his career. Though a bit lumbering, predictable, and sentimental, it’s worth two hours of your life, if only to ponder the arc of Nelson Mandela’s ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00179.htm

Toni Solo: Varieties of imperial decline - deficits for oligarchs, cuts for the plebs
The conventional view of deficits resulting from public sector borrowing is that excessive deficits absorb financial resources available for private sector investment, tending to drive up interest rates. That supposedly affects the economy's ability ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00176.htm

Michael Collins: Elena Kagan - Willing Accomplice
Should Elena Kagan be approved as a justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States? As it turns out there's a supremely simple method of testing her suitability. Once applied, citizens of any political persuasion will see that her nomination should ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00174.htm

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Cookery: NZ Culinary Win Involved Pork, Apparently
Close though it was, the crackling crumbled New Zealand’s way, leaving the Australian chefs pondering their continuing run of bad luck in international contests and the home team captain, Aoraki Polytechnic’s head of Hotel School Steve Le Corre, bringing home the bacon. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00353.htm

ALSO:

Gov-Gen congratulates the All Whites on campaign [2]

We’ve all lived and loved the All Whites dream [3]

World Cup Results Give NZ Football A Huge Boost [4]

World Cup heroes: event planning underway [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00265.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00413.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00338.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00286.htm [5]

Fans celebrate All Whites performance
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/37813.html

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World Cup 2010 And The All Whites [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00114.htm [2]

Film: NZ Short Film ‘Warbrick’ Honoured In Montreal
New Zealand film making brothers Meihana and Pere Durie have been awarded the TEUEIKAN prize at Montreal First People’s Film Festival in Canada. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00309.htm

Weather: Snow Blankets Queenstown Ski Areas
Skiers and riders in Queenstown were delighted to wake up to their favourite ski areas blanketed in new snow this morning - the result of a Southerly blast whipping its way up the South Island. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00307.htm

Heavy snow fall wrecks havoc on South Island roads
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37739.html

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Bright Stars Dance During Matariki [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00386.htm [2]

Statistics: Gooooooooooooaal!
A new poll shows interest in soccer soaring, with more New Zealanders interested in the All Whites’ performance at the World Cup than the All Blacks’ performance in either the Ireland / Wales tests or in the upcoming Tri-nations. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00301.htm

ALSO:

Volunteer Football Fever [2]

SCOOP IMAGES: All Whites defeat Bahrain, qualify for World Cup [3]

Imperator Fish: All Whites Praise John Key After Italy Game [4]

World Cup 2010 And The All Whites [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00300.htm [2]

[3] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=16001 [3]

[4] - http://www.imperatorfish.com/2010/06/all-whites-praise-john-key-after-italy.html" target="_blank [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00114.htm [5]

Volunteers: Valued Resource In Challenging Times
Recent data from the Charities Commission demonstrates the huge contribution being made by volunteers across New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00247.htm

ALSO:

Volunteering with a family focus [2]

Volunteering in New Zealand is for all generations [3]

Volunteer Football Fever [4]

Coastguard celebrates highest-ever volunteer hours [5]

Saluting Taupo District’s Volunteers [6]

Winner Of Tauranga Youth Spirit Award Announced [7]

Impressive Response To Waipa Community Awards [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00240.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00203.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00300.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00268.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00223.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00249.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00250.htm [8]

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WSPA: Tragic Day For Humpback Whales
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) today buckled under pressure from Denmark when it narrowly approved a proposal for Greenland to hunt nine humpback whales each year for the next three years, supposedly for subsistence use. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00545.htm

United Kingdom: 2010 Budget: Responsibility, Freedom, Fairness
The Budget shows how the Government will make the tough choices required to tackle Britain’s record deficit. It sets out a plan to get the public finances back under control, and provides a springboard for a private sector-led recovery with balanced ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00439.htm

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