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POLITICS HEADLINES:
Sutch Case: Profiteering Ex-Spy Kit Bennett Is Taken To
Task
Legislation: 2008 Cutoff For
Historical Treaty Claims Becomes Law
Foreign
Affairs: NZ Korea Force Closer
Relationship
Media: TVNZ Under Attack For
Covering News -
Media: TVNZ Under Attack
For Covering News -
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Sutch Case: Profiteering Ex-Spy Kit Bennett Is Taken To
Task
Dr William Ball Sutch, economic nationalist, writer, intellectual, public figure and top civil servant, died in 1975 just months after he became the only person ever to stand trial under the espionage provisions of the former Official Secrets Act. Sutch was acquitted but suddenly it's all being regurgitated again. Kit Bennetts, one of the SIS agents involved in the case has written a book, "Spy". Media coverage of the book matter of factly accepted its conclusions and branded Sutch a spy and a traitor. Bennetts called Sutch a "liar", "traitor" and "turd" (Press, 30/9/06; 'Sutch labelled liar", Dan Eaton). See…Sutch: Speaking Ill Of The Dead [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00078.htm
Legislation:
2008 Cutoff For Historical Treaty Claims Becomes
Law
Last night's passing of the Treaty of Waitangi
Amendment Act by Parliament has been welcomed as a major
milestone for the Treaty settlement process. The Act sets a
closing date of 1 September 2008 for lodging all historical
Treaty of Waitangi claims with the Waitangi Tribunal and
follows through on Labour's commitment before the last
election to put in place the 2008 date. See... Act
sets end date for lodging Treaty claims [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00190.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00176.htm
Foreign
Affairs: NZ Korea Force Closer Relationship
Prime
Minister Helen Clark and Republic of Korea President Roh
Moo-hyun today strengthened the relationship between the two
nations with adoption of the Partnership for the 21st
Century. A key component of the Partnership is an agreement
to commission a study into the merits of a Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and Korea. See... NZ
and Korea strengthen partnership [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00185.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00192.htm
Media:
TVNZ Under Attack For Covering News -
The union that
represents journalists says that TVNZ’s right to make
editorial judgments without political interference appears
to be under threat from the National Party. Engineering,
Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew
Little said that he was appalled to hear a senior National
Party MP, Gerry Brownlee, accuse TVNZ of helping Fiji
military chief Frank Bainimarama to overthrow the government
by broadcasting his comments. See... TVNZ’s
editorial freedom vital [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00112.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00166.htm
Media:
TVNZ Under Attack For Covering News -
The union that
represents journalists says that TVNZ’s right to make
editorial judgments without political interference appears
to be under threat from the National Party. Engineering,
Printing and Manufacturing Union national secretary Andrew
Little said that he was appalled to hear a senior National
Party MP, Gerry Brownlee, accuse TVNZ of helping Fiji
military chief Frank Bainimarama to overthrow the government
by broadcasting his comments. See... TVNZ’s
editorial freedom vital [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00112.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00166.htm
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POLITICAL
COLUMNS:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00179.htm
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[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0612/S00183.htm
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