Today's Top Scoops - July 17, 2007
Legislation: Govt Puts Therapeutic Products Bill "On Hold"
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 17 July
2007
Flooding:
Schools Evacuated In Hastings
The
Ahmed Zaoui Case - Injustice On The Cheap
Regulation: NZFSA Takes Nutricia To
Task Over Infant Formula
Govt
News: Rating review underlines need to save
Health
News: Hospital lockout resumes
Travel:
Grabaseat Celebrates Birthday With $1 Fares
Real
Estate News: Iconic Bluff ‘Paua House’
Sells
Media
News: TVNZ 6 will feature up to 75% local
content
Agri
News: Bumper Season for Barley
UN
Report: Climate Change Will Be Key Topic
United
States Government: Interview With Maria Bartiromo on
CNBC
UN
Report: UN Agency Forced to Double Aid Target
Socialist
Alliance: Indigenous leader agrees with Maori
MP
Mark
Drolette: Don’t even start calling things
Bushian
William
Rivers Pitt: We're All Gonna Die!
Scoop - Michael Collins: Full Frontal Assault – The
Vitters Square Off?
Scoop Link: US will back Israeli strike on Iran -
David
Swanson: Hillary for Emperor
Bill Berkowitz: Wolfowitz - Return to
Sender?
LIFESTYLE:
Art: To Japan With Love -
Music
News: American Ambassador Snubs Burt Bacharach In
Sydney
Dance: Around the World in 80’s
Outfits
Media:
Alt TV To Audition New Hosts Live To Air
Kiwi Pride: No Need For Drugs When
You Have 624
Hugs
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Legislation: Govt Puts Therapeutic Products
Bill "On Hold" - The Government is not proceeding at
this stage with legislation that would have enabled the
establishment of a joint agency with Australia to regulate
therapeutic products, State Services Minister Annette King
announced today. Ms King says the Therapeutics Products and
Medicines Bill has been postponed, but will remain on the
Order Paper to be revisited when sufficient parliamentary
support is available. More
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ALSO:
- National - Failure of bill shows Labour is lame duck Govt [2]
- Greens - Government backdown a victory for democracy [3]
- NZ First - An Opportunity Lost [4]
- SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ - Activist's visit a natural sweetener [5]
- NZNO disappointed at Bills failure [6]
- Out-Link - Hard News: No Bills [7]
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00235.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00240.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00237.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00236.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00141.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0707/S00056.htm
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- http://www.publicaddress.net/default,4349.sm
NZ POLITICS
------------QUESTIONS OF THE DAY:Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 17 July 2007 [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00246.htm
Flooding:
Schools Evacuated In Hastings - Heavy rain causing
flooding in Hastings District including areas to the west of
Napier. Puketapu School and Puketapu Child Centre have both
been evacuated by NZ Army unimog to the Puketapu Hotel...
Maraekakaho School has also been evacuated by unimog. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Hastings District Council - Flooding in Flaxmere [2]
- Canterbury Civil Defence - Household Emergency Planning Made Easy [3]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0707/S00194.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0707/S00192.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0707/S00196.htm
The
Ahmed Zaoui Case - Injustice On The Cheap -
Gordon Campbell writes: Unless you’re talking about
money, New Zealand seems fairly relaxed about the potential
abuse of state power. The Auditor-General, IRD and Treasury
may be funded sufficiently to keep an eye on how money is
being spent and recouped - but the agencies supposed to
protect our rights as citizens have to get by on starvation
rations and, in some cases, with a questionable level of
independence. That is especially so with the Office of the
SIS Inspector-General. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Scoop Full Coverage - The Ahmed Zaoui Case – The Gordon Campbell Series [2]
- (95bFM Audio): Jose & Gordon Campbell on IG's Zaoui Hearings [3]
- (Scoop Doco):Algeria Amnesty & An Intel Turntable [4]
- (KiwiFM Audio): Wallace & Selwyn Manning on IG's Secret Hearings [5]
- (KiwiFM Audio): Wallace & Helen Clark on IG's Zaoui Hearings [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00175.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00174.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00069.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0605/S00004.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00177.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00065.htm
Regulation: NZFSA Takes Nutricia To
Task Over Infant Formula - The New Zealand Food
Safety Authority announced today that Karicare’s line of
Gold Plus formulas including Gold Plus Ready-to-Feed,
Infant, and Follow-On contain non-compliant substances
called fructo-oligosaccahrides (FOS) or prebiotics. More >> [1]
ALSO:
- NZFSA - Infant Formula does not meet New Zealand Standards [2]
- Nutricia - Karicare Formulas continue to be a safe choice [3]
- National - Warning on baby formula far too late [4]
- Green Party - Baby food breach breathtaking [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00181.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00166.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00304.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00243.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00238.htm
Govt
News: Rating review underlines need to save -
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed the decision
of Standard & Poor’s to reaffirm its AA+/A-1+ foreign
currency and AAA/A-1+ local currency sovereign credit
ratings on New Zealand. “This is good news and
underscores the wisdom of the Labour-led government’s
prudent fiscal management and especially our savings
policies,” said Dr Cullen. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00229.htm
Health
News: Hospital lockout resumes
- Spotless
Services Ltd will lock out 800 cleaning, kitchen and orderly
workers from midnight tonight. The lockout was confirmed
after a brief mediation today. SFWU spokesperson Alastair
Duncan said Spotless came to mediation unwilling to changes
their position. Once again they are standing outside the
framework of a national settlement reached with every other
employer in the sector. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00164.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
------------Travel: Grabaseat Celebrates Birthday With $1 Fares - One-dollar fares to celebrate grabaseat’s first birthday today sparked a frenzy of online activity as Kiwis snapped up Air New Zealand’s cheapest-ever domestic fares. Special offers on grabaseat.co.nz included $1 each-way flights from Auckland to Dunedin and Christchurch to Nelson. More than 115,000 seats have been sold exclusively on grabaseat since it was launched in July 2006. More >> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00309.htm
Real
Estate News: Iconic Bluff ‘Paua House’ Sells
- Following strong ongoing interest from both the local
community and a number of potential buyers, the
internationally renowned iconic ‘Paua House’ in Bluff
has been sold. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00291.htm
Media
News: TVNZ 6 will feature up to 75% local
content - TVNZ 6 will feature up to 75% local
content TVNZ 6, the first of TVNZ's two new digital channels
for the Freeview platform will feature advertising-free
programming with between 50% and 75% local content. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00279.htm
Agri
News: Bumper Season for Barley - North Island
barley growers are predicting a bumper season after two
years of low prices and poor yields, said Grains Council
representative for the lower North Island Hew Dalrymple. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00286.htm
WORLD
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UN
Report: Climate Change Will Be Key Topic - On
the eve of his meeting in Washington, D.C. with United
States President George W. Bush, Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today said the two will discuss climate change ahead
of a special session on the issue planned for September in
New York and a global conference to be held two months later
in Bali. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00217.htm
United
States Government: Interview With Maria Bartiromo on
CNBC - Interview With Maria Bartiromo on CNBC's
Closing Bell Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC
July 6, 2007 QUESTION: Secretary Rice, good to have you
with us. Thanks for joining us. SECRETARY RICE: Thank you.
Nice to be with you, Maria. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- United States Governemt - Interview on ABC's Good Morning America [2]
- United States Governemt - Interview With Steve Doocy of Fox and Friends [3]
- United States Governemt - Interview on CBS's Early Show with Harry Smith [4]
- United States Governemt - Interview on NBC's The Today Show With Matt Lauer [5]
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00197.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00196.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00194.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00193.htm
UN
Report: UN Agency Forced to Double Aid Target -
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on
Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that it is doubling to $123
million its budget to help the hundreds of thousands of
uprooted Iraqis who are either internally displaced or
living in neighbouring states. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00185.htm
Socialist
Alliance: Indigenous leader agrees with Maori MP
- “I completely agree with New Zealand Maori Party MP Hone
Harawira that Prime Minister John Howard, by attacking
marginalized Aboriginal communities, is a ‘racist
bastard’,” Aboriginal leader and Socialist Alliance
Indigenous spokesperson Sam Watson said in response to
Harawira’s controversial comments. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00181.htm
COMMENT
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Mark
Drolette: Don’t even start calling things
Bushian - I’m sick of lefties snidely comparing
the grim totalitarian society of George Orwell’s 1984 to
today’s freedom-spewing United States, a country few
Americans would dare call dystopian, even if they could
define it. The following analysis exposes these aspersions
as utterly specious. Unfounded, even... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00182.htm
William
Rivers Pitt: We're All Gonna Die! - Who can
forget the incredible scandal that erupted back in May of
2002? Around about the middle of that month, details began
to emerge about the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily
Briefing that specifically warned Bush about Osama bin
Laden's... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00196.htm
Scoop - Michael Collins: Full Frontal Assault – The
Vitters Square Off? - Senator David Vitter, the
family values politician from Louisiana, admitted that
he’d committed “a serious sin” and strayed from his
marriage. There are always consequences. Vitter may be
sleeping lightly with good reason. In a 2000 interview,
wife Wendy wowed to take action, Lorena Bobbitt Style, if
she ever discovered that her husband David ever strayed from
the marriage. In a 2000 interview, wife Wendy wowed to take
action, Lorena Bobbitt Style, if she ever discovered that
her husband David ever strayed from the marriage.... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00151.htm
Scoop Link: US will back Israeli strike on Iran -
- Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor
Lieberman said on Tuesday that he received the tacit
blessing of Europe and the United States for an Israeli
military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. “If we start
military operations against Iran alone, then Europe and the
US will support us,” Lieberman told Army Radio following a
meeting earlier in the week with NATO and European Union
officials... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00206.htm
David
Swanson: Hillary for Emperor - I've decided to
drop my advocacy for the impeachment of Cheney or Bush and
focus on something more realistic: making Senator Hillary
Clinton our next emperor. After all, when the candidate is
someone good, you should want them to have as much power as
possible. Bear with me a minute, and I think you may
agree... More
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00202.htm
Bill Berkowitz: Wolfowitz - Return to Sender? -
Recently forced out as president of the World Bank, Paul
Wolfowitz, one of the primary architects of U.S. President
George W. Bush's Iraq war, is heading back to familiar
surroundings. And the Washington-based American Enterprise
Institute (AEI), one of the United States' premier
conservative think-tanks, is more than pleased to welcome
him back... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00194.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Art: To Japan With Love - -
“To Japan with love” is an exhibition of over 30
Japan-inspired artworks by local artists that officially
opens this Saturday 14 July at the Thistle Hall Community
Centre’s gallery, 293 Cuba Street and runs until 21st
July. The artworks include Japanese modern art, calligraphy,
ikebana, photography, sculpture and more. More>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00157.htm
Music
News: American Ambassador Snubs Burt Bacharach In
Sydney - At Thursday night's official function
preceding An Evening with Burt Bacharach at the Sydney Opera
House, the Guest of Honour was the American Ambassador to
Australia, Robert C McCallum Jnr. The VIP guest and his
wife Mimi expressed immense excitement in anticipation of
their impending private introduction to the bona-fide
legend, to be held backstage following the show. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00156.htm
Dance: Around the World in 80’s
Outfits - The World Recording breaking, May Day Cup
holding, Lycra clad dance sensations, The Real Hot Bitches
are bursting out of the winter drizzle to bring you one of
the most ambitious and anticipated shows of 2007! More>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00150.htm
Media:
Alt TV To Audition New Hosts Live To Air -
Throughout July and August, budding music television
presenters will be given the chance to audition live on-air
as Alt TV seeks a replacement host to fill the void left by
Lucy Hunt. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00149.htm
Kiwi Pride: No Need For Drugs When
You Have 624 Hugs - Record breaker Alistair Galpin
has done it again. With 624 hugs, Galpin broke the world
record for most hugs in an hour beating the previous record
by 12 hugs. More >> [1]
- ALSO:
- Good Morning - Cucumber Destroying World Record Holder Needs A Hug – Today! [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00147.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00124.htm
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