Top Scoop Stories October 19th 2009 News Summary

Monday, 19 October 2009, 12:38 pm
Article: The Scoop Editor

LEAD STORY

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Welfare: Q+A’s Guyon Espiner Interviews Tariana Turia
- Turia hints that Foreshore and Seabed Act will be repealed: “I’m really satisfied with the progress we have made”
- “Faults on both sides” in handling of Maori TV rugby bid
- Maori Party expects Maori TV to screen the RWC Opening Ceremony as lead bidder
- The government now “wastes” a billion on social services
- Turia “very concerned” about ACC reforms; privatising Work Account would drive up levies ‘exorbitantly” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00274.htm

ALSO:

Q+A Transcript: Bob Buckle on Tax [2]

RWC broadcasting shambles continues [3]

Government-gang partnership crazy [4]

Meeting with gangs to curb violence [5]

Turia 'disappointed' with hijacking of Maori TV bid [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00275.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00238.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00240.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00243.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/28223.html [6]

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NZ POLITICS

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Road Funding: "Mayors Are Right – Minister Is Wrong"
Transport Minister Steven Joyce is being mischievous and is just plain wrong to suggest that local roading funding has increased, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said today. “Regional Mayors don’t believe him, Labour doesn’t believe him, and that’s because he is 100% wrong,” Darren Hughes said. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00246.htm

Scoop Images: Climate Heats Up Outside Parliament
Global climate change activist group 350 Aotearoa and members of the 10-20% Pure New Zealand collective led marchers from Victoria University to the Parliament steps today, calling for Prime Minister John Key to address New Zealand's current policy on carbon dioxide emissions. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00256.htm

ALSO:

Business calls for transparent subsidy numbers [2]

Farmers already cutting emissions without ETS [3]

New bill ‘weakens ETS’ [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00238.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00233.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00231.htm [4]

ACC: Government Yet To Get Numbers
The Government’s failure to secure political support for legislation which will cut ACC entitlements and burden Kiwi families is further evidence of Nick Smith’s shambolic handling of the ACC portfolio, says ACC spokesperson David Parker. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00194.htm

ALSO:

Wrong call from ACC on elderly falls programme [2]

Q+A’s Guyon Espiner interviews Tariana Turia [3]

Enhancing ACC support for sexual abuse survivors [4]

Wrong call from ACC on elderly falls programme [5]

Audio: ACC minister Nick Smith on The Wire [6]

Radio Adelaide: Manning - ACC & Crossing A Nat's T [7]

ACC Levy Rises, Cover Cuts [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00080.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00274.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00076.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00075.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00158.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00166.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00138.htm [8]

'Restraint': Public Service Chief Execs’ Pay Up, Workers Denied
“It’s not fair for public service chief executives on six figure salaries who’ve received pay rises to be telling their staff, who are earning substantially less, that they can’t have a pay rise,” says PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00409.htm

ALSO:

Hospital Workers support mass work stoppage in Nov [2]

Full interview with PSA secretary, Richard Wagstaff [3]

Labour commitmed to fight organised crime [4]

Tackling Gangs [5]

Speech: Power - Victim Support Conference 2009 [6]

Families of homicide victims to benefit [7]

Parliament passes law on money laundering [8]

Bill to put crime victims first has second reading [9]

Speech: Flavell - Anti-Money Laundering Bill [10]

Organised crime threatens NZ way of life [11]

Speech: Collins - Fight against organised crime [12]

Rethinking Urges Support for Mongrel Mob Rehab [13]

Policy -Makers Must Heed Research Evidence [14]

Search and Surveillance Submissions a sick joke [15]

Govt plans to increase surveillance powers [16]

Serious crime victims to get greater financial support [17]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00078.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/28165.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00224.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00251.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00213.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00212.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00209.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00170.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00196.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00199.htm [11]

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00198.htm [12]

[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00218.htm [13]

[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00217.htm [14]

[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00199.htm [15]

[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/28141.html [16]

[17] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/28186.html [17]

Scoop's Meet The MPs Project
: More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00217.htm

ALSO:

Kevin Hague [2]

Rajen Prasad [3]

John Boscawen [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00134.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00120.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00121.htm [4]

Peculiar Procedure: Nat ETS Insta-Submission Plan Fails
Earlier: A move will be made 1pm to have the select committee considering major ETS changes hear all oral submissions today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00222.htm

ALSO:

ETS select committee to sit again next Tuesday [2]

Angry Opposition MPs slam ETS hearings process [3]

New bill ‘weakens ETS’ [4]

Business calls for transparent subsidy numbers [5]

More reports on ETS hearings [6]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/16/ets-select-committee-to-sit-again-next-tuesday/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/15/angry-opposition-mps-slam-ets-hearings-process/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00231.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00238.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/page.asp?id=1028814575800MPR" target="_blank [6]

Rebiya Kadeer: Uighur Activist Say NZ Has Role
After serving nearly six years in a Chinese prison for “providing secret information to foreigners” Kadeer was released in 2005 and relocated to the United States where she has been serving as U.S. leader for the World Uighur Congress. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00144.htm

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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

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Scoop Business: Notice Of Meeting
Your trusty Wellington correspondent turned up to the Solid Energy “annual general meeting” in the Ilott Theatre at the Wellington Town Hall this week, keen to sample an SOE’s version of a listed company AGM. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/16/smellie-sniffs-the-breeze-notice-of-meeting/

Lobbying: Oh, Hemp, Is There Nothing You Can't Do?
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) is the only New Zealand political party with a policy that can reverse man-made climate change. Neither emission reductions targets or carbon trading schemes will solve the problem. Nor will the establishment of more International Laws. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0910/S00046.htm

ALSO:

P&O Cruises to Launch Superliner in Auckland [2]

Summer cruise season underway [3]

Wellington Tourism Gears up for Cruise Season [4]

Cruiseabout Confirmed to Dock in the NZ Market [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00429.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00253.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00430.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00432.htm [5]

Legal Issues: Coke Asserts Trademark On Christmas
Organisers of the Brother Christmas in the Park event in the Hutt Valley... were informed recently that the 'Christmas in the Park' moniker is in fact a Coca Cola registered trademark. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00241.htm

ALSO:

Kiwi confidence leap strongest across Asia [2]

Food prices continue to fall [3]

Cost of living: Kiwis find it tougher and tougher [4]

Long time between drinks for manufacturing [5]

Inflation jumps in September but still low [6]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/10/16/kiwi-confidence-leap-strongest-across-asia/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00360.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00191.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00364.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/28131.html [6]

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COMMENT

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Uri Avnery: The Slippery Slope
IT IS, of course, all the fault of Judge Richard Goldstone. He is to blame for it, as he is to blame for all the other ills that are befalling us now. He is to blame for the trouble we are having at the UN, both in New York and in Geneva. For the ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00167.htm

ALSO:

Abbas and the Goldstone Report [2]

Recent UN Probe Into Gaza Conflict [3]

Withdrawal of the Goldstone Resolution [4]

Iran’s Nuclear Theater Meant to Divert Attention [5]

Will Goldstone's Report Deliver? [6]

The Goldstone Report On Gaza [7]

Fighting for the Right to Walk [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00152.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00179.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00057.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00025.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00228.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00191.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00249.htm [8]

Robert Naiman: McChrystal'S 40,000 Troop Hoax
It's a time-honored Washington tradition. If you want to bully the government into doing something unpopular and the public into accepting it, manufacture a false emergency. Iraq war? If you don't approve it, mushroom cloud. Banker or IMF bailout? If you ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00171.htm

Sherwood Ross: Fraudulent Afghan Election Raises Odds Against U.S. “Success”
The fraudulent Afghan election of last August 20th has delayed the possibility of a new regime taking over promptly to replace the corrupt rule of the discredited, U.S. hand-picked President Hamid Karzai. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00168.htm

Marth Rosenberg: Dog Fighting Among Toddlers At Day Care Center
Fans on their way to the Eagles/Buccaneers game on Sunday were not happy to see Michael Vick protestors with ''Power to the Puppies'' and ''Stop. Think. Boycott.'' signs outside Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00155.htm

Mapping The Real Deal: Building Your Local Food IQ
Let’s say my normal practice is to grab take-out on the way home from work or hit the grocery store at high speed to buy food processed by strangers thousands of miles away. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00143.htm

John Minto: Infratil Puts The Boot Into Low-Paid Bus Drivers
Last Friday I joined a protest by Auckland bus drivers locked out by their employer, the Infratil-owned NZ Bus company. It was a lively, spirited protest by some 400 drivers and supporters. Many are from the Pacific and an entertaining feast of singing ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00126.htm

David Cooke: Only For The Economy, Stupid
In tertiary education, the Government means business, and not much else. The draft Tertiary Education Strategy starts by firmly bolting education to work and the economy, and never wavers in its focus. It does have some passing references to profile items... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00124.htm

Gordon Campbell: The Rugby World Cup Bids
There seem to be two Rugby World Cups taking place in 2011. One is an absolutely splendid affair being overseen by RWC Minister Murray McCully that will pour $500 million into our national and local economies, and attract big spending visitors ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00125.htm

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LIFESTYLE

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Summer Festivals: Splore Announces First Lineup For 2010
There’s great music and a whole lot more at Splore 2010. An exciting mix of strong local talent and international performers will take to the stages next February against the backdrop of the idyllic Tapapakanga Regional Park, just 70km south-east of Auckland. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0910/S00260.htm

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WORLD

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Oil: Iraq: Talks Over Contested Northern Boundaries
Talks on disputed internal Iraqi boundaries -- in the oil-rich, ethnically mixed north -- have made progress on measures to address concerns of local residents, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00225.htm

International Law: Burma: Government Impunity For Crimes
The international community should withhold support for Burma's 2010 elections and not accept the results of the vote unless the government amends the country's constitution to end impunity for human rights violations, the International Centre for Transitional ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00223.htm

Sir Keith Park: UK Commemorates Battle Of Britain Commander
14 October 2009 - A statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, who led the Royal Air Force (RAF) forces over London and the South East of England throughout the Battle of Britain, will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square on Wednesday ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00220.htm

Kyaymon: Burma: Junta's Online Warning To Buddhist Monks
A military government website, “Kyaymon” [meaning “the mirror”], which operates as an online daily newspaper in Burmese has criticised two well-known Buddhist monks’ organisations and warned that the Burmese military authorities will take action against ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00215.htm

Organ Market: Pact Needed To Prevent Organ Trafficking
A new international convention is needed to prevent trafficking in organs, tissues and cells (OTC), protect victims and prosecute offenders, according to a joint study launched today by the United Nations and the Council of Europe. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00176.htm

Bollywood Invades Britain: Bollywood Dance At Buckingham Palace
Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom has invited Bollywood dancers for a first-ever such performance at Buckingham Palace in London, according to reports. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00182.htm

Newspapers vs. Digital News: Newspapers Innovating Rapidly For Digital Age
The rapid pace of innovation and adaption in the newspaper industry was evident Tuesday at IFRA Expo 2009, the worldÂ¹s largest trade fair for the industry, where a session on newsroom strategies examined multimedia integration, social media tools and other ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00186.htm

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