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SCOOP LEAD STORY:
UPDATE ON TONGA: Alleged Riot
Agitator Arrested - Tonga Now
NEW ZEALAND
LEAD:
Dr Brash's Emails: Peters Reckons
Court Injunction To Protect Key -
Culture:
First The Oscar Now The Greatest Line In NZ Film
History -
Welfare: Animals Become NZ
Women's Best Friends In SAFE Calendar -
Qantas Awards: TV3's Lebanon Coverage Rewarded At TV
Gong Show -
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HEADLINES:
Politics News: Brash Wins High
Court Injuction Prohibiting Publication of Stolen
E-Mails
McCully.co.nz – National
Treasure In Nat Hard Man's Sights -
SCOOP
INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Les Yeux on France:
12 Top New Zealand Writers Tour France
Nuke Issues: Scientists Testing Crater
Find Radioactive Particles
Media News:
Mandate To Protect Press Freedom Issued
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SCOOP LEAD
STORY:
UPDATE ON TONGA: Alleged Riot Agitator
Arrested - Tonga Now
Tonga Now reports that a pro-reform supporter has been arrested for allegedly supplying fuel to those who set fire to buildings in Nuku’alofa... Also, Community Support groups have formed to protect Chinese from being targeted. See... UPDATE ON TONGA: Alleged Riot Agitator Arrested [1] ALSO: Tonga Airport Secured And Now Open [2] - The New Zealand led Combined Joint Task Force newly arrived in Tonga wasted no time in securing the airport and confirmed the airport open for civilian air travel this morning. See... NZ Led Force Declares Fau’amotu Airport Open [3] KiwiFM Audio: [4] Wammo talks to Scoop's Selwyn Manning, fresh from the first flight into Tonga after last week's rioting. 95bFM Audio: [5] Selwyn Manning speaks to bFM's Noelle McCarthy about the situation in Tonga.
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00329.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00270.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00270.htm
[4]
- http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/audio/0611/smkiwi201106.m3u
[5]
- http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/audio/0611/SMBFMTONGA.m3u
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00331.htm
NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Dr Brash's Emails:
Peters Reckons Court Injunction To Protect Key -
Don Brash should stop trying to lay a trail of blue herrings and tell the public exactly why he doesn't want certain emails made public, says New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters. "I'm sure their real interest was in giving John Key an early Christmas present by protecting him. It is clear the emails also reflect poorly on Key, but National want to keep those details hidden until Key has been safely ensconced as leader. See... Don's Injunction Is A Bit Fishy [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00392.htm
Culture: First The Oscar Now The Greatest Line In NZ
Film History -
A line from Bad Taste’s hero, Derek, written and spoken by Peter Jackson, was revealed as The Greatest Line in Kiwi Film on TV One’s flagship arts show Frontseat in its final episode for 2006.Two Peter Jackson films, two Geoff Murphy films, and two lines from Once Were Warriors made the shortlist for Frontseat’s Greatest Line in Kiwi Film. See... The Greatest Line In Kiwi Film [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00223.htm
Welfare: Animals Become NZ Women's Best Friends In
SAFE Calendar -
Twelve of New Zealand's most prominent female television personalities, entertainers, actors, musicians and politicians are backing calls for cruelty free living. The stellar cast each appear embracing an animal in the 2007 Choose Cruelty Free calendar photographed by internationally acclaimed photographer Rachael Hale. See... Kiwi Women Stand Against Cruelty To Animals [1]
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00279.htm
Qantas Awards: TV3's Lebanon Coverage Rewarded At
TV Gong Show -
The winners of the 2006 Qantas
Television Awards were announced this evening during a
glamorous awards ceremony at Auckland’s Aotea Centre.
Hosted by leading television presenters Dominic Bowden and
Petra Bagust, the Awards recognised the best of the New
Zealand television industry, including news and current
affairs. See... Winners
of the 2006 Qantas Television Awards [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00220.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0611/S00221.htm
MORE
HEADLINES:
[1]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00374.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00049.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00220.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00227.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00355.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00363.htm
Politics
News: Brash Wins High Court Injuction Prohibiting
Publication of Stolen E-Mails
- National Party Leader Don Brash has obtained a High Court order restraining the publication or distribution of copies of email correspondence which is believed to have been stolen from his computer. See... Brash Wins Court Order Blocking Email Publication [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00354.htm
McCully.co.nz – National Treasure In Nat Hard Man's
Sights -
The lefty-muso Dave Dobbyn, noted for his adherence to the Clark cause, was engaged for the New Zealand memorial 's dedication in Hyde Park. Dobbyn sang "Welcome Home". Noted, of course, for the line "the empire is fading by the day." How very very classy. See... www.mccully.co.nz - 17 November 2006 [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00356.htm
SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Les Yeux on
France: 12 Top New Zealand Writers Tour France
- (AIX-EN-PROVENCE – 17 November 2006) – The link between New Zealand literature and France is not new. Katherine Mansfield, our most internationally renowned writer, spent most of her last days in the south of France, suffering from tuberculosis. Last Saturday, some of the writers made a pilgrimage to the Gurdjieff Institute, near Fontainebleau. They planted a tree to commemorate the spot where Mansfield died on January 9, 1923. See... Les Yeux on France: Top New Zealand Writers Tour [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00328.htm
Nuke
Issues: Scientists Testing Crater Find Radioactive
Particles
- Scoop Media Report: Selwyn Manning
reports that scientific findings are surfacing that
question whether heightened enriched uranium particles have
been found in and around a crater in south Lebanon. Has a
new type of low yield nuclear weapon been tested during the
Israel/Hizbullah conflict? And has Israel developed the
scientific expertise to progress and deploy such weaponry
without outside superpower help? Or was a radioactive weapon
targeted by Israel? Scoop Audio & Text: Audio/Text: Was
A New EU Munition Used In Lebanon? [1]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00295.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00305.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00303.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00302.htm
Media
News: Mandate To Protect Press Freedom Issued
- The head of the United Nations body mandated to protect press freedom today deplored the murder of yet one more Iraqi journalist, saying it was vital to bring an end to “the outrageous campaign of bloodshed” against media professionals in the violence-racked country. At the same time, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura condemned the killing of a Mexican journalist, possibly because of investigative reports on drug trafficking. See... Journalists' Murders in Iraq And Mexico Condemned [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00290.htm
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WORLD HEADLINES:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00300.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00297.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00296.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00294.htm
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00291.htm
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