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TODAY'S TOP SCOOP STORIES

SCOOP LEAD STORY:
Nicky Hager's Book: The Smoking Gun In The Hollow Men

NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Stadium: City Council Backs A Different Waterfront Site, ARC Says Eden Park; Cabinet To Consider On Monday
SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:
Health: Hodgson Admits Dioxin Numbers Flawed
Industrial Relations: TVNZ Strike Action Means Bad News
Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad
Meningococcal Gold Rush IV: Novartis Vaccines’ MeNZB Assertions Examined
MORE HEADLINES:

SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad
Iceland Torpedoes Deep-Sea Protection Agreement At UN
NZDF Reports All Is Calm In Nuku’alofa
Annan Calls For Calm After Another Lebanese Assassination
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SCOOP LEAD STORY:

Nicky Hager's Book: The Smoking Gun In The Hollow Men

24 May 2005: "Good afternoon Don and John, Doug Watt and myself enjoyed your presentation this morning at the Millennium Hotel. However as backers of the recent "Wake Up NZ" campaign ($350,000) and as responsible for a very extensive election campaign ($1,000,000) with the sole goal of "Getting Party Votes for National" a meeting following on from our one last week with Steven Joyce is important." - Since the injunction against publication was finally lifted shortly before midday today C.D. Sludge and the Scoop Team have been furiously speed-reading Nicky Hager's expose of the life and times of National Party Leader Don Brash a.k.a. Hollow Men: A Study In The Politics Of Deception. [1] See... Sludge Report #172: How Hollow The Hollow Men? [2] SEE:

NZ Govt - Key has explaining to do over Exclusive Brethren [3]

National Party - Stolen emails injunction lifted [4]

National - Brash Resignation Speech Notes [5]

National - Statement on Don Brash’s resignation [6]

Brash Sticks To 2005 Story Over Brethren Contacts [7]

Images & Audio: Nicky Hager "Hollow Men" Presser [8]

Images & Audio: Brash Steps Down as National Leader [9]

See also... Scoop Full Coverage - The Hollow Men [10]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00368.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00418.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00484.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00477.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00453.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00348.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00369.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00368.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00414.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00405.htm

NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Stadium: City Council Backs A Different Waterfront Site, ARC Says Eden Park; Cabinet To Consider On Monday

- Auckland City Council tonight responded to Central government's request to indicate a preference between two principal options for a 60,000 seat stadium site- the waterfront and Eden Park. Council resolved to advise the Government that its preference is for a waterfront stadium site with a design that reflects Auckland and a location as far east as possible. See... City Council agrees on waterfront stadium site [1] ALSO:

Auckland Regional Council - ARC resolutions on stadium decision [2]

NZ Govt - Trevor Mallard’s comments on stadium [3]

ACT/Greens - MPs Declare Victory Over Waterfront Stadium [4]

Greens - Councils should slow down, and consult properly [5]

Massey University - Auckland stadium polls may be misleading [6]

Ports of Auckland - Waterfront Stadium Statement [7]

North Shore City - North Harbour Stadium making last minute run [8]

Coalition Against Travel Taxes - Government says nothing decided on stadium funding [9]

Maritime Union - Industrial action on cards over stadium [10]

Outdoor Recreation NZ - Water front Stadium, at what Cost? [11]

Eden Park - Eden Park welcomes ARC unanimity [12]

Scoop Full Coverage - Scoop FULL COVERAGE of Rugby World Cup Stadium [13]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00285.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00294.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00486.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00488.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00470.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00349.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00299.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00326.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00329.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00338.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00367.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00451.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00206.htm

SCOOP IS IN THE HOUSE:

Questions And Answers - Thursday, 23 November 2006 [1]

Questions And Answers - Wednesday 22 November 2006 [2]

Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 21 November 2006 [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00471.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00431.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00402.htm

Health: Hodgson Admits Dioxin Numbers Flawed

- The admission by Health Minister Pete Hodgson that there are errors in a key health study of residents exposed to dioxin in New Plymouth means that the completed peer reviews of the study should now be scrapped, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. In 2005, the Health Ministry released a study into dioxin levels in the community adjacent to a chemical plant. Image (c) Greenpeace See... Dioxin peer reviews should now be scrapped [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - WHO dioxin review to examine new claims [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00479.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00487.htm

Industrial Relations: TVNZ Strike Action Means Bad News

- Strike action by members of the Public Service Association and the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union is causing major embarrassment for TVNZ evident by the decline in quality of One News during tonight's strike. "Union members walked off the job at 4pm this afternoon in protest at TVNZ's refusal to meet pay and leave claims. It was clear to viewers that One News suffered technical difficulties tonight." See... Strike action major embarrassment for TVNZ [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00355.htm

Meningococcal Gold Rush IV: Novartis Vaccines’ MeNZB Assertions Examined

- Throughout the debate surrounding the controversial MeNZB vaccine, Chiron (now called Novartis Vaccines) has remained strangely silent. On 14 November 2006 they broke that silence in a press release [1] to criticize MeNZB vaccine researchers Ron Law and Barbara Sumner Burstyn. Law and Sumner Burstyn had publicized that Novartis have dumped the MeNZB vaccine technology in favour of trialing a genetically modified Meningococcal B vaccine. See... MGR IV: Novartis Vaccines Enters The MeNZB Debate [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00246.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00403.htm

MORE HEADLINES:

Shonky Christmas tree lights prohibited [1]

Commission Welcomes Passing of Anti-Torture Act [2]

Elephant art achieves jumbo effort [3]

ERMA To Reassess Some Hazardous Substances [4]

Cervical Cancer study looking for Chinese recruits [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00442.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00337.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00276.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0611/S00054.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0611/S00098.htm

SCOOP INTERNATIONAL LEAD STORY:
Scoop Report and Photoessay: Tonga Faces Crossroad

- Twenty four hours after rioters tore through Tonga's capital town looting and burning, leaving a sea of blazing buildings in their wake, New Zealand's Helen Clark said there were two futures on offer for the Pacific. "One is poverty and conflict; the other is peace and development." The comment accurately paints a crossroad for Tonga, for Solomon Islands, Fiji, for Melanesia in general. The comment acknowledges how accurate the United States' most recent handle for the Pacific is: The Arc of Uncertainty. See... Scoop On Assignment: Tonga Faces Crossroad [1] ALSO:

NZ Govt - Defence Personnel to Assist Tongan Authorities [2]

NZ Pacific Business Council - Tongan Reconstruction a New Zealand Priority [3]

Scoop Full Coverage - Tonga Riots [4]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00412.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00432.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00429.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00331.htm

Iceland Torpedoes Deep-Sea Protection Agreement At UN

- Friday 24 November 2006, UN, New York: Negotiations at the UN to adopt a possible moratorium on bottom trawling in international waters have been torpedoed by a small number of influential fishing nations led by Iceland says Greenpeace. In doing so, they have put the interests of their own fishing fleets above other countries, the consensus for the marine scientific community and conservationists. See... Deep-Sea Protection Frozen By Iceland [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00378.htm

NZDF Reports All Is Calm In Nuku’alofa

- Reports from the New Zealand-led task force confirm that the situation in Nuku’alofa appears calm at present. The Combined Joint Task Force remains in a security role at Fau’amotu Airport. See... Tonga Update: Central City Calm And Secure [1] & NZDF Calming Support in Tonga [2] MORE TONGAN NEWS & VIEWS:

Matt Robson - Robson-On-Politics - Tuesday 21 November 2006 [3]

Alliance Party - NZ Forces should not prop up Tongan regime [4]

Tongan Advisory Council - TAC Grateful For Support [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00334.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00310.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00312.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00336.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00371.htm

Annan Calls For Calm After Another Lebanese Assassination

- Expressing shock after learning of today’s assassination of Lebanon’s Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged all parties in the troubled country to “maintain national unity at this critical moment.” See... Annan Condemns Assassination Of Lebanese Minister [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00366.htm

MORE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES:

International Solidarity Movement - Update [1]

UN Concern At Deteriorating Health Services [2]

Peacekeepers In Lebanon Find Unauthorized Arms [3]

Family Violence Kills 80, 000 Young Each Year [4]

ACP Heads of State meet in Khartoum 7-8 December [5]

UN Rights Chief Warns Of Crisis In Chad [6]

Killings In Timor-Leste Prompt UN Police Activity [7]

UN-African Union Force For Darfur Agreed [8]

9/11 bin Laden Family Evacuation Disclosure Order [9]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00376.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00373.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00375.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00372.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00369.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00368.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00365.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00364.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0611/S00361.htm

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