Today's Top Scoops - 10 July 2008
Tony Veitch Saga: Statement from TVNZ
Corrections:
Prisoners Put Hammering Skills To Good Use
Value
For Money: Unions Tell ANZ To Stick To
Banking
Your Fired: PSA Shocked By Museum's Pruning Of
Staff
Military:
NZ-Born Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
Climate Change: State Of The Play
UN
To Do List: Climate Change, Reform, Food Crisis Top UN
Agenda
Group
Of Eight: An Exercise In Escapism, No Meaningful
Action
Property
Division: Israel Continues Illegal Wall, Defying
International Court Of Justice
State
Department: United States Policy Toward The Islamic
Republic of Iran
Mazur: Rare Chat W/ R. Lewontin & A. Lima-De-Faria (4)
Film
Fest Review: Up The Yangtze: A Surreal Journey To
Modernity
Computers:
Youth Violence Not Expected To Result From Cyber
Games
Plucking Good Times: Fiddling Fun Heading To
Nelson
Tributes: Best Fake Abba Show Ever To Hit NZ
Film
Festival: River Of No Return - An Autobiographical
Doco
Fashion:
Style Christchurch Designers List "Second To
None"
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LEAD STORY
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Tony
Veitch Saga: Statement from TVNZ -
Television New Zealand has a review process underway
regarding disclosures by sports presenter Tony Veitch. TVNZ
Chief Executive Rick Ellis said the review began on Monday
but there were significant and complex matters around the
issue that restricted what could be said publicly. "We are
giving the situation our most serious consideration, and
Tony's personal statement today will be taken into account
by the review process," he said.
More >> [1]
ALSO:
- New Zealand Police - Investigator Assigned [2]
- Radio Adelaide - Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey Discuss The Veitch Admission + Political Spat [3]
- TV3 Video - Police to look into allegations around Veitch [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00176.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00140.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00081.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/10343.html
NZ POLITICS
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Corrections:
Prisoners Put Hammering Skills To Good Use - A
new building construction yard at Spring Hill Prison will
see prisoners refurbishing state houses for families in need
while learning new skills... The construction yard was
officially opened today by Mr Goff. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - Goff: Building Construction yard at Spring Hill [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00196.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00197.htm
Value
For Money: Unions Tell ANZ To Stick To
Banking - Bank workers' union Finsec says that
despite ANZ National's claims they're "defending the front
line" the bank's report on public expenditure will
inevitably be used to attack public services, and shows the
same disdain for non-frontline staff that has seen them
proposing to send hundreds of Kiwi bank jobs to Bangalore.
More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- NZ Govt - ANZ analysis on govt spending ignores the facts [2]
- United Future - Dunne - Transparency essential in Govt spending [3]
- Council of Trade Unions - Stick to Banking - CTU tells Bank Economist [4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00150.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00199.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00194.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00148.htm
Your Fired: PSA Shocked By Museum's Pruning Of
Staff - The Public Service Association is
alarmed that the Auckland Regional Museum has shed 46 staff
through redundancies and voluntary severance as a result of
large scale restructuring. More
>> [1]
MORE EMPLOYMENT:
- Unite Union - Unite files harassment claim against Ak Airport [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00135.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00139.htm
Military:
NZ-Born Soldier Killed In Afghanistan - Chief
of Defence Force Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae today
extended his sympathies through Australian authorities over
the death of Australian soldier Signaller Sean Patrick
McCarthy. "The thoughts and sympathies of the New Zealand
Defence Force are with the family, friends and colleagues of
New Zealand-born Signaller McCarthy in this difficult time,"
General Mateparae said. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Australian Department Of Defence - Special Operations Soldier Killed - Three Wounded [2]
- NZ Govt - Death of New Zealand-born soldier [3]
- Australian Defence Force - Family Of Sean Mccarthy Request Privacy [4]
- ADF - Media Conference On The Death Of Australian Soldier Sean McCarthy [5]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00132.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00243.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00193.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00273.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00276.htm
BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH
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Climate
Change: State Of The Play - The Royal
Society of New Zealand convenes an expert committee on
climate. The controversy over climate change and its causes,
and possible confusion among the public, have prompted the
committee to produce a statement to make absolutely clear
what the evidence is for climate change and anthropogenic
(human-induced) causes. More
>> [1]
ALSO:
- Greens - Royal Society is clear: deniers mischief makers [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00018.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0807/S00201.htm
WORLD
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UN
To Do List: Climate Change, Reform, Food Crisis Top UN
Agenda - "Climate change poses special threats
and places extra demands on a considerable group of
countries. For them the threat is far from abstract and
remote, but clear and present and may already affect the
actual livelihoods of their people." - United Nations. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00267.htm
Group
Of Eight: An Exercise In Escapism, No Meaningful
Action - "G8 leaders have failed to put on the
table any viable proposal and binding commitment to cut
carbon emissions, finance adaptation to global warming, or
ensure access to low carbon technology for sustained
progress in developing countries." - ActionAid. More
>> [1]
OTHER VOICES
- G8 Commitment To Global Health Lauded By Agencies [2]
- UN Agency Says G8 Leaders 'Missed Opportunity' [3]
- G8 Summit Made A Good Start Tackling Global Crises, Says Ban. [4]
- G8 Must Not Forget Poor Crippled By Food Crisis - Oxfam [5]
- G8 Using Food Crisis To Push Same Failed Policies - ActionAid [6]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00277.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00280.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00263.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00259.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00253.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00252.htm
Property
Division: Israel Continues Illegal Wall, Defying
International Court Of Justice - On the 4th
anniversary of the landmark ruling by the International
Court of Justice (ICJ), which found that Israel's
construction of the Wall in the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem is illegal under international law, the harmful
impact of the Wall and its associated regime on the rights
of Palestinian children is exposed. A group is challenging
Israel's continued construction of the Wall in total
disregard of the 2004 ICJ advisory opinion. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00283.htm
State
Department: United States Policy Toward The Islamic
Republic of Iran - "While skepticism about the
Iranian regime's reaction to international incentives is
almost always a safe bet, we are working with our partners
in an intense public diplomacy campaign to explain what
we're offering directly to the Iranian people." - William J.
Burns, U.S. State Dept. More
>> [1]
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00267.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0807/S00262.htm
COMMENT
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Suzan
Mazur E-Book In Six Parts: - (1). An
Exposé Of The Evolution Industry [1] , (2) Will
the Real Theory of Evolution Please Stand Up? [2] , (3)
Evo
Exposé: M. Pigliucci & M. Piattelli-Palmarini [3] , Mazur:
Rare Chat W/ R. Lewontin & A. Lima-De-Faria (4)
[4]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00057.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00057.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00071.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00077.htm
LIFESTYLE
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Film
Fest Review: Up The Yangtze: A Surreal Journey To
Modernity - Review: Natasha Burling writes that
Up the Yangtze, screening at the Auckland International Film
Festival, takes us on the surreal journey of China's drive
towards modernity with two teenagers affected by their
nation's ambition. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00084.htm
Computers:
Youth Violence Not Expected To Result From Cyber
Games - Nearly 800 competitors are set to
battle around the clock this weekend for a place on the New
Zealand team for the 2008 World Cyber Games. Starting
tomorrow (11 July) at the TelstraClear Pacific Events
Centre, the New Zealand World Cyber Games Qualifiers gives
Kiwi gamers the chance to represent New Zealand at the
e-sports equivalent of the Olympic Games. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00097.htm
Plucking Good Times: Fiddling Fun Heading To
Nelson - One of New Zealand's most promising
young violinists will be in Nelson this weekend to perform
at the School of Music's Winter Festival concert featuring
the Nelson Symphony Orchestra. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00093.htm
Tributes: Best Fake Abba Show Ever To Hit
NZ - After a highly successful run on London's
West End and record-breaking seasons throughout Europe,
South America and Australia, ABBA MANIA is about to take
over New Zealand from October 8. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00091.htm
Film
Festival: River Of No Return - An Autobiographical
Doco - Auckland International Film Festival:
River of No Return is a fascinating look at the life of an
aspiring aboriginal actress who dares to dream beyond the
vast countryside that surrounds her in the Northern
Territory of Australia. More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00075.htm
Fashion:
Style Christchurch Designers List "Second To
None" - Style Christchurch 2008 is pleased to
announce the final list of designers who will show at this
year's big 'Finale Show' on November 7th... More
>> [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00087.htm
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