Gordon Campbell: On The Child Abuse Scandal Within The Catholic Church
At the school I attended as a child, any and all queries by parents about the standard of teaching or the content of the syllabus would be met by the stock response: “Take your child elsewhere, then.” End of criticism, since to be Catholic meant an obligation to raise one’s children as Catholic, and taking the child to a state school would put at risk their immortal soul. In the smallest and in the largest detail, the power of the Catholic clergy was, as remains, absolute.A trivial example to be sure – but one typical of the mindset that I believe to lie at the heart of the child abuse scandal that is now shaking the Catholic Church. More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/04/06/g-campbell-catholic-churchs-child-abuse-scandal/

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NZ POLITICS

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Q+A’s Panel With Paul Holmes [2]

Australia Attacks Key’s Whaling Plans [3]

NZ’s Stance About Saving Face In Tokyo, Not Whales [4]

NZ Must Take Firm Line In Peter Bethune Case [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00035.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00034.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00036.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00026.htm [5]

Crime Statistics: Violent Crime Keeps On Rising
The 2009 calendar year crime statistics today showed violent offending increased 9.2 percent last year – a rise driven mostly by recorded family violence. Police resolved 14,199 more offences in 2009 (215,618) than in 2008 (201,419), to increase the national resolution rate from 46.7 percent to 47.8 percent – the highest since electronic records began in 1978. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00009.htm

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An equal society is a safe society [2]

Decisive Action Needed To Tackle Violent Crime [3]

Leaked crime statistics report misleading [4]

Highest Resolution Rate on Record for Police [5]

BOP drug operation makes continued inroads [6]

Two aggravated robberies in two hours [7]

Culpable Death Report [8]

Concerned at risk drivers taking to avoid arrest [9]

Canterbury District [10]

Mayor Ogden welcomes drop in crime [11]

Stop the war on our people [12]

Crime Statistics Shame Our Country [13]

Rising numbers mean more work [14]

Excusing crime directly responsible for crime rate [15]

Police Chase Rethink Praised [16]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00014.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00025.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00010.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00011.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00021.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00373.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00007.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00024.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00003.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00008.htm [11]

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00499.htm [12]

[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00022.htm [13]

[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00011.htm [14]

[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00022.htm [15]

[16] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00023.htm [16]

April 1: Greens Explore Various Options
The Greens have appointed the following new spokespeople: Kennedy Graham (International Transport); Russel Norman (Water-based Transport); David Clendon (Motorbike Transport); Catherine Delahunty (Time Transport); and Metiria Turei (Active Transport except cycling or walking - eg Roller Derby). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00012.htm

ALSO:

Two trees for Auckland's One Tree Hill [2]

Shotover Jet sets sights on Formula 1 motor racing [3]

Floating hotel and golf course for Lyttelton [4]

Rahui Katene: Canterbury Regional Council Bill [5]

Govt torpedoes own flagship water reform group [6]

Positive developments in the ECan saga [7]

Environment Canterbury Fired [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00001.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00007.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00025.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00008.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00012.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00027.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00322.htm [8]

'Public Domain' ... ish: Govt Foreshore And Seabed Discussion Doc
In announcing the Government is seeking public feedback on options to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act, Prime Minister John Key says it is important for all New Zealanders to see the matter resolved effectively once and for all... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00499.htm

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Bullying no way to start Foreshore and Seabed [2]

Repeal one step closer to a reality [3]

Dunne welcomes return of public domain [4]

Ultimate solution turns out to be platitudes [5]

National window dressing on Seabed and Foreshore [6]

Foreshore and Seabed solution “best compromise” [7]

Serious Flaws in Foreshore Plan [8]

Foreshore and Seabed stepping stone [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00498.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00500.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00503.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00517.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00502.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1003/S00152.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00500.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00004.htm [9]

Govt: No one should own the foreshore
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/34576.html

ALSO:

Reviewing the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 [2]

Foreshore & Seabed v2.0 [3]

[2] - http://www.justice.govt.nz/policy-and-consultation/reviewing-the-foreshore-and-seabed-act-2004" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/03/foreshore-seabed-v20.html" target="_blank [3]

Not April Fools Joke: National Govt Consults On Tobacco Display Ban
Consultation will begin this week on a proposal to ban the display of tobacco products in all retail outlets in New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00495.htm

ALSO:

Barnados endorses revisiting tobacco display ban [2]

Ban tobacco displays says child health group [3]

Smoking Rates Track Down [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00021.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1004/S00007.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1004/S00005.htm [4]

Rugby Song: Hating On The Feelers Such A Safe Bet, Even Jim Anderton's Doing It
“I would like to nominate Gary McCormick for New Zealand’s poet laureate because of his determination to campaign against the Rugby World Cup’s choice of theme song – an English song that sounds like an old beer ad from the 1990s,” says Jim Anderton. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00002.htm

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ACTA-vism: InternetNZ Submission On Copyright Treaty
“Changes that reduce the access the public have to creative content must only be considered where strong evidence suggests they are needed. That evidence simply does not exist.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00041.htm

Scoop Business: Tough Times Persist For SMEs
Small, medium-sized firms and those without national reach are still doing it tough, as the gap between hopes and the reality of economic recovery remains wide, according to the latest quarterly survey of business opinion from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/04/06/tough-times-persist-for-smes-qsbo/

ALSO:

Auctions Least Effective - Survey [2]

March Monthly Economic Indicatiors (MEI) [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00048.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00076.htm [3]

Farmers' Markets: The $40,000 Easter Trading Facts
Farmers' Markets New Zealand (FMNZ) that represents 50 farmers' markets from Invercargill to Bay of Islands is supporting it member markets who trade on Easter Sunday. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00047.htm

ALSO:

Easter Trading Issues Far Worse, Govt Must Step In [2]

Dept Of Labour Tries To Spin Easter Prosecutions [3]

Easter trading rule changes will be opposed [4]

Easter trading laws a "tricky issue" - John Key [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00032.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00036.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00636.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/34763.html [5]

Weather In March: Good Drying Weather
Extremely dry in the north and east of the North Island, and parts of Canterbury and Otago. A record dry March for Auckland. Wet in Fiordland and parts of Southland. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00002.htm

ALSO:

2009 a benign year for natural disaster claims [2]

NZ businesses optimistic, investments lag [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00001.htm [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/31/nz-businesses-optimistic-investments-lag/ [3]

Get Trucked: Heavier Trucks "Will Bring Real Productivity Gains"
A new permit system allowing heavy vehicles to operate outside the current mass and dimension limits will deliver real gains for both the economy and the travelling public, says Transport Minister Steven Joyce. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00493.htm

ALSO:

Big trucks are big trouble [2]

Heavier truck permits welcomed by freight sector [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00505.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00861.htm [3]

Tax: April 1 Changes "Promote Fairness"
Tax changes taking effect tomorrow are in line with the Government’s vision to make the tax system fairer and encourage productivity through saving and enterprise, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00491.htm

Security: Minister To Recommend Cameras In Taxis
Transport Minister Steven Joyce today met with representatives from the taxi industry to discuss a report from officials recommending that security cameras are made mandatory in all taxis operating in our major towns and cities. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00488.htm

ALSO:

Southern Police Urge Motorists to Take Care [2]

Plan Ahead for Easter Traffic [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00374.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00365.htm [3]

Pounamu: Police Seize Unique And Valuable Snowflake
Police today executed search warrants at commercial pounamu retail and manufacturing outlets at Hokitika where a substantial quantity of the unique variety of “snowflake” pounamu or greenstone was seized. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00844.htm

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Michael Collins: Army Intel ACORNing WikiLeaks?
U.S. Army Counterterrorism issued a report that said WikiLeaks is a threat to U.S. security, particularly in Afghanistan. The report says that the organization should be destroyed and offered a plan. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00313.htm

ALSO:

Collateral Murder [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00055.htm [2]

Anne Else: Mining The Land And Undermining The Children
What do conservation estates and domestic purposes beneficiaries have in common? Both of them look after the country’s most valuable assets. But you wouldn’t know it from the way John Key and his government have been acting lately. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00303.htm

Obama’s Health Plan: The Continuing Battle
Modest gains in health tend to look miraculous in American political theatre. President Barack Obama has every reason to be relieved, at least for the moment. Health care, the poisoned chalice of many a Presidential administration, has not, as yet, polluted... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00286.htm

ALSO:

Obama signs Health Care Bill [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00282.htm [2]

John Minto: Domebusters Provide Better Security Than The SAS
It’s disappointing that despite the events of last week most New Zealanders wouldn’t know of Katharine Gun. I’m not aware of her name appearing anywhere in mainstream newspapers or radio and yet she gave crucial evidence in the Wellington District ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00278.htm

ALSO:

Ploughshares Trial Closes [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00217.htm [2]

Paul Buchanan: A Corporate Makeover For The NZSIS
Paul Buchanan analyses the recent annual report of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, unearths some surprising covert additions, and writes: it represents the latest statement of the corporate reform project at work within the NZSIS... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00281.htm

Professor Wadan Narsey: The pros and cons of a military regime
Professor Wadan Narsey writes that Fiji’s prime minister and military regime leader Bainimarama must relax censorship of the Pacific state’s media so that the public interest can be served through robust and critical... More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/03/fiji-the-pros-and-cons-and-cons-of-a-military-regime/

Bailing Out The Greeks: The Revolt In The Eurozone
Financial woes have a habit of spoiling summit parties. The European Commission is now in an ongoing debate as to whether its meeting should be used to come to an arrangement co-ordinating package loans to assist Greece out of its deepening financial hole. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00243.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Last Pope? Part Two
- The church that Jesus supposedly formed by telling his disciple Peter, “thou art Peter, and upon this rock I build my church,” is rife with pedophiliac priests, cover-up cardinals, and a pusillanimous pope. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00271.htm

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John Minto: Funerals Are For The Living
Funerals have come a long way since I was a boy. I was often called out of school to perform the role of altar boy at funeral services for local Catholic parishioners in South Dunedin and they were all similar mundane affairs. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00012.htm

Carnival: Thousands Flock To National Jazz Festival
Around 20,000 people enjoyed sunshine and jazz music at the National Jazz Festival’s Downtown Carnival today in Tauranga. The carnival is a free event as part of the National Jazz Festival and continues on Sunday with four stages featuring a diverse range of jazz music styles. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00037.htm

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The Chris Knox Benefit at Le Poisson Rouge Has Already Raised $40,545 [2]

[2] - http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/03/the_chris_knox.php" target="_blank [2]

Late Night Lulz: Thank God It's...Improv! Starts At Bats Friday
This show kicks-off our regular monthly shows at BATS where WIT's finest performers will weave together, from audiences suggestions, a delightful night of stories, songs and sagas. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00396.htm

ALSO:

Micetro [2]

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1002/S00087.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00418.htm [3]

Gambling: Spend Down A Little In 2008/09
Statistics released today show New Zealanders’ gambling expenditure in 2008/09 decreased by less than one per cent on the previous year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00407.htm

ALSO:

Aligning gambling venue policies not considered [2]

‘Glamorous’ pokies the scourge of Maori communities [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00347.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.newswire.co.nz/2010/03/%e2%80%98glamorous%e2%80%99-pokies/" target="_blank [3]

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WORLD

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Scoop Report: Wikileaks 'Collateral Murder' Press Conference
Michael Collins: Julian Assange and Wikileaks kept their promise of February 20 by releasing a video tape that shows civilians and reporter deaths from an attack by United States forces. The tape was presented at a 9:00 am press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00015.htm

ALSO:

OnPoint: Iraq, from the air [2]

Harvard's Gitmo Kangaroo Law School [3]

ACORNing WikiLeaks? Web Publisher Under Attack [4]

NYTimes.com: U.S. Admits Role in Killing of Afghan Women [5]

[2] - http://publicaddress.net/6553#post6553" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00014.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00313.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/world/asia/06afghan.html" target="_blank [5]

Online News: Net News Likely To Stay Free In NZ
AUCKLAND (NZ Herald/Pacific Media Watch): Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has upped the ante over free news content on the web. Murdoch's News Corp is to charge £1 ($2.11) a day and £2 a week for people to read the Times and Sunday Times websites. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00024.htm

Terrorism: Condemnation Of Deadly Subway Bombings In Moscow
The United Nations refugee chief has added his voice to the chorus of international condemnation at this week’s suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system, describing the twin attacks as “an appalling and heartless crime.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00007.htm

United Nations: Ban And French Leader Discuss Haiti, Iran, Climate
This week’s international donors’ conference for Haiti topped the agenda during talks between Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at United Nations Headquarters in New York. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00004.htm

Terrorism: UN Chief Deplores Deadly Bombings In Moscow
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned this morning’s twin suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system that have killed dozens of people and injured scores more. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00572.htm

ALSO:

Bombings in Moscow [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00579.htm [2]

Genocide: Massacre In Remote Northeast Of DR Congo Continues
United Nations inquiries are continuing into a recent massacre of civilians in the remote northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reportedly by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a UN spokesperson confirmed today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00577.htm

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