Tobacco Inquiry: Maori Select Committee Told Of Need To End Tobacco
Public health researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington have called for a clear Government plan to totally phase-out commercial tobacco sales in New Zealand by 2020. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00095.htm

Shouting 'Fire!': Union Questions Limits On Fire Response
New Zealand Fire Service Management are intimidating operational Firefighters by threatening them with disciplinary action if they respond more fire appliances to emergency incidents than that provided for in their recent nationwide instruction. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00604.htm

Health Targets: Waikato DHB Improves In All Six Areas
Waikato District Health Board improved in each one of the six national health targets released today by the Minister of Health. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00099.htm

Waikato tops the Country with Cancer services
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00102.htm

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HBDHB makes big gains in health targets [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00100.htm [2]

Conservation: Forest & Bird Calls For Action Over Dolphins
Forest & Bird calls on the Ministers of Fisheries and Conservation to better protect New Zealand’s endangered Hector’s dolphins following news of two dolphin deaths in fishing nets, kept quiet by the Government until today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00194.htm

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National Party Members Reject ETS [2]

ETS will cost Kiwis $527 million in its first year [3]

Emissions trading – world famous in New Zealand [4]

Protest ETS Introduction [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00253.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00579.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00536.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00147.htm [5]

Military: Rotation To Timor-Leste Halved
The improved security environment in Timor-Leste means New Zealand can cut back the size of its military deployment there, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00257.htm

Scoop Audio: Pre-Budget Announcement On KiwiRail
The Government has announced a $250m investment in the nation’s rail infrastructure, saying it will increase the country’s productivity and economic growth. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00144.htm

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A real commitment needed for rail to meet future [2]

Much needed rail investment encouraging [3]

KiwiRail tender may see some work done locally [4]

$250m Lifeline for KiwiRail Provides Options [5]

Rail investment welcome but more needed [6]

KiwiRail to get $750m boost [7]

Budget 2010 [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00254.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00171.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00161.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00173.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00538.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36355.html [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html [8]

Gordon Campbell: On John Key's Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts
When asked by Scoop at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference to name a couple of countries where tax cuts had resulted in economic growth, Prime Minister John Key cited the United States. Surprising ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/gordon-campbell-shifting-rationales-for-tax-cuts/

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Top tax rate cut to help halt brain drain: Key [2]

Government ignores systemic tax crime [3]

John Key defends inequality [4]

The poor, women, Maori, Pacific workers core too [5]

Budget must try harder on high youth unemployment [6]

Jamais vu [7]

PM’s Presser – Leaky Home Loan Scheme [8]

R2.co.nz Video PM's Presser 17/5/10 - Leaky Homes [9]

Budget 2010: What's instore for landlords and tenants? [10]

Budget 2010 [11]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/17/top-tax-rate-cut-to-help-halt-brain-drain-key/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00241.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00242.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00160.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00169.htm [6]

[7] - http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/jamais-vu-2/" target="_blank [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00139.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00141.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36346.html [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html [11]

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Scoop Coverage: Budget 2010

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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/budget2010.html

Scoop Business: NZ Still In The Top 20, But Only Just: IMD
Weak capital markets, management skills, and export performance are the biggest factors behind New Zealand’s slide five places down the rankings on the IMD World Competitiveness Index, released tonight, on the eve of the John Key-led government’s second Budget. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/20/nz-still-in-the-top-20-but-only-just-imd/

ALSO:

Competitiveness decline is concerning [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00613.htm [2]

Low Finance: SFO Lays New Charges Against Bridgecorp
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today announced additional charges were being brought against Bridgecorp Managing Director, Rodney Petricevic, and Finance Director, Robert Roest. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00576.htm

ALSO:

NZ dollar drops below 69 cents after RBNZ report [2]

Financial system outlook improved - Bollard [3]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/19/nz-dollar-drops-below-69-cents-after-rbnz-report/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36382.html [3]

On The Interphone Study: Mobile Phones And Cancer Risk
Increasing mobile phone use has led to public concern about possible cancer risks. The long-anticipated Interphone study is the largest, most comprehensive study on the risks to date, published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00043.htm

ALSO:

Warnings on mobile phones needed [2]

Heavy cellphone use linked to brain cancer [3]

Teenagers Get Brain Injuries Too [4]

Communicate with your young person [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00244.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/lifestyle/36349.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00093.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00101.htm [5]

Pre-Budget Taxonomy Announcement: NZ Sponge Is One Of The Top 10 Species Finalists
New Zealand sponge is one of the Top 10 species finalists A New Zealand sponge has been selected for the prestigious international Top 10 species of the year. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00041.htm

Scoop Business: NZ Broadband Hindered By Lack Of Infrastructure
New Zealand’s broadband is getting better, but more money needs to go into backhaul and core infrastructure outside Auckland, according to the Commerce Commission. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/nz-broadband-hindered-by-lack-of-infrastructure/

Scoop Business: NZ Economic Flux Spurs Upgrades, Downgrades
New Zealand’s business environment is clearly in a state of flux, prompting credit reporting agency Dun & Bradstreet to downgrade the risk profile of 9,000 companies while upgrading 10,500 firms. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/nz-economic-flux-spurs-upgrades-downgrades-db/

Electricity: Reforms Will Make Market "Increasingly Volatile"
Trustpower has become the latest power company to confirm that Gerry Brownlee's proposed energy reforms will lead to higher power bills for Kiwi families, Labour’s energy spokesman Charles Chauvel said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00231.htm

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Satire from Lyndon Hood: Sweeping Taxonomy Changes Planned For Budget 2010
What may have begun as a typographic error has been embraced by the Government, with the budget tipped to see a sweeping ''rebalancing'' of the taxonomy system. The biological classification system, which arranges all living organisms by ranks such as kingdom... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00152.htm

Gordon Campbell: Shifting Rationales For Tax Cuts
When asked by Scoop at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference to name a couple of countries where tax cuts had resulted in economic growth, Prime Minister John Key cited the United States. Surprising, given that
(a) over half of the benefits from the Bush tax cut programme... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/05/18/gordon-campbell-shifting-rationales-for-tax-cuts/

Martin LeFevre: The Dark Night of Man’s Soul
After some strong insights and strange events with a friend, I go to the parkland for a sitting and walk. The place is stupendous following another late-season storm this morning—redolent, lush, quiet, and mysterious. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00151.htm

Richard S. Ehrlich: Reds' Weapon Of Choice - Burning Barricades
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Black smoke billows from burning tires in the streets, creating small volcanoes fed by angry Red Shirt protesters armed with Molotov cocktails, slingshots and fireworks against trained snipers and inexperienced troops. Survival amid Bangkok's ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00146.htm

Martin LeFevre: Fifty Million Gallons And Counting
So far, fifty million gallons of oil have gushed forth from a mile down in the Gulf of Mexico. BP and its associates have opened a hole to hell, but the oil execs before Congress last week were only interested in media manipulation. Their testimony before ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00128.htm

Besieged in Bangkok: The Continuing Red Shirt Revolt
The situation in Bangkok is escalating after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva withdrew an earlier offer to hold elections later this year. The set date – November 14 – has now been abandoned. The plot thickens as the Red Shirt protesters are gathering ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00135.htm

Joan Brunwasser IV: Rabbi Michael Lerner on Upcoming National Interfaith Conference
My guest today is Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine and co-chair of The Network of Spiritual Progressives [NSP]. Welcome to OpEdNews, Michael. NSP is hosting a national interfaith conference in June. Can you tell our readers about... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00132.htm

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Scoop Review: Lullaby Jock At Downstage
''Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn.'' Lullaby Jock at Downstage is a rollicking good yarn with plenty of laughs but perhaps Simon Ferry should have let a little compassion get in the way of his good yarn. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00160.htm

Books: Old Hu-Hu Takes Out Top Kids' Literature Prize
Central Otago writer, Kyle Mewburn and Wellington illustrator, Rachel Driscoll have won the country’s highest accolade in children’s literature, the New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Award for their picture book, Old Hu-Hu. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00220.htm

Whose House? Removal Of Sir Edmund Hillary’s House
The long awaited move of the house of Sir Edmund Hillary will take place tomorrow [Wednesday]. Students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, the future site for the house, will acknowledge Sir Edmund’s legacy as the building is removed at 10.30am. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00141.htm

Employment: Anglicization Of Names On CVs
Many migrant job seekers, more usually those from Asian backgrounds, still experience a level of discrimination when applying for jobs. This can be at the very early stages of the selection process, when they submit their CVs and applications to employers. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00304.htm

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Arts Festival Review: The Arrival [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00144.htm [2]

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