AmazonGate-Gate: Murdoch Sorry For ClimateGate - ACT's Turn Now?
The Green Party is calling on climate deniers like the ACT Party to apologise to the New Zealand climate scientists whose reputations they tried to besmirch in light of the grovelling apology by Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers in the UK over AmazonGate ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00451.htm

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Spreading The Word [2]

ETS kicks in on Thursday [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00801.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37912.html [3]

Policing: Safety Orders Will Protect Victims, Kick People Out Of House Without Charge
As of July 1 police have the ability to issue a Police Safety Order (PSO) which requires any person who represents a threat to leave the premises for up to five days. It also protects the person at risk by putting in place standard conditions that mirror those in Protection Orders, for the duration of the PSO. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00297.htm

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‘Magic’ levy no compensation for abuse survivors [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00461.htm [2]

PM's Presser: Smoking Ban Won’t Put Guards At Risk
Prime Minister John Key says the Government’s partial ban on tobacco in prisons from next year won’t put guards in danger. Corrections Minister Judith Collins on Monday announced plans to add tobacco to the list of contraband items in prisons, saying it would improve staff and inmates’ health and reduce their exposure to secondhand smoke… More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00203.htm

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Collins announces 'total ban' on smoking in prisons [2]

Key: Protest won't stop oil drilling [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37909.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37908.html [3]

Energy Policy: Important True Facts About Petroleum Exploration
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has today moved to clarify a number of issues around the government’s issuing of a petroleum exploration permit to Brazilian company Petrobras for 12,333 square kilometres in the Raukumara Basin off the North Island’s East Cape. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00435.htm

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Brownlee thinks he knows best for East Coast [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00428.htm [2]

East Coast protests against oil exploration
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37869.html

Corrections: Plan To Stub Out Inmates
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is welcoming the announcement by Corrections Minister Judith Collins on a smoking ban for prisons. ASH is urging for support for prisoners to quit smoking, including access to a full range of smoking cessation nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) so smokers do not have to quit cold turkey. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00111.htm" name="smoking

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Smoking ban will make prisons safer [2]

Prisoner Smoking ban set for 1 July 2011 [3]

Minister opens new drug treatment unit [4]

NZMA Supports Smokefree Prisons [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00430.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00292.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00397.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00112.htm [5]

Smoking in prisons could be banned by 2011
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37893.html

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Smoking bans and crime: post hoc ergo propter hoc [2]

National Cuts Four Frontline Services A Month [3]

Govt: Several hundred more jobs to go [4]

Q+A's Guyon Espiner Interviews Rodney Hide [5]

Holmes Interviews Bruce Hawker [6]

Q+A's Holmes With Peter Blake Medal Recipients [7]

[2] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/smoking-bans-and-crime-post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00425.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37849.html [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00276.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00275.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00277.htm [7]

ACC: Penalty Plan "Displays Gross Ignorance Of Public Hospitals"
“John Judge, Chair of the ACC, has missed the plot with his statement that public hospitals and doctors should be financially penalised when patients have treatment injuries,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00283.htm

Vigils: Happy Birthday, Honduras Coup!
The Latin American Committee and the Wellington Zapatista Support Group are holding a vigil at lunchtime today outside the NZPA, Wellington to mark the passing of one year since the military coup which overthrew the Constitutional President of Honduras, to protest the lack of adequate press coverage in New Zealand of subsequent events in Honduras, and to commemmorate the dead. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00281.htm

ALSO:

Honduras Attempted Military Coup Underway [2]

Honduras – how un-coup! [3]

The Battle for Honduras [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00303.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00010.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00237.htm [4]

Wansolwara Special Report: Prostitution – An Unwanted But Growing Pacific Industry
Prostitution is a problem causing major concerns across the Pacific. Various research reports have been published, detailing the seriousness of the issue. Across the region, poverty, unemployment and low wages are driving sex work. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/wansolwara-special-report-prostitution-an-unwanted-but-growing-industry/

Scoop Audio: Carter Settles Account In Expenses Scandal
Labour MP Chris Carter called a press conference Friday to formally offer a “sincere” apology for his misuse of ministerial expenses. Scoop audio of the Q&A session follows. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00418.htm

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Mike Williams: Pigs at the trough and wannabe thespians [2]

[2] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/pigs-at-the-trough-and-wannabe-thespians" target="_blank [2]

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Scoop Business: Best St Laurence Debentures Can Get Is 32 Cents
Secured debenture holders of failed finance company St Laurence Ltd. will get 15 cents to 22 cents in the dollar back from their investment provided the receivers can sell remaining assets in an orderly fashion. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/best-st-laurence-debentures-can-get-is-32-cents/

Scoop Business: Gibbs, ‘Fired For Telling The Truth,’ Keeps Chairmanships Of Tower, T&G
Tony Gibbs says he was “fired for telling the truth” from the board of Guinness Peat Group, ending a 20-year association with Ron Brierley after making an unauthorized statement objecting to the investment company’s plan to spin off its Australian assets. Image: TV3 More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/gibbs-says-he-was-%e2%80%98fired-for-telling-the-truth%e2%80%99/#more-24910

ALSO:

Gibbs dumped from GPG board over demerger stoush [2]

GPG’s Gibbs “not ashamed” to have broken ranks [3]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/29/gibbs-dumped-from-gpg-board-over-demerger-stoush/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/28/gpgs-gibbs-not-ashamed-to-have-broken-ranks/ [3]

Scoop Business: May Wang’s Creditors Accept Settlement
Creditors of May Wang, the businesswomen who has fronted a plan to buy $1.5 billion of dairy assets including the Crafar farms, voted to accept a repayment scheme that will allow her to avoid bankruptcy. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/28/may-wang%e2%80%99s-creditors-accept-settlement/

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Who is May Wang? - Campbell Live [2]

[2] - http://www.3news.co.nz/Who-is-May-Wang/tabid/817/articleID/155450/Default.aspx" target="_blank [2]

Public Image: Wattie’s Crowned Country’s Most Trusted Brand
Kiwi icon Wattie’s has been voted New Zealand’s number one trusted brand in the annual Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Survey; released today in the July issue of Reader’s Digest New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00771.htm

Not Technically Crabs: King Of The Crabs
“We are the king crab capital of the world,” says NIWA scientist, Dr Shane Ahyong. He has recently formally described 14 species that are new to science. “From a diversity perspective it’s just fantastic,” he says. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00046.htm

Scoop Business: Gibbs Puts Up New Plan After GPG Demerger Panned
Guinness Peat Group’s Tony Gibbs has heeded the calls of local investors and backed away from a proposal to carve out the Australian assets into a separate listed entity. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/25/gibbs-puts-up-new-plan-after-gpg-demerger-panned/

Saturday Night: Partial Eclipse Of The Moon
New Zealanders will get the rare opportunity to observe a partial lunar eclipse in their skies on Saturday the 26th of June. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00020.htm

Interest-ing: Goff On Monetary Policy (And ETS)
Labour Leader Phil Goff has told farmers today that Labour will create a monetary policy environment that better supports exporters, and says he has a Bill ready to support broader objectives for the Reserve Bank. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00386.htm

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Labour will clarify Reserve Bank’s authority [2]

Goff’s announcement will split the business vote [3]

Carter: Speech to Federated Farmers National Conference [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00390.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00253.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00399.htm [4]

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Binoy Kampmark: The Resignation of Stanley McChrystal
Bitter wars often result in bitter decisions between civilian commanders and their military subordinates. Dissatisfied commanders in the field can stray. Comments can be made out of turn. General Stanley McChrystal’s resignation as the United States’ ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00193.htm

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Obama Accepts McChrystal's Resignation [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00187.htm [2]

John Minto: Learning From Cuba
Ask most people about Cuba and they’ll tell you it’s a socialist country with Fidel Castro as head, big Cuban cigars, old 1950’s cars and great music courtesy of such groups as the Bueno Vista Social club. Except for Fidel, who has been replaced ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00188.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Observer is an Infinite Regress
Is the brain capable of observing without an observer? What is the observer? What part does it play in the division, conflict, and fragmentation of the world? These are crucial questions, not only for awakening the meditative state, or even for psychological ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00195.htm

California Dreaming: The Hunt for a Russian Silicon Valley
When Petty officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns took a photo of the Russian Federation Navy Missile Cruiser Varyag on June 20, it proved quite a sight. Small Coast Guard boats provided a seemingly unnecessary zone of security around the vessel as it powered ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00194.htm

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Stateside: Eeeeeen Viiiiiiiiivo! [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00155.htm [2]

Martin LeFevre: Mandela, Obama, And Greatness
“Invictus” is the latest in Clint Eastwood’s streak of good to excellent directorial forays in the autumn of his career. Though a bit lumbering, predictable, and sentimental, it’s worth two hours of your life, if only to ponder the arc of Nelson Mandela’s ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00179.htm

Toni Solo: Varieties of imperial decline - deficits for oligarchs, cuts for the plebs
The conventional view of deficits resulting from public sector borrowing is that excessive deficits absorb financial resources available for private sector investment, tending to drive up interest rates. That supposedly affects the economy's ability ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00176.htm

Michael Collins: Elena Kagan - Willing Accomplice
Should Elena Kagan be approved as a justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States? As it turns out there's a supremely simple method of testing her suitability. Once applied, citizens of any political persuasion will see that her nomination should ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00174.htm

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Prize Capture Technology: NZ Short Film Wins At Computer Animation Festival
NZ short film Poppy has been awarded the Computer Animation Festival's Jury Prize ahead of the SIGGRAPH 2010 International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, which is being held in Los Angeles on the 25th – 29th July. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00368.htm

Roasts: Radio Host Off Air Following Roast Remarks
The New Zealand Jewish Council and the New Zealand Aids Foundation will receive written apologies from both broadcaster David Fane and his employer, The Radio Network, today and the radio host will be suspended for the remainder of the week. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00802.htm

Cookery: NZ Culinary Win Involved Pork, Apparently
Close though it was, the crackling crumbled New Zealand’s way, leaving the Australian chefs pondering their continuing run of bad luck in international contests and the home team captain, Aoraki Polytechnic’s head of Hotel School Steve Le Corre, bringing home the bacon. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00353.htm

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Gov-Gen congratulates the All Whites on campaign [2]

We’ve all lived and loved the All Whites dream [3]

World Cup Results Give NZ Football A Huge Boost [4]

World Cup heroes: event planning underway [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00265.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00413.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00338.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00286.htm [5]

Fans celebrate All Whites performance
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/37813.html

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World Cup 2010 And The All Whites [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00114.htm [2]

Weather: Snow Blankets Queenstown Ski Areas
Skiers and riders in Queenstown were delighted to wake up to their favourite ski areas blanketed in new snow this morning - the result of a Southerly blast whipping its way up the South Island. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00307.htm

Heavy snow fall wrecks havoc on South Island roads
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37739.html

Electronic Texts: NZ Books Old And New Online
meBooks, in collaboration with Victoria University Press, has now started selling eBook versions of contemporary New Zealand literature. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00657.htm

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Bright Stars Dance During Matariki [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00386.htm [2]

Statistics: Gooooooooooooaal!
A new poll shows interest in soccer soaring, with more New Zealanders interested in the All Whites’ performance at the World Cup than the All Blacks’ performance in either the Ireland / Wales tests or in the upcoming Tri-nations. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00301.htm

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Volunteer Football Fever [2]

SCOOP IMAGES: All Whites defeat Bahrain, qualify for World Cup [3]

Imperator Fish: All Whites Praise John Key After Italy Game [4]

World Cup 2010 And The All Whites [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00300.htm [2]

[3] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=16001 [3]

[4] - http://www.imperatorfish.com/2010/06/all-whites-praise-john-key-after-italy.html" target="_blank [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00114.htm [5]

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WSPA: Tragic Day For Humpback Whales
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) today buckled under pressure from Denmark when it narrowly approved a proposal for Greenland to hunt nine humpback whales each year for the next three years, supposedly for subsistence use. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00545.htm

United Kingdom: 2010 Budget: Responsibility, Freedom, Fairness
The Budget shows how the Government will make the tough choices required to tackle Britain’s record deficit. It sets out a plan to get the public finances back under control, and provides a springboard for a private sector-led recovery with balanced ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00439.htm

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