Werewolf: Gordon Campbell Interviews Grant Robertson
While the Labour Party and its leader still languish in the doldrums of public opinion, some newer members of the Labour caucus are making a pretty good claim to rehabilitation.In fact, if Labour is ever again going to appeal to the public as a viable alternative government, it could largely be thanks to this band of relatively new MPs – headed by Grant Robertson, Charles Chauvel, Clare Curran, Phil Twyford and David Shearer. More »[1]

[1] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/labouring-in-the-trenches/

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Questions for Oral Answer - 30 June 2010 [2]

Questions and Answers - 29 June 2010 [3]

Today In Parliament 29.06.10 [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00477.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00475.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00215.htm [4]

Scoop Images: Pay Equity Protest Rocks
The lawn outside Parliament on Wednesday was immaculate as always, but that didn’t stop several dozen demonstrators poring over it in search of a way to close New Zealand’s gender pay gap. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00226.htm

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NZ Lacks Expertise To Cope With Oil Spill - Expert [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00003.htm [2]

Voting Rights: Prisoner Disqualification Strongly Opposed
A Bill before Parliament which would remove the right of anyone serving a term of imprisonment to register as an elector has been described as an “unnecessary and retrograde step” by the New Zealand Law Society. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00313.htm

Pacific.Scoop: Media Restrictions In Fiji Analysed By Amnesty
Amnesty International has taken a staunch position against Fiji’s military government, stating that a new law that came into effect on June 25 will further restrict Fiji’s fourth estate from doing its job. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/media-restrictions-in-fiji-analysed-by-amnesty-international/

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Media freedom and transparency: How the Fiji regime's censorship contradicts the People's Charter [2]

Fiji paper given 3 months to ditch owner Rupert Murdoch [3]

[2] - http://cafepacific.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-fiji-regimes-censorship-contradicts.html" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/37946.html [3]

Primary Health: 1,400 Signed Up To Voluntary Bonding Scheme
The Government's voluntary bonding scheme for graduate doctors, nurses and midwives has been over subscribed for the second year in a row with a total of around 1,400 graduates now accepted into the scheme, says Health Minister Tony Ryall. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00457.htm

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Bonding attracts midwives & nurses to C&CDHB [2]

Minister denies the obvious on rural doctors [3]

NZ ETS: Huge Expense For No Gain [4]

Spreading The Word [5]

ETS costs add winter of discontent for consumers [6]

ETS kicks in on Thursday [7]

Key to power co's - don't abuse ETS for profit [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00466.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00460.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00443.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00801.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00841.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37912.html [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/37958.html [8]

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]

More support for victims of crime
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37948.html

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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Time For Evolution To A Tobacco Free Nation [2]

Collins announces 'total ban' on smoking in prisons [3]

Key: Protest won't stop oil drilling [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00303.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37909.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/37908.html [4]

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

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Scoop Business: Fonterra Flies Stock Trading Kite
Fonterra Cooperative Group urged its farmer/shareholders to approve plans to make its stock tradable among themselves, freeing up capital for new investments. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/30/fonterra-urges-farmers-to-free-up-co-op-capital/

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Tip Top Kite Day this Sunday [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0901/S00241.htm [2]

GST/ETS: Price Of Alphabet Soup To Rise
The Commerce Commission is reminding businesses of their obligation under the Fair Trading Act not to mislead consumers about the reasons for price increases. The reminder comes ahead of the 2.5 per cent GST increase in October, but is also pertinent to the debate surrounding the effect of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) on electricity and petrol prices. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00852.htm

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ETS costs add winter of discontent for consumers [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00841.htm [2]

Slow Ultrafast Internet: Have UFB Delays Compromised Process?
Concern is mounting in the telecommunications industry around the delay in rolling out ultrafast broadband fibre and that may be compromising the bidding process, Labour’s spokesperson for communications and IT Clare Curran said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00463.htm

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Red Alert: Naming the elephants #1 [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00213.htm [2]

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

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Gibbs dumped from GPG board over demerger stoush [2]

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

Who is May Wang? - Campbell Live [4]

[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]

[4] - http://www.3news.co.nz/Who-is-May-Wang/tabid/817/articleID/155450/Default.aspx" target="_blank [4]

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

Electricity Market: Commerce Commission Releases Transpower Decisions
The Commerce Commission has today released its draft decisions and reasons on the application of individual price-quality regulation to Transpower. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00766.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/

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‘The Canary in the Coal Mine’: The Israeli Lobby in San Franciscoo
‘I was the child of the survivors of the Holocaust.’ With that, Roz Rothstein of the activist group Stand With Us that hopes to transform the image of Israel on US campuses sets the moral authority before a small audience at an office on Howard ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00224.htm

Naing Ko Ko: Burma’s 2010 Elections Reveal Ugly Truths
Surprisingly, the military junta of Burma has enjoyed being a media celebrity during the build up to the 2010 elections. The junta announced that a potential election would be held at the end of this year, as an attempt to “guide flourishing democracy”. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00221.htm

Binoy Kampmark: The Passing of Robert C. Byrd
Few in American politics can lay claim to long periods of durability, but Robert C. Byrd, the conservative Democrat from West Virginia, was one of them. He thrived in the soil (some might say the manure) of Congressional debate and won nine terms. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00214.htm

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Controversial US Senator Dies, 92 [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00206.htm [2]

Martin LeFevre: Palin Gobbles Up the Dough At Turkey Tech
California State University Stanislaus, known for years as Turkey Tech, is located at the geographical center of California in the most productive agricultural area in the world. It sounds like Sarah Palin felt right at home there for her controversial ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00202.htm

Paul Buchanan: Two Sides of the Afghan COIN
Paul Buchanan writes that the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal as commander of US and International Security Assistance forces in Afghanistan for what amounted to insubordination goes beyond the issues of civil-military relations in a democracy. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00208.htm

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The Resignation of Stanley McChrystal [2]

The Civilian and the General: The Reality Behind the McChrystal Interview Fall-Out [3]

Obama Accepts McChrystal's Resignation [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00193.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00210.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00187.htm [4]

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

Rosalea Barker: Love the ball and she’ll love you back
Okay, I’m hooked now. As I write this, I’m also watching the replay of the Mexico-Uruguay game on TV. The game was played at 7 this morning, PDT, as I found out when I tried to check email on my cellphone on the way to work. The network I’m on is Verizon, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00186.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

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Science: NZ Writers Challenged To Focus On The Mind
The Royal Society of New Zealand Manhire Prize for Creative Science Writing has celebrated success since it started in 2007 by encouraging writers with an interest in science. This year the topic ‘The Mind’ is designed to encourage entrants to consider the human aspect as well. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00388.htm

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Waiting for Gandalf [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/37973.html [2]

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

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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]

Film: NZ Short Film ‘Warbrick’ Honoured In Montreal
New Zealand film making brothers Meihana and Pere Durie have been awarded the TEUEIKAN prize at Montreal First People’s Film Festival in Canada. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00309.htm

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

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The Kevin Rudd Saga: Lessons For Politicians
John Muscat, co editor of the New South Wales, Australia, based The New City website has a superb article The Urbanist’s Guide to Kevin Rudd’s Downfall on the United States based New Geography website, providing his perspective on why former Australian ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00586.htm

International Relations: US Remarks With Israeli Defense Minister
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it’s a pleasure to welcome back an old friend and someone who is certainly deeply involved in every important decision that affects Israel’s security and the prospects for peace. I’m looking forward to talking with Minister ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00445.htm

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