Whaling Trial: Pete Bethune On His Release Back To NZ
The trial in Japan of environmentalist and anti-whaling campaigner, Pete Bethune, 45, reached its conclusion Wednesday 7 July.At 13.30 JST, amidst tight security, the Japanese court handed down a two year suspended sentence and banned him from Japan for five years. During his trial, Bethune accepted four of the charges but strenuously refuted the charge of injuring a Japanese crewman, insisting that the man injured himself using his own pepper spray. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00085.htm

ALSO:

Labour delighted Pete Bethune is coming home [2]

Welcome home Pete Bethune [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00148.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00147.htm [3]

Mix-up left Bethune family thinking activist faced jail
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[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/38258.html

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NZ POLITICS

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Welfare: Alternative Welfare Working Group Launched
The group is being established by Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church and the Beneficiary Advocacy Federation of New Zealand (BAFNZ). More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00081.htm

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Greens welcome fairer vision for welfare [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00156.htm [2]

Corrections: Another Private Prison Bidder Damned
A damning official report on the first privately-managed prison in England further undermines National’s ideological commitment to building a private prison in New Zealand, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00153.htm

ALSO:

Time to sort out party central shambles [2]

All yours – signed, sealed, delivered [3]

Banks on Queens Wharf [4]

Architect comments on Queen’s Wharf Sheds [5]

There ain't no party like a JK party 'cause a JK party don't stop ... [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00161.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00059.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00078.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00083.htm [5]

[6] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/there-aint-no-party-like-a-jk-party-cause-a-jk-party-dont-stop" target="_blank [6]

RWC: tent out and sheds to be refurbished?
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/38233.html

Multipurpose Structure For Queens Wharf Announced
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00212.htm

Stewardship: Government Bins Waste Policy
The Government has quietly backtracked on setting up mandatory product stewardship schemes for New Zealand’s most problematic waste streams, the Green Party said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00132.htm

Gordon Campbell: On John Key Getting Us Mixed Up In Australia’s Problems With Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers? We’ve been here before under a National-led government. In 1999, the then-Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere used the spectre of 120 Chinese boat people coming over the horizon to rush through Immigration Act changes that allowed for mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/07/campbell-key-and-australia%E2%80%99s-asylum-seekers/

ALSO:

NZ should help Australia by taking more refugees [2]

Asylum seekers must not be political pawns [3]

Gillard, Key discuss asylum centre for Pacific [4]

Goff: 'Unwise' for NZ to get involved in boat people debate [5]

C&R Howick Announce Local Board Team [6]

Majority of Aucklanders unhappy with Super City [7]

Aucklanders Need Information On Super City [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00131.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00079.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/38198.html [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/38229.html [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00062.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00060.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00038.htm [8]

Korea Development: Key To Korea-NZ Business Roundtable
When we met last year, President Lee and I committed ourselves to take an already strong bilateral relationship to the next level. This visit is a chance to give further effect to that commitment. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00117.htm

ALSO:

Key must raise human rights with China [2]

2nd Korea New Zealand Business Roundtable [3]

Korea-New Zealand Business Roundtable opening [4]

Roundtable aims to strengthen New Zealand-Korea [5]

ZESPRI congratulates Govt on Korea talks [6]

Radio Adelaide: Key Watched Carefully + Ski Time! [7]

Wallace & Selwyn: Korea, Vietnam, China & PM Key [8]

PM launches Rewi Alley documentary in Beijing [9]

Rewi Alley series to premiere in China [10]

Key: NZ-China trade to double in five years [11]

NZ and China sign film co-production agreement [12]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00123.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00198.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00104.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00108.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00172.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00036.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00049.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00145.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00080.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38266.html [11]

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38265.html [12]

Gordon Campbell: Mood Of The Boardroom – Credulous
So, why do business leaders keep on calling for cuts to welfare in future – when their own activities are currently failing to create sufficient jobs for those people likely to be tipped off welfare? More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/06/campbellbusiness-leaders-and-the-confidence-fairy/

ALSO:

QSBO shows a stalling recovery [2]

SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Shroud-waving [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00151.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00187.htm [3]

Minority Reports: Youth Affairs Minister Welcomes Youth MPs
Parliament is about to be taken over by 122 young New Zealanders representing each sitting MP, with 10 Youth Journalists reporting on them. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00110.htm

ALSO:

Young Labour congratulates Youth Parliamentarians [2]

Youth Parliament Broken Up by Police [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00095.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00137.htm [3]

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BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

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Scoop Business: Treasury, IRD Were At Odds Over Budget Tax Cuts
Officials at the Treasury and Inland Revenue Department were at a loggerheads over whether the government should have cut the company tax rate to 28%. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/08/treasury-ird-were-at-odds-over-budget-tax-cuts/

Scoop Business: Auckland Airport Buys Queenstown Stake For $27.7M
Auckland International Airport Ltd. is buying a quarter stake in Queenstown Airport Corp. for $27.7 million in a tourism alliance that extends its strategy of investments outside its Auckland core. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/08/auckland-airport-buys-queenstown-stake-for-27-7m/

ALSO:

Auckland-Queenstown Alliance will boost economy [2]

Airport hits annual record of 6 million passengers [3]

Airline Alliance is Anti-competitive [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00242.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00261.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00244.htm [4]

Scoop Business: Moody’s Cautiously Upbeat On NZ Outlook
International credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service expects a strengthening upswing in the New Zealand economy in 2011 and 2012, as long as European weakness doesn’t ruin the party. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/08/moodys-cautiously-upbeat-on-nz-outlook/

ALSO:

Wool prices firm as new season begins [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00254.htm [2]

Under The Radar: Biosecurity Imperfect
The reality that over 400 unwanted pests and organisms enter New Zealand every year is a major concern for New Zealand’s economy, says Damien O’Connor Labour Biosecurity spokesperson. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00152.htm

Gecko-Terrorism: Arrest Made, Geckos Recovered
Whangarei Police have arrested a person in relation to the theft of a number of Geckos taken from two separate locations in Northland over the past ten days. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00063.htm

Anti-Skeletoniser: Control Agent Approved For Gum Leaf Skeletoniser
The Environmental Risk Management Authority has approved an application from the New Zealand Forest Research Institute to release the parasitic wasp Cotesia urabaeto control the gum leaf skeletoniser Uraba lugens in New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00009.htm

ALSO:

Super insect villain finally meets its match [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00012.htm [2]

Landcorp's Crafar Offer: Mixed Messages On Overseas Investment
Landcorp’s bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership is a short term solution to a long term problem, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00109.htm

ALSO:

Landcorp teams with Wairakei for Crafar bid [2]

Natural Dairy contracts Fonterra milk [3]

OIO Application lodged to purchase Crafar farms [4]

Landcorp bit for Crafar farms a ‘clean deal’ [5]

May Wang’s creditors accept settlement [6]

Overseas Investment necessary for New Zealand [7]

Key must raise human rights with China [8]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/07/landcorp-teams-with-wairakei-for-crafar-bid/ [2]

[3] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/06/natural-dairy-contracts-fonterra-milk/ [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00157.htm [4]

[5] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/24/landcorp-bit-for-crafar-farms-a-clean-deal/ [5]

[6] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/06/28/may-wang%e2%80%99s-creditors-accept-settlement/ [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00062.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00123.htm [8]

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COMMENT

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Gordon Campbell: John Key Getts Us Mixed Up In Australia’s Problems With Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers? We’ve been here before under a National-led government. In 1999, the then-Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere used the spectre of 120 Chinese boat people coming over the horizon to rush through Immigration Act changes that allowed for... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/07/campbell-key-and-australia%e2%80%99s-asylum-seekers/

Connie Lawn: Obama Meets With Israeli PM - Again
President Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had long talks at the White House Wednesday. This time, they appeared to get along. President Obama made a surprising nuclear statement. Prime Minister Netanyahu invited the Obamas to Israel. Connie ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00057.htm

Gordon Campbell: On Why Our Business Leaders Continue To Believe In The Confidence Fairy
Given the poor economic data from the United States in June, the Reserve Bank obviously needs to halt the upward march of interest rates. While it has been politically expedient for the Key government to talk up the signs of recovery, the recent... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/06/campbellbusiness-leaders-and-the-confidence-fairy/

Martha Rosenberg: Do You Have Pet Shame? Car Shame? Join The Crowd
They say the opposite of shame is pride or honor but most people -- and most countries -- have a lot more of the former than the latter. While a lot of personal shame centers around age, income and weight, especially when they're going in the wrong direction, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00050.htm

Martin LeFevre: 4th Of July, 2010— Dunghills From Diamonds?
This weekend Americans are celebrating the 4th of July, the date that commemorates the birth of the United States 234 years ago. As Tea Party chauvinism metastasizes and merges with the larger cancer of the Republican Party, it’s fitting to note ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00043.htm

Uri Avnery: A Broomstick Can Shoot
A VICTORY is a victory. A big victory is better than a small one, but a small victory is better than a defeat. This week we won. Immediately after the Turkel Commission was set up to investigate the flotilla incident, Gush Shalom filed a petition to ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00041.htm

Belt tighteners of the World Unite: The failings of the G20
The positioning of the powers at the latest G20 conference made an odd spectacle. For one, a prominent supporter of the G20 conference Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia, was absent, ambushed by a party vote at home. But in the broader picture... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00024.htm

Bearing the Gun: The US Supreme Court and Gun Control
The amendment on bearing arms has always teased, tormented and thrilled the American psyche. On the one hand, it is revered with totemic intensity, the marker of a people free to adopt the necessary force to protect their welfare. The essentially antiquated ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00021.htm

Bill Berkowitz: Right-Wing Groups Use Birthrates to Stoke Fear of Homosexuality, Feminism and Abortion
If you’ve been following the debate over population growth, you’re probably familiar with the argument that it is economically unfeasible for the earth to sustain an unlimited population. You might subscribe to that argument, or you might believe ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00039.htm

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Scoop Review Of Books: The Senselessness Of Slimmed-Down Awards
One of the few ways a New Zealand-produced book and its author get a shot at fame and bookstore longevity – not to mention international attention – is to win an award. This is why it is both a travesty and a tragedy that, starting this year, the categories in the country’s leading book awards have been slashed from ten to a mere four. More »[1]

[1] - http://books.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/08/the-senselessness-of-slimmed-down-awards/

ALSO:

Octopus oracle picks Spain over Germany [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/38226.html [2]

Open Days: A Day In The Life Of The Ballet
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s A Day in the Life event is a chance to find out the answers to everything you want to know about what it’s like to be a dancer in New Zealand’s national ballet company. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00089.htm

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NZ and China sign film co-production agreement [2]

NZ On Screen - Gung Ho - Rewi Alley of China [3]

Ultimate cheese roll recipe found [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38265.html [2]

[3] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gung-ho---rewi-alley-of-china-1979" target="_blank [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/lifestyle/38206.html [4]

Exposure: Queenstown ‘Stars’ In Bollywood Hit
It was ‘luv’ at first sight for movie goers in India and across the world as a Bollywood film featuring Queenstown became an overnight box office hit. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00084.htm

Piano-issimo: NZ Musician Triumphs Over International Field
Aucklander John Paul Muir has triumphed over an international field of musicians to take the 2010 Kerikeri National Piano Competition. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00053.htm

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WORLD

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Whale Warrior: "Captain Pete Bethune" Returns
On January 6, 2010, Captain Hiroyuki Komura of the illegal Japanese whaling vessel the Shonan Maru #2 deliberately rammed and destroyed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the Ady Gil. Captain Komura almost killed six Sea Shepherd volunteer crewmembers ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00134.htm

ALSO:

Welcome home Pete Bethune [2]

Pete Bethune's comment on his release back to NZ [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00147.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00085.htm [3]

Renewable Energy: Meridian’s Solar Expertise Could Help Tonga
Meridian Energy CE Tim Lusk welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully’s announcement today to support a plan to construct a solar power plant in Tonga. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00133.htm

Food Standards: New Limits For Melamine In Food
In an effort to help prevent dangerous contamination of food with melamine, a toxic chemical, the UN food standards body today set new limits for the amount of the substance that can be present in baby formula, other foods and animal feed. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00116.htm

ALSO:

THAILAND: A State Of Emergency [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00138.htm [2]

Darfur: Ex-Combatants Opt For Voluntary Discharge
More than 800 former combatants in the conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur are expected to take part in a three-week voluntary discharge exercise that began today, with the support of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00075.htm

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