New Frontiers In Economics: New Prison’s 'Economic Impact' Outlined
A proposed 960-bed public-private partnership prison at Wiri in South Auckland will create about $1.2 billion in economic benefits to the Auckland region over 30 years, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00188.htm

Health: Labour Calls Budget Elective Surgery Announcement A Farce
"Of the $50 million trumpeted on Budget Day for elective surgery, at least $40 million of that had been earmarked to provide surgery for people who would have normally been treated by ACC." More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00182.htm

10/7/85: Greenpeace NZ Commemorates 25th Anniversary Of Bombing Of Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace New Zealand and its international counterparts are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior at Marsden Wharf, Auckland Harbour. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/greenpeace-nz-commemorates-25th-anniversary-of-bombing-of-rainbow-warrior/

ALSO:

Hon Heather Roy: Down Under [2]

Museum Marks 25th Anniversary Of Rainbow Warrior [3]

Radio Adelaide: Rainbow Warrior + ABs Big Win [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00179.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00341.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00084.htm [4]

Rugby World Cup Ambassadoring: McCully Sad To See Haden Go
Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully today received the resignation of Andy Haden as a 2011 Ambassador. Mr McCully said he had accepted the resignation “with sadness”. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00177.htm

ALSO:

Key must overrule McCully this time with Haden [2]

Bring Back Buck [3]

Rugby World Cup Ambassador’s Comments Disgusting [4]

Andy Haden—One Of The Few Honest Men In NZ [5]

Make Paul The Octopus Rugby Ambassador [6]

McCully statement on Andy Haden [7]

Campbell Live: Andy Haden - interview about race comments [8]

Hard News: The McCully Touch [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00168.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00189.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00105.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00107.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00116.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00511.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.3news.co.nz/Andy-Haden---interview-about-race-comments/tabid/817/articleID/158120/Default.aspx" target="_blank [8]

[9] - http://publicaddress.net/6742#post6742" target="_blank [9]

Andy Haden resigns as RWC ambassador
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/politics/38336.html

ALSO:

We want solutions not insults from RWC Minister [2]

ARC decision welcomed [3]

Time to sort out party central shambles [4]

All yours – signed, sealed, delivered [5]

Banks on Queens Wharf [6]

Architect comments on Queen’s Wharf Sheds [7]

There ain't no party like a JK party 'cause a JK party don't stop [8]

Chris Trotter on Party Central « The Dim-Post [9]

Hard News: The McCully Touch [10]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00167.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00140.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00161.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00059.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00078.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00083.htm [7]

[8] - http://pundit.co.nz/content/there-aint-no-party-like-a-jk-party-cause-a-jk-party-dont-stop" target="_blank [8]

[9] - http://dimpost.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/chris-trotter-on-party-central/" target="_blank [9]

[10] - http://publicaddress.net/6742#post6742" target="_blank [10]

McCully slams Auckland over Queens Wharf debaucle
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/38288.html

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

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

Hot Water: Solar, Heat-Pump Water Heating Subsidy Rejig
Grants to assist households to invest in solar water heating will continue under a new programme which will also include heat pump water heaters, Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00164.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]

Bethune's freedom thanks to us - Sea Shepherd
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/38283.html

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

ALSO:

Greens welcome fairer vision for welfare [2]

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

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IG Markets: The Week Ahead Economic Diary 12/7/2010

- The Week Ahead from More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00325.htm

ALSO:

IG Markets - Morning Prices - 12/7/2010 [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00326.htm [2]

Broadcasting Standards: Commission Supports Finding on Henry Comments
The Human Rights Commission strongly supports the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) decision that Television New Zealand (TVNZ) did not take sufficient action after “Breakfast” host Paul Henry called singer Susan Boyle a “retard”. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00112.htm

ALSO:

BSA Upholds Complaint Against Paul Henry [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00113.htm [2]

Funding: Here Comes The Science
The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology has approved more than $48 million per annum for public good science and technology investments in its main 2010 investment round. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00020.htm

ALSO:

From Begging Bowl to Petri Dish [2]

[2] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/06/from-begging-bowl-to-petri-dish/ [2]

Scoop Business: NZ Electronic Card Transactions Rise For 5th Month
New Zealand spending on debit and credit cards at retailers rose for a fifth month in June as looming tax cuts and the GST hike gave consumers more incentive to open their wallets in the second quarter. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/09/nz-electronic-card-transactions-rise-for-5th-month/

Separation: Telecom In $1.6 Mil Settlement Over Wholesale Loyalty Offer
The settlement follows a Commission investigation launched after receiving complaints from the telecommunications industry alleging that Telecom Wholesale’s ‘loyalty offers’ breached Telecom’s Separation Undertakings. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00273.htm

ALSO:

PM celebrates NZ National Day at Shanghai Expo [2]

NZ Day a chance to celebrate a different kiwi [3]

Film Auckland welcomes co-production agreement [4]

PM launches Rewi Alley documentary in Beijing [5]

Key must raise human rights with China [6]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00170.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00112.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00107.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00145.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00123.htm [6]

Key: NZ-China trade to double in five years
- More »[1]

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

Minerals: Scientists Deprive Sea Animals Of Santa Visit
Scientists have sliced up a rare 2.5m-tall seafloor chimney to find out its age and the concentrations of the metallic minerals it contains. It is thought to be one of the largest chimneys recovered from the seafloor. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00014.htm

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]

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Walter Brasch: LeBron James, The Media, And The American Soul
Millions of Americans had pleaded with basketball superstar LeBron James to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers and come to their city when he became a free agent. Bloggers, media pundits, and reporters of every kind seemed to devote much of their lives to ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00093.htm

Stateside With Rosalea Barker: Colorado
Colorado is one of only three states in the US whose boundaries are defined entirely by lines of latitude and longitude, rather than at least some of its shape being defined by geological features such as river valleys. Those boundaries remain unchanged ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00092.htm

Martin LeFevre: The Enlightenment Was a Misnomer
If the events of recent years have demonstrated anything, it is that the Enlightenment ideals of reason and human rationality cannot hold sway over the chaos of belief and irrationality. But that always was a Hobson’s choice. There is another factor ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00091.htm

Neve Gordon: BDS Campaign Wants Israel To Abide By International Law
There is a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions). As John Berger explained a while back, BDS is not a principle but a strategy; it is not against Israel but against Israeli policy; when the policy ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00094.htm

Vino and Vinyasa: An Orgasm of Life in San Francisco
Yoga stretched bodies, taunt and in various shades of exercise, in a mocking show of entertainment, seeing how far their litheness would take them. Then, bottles of tart California Sauvignon Blanc gazing at their projected derrieres, ready to be... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00081.htm

Michael Collins: Truth Unflinching and the Price of Integrity
(Washington, DC) Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and investigative journalist Robert Parry spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC last night. They were guests of The McClendon Group which holds periodic meetings at the press club featuring ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00070.htm

The Death of ‘Big Australia’: The Return of the Population Pessimists
‘Big Australia’ has shrunk as a motif for both its population and its politicians. At the start of this year, Australians were pondering projected figures that the country would grow to 35 million by 2050, from its current figure of 22 million. ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00075.htm

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

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Film: Five NZ Short Films Selected For Melbourne
Australia’s largest and most critically acclaimed film festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has selected five short films from some of New Zealand’s most promising filmmaking talent. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00123.htm

Paaaaaaaaaaaaahrp: Vuvuzelas Banned From AMI Stadium
Vbase has banned vuvuzelas from AMI Stadium, effective immediately. The decision has been taken in response to feedback from fans and after consulting with the Canterbury Rugby Union and other sporting codes. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00120.htm

ALSO:

Octopus oracle picks Spain over Germany [2]

Film Auckland welcomes co-production agreement [3]

NZ and China sign film co-production agreement [4]

NZ On Screen - Gung Ho - Rewi Alley of China [5]

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

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00107.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/38265.html [4]

[5] - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/gung-ho---rewi-alley-of-china-1979" target="_blank [5]

Improvised Soaps: The Story Continues Wednesday Nights...
Abby Lou was grounded as her furious father Feather discovered her new 'boyfriend' was the mid 30s security guard Keith Grant... Victor & Jacob were on the trail of Keith, who ended up brutally stabbed and left bobbing in the family spa... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00079.htm

ALSO:

Science Festival wraps up with ‘science idol’ [2]

Ultimate cheese roll recipe found [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00019.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/lifestyle/38206.html [3]

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

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South Korea: Sinking Of Republic Of Korea Ship Condemned
The Security Council today condemned the recent sinking of a Republic of Korea (ROK) naval vessel, stressing the need to prevent further attacks both against the East Asian nation and in the region. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00201.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

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