Scoop Top Stories For July 29, 2010 News Summary

Thursday, 29 July 2010, 7:02 pm
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LEAD STORY

Scoop Business: Bollard Raises OCR, Sees Moderating Path

NZ POLITICS

Fewer Work Stories: Northland Police Suppress Crime Reporting

Cruelty: Government "Must Demand Release Of Pig Audits"

UN Resolutions: Right To Safe Water Should Be Universal

Election Platforms: Wage Gap With Australia Blows Out Over $50

Wellington.Scoop: There Goes The View, Again

Cold Feet: MPs Bare Their Soles For Kiwi Kids In Need

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Fishy: NZ Increasing Bottom Trawled Fish Limits

Scoop Business: Super Fund Super

COMMENT

Lindsay Perigo: The Race For The Pits

Gordon Campbell: The despicable decision on blood alcohol driving limits

You’ve been Wikileaked: The Continuing Malaise in Afghanistan

Binoy Kampmark: Shrill Busy-Bodies And David Cameron’s Big Society

Julie Webb-Pullman: Tell The President

Banning LA Zombie: The Aussie Way

The Demise of the Tome Raider: The Case of William Jacques

Gordon Campbell: Haiti, As The Hurricanes Arrive

The Moat ‘Execution’: The Reason Of Force

LIFESTYLE

The Campbells: "The Returning"

BusinessWire Weekly Sports Digest: Wallabies, Warriors, Phoenix

Fire: Works Of Art To Go Up In Smoke

The Decemeber Brother: How Well Do You Know Your Family?

WORLD

Greenpeace: Activists Are Shutting Down BP Stations In London!

Mexico’s Military Malpractice: Business As Usual Or About, Face?

Scoop Business: Bollard Raises OCR, Sees Moderating Path
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard raised the official cash rate a quarter point to 3% as expected, while predicting a less aggressive path for further increases, given “subdued” domestic demand and a fragile global recovery. The kiwi dollar tumbled half a U.S. cent after the statement.“While the outlook for economic growth has softened somewhat, it is still appropriate to continue to reduce the extraordinary level of support implemented during the 2008/09 recession,” Bollard said in a statement released in Wellington today. “The pace and extent of further OCR increases is likely to be more moderate than was projected in the June statement.” More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/29/updated-bollard-raises-ocr-sees-moderating-path/

ALSO:

• NZ dollar drops; Bollard says gains ‘inconsistent’ [2]


• OCR changes will hurt our economy [3]


• Wellington belongs in Australia? [4]


• OCR hike could do more harm than good - economist [5]

[2] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/29/nz-dollar-drops-bollard-says-gains-inconsistent/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00463.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00812.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/39010.html [5]

ALSO:

• Questions for Oral Answer - 29 July 2010 [2]


• Questions and Answers - 28 July 2010 [3]


• Today In Parliament 28.07.10 [4]


• Questions and Answers - 27 July 2010 [5]


• Today In Parliament 27.10.09 [6]


• Members' expenses 1 Apr 2010 to 30 June [7]


• Ministers' expenses 1/4/2010 to 30/6/2010 [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00466.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00450.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00219/today-in-parliament-280710.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00424.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00204.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00461.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00356/ministers-expenses-142010-to-3062010.htm [8]

Fewer Work Stories: Northland Police Suppress Crime Reporting
A move by police to suppress details of daily crime in one North Island district does not make its citizens safer but instead may create a false sense of security, says the Media Freedom Committee. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00363.htm

Cruelty: Government "Must Demand Release Of Pig Audits"
The Pork Industry Board's attempt to evade the Official Information Act on top of its stalling attempts to strengthen any new pig welfare code shows the need for urgent government intervention, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00468/government-must-demand-release-of-pig-audits.htm

UN Resolutions: Right To Safe Water Should Be Universal
New Zealanders deserve to know why their Government did not support a UN resolution which affirms the rights of an estimated billion people whose supplies currently are not safe to drink, says Labour water spokesperson Brendon Burns. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00456/right-to-safe-water-should-be-universal.htm

ALSO:

• World Water Day: How much water is enough? [2]


• From the Hood: Striking Comedy Gold [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00273.htm [2]

[3] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/from-the-hood-striking-comedy-gold/ [3]

Election Platforms: Wage Gap With Australia Blows Out Over $50
The wage gap with Australia has blown out by more than $50 a week under National despite Prime Minister John Key saying before the election ‘the fundamental purpose of his government’ would be to narrow the gap, says Labour Leader Phil Goff. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00446/wage-gap-with-australia-blows-out-over-50.htm

ALSO:

• Wage Gap With Australia No Surprise [2]


• Today In Parliament 28.07.10 [3]


• Questions and Answers - 28 July 2010 [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00453/wage-gap-with-australia-no-surprise.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00219/today-in-parliament-280710.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00450.htm [4]

Wellington.Scoop: There Goes The View, Again
Once, you looked across the lawn and saw a beautiful panorama of Wellington’s harbour and hills. But now … the harbour view has been blocked by the enormous wharewaka, which is nearing completion on Taranaki Wharf. More »[1]

[1] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/there-goes-the-view/

Cold Feet: MPs Bare Their Soles For Kiwi Kids In Need
New Zealand MPs, including the Hon. Paula Bennett, Hon. Phil Goff led by example today and bared their soles on the steps of Parliament to launch fundraising efforts for ‘Barefoot Business Day’. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00448.htm

Fishy: NZ Increasing Bottom Trawled Fish Limits
The Ministry of Fisheries is proposing to reopen one of three closed orange roughy stocks that has not been fished since 2000 when overfishing drove it to collapse, to raise the annual hoki catch and to increase the catch of rubyfish, a deep sea species it admits it knows almost nothing about. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1007/S00358/nz-increasing-bottom-trawled-fish-limits.htm

ALSO:

• Greenpeace launch Red Fish List for New Zealand [2]


• Green Party seeks to assist Key with investment [3]


• IRD among objectors to May Wang creditor offer [4]


• NZ Super posts 2nd-best return, has more in NZ [5]


• Blatant Political Advocacy From OIO [6]


• Q+A’s Guyon Espiner Interviews Treasury Secretary [7]


• Government simplifies overseas investment [8]


• Appointment to Overseas Investment Advisory Group [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0808/S00159.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00399/green-party-seeks-to-assist-key-with-investment.htm [3]

[4] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/27/ird-among-objectors-to-may-wang-creditor-offer/ [4]

[5] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/27/nz-super-posts-2nd-best-return-has-more-in-nz/ [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00159.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00326.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00265.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00101.htm [9]

Scoop Business: Super Fund Super
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has ended its second-best year since inception as it boosted local investments to almost a third of funds under management. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/27/nz-super-posts-2nd-best-return-has-more-in-nz/

Lindsay Perigo: The Race For The Pits
I wonder how many television viewers there are like me for whom watching the six o’clock news on TVNZ or TV3 was until recently a staple of their daily routine but who now repair to online sources for their news because the network bulletins ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00215/lindsay-perigo-the-race-for-the-pits.htm

Gordon Campbell: The despicable decision on blood alcohol driving limits
Yesterday’s non-decision on the alcohol limit has underlined once again that the Key government is not interested in governing for the benefit of New Zealand – that process seems to scare it silly. Alcohol seems to bring out the worst in this ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/27/gordon-campbell-despicable-alcohol-limit-decision/

You’ve been Wikileaked: The Continuing Malaise in Afghanistan
Wikileaks is proving to be a gem of surveillance and discovery. Having exposed an assortment of brutalities, censorship farces, and government duplicity since its inception, the organisation has managed several information coups over the last few ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00213/binoy-kampmark-youve-been-wikileaked.htm

Binoy Kampmark: Shrill Busy-Bodies And David Cameron’s Big Society
Could it be right? A Tory Prime Minister unveiling visions of a ‘Big Society’ that would redistribute power and initiative from ‘elites’ to the broader community or ‘the man and woman on the street’? Society had been the elephantine target ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00205/shrill-busy-bodies-and-david-camerons-big-society.htm

Julie Webb-Pullman: Tell The President
''Tell the President (and I cannot stress this too strongly) that I seriously hope that Cuba and the United States can eventually sit down in an atmosphere of good will and of mutual respect and negotiate our differences.'' – Fidel Castro. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00198/julie-webb-pullman-tell-the-president.htm

Banning LA Zombie: The Aussie Way
Censors are paid to have dirty minds. The Film Classification Board of the office of Film and Literature Classification is being paid to have particularly filthy ones. A few little darlings, scant qualified to examine anything coming close to art or... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00185/banning-la-zombie-the-aussie-way.htm

The Demise of the Tome Raider: The Case of William Jacques
People are imprisoned for an assortment of offences against the social order. These rarely involve infractions against reading books, or their acquisition, unless one so happens to be living in a state suspicious of the written word. But in Britain, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00166/binoy-kampmark-the-case-of-william-jacques.htm

Gordon Campbell: Haiti, As The Hurricanes Arrive
Six months after the Haiti earthquake, only a trickle of the $10 billion in aid that had been pledged by dozens of countries and multilateral agencies has actually been delivered to Haiti. Reportedly, only a handful of countries – namely, Brazil, Australia, ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/07/22/gordon-campbell-on-haiti-as-the-hurricanes-arrive/

The Moat ‘Execution’: The Reason Of Force
It all seems grim. Some called it an execution by police forces. But the debate on Raoul Moat continues to rage. Britain’s most wanted man has become something of a poster boy of sickened violence, responsible for having shot his former girlfriend ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00156/the-moat-execution-the-force-of-reason.htm

The Campbells: "The Returning"
In the upcoming public radio feature "The Returning" we pay tribute to two notable New Zealand poets who have recently passed away. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00417/the-returning.htm

ALSO:

• Classics: Toy Story 3 (2010) & Peabody (1983) [2]


• Arts Fest Review: DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation [3]

[2] - http://werewolf.co.nz/2010/07/classics-toy-story-3-2010-peabody-1983-2/ [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0603/S00252.htm [3]

BusinessWire Weekly Sports Digest: Wallabies, Warriors, Phoenix
Executive sport summary – An overview of the major sporting events – Results, key moments and talking points – Everything you need to know to foot it at the water cooler this week. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00203/weekly-sports-digest-wallabies-warriors-phoenix.htm

Fire: Works Of Art To Go Up In Smoke
Petone Beach will once again be home to multiple burning sculptures during this year’s Petone Winter Carnival. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00309/works-of-art-to-go-up-in-smoke.htm

The Decemeber Brother: How Well Do You Know Your Family?
The concept for the show began with the real life story of Tony Spite, Tim’s father, who was adopted at birth. As unlikely as it sounds, his half sister had an astrological reading in which she was told she had a brother born in December. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00378/how-well-do-you-know-your-family.htm

ALSO:

• Cathay Pacific Launches Applications For iPad [2]


• NZ Herald Launches iPad App [3]


• NZ’s largest magazine publisher launches iPad app [4]


• TVNZ’s iPad Application Imminent [5]


• Vodafone Announces Data Plans for iPad with Wi-Fi [6]


• Telecom Confirms Options For iPad Users [7]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00702/cathay-pacific-launches-application-s-for-ipad.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00664/nz-herald-launches-ipad-app.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00308/nzs-largest-magazine-publisher-launches-ipad-app.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00304/tvnzs-ipad-application-imminent.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00609/vodafone-announces-data-plans-for-ipad-with-wi-fi.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00667/telecom-confirms-options-for-ipad-users.htm [7]

Greenpeace: Activists Are Shutting Down BP Stations In London!
Forty-six BP petrol station's in central London were shut down today and re-branded with signs announcing: 'Closed. Moving beyond petroleum' and featuring the new, 'oilier' BP logo. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00507/activists-are-shutting-down-bp-stations-in-london.htm

Mexico’s Military Malpractice: Business As Usual Or About, Face?
President Felipe Calderón’s aggressive counter-narcotics campaign in Mexico has begun to sprout a disturbing trend of abuse emanating from the Mexican armed forces. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00467/mexicos-military-malpractice.htm

ALSO:

• Budget Gap for 2010 Humanitarian Efforts [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00286.htm [2]

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