Scoop Top Stories For August 17, 2010 News Summary

Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 12:38 pm
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LEAD STORY

Paul Buchanan: NZ's Responsibility To Protect In Afghanistan

NZ POLITICS

Wellington.Scoop: The Knight Versus The Mayor – The City Elections Start To Become More Interesting

Dope Law: Top Cop’s Views On Cannabis Welcomed

Employment Reform: ER And Holidays Bills Introduced To Parliament

Legislation: Revised Search And Surveillance Bill "Still Flawed"

Birth And Taxes: Labour Will Oppose Income Splitting

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Scoop Business: Key ‘Not Ruling Out’ Compulsory Pension Plan

IG Markets: The Week Ahead Economic Diary 16/8/2010

Gadgets: Digital ‘Pet’ Gains International Acclaim

Science: NIWA Confirms Collapse Of Undersea Volcano

World Week Ahead: Bracing For The New Normal

COMMENT

Paul Buchanan: New Zealand and the Responsibility to Protect in Afghanistan

Michael Collins: Gates To Iraqis - We'Ll Stay, Just Ask Us

Connie Lawn: President Obama in political hot water over a proposed New York Mosque

Gordon Campbell: Labour’s money problems and looming by-elections

‘Clairvoyant Crime Busters’: Using Psychic powers in Policing

Rosalea Barker: I, Technofool, Part 2

Digging for the truth: What the Welfare Working Group report really says

LIFESTYLE

Scoop Theatre Review: The December Brother

Road Now Opened: Sleepover On Mt Hutt

Riff Raff Promoted: Richard O’Brien TO Narrate Rocky Horror

WORLD

Pacific.Scoop: Australian ‘Outsourcing’ Pacific Plan For Asylum Seekers Strikes Strong Opposition

Aboriginal Rights: International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People

Greenpeace: Activists Are Shutting Down BP Stations In London!

Paul Buchanan: NZ's Responsibility To Protect In Afghanistan
New Zealand’s first combat death and questions about NZSAS involvement in the transfer of prisoners to a notorious detention centre in Afghanistan have elicited predictable debate about whether it should continue its contribution to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) fighting to stabilise that country.The debate falls along ideological lines... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00110/nzs-responsibility-to-protect-in-afghanistan.htm

ALSO:

• Questions over SAS involvement in prisoner torture [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/39681.html [2]

ALSO:

• Questions for Oral Answer - 17 August 2010 [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00245/questions-for-oral-answer-17-august-2010.htm [2]

Wellington.Scoop: The Knight Versus The Mayor – The City Elections Start To Become More Interesting
The Wellington election campaign just got a lot more interesting, with a report of a business leader shouting at the mayor during a press conference called to announce that Vibrant Wellington would not be nominating any candidates. More »[1]

[1] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/the-knight-and-the-mayor-the-city-elections-start-to-become-more-interesting/

Dope Law: Top Cop’s Views On Cannabis Welcomed
The President of NORML NZ today welcomed statements by former Detective Inspector Harry Quinn which called upon Police to open the debate on changing the way cannabis is being enforced in New Zealand. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00197/top-cops-views-on-cannabis-welcomed.htm

Employment Reform: ER And Holidays Bills Introduced To Parliament
Two new bills amending the Employment Relations Act 2000 and Holidays Act 2003 respectively have been introduced to Parliament, Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson announced today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00239/er-and-holidays-bills-introduced-to-parliament.htm

ALSO:

• CTU releases another 90 Day story [2]


• Unfair law changes making work less rewarding [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00183/ctu-releases-another-90-day-story.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00198/unfair-law-changes-making-work-less-rewarding.htm [3]

Legislation: Revised Search And Surveillance Bill "Still Flawed"
“There will be an urgent public meeting on Monday 30 August at 7pm at St Joseph's Church (Basin Reserve) in Wellington to address the just returned Search and Surveillance Bill... The report is an admission that the bill will confer enormous new powers onto approximately 70 government agencies.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00177/revised-search-and-surveillance-bill-still-flawed.htm

Birth And Taxes: Labour Will Oppose Income Splitting
Labour will oppose Revenue Minister Peter Dunne’s income-splitting legislation on the basis that it is badly targeted, favouring wealthy parents over families that really need extra support, says Labour revenue spokesperson Stuart Nash. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00232/labour-will-oppose-income-splitting.htm

ALSO:

• Dunne: Income Sharing could benefit 310,000 families [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00233/income-sharing-could-benefit-310000-families.htm [2]

Scoop Business: Key ‘Not Ruling Out’ Compulsory Pension Plan
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he is “not ruling out” the possible introduction of a compulsory retirement savings scheme, and may take it to the country as an election campaign issue next year. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/16/nzs-key-not-ruling-out-compulsory-pension-plan/

IG Markets: The Week Ahead Economic Diary 16/8/2010
The Week Ahead from More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00425/ig-markets-week-ahead-economic-diary-1682010.htm

ALSO:

• IG Markets – Morning Prices 17 August 2010 [2]


• Stocks to watch: AIR, ANZ, NZR, NZS, PGC, PGW, SKC [3]


• NZ dollar gains as investors seek higher yields [4]


• While you were sleeping: Waiting for a sign [5]


• IG Markets - Market Close Wrap August 16 2010 [6]


• MARKET CLOSE: NZ stocks rise; Farming Systems up [7]


• IG Markets – Morning Prices 16 August 2010 [8]


• World Week Ahead: Bracing for the new normal [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00486/ig-markets-morning-prices-17-august-2010.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00481/stocks-to-watch-air-anz-nzr-nzs-pgc-pgw-skc.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00482/nz-dollar-gains-as-investors-seek-higher-yields.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00479/while-you-were-sleeping-waiting-for-a-sign.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00484/ig-markets-market-close-wrap-august-16-2010.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00476/market-close-nz-stocks-rise-farming-systems-up.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00447/ig-markets-morning-prices-16-august-2010.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00434/world-week-ahead-bracing-for-the-new-normal.htm [9]

Gadgets: Digital ‘Pet’ Gains International Acclaim
The shiny brass device known as ‘Tardigotchi’ references the plastic handheld Tamagotchi, the digital pet from Japan that was popular in the mid-1990s, but with a twist — inside the Tardigotchi is a living microorganism. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1008/S00037/digital-pet-gains-international-acclaim.htm

ALSO:

• NZ gamers not just anti-social teenage boys: study [2]


• Air NZ to carry disrupted Pacific Blue passengers [3]


• Pacific Blue’s Withdrawal is Disappointing [4]


• Akld Airport responds to Pacific Blue withdrawl [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/entertainment/39722.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00461/air-nz-to-carry-disrupted-pacific-blue-passengers.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00472/pacific-blues-withdrawal-is-disappointing.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00473/akld-airport-responds-to-pacific-blue-withdrawl.htm [5]

Science: NIWA Confirms Collapse Of Undersea Volcano
The aptly named ‘Rumble III’ undersea volcano on the Kermadec Ridge, 200 km northeast of Auckland, has dropped in height by 120 metres in the last couple of years, pioneering research by NIWA has shown. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1008/S00031/niwa-confirms-collapse-of-undersea-volcano.htm

World Week Ahead: Bracing For The New Normal
Forget about what lies ahead because it’s already here – slower global growth. And get used it, at least that’s what an increasing number of market watchers, key investors and even policymakers are telling investors. More »[1]

[1] - http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/16/world-week-ahead-bracing-for-the-new-normal/

Paul Buchanan: New Zealand and the Responsibility to Protect in Afghanistan
Paul Buchanan writes that NZ’s first combat death and NZSAS involvement in the transfer of prisoners to a notorious detention centre in Afghanistan have elicited debate about whether it should continue its contribution to the NATO-led force. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00110/nzs-responsibility-to-protect-in-afghanistan.htm

Michael Collins: Gates To Iraqis - We'Ll Stay, Just Ask Us
At the time of this post, if you do a Google "News" search for the sentence underlined, you will find it only at the VOA source. The article notes that Gates made the statement, "to reporters on his aircraft during a domestic trip on Wednesday... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00113/collins-gates-to-iraqis-well-stay-just-ask-us.htm

Connie Lawn: President Obama in political hot water over a proposed New York Mosque
President Obama may have meant well, but he is in extreme political hot water over statements he made regarding a proposed Muslim Mosque and Cultural Center, meant to be built two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center, where 3,000 ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00102/obama-in-hot-water-over-a-proposed-new-york-mosque.htm

Gordon Campbell: Labour’s money problems and looming by-elections
If Labour and its leadership didn’t have enough immediate problems, the party’s capacity to mount an effective election campaign next year is certain to come under increasing strain, given the drain on its resources in coming months. Labour has ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/16/g-campbell-labour%e2%80%99s-money-problems-by-elections/

‘Clairvoyant Crime Busters’: Using Psychic powers in Policing
Where does the role of the psychic lie in policing? The secular, rationalist follower of hard facts and evidentiary reason might well question their very existence, let alone value. But moments of crisis can increase the emphasis on faith and desires ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00105/binoy-kampmark-using-psychic-powers-in-policing.htm

Rosalea Barker: I, Technofool, Part 2
It’s been 10 weeks since I wrote the first post about getting connected to the Internet, and this week’s proposal from Verizon and Google spurred me to write some more about my experience. Here is FCC Commissioner Copps’ August 9 response ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00096/rosalea-barker-i-technofool-part-2.htm

Digging for the truth: What the Welfare Working Group report really says
Buried deep in the report of the Welfare Working Group, “Long-term benefit dependency: the issues”, are two remarkable pieces of information. First, “New Zealand’s rate of employment for disabled people is one of the highest in the OECD. Around ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00104/what-the-welfare-working-group-report-really-says.htm

Scoop Theatre Review: The December Brother
The December Brother is an ambitious play. It includes two versions of the Bain family murders, a complicated saga of adoption and re-adoption resulting from remarriage and a fictional shotgun marriage of these unlikely partners. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00112/scoop-theatre-review-the-december-brother.htm

Road Now Opened: Sleepover On Mt Hutt
Mt Hutt writes: On Thursday 12 August 2010 Mt Hutt Ski Area closed the mountain at approximately 12.30pm due to high winds. We were unable to evacuate all guests before it became unsafe to travel down our access road, this resulted in both guests and ski area staff staying overnight in the base area. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1008/S00205/sleepover-on-mt-hutt.htm

ALSO:

• 1200 people still stranded on Mt Hutt [2]


• Mt Hutt closed by high winds [3]


• Mt Hutt staff review safety after string of accidents [4]


• Police Issue Warning On Ski Passes [5]


• Happy 13th Birthday Sky Tower! You're A Teenager [6]


• Education Minister praises Youth Guarantee efforts [7]


• Youth Cast Tackle Controversial Booker Prize Novel [8]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/39583.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/39572.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/39545.html [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1008/S00210/police-issue-wanring-to-skiers.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00175/happy-13th-birthday-sky-tower-youre-a-teenager.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1008/S00053/education-minister-praises-youth-guarantee-efforts.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1001/S00129.htm [8]

Riff Raff Promoted: Richard O’Brien TO Narrate Rocky Horror
The show’s creator Richard O’Brien will play The Narrator. It’s the first time he has appeared in The Rocky Horror Show in many years ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00168/lets-do-the-time-warp-new-zealand.htm

ALSO:

• SAFE, zoo face off over elephant herd plans [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/lifestyle/39531.html [2]

Pacific.Scoop: Australian ‘Outsourcing’ Pacific Plan For Asylum Seekers Strikes Strong Opposition
Report - Adrian Hatwell: The Australian government’s proposal for a new regional processing centre to deal with asylum seekers arriving in the Pacific has drawn a chorus of opposition from within nations to be affected by the plan. More »[1]

[1] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/australian-outsourcing-pacific-plan-for-asylum-seekers-strikes-strong-opposition/

ALSO:

• RAMSI under investigation after killing of Solomon Islands man [2]

[2] - http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2010/08/ramsi-security-force-under-investigation-after-killing-of-solomon-islands-man/ [2]

Aboriginal Rights: International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People
Today UNICEF joins in celebrating the vibrant diversity, rich culture and remarkable contributions of the world’s indigenous peoples. This year’s celebration comes at a significant time, as world leaders prepare to gather ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1008/S00154/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-people.htm

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

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