Scoop Top Stories For Oct 18, 2010 News Summary

Monday, 18 October 2010, 6:56 pm
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LEAD STORY

Manning & Chapman - Analysing Labour's New Interventionist Brand

Labour's U-turn on foreign land ownership

NZ POLITICS

Pest Control Pilot: Greens' Traps Won't Stay Shut

... On Again: PPTA Rejects Government Offer – Resumes Action

Scoop Audio & Report: Aged Care "Woefully Inadequate" - Kedgley

October 15: Third Anniversary Of Urewera Raids

Wild Wests: Law Commission To Review 'New Media'

BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECH

Inflation: Food And Tax Drive September CPI

Forestry: Consultation Begins On Forest Carbon Measurement

Employment: Survey Shows Most Kiwis Would Change Their Career

COMMENT

Julie Webb Pullman: Kia Ora Gaza Convoy Diary - Part II

Richard S. Ehrlich: Deadly Bombs Make Bangkok Unsafe

Binoy Kampmark: The Canonisation of Mary MacKillop

Michael Collins: Where's The Note? Shock And Awe For Big Banks

Aborting In Cairns: The Leach-Brennan Case

Gordon Campbell: On The Len Brown, Celia Wade-Brown Triumphs (And Aged Care)

LIFESTYLE

Apollo 13: Kiwi Play About To Blast Onto The World Stage

NZ Music: Radio Teaser Begins For Web Audio Archive

WORLD

DPRK: Kim Jong Il Appoints Youngest Son As Heir

Presidential address: Full Obama speech

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

Manning & Chapman - Analysing Labour's New Interventionist Brand
More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00108/audio-analysis-labours-new-interventionist-brand.htm

ALSO:

• Multimedia: Labour Party Leader Phil Goff Presser [2]


• Labour’s Agenda For Change: Putting Children First [3]


• King: Putting Children First [4]


• New Focus On Children Good, But Not Enough [5]


• Labour Promises Built on Faulty Premises [6]


• Foreign land sales complex, farmers need details [7]


• CPAG applauds Labour’s focus on children [8]


• Tax Justice will be an election issue in 2011 [9]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00161.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00275/labours-agenda-for-change-putting-children-first.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00274/putting-children-first.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00279/new-focus-on-children-good-but-not-enough.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00180/labour-promises-built-on-faulty-premises.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00185/foreign-land-sales-complex-farmers-need-details.htm [7]

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00187/cpag-applauds-labours-focus-on-children.htm [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00189/tax-justice-will-be-an-election-issue-in-2011.htm [9]

Labour's U-turn on foreign land ownership
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/42326.html

ALSO:

• Guyon Espiner Interviews Labour Leader Phil Goff [2]


• Russel Norman Interviewed By Duncan Garner [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00176/guyon-espiner-interviews-labour-leader-phil-goff.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00175/russel-norman-interviewed-by-duncan-garner.htm [3]

ALSO:

• Last Week In Parliament [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00088/tom-frewen-the-week-in-parliament-151010.htm [2]

Pest Control Pilot: Greens' Traps Won't Stay Shut
“We’re hopeful that this will be a way to control pests like possums with less use of poisons. We all want practical alternatives to 1080 drops and the Government’s funding support for this trial is really welcome.” More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00293/greens-government-announce-pest-control-project.htm

ALSO:

• Quiet Forests due to Predators and Pests [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0807/S00005.htm [2]

... On Again: PPTA Rejects Government Offer – Resumes Action
PPTA’s national executive has unanimously rejected a government offer which shows a disturbing indication of the level of value the government attaches to teaching and learning in secondary schools. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1010/S00059/ppta-rejects-government-offer-resumes-action.htm

Scoop Audio & Report: Aged Care "Woefully Inadequate" - Kedgley
A cross-party inquiry into New Zealand’s rest homes has found “woefully inadequate” levels of care, Green MP Sue Kedgley says. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00089/aged-care-woefully-inadequate-kedgley.htm

ALSO:

• Aged care report (PDF) [2]


• Inquiry Report: Aged Care sector near crisis point [3]


• A Future Vision of Dignity and Compassion [4]


• Aged care report a wakeup call says union [5]


• Opportunity missed in aged care report [6]


• Grey Power On Aged Care Report [7]


• Unnerved by the colour green? [8]


• Inquiry into the 2010 local authority elections [9]


• Wellington 2010 Local Election – Full results [10]


• Final 2010 Auckland election results [11]


• 2010 Local Election Result [12]

[2] - http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/1010/Aged_Care_Report.pdf [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00249/inquiry-report-aged-care-sector-near-crisis-point.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00167/a-future-vision-of-dignity-and-compassion.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00172/aged-care-report-a-wakeup-call-says-union.htm [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1010/S00079/opportunity-missed-in-aged-care-report.htm [6]

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00186/grey-power-on-aged-care-report.htm [7]

[8] - http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=28553 [8]

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00273/inquiry-into-the-2010-local-authority-elections.htm [9]

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1010/S00177/wellington-2010-local-election-full-results.htm [10]

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1010/S00196/final-2010-auckland-election-results.htm [11]

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00056/scoop-coverage-2010-local-election-result.htm [12]

October 15: Third Anniversary Of Urewera Raids
Today, the architect of the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002, Phil Goff condemned the delays in the October 15th, 2007 raids cases getting to court. The October 15th Solidarity Group dismisses his concerns as political point scoring. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00162/goffs-concerns-about-raids-cases-are-gutless.htm

ALSO:

• The day the raids came book launch [2]


• Wellington Marches Against Police "Terror" In Rain [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1010/S00236/the-day-the-raids-came-book-launch.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0710/S00405.htm [3]

Wild Wests: Law Commission To Review 'New Media'
Justice Minister Simon Power has asked the Law Commission to review the adequacy of regulations around how the Internet interacts with the justice system... "At the moment we've got two tracks – conventional media and the so-called 'new media' – intersecting with the justice system, and it's not sustainable. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00239/law-commission-to-review-gaps-around-new-media.htm

ALSO:

• Regulate What? [2]


• Review good, framing of it bad [3]


• Can the internet be regulated? [4]


• Against regulating the blogosphere [5]


• Minister confident over courtroom video links [6]

[2] - http://publicaddress.net/system/topic,2756,regulate-what.sm" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2010/10/review_good_framing_of_it_bad.html" target="_blank [3]

[4] - http://blog.labour.org.nz/index.php/2010/10/14/can-the-internet-be-regulated/" target="_blank [4]

[5] - http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2010/10/against-regulating-blogosphere.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank [5]

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00257/minister-confident-over-courtroom-video-links.htm [6]

Inflation: Food And Tax Drive September CPI
The consumers price index (CPI) rose 1.1 percent for the September 2010 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1010/S00502/cpi-rises-11-percent-in-september-quarter.htm

ALSO:

• CPI: Basics going up, worse to come with GST hike [2]


• Government charges, food prices drive CPI increase [3]


• CPI shows wages must rise [4]


• Control inflation in the non-traded sector [5]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00291/cpi-basics-going-up-worse-to-come-with-gst-hike.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1010/S00509/government-charges-food-prices-drive-cpi-increase.htm [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1010/S00184/cpi-shows-wages-must-rise.htm [4]

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1010/S00516/control-inflation-in-the-non-traded-sector.htm [5]

Forestry: Consultation Begins On Forest Carbon Measurement
Consultation has opened on a proposed new approach for owners of post-1989 forest to more accurately assess the carbon absorbed by their trees. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1010/S00028/consultation-begins-on-forest-carbon-measurement.htm

ALSO:

• Statement from of SPADA, Actors’ Equity and CTU [2]


• The Hobbit Stoush [3]


• CPI rises 1.1 percent in September quarter [4]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00236/statement-from-of-spada-actors-equity-and-ctu.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/features/onering.html [3]

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1010/S00502/cpi-rises-11-percent-in-september-quarter.htm [4]

Employment: Survey Shows Most Kiwis Would Change Their Career
More than half of New Zealand professionals would turn back the clock and change their career paths if they could, a new survey by not-for profit the Workchoice Trust has revealed. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1010/S00498/survey-shows-most-kiwis-would-change-their-career.htm

Julie Webb Pullman: Kia Ora Gaza Convoy Diary - Part II
So after a relatively comfortable night sleeping on the floor of the ambulance (compared to, say, the floor of a well-used cattle-truck!) we set off for Ancona, and the ferry to Greece. Finally, I plucked up the courage to drive – no mean feat when, being ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00104/kia-ora-gaza-convoy-diary-part-ii.htm

Richard S. Ehrlich: Deadly Bombs Make Bangkok Unsafe
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Increasingly deadly bomb attacks across Bangkok have plunged this Buddhist-majority country into confusion, despair and fear because its military and police, who received years of counter-terrorism training by the U.S., are unable ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00103/deadly-bombs-make-bangkok-unsafe.htm

Binoy Kampmark: The Canonisation of Mary MacKillop
In an age where threats of religious fundamentalism and the battle against archaic laws continues, we find, yet again, the Catholic Church in arrears. Feverish talk about ‘barbaric’ Islam takes place in a world parallel to rituals that still ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00099/binoy-kampmark-the-canonisation-of-mary-mackillop.htm

Michael Collins: Where's The Note? Shock And Awe For Big Banks
Big banks have stopped foreclosures in 23 states due to legal challenges to their ownership of mortgage notes. On Wednesday, JP Morgan upped their total to 41 states in which foreclosure operations had ceased. Why the halt in foreclosures? It seems that the banks have ignored long ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00095/wheres-the-note-shock-and-awe-for-big-banks.htm

Aborting In Cairns: The Leach-Brennan Case
It’s the sort of thing that encourages a bad press for North Queensland, but the first abortion case to be tried in over 20 years has sparked something of a furore. The case involved Tegan Leach and Sergie Brennan (21 and 22 respectively), who have ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1010/S00082/aborting-in-cairns-the-leach-brennan-case.htm

Gordon Campbell: On The Len Brown, Celia Wade-Brown Triumphs (And Aged Care)
The Key government now seems to feel it has a vested interest in the failure of both Len Brown in Auckland, and Celia Wade-Brown in Wellington. The battle lines over central government funding of the CBD rail loop in Auckland are already being drawn up. Key starting his ... More »[1]

[1] - http://gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz/2010/10/15/gordon-campbell-on-aged-care-local-v-central-govt/#browns

Apollo 13: Kiwi Play About To Blast Onto The World Stage
In 2010, APOLLO is again at the forefront of technology and innovation, exploring new frontiers in the performing arts. HACKMAN have re-created the iconic story of APOLLO 13, designing a full scale replica of NASA’s Mission Control that puts audiences in the hot seat. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1010/S00249/apollo-13-about-to-blast-onto-the-world-stage.htm

ALSO:

• Arts Festival Review: Apollo 13: Mission Control [2]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1002/S00235.htm [2]

NZ Music: Radio Teaser Begins For Web Audio Archive
Funded by NZ on Air, Resound is a joint project between SOUNZ, the Centre for New Zealand Music and Radio New Zealand Concert that aims to make a vast resource of recordings of New Zealand music available for broadcast and website streaming. More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1010/S00244/musical-treasure-trove-unlocked.htm

ALSO:

• Passchendaele: fighting for Belgium [2]


• Key: RSA 2010 Annual Council [3]

[2] - http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/passchendaele-the-battle-for-belgium" target="_blank [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1010/S00129/key-rsa-2010-annual-council.htm [3]

DPRK: Kim Jong Il Appoints Youngest Son As Heir
SEOUL, South Korea — One photo shows a chubby-cheeked boy with an impish grin. Former classmates at a Swiss boarding school describe a shy student who loved basketball and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Recent reports describe him as overweight and a heavy ... More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1009/S00549/dprk-kim-appoints-youngest-son-as-heir.htm

ALSO:

• Obama cautiously hopeful as Mideast talks begin [2]


• Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Speech [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/40439.html [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1009/S00002/connie-lawn-obamas-iraq-withdrawal-speech.htm [3]

Presidential address: Full Obama speech
- More »[1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/40377.html

ALSO:

• Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Lives [2]


• A Truly Grateful Nation [3]

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00184/rebranding-iraq-playing-with-numbers-and-lives.htm [2]

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1008/S00493/a-truly-grateful-nation.htm [3]

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]

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