A mere week after the tail end of Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit the North Island, another cyclone is on its way. The MetService is warning Kiwis that Cyclone Cook could bring heavy rainfall especially to areas already saturated from last week. More>>
Opening The Election: Scoop’s Top-5 Crowdsourced Election Journalism Topics
Scoop has announced the top 5 issues we hope to prioritise for our “Opening The Election” journalism project over the next 5 months. These topics will form the core focus of the “Opening the Election” project this election year. More>>
Do You Need A License? An Important Message To Professional Users Of Scoop
So far 216 Scoop members have pledged towards our PledgeMe campaign. But it is not the intended role of Foundation Members to support Scoop's core publishing activities with donations... More>>
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Funding Squeeze: Brownlee Cracks Down On Christchurch Walking, Bike Plans
On Monday, Mr Brownlee was granted Cabinet authorisation to suspend the government funding contributions of Accessible City projects being led by Crown company Ōtākaro Limited. More>>
Policy Remains, Investigating Implimentation: Review Of MSD’s NGO Client Data Fail
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has announced details of the independent review into MSD’s individual client level data IT system. More>>
Gordon Campbell: On The Fate Of Edgecumbe’s Uninsured
The rough rule of thumb with natural disasters is that up to one third of the victims probably won’t be carrying home or house contents insurance, a precondition of help from the Earthquake Commission... More>>
SSC Report: Ex-CERA Staffers Referred To SFO Over 'Conflict Of Interest'
Two former Canterbury Employment Recovery Authority employees have been referred to the Serious Fraud Office after an investigation into their personal business dealings found a "clear conflict of interest" and that they may have broken the law. More>>
Justice: Report Into Disproportionate Reoffending Rates Released
The Tribunal looked at recent efforts by the Department to reduce the overall rate of reoffending by 25 per cent. It says the most recent statistics supplied by the Crown show Māori progress toward this target has slowed dramatically, while the gap between Māori and non-Māori progress toward the target has widened. More>>
PM's Press Conference: Edgecumbe Flooding Update
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley joined Prime Minster Bill English to discuss the flooding situation in Edgecumbe... The Prime Minister made mention of the government’s support for diplomatic efforts in Syria, and closed by acknowledging the recent passing of John Clarke and Douglas Myers. More>>
Seismic Blasting/Oil Protest: Greenpeace Gets In The Sea
Greenpeace says its New Zealand executive director Russel Norman was among activists who jumped into the sea to try to thwart deepwater seismic testing for oil 50 nautical miles off the Wairarapa coast. More>>
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Much More Weather: Batten Down The Hatches For Cyclone Cook
Although fast-moving, Cyclone Cook will be destructive and MetService Expert Meteorologists have issued Severe Wind Warnings for the whole of the North Island apart from Northland... As Cyclone Cook approaches north-facing coastal areas from Northland to Hicks Bay, people should also prepare for large swells which will contribute to coastal inundation and erosion. More>>
Safe Cybering: NZ Government's Cyber-Security One-Stop Shop Cert NZ Opens
The government's Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert NZ) officially opened today to act as a one-stop shop for all New Zealanders and local entities to find information on how to deal with cyber-security issues. More>>
Standards: New Zealand Mānuka Honey Science Definition
Food Safety Minister David Bennett has welcomed the Ministry for Primary Industries’ release of a proposed scientific definition for mānuka honey produced in New Zealand. More>>
Crown Accounts: Surplus Smashes Forecast
The operating balance before gains and losses (OBEGAL) was a surplus of $1,410 million, compared to a forecast surplus of $498 million. This favourable variance of $912 million was largely due to higher than forecast core Crown tax revenue and lower than forecast core Crown expenses. More>>
Edgecumbe Inundated In Floods: Council Focuses On Rangitaiki River Stop Bank Damage
7/4 Most Eastern Bay rivers have returned to below warning levels and the Rangitāiki is receding, but floodwaters continue to come through the breach on College Road in Edgecumbe. More>>
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Gordon Campbell: On War Crimes And The Afghan Insurgency
Mapp’s attempted defence of the SAS on RNZ this morning unintentionally indicated that collective punishment was baked into the planning exercise for the raid, and also into how the raid proceeded on the ground. More>>
Gordon Campbell: On Regime Change, Bombs And Syria
Now that America has found its greatness again the traditional way – by bombing someone – the misgivings have set in. Despite the 57 Cruise missiles fired at the al Shayrat airbase in Syria, the airbase was reportedly functioning again soon afterwards. More>>
Photos: Scoop ‘Opening The Election’ Forum Event Friday 7/4
A Scoop crowdfunding campaign event with Speakers and Panel Discussion on innovative ideas and solutions for our future. More>>
Alastair Thompson: An Appeal To All Friends Of Scoop - This Is Not A Drill
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New Community Reward: Scoop Offering 2 Million “Ads For Good” This Election Year
We are launching an exciting new community incentive as part of Scoop’s ‘Opening the Election’ crowdfunding campaign by offering 2 million free ads on Scoop to worthy causes. More>>
Casanova on Cagliostro - "This is a man whose partisans think him wise because when he speaks he seems ignorant. This is a man who is persuasive because he masters no language. This is a man whom people understand because he never explains himself … " More>>
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Westminster: NZ PM Condemns London Attack
“London is a place many thousands of New Zealanders have visited and called home, and where many more have friends and family based, so this attack feels very close to home,” Mr English says. More>>
Amnesty: Campaign Mass Hangings And Extermination At Syrian Prison
A chilling new report by Amnesty International exposes the Syrian government’s calculated campaign of extrajudicial executions by mass hangings at Saydnaya Prison. Between 2011 and 2015, every week and often twice a week, groups of up to 50 people ... More>>
President Obama authorized a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election in 2016. More>>
Israel/Palestine: Michael Field - Background To How Israel Nearly Went To War With New Zealand
New Zealand and Senegal managed to get the United Nations Security Council to pass resolution 2334 which said Israel’s settlements in Palestinian territory violate international law and undermine a two-state solution in Israel's conflict with Palestine. More>>
US Indigenous Affairs: How President Obama Has Protected Our Sacred Land
I am very proud to be both Navajo and American. As the President of the Navajo Nation, I’ve dedicated my life to ensuring that, as a Navajo, my story -- and our stories -- are part of our collective American history. Today, I want to share one of those stories with you. More>>
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Obituary: John Clarke Dies Aged 68Andrew Little: “I grew up with Fred Dagg and I am devastated by John Clarke’s death. He taught us to laugh at ourselves and more importantly laugh at our politicians.” More>>
Howard Davis: Colin McCahon's 'on Going Out With The Tide'
Curated by Wystan Curnow and Robert Leonard, On Going Out with the Tide features major works that have been assembled from public and private collections across New Zealand and Australia. It focusses on McCahon’s evolving engagement with Māori subjects and themes, ranging from early treatments of koru imagery to later history paintings which refer to Māori prophets and investigate land-rights issues. More>>
Howard Davis: Rodger Fox Gets Out The Funk
By now a living New Zealand legend, band leader and trombonist Rodger Fox has performed with some of the biggest names in the jazz business, including Louie Bellson, Bill Reichenbach, Chuck Findley, Randy Crawford, Bobby Shew, Lanny Morgan, Bruce Paulson, Diane Schuur, Arturo Sandoval, David Clayton-Thomas, and Joe Williams, to name only a few. More>>
Te Papa: Sir Peter Snell To Make Golden Donation To The NationSporting legend Sir Peter Snell has confirmed he will donate 14 items from his personal collection to Te Papa, including two Olympic gold medals... The most unusual item being gifted by Sir Peter is a shoe he wore while winning gold at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. More>>
Max Rashbrooke: Review - The NZSO And Nature
This was a lovely, varied concert with an obvious theme based on the natural world. It kicked off with Mendelssohn's sparkling Hebrides Overture, which had a wonderfully taut spring right from the start, and great colour from the woodwinds, especially the clarinets. More>>
Scoop Review Of Books: Q&A;: Prue Hyman On ‘Hopes Dashed?’
For Scoop Review of Books, Alison McCulloch interviewed Prue Hyman about her new book, part of the BWB Texts series, Hopes Dashed? The Economics of Gender Inequality More>>
Gordon Campbell: On Chuck Berry (And James Comey, And Bill English)
Back when many people were still treating rock’n’roll as a passing fad – was calypso going to be the new thing? – Chuck Berry knew that it had changed popular music forever. What is even more astonishing is that this 30-ish black r&b; musician from a middle class family in St Louis could manage to recreate the world of white teenagers, at a time when the very notion of a “teenager” had just been invented. More>>
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Russian Hack Job?: White House - Actions In Response To Russian Malicious Cyber Activity & Harassment