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95bFM Manning & Armistead: Accept Responsibility McCully!
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 3:29 pm | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Jon Armistead discuss the transparent maneuvers by RWC Minister Murray McCully as he positions to avoid any blame for the lack of leadership and inattention displayed by those governing the opening events at the waterfront in ... More >>
Plans to Extend Auckland RWC Fanzone Released
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 1:08 pm | Scoop News
An application has been lodged to allow Aucklands Rugby World Cup "Fanzone" to be extended into adjoining Quay St and "if required" onto Captain Cook Wharf. More >>
Govt 'Nationalises' Waterfront After RWC Opening Problems
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 5:27 pm | Scoop News
The Government has announced a plan to take control of the Auckland waterfront for the duration of the Rugby World Cup. More >>
Scoop Images: Wellington Hail in the CBD 13/9/11
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 3:05 pm | Scoop Images
Scoop can honestly assure international visitors to Wellington that this does not normally happen, with one Scoop resident saying he had "never seen" hailstones that big. More >>
PM's Press Conference 12/9/11: Training For The RWC
Monday, 12 September 2011, 5:45 pm | Scoop Audio
Prime Minister John Key's weekly press conference focussed on transport problems around the Rugby World Cup opening in Auckland. More >>
'Happy Feet' Penguin Tracker Not Transmitting
Monday, 12 September 2011, 3:45 pm | The Scoop Team
"The transmitter has appeared to stop transmitting. This could be due to a number of reasons, but it may not be due to interference from the solar flares as previously speculated. There are a number of reasons this may have happened - transmitter falling ... More >>
Phil Goff 12/9/11: Cup, Canterbury, Finance & Terrorism
Monday, 12 September 2011, 3:23 pm | Scoop Audio
Rugby World Cup; Christchurch; The EC's proposed financial transactions tax; PM's confirmation New Zealander Mark Taylor is Al Quaeda suspect More >>
95bFM: Manning On PIF - Climate, Human Rights, West Papua
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 5:36 pm | Scoop Audio
95bFM Audio: Selwyn Manning & Jon Armistead On PIF, Climate Change Human Rights In The Pacific & West Papua More >>
The Wire (Australia) Manning Reports On Pacific Forum Issues
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 10:08 am | Scoop Audio
The Wire (Australia) Selwyn Manning and Catherine Zengerer report on the big issues facing Australia, New Zealand, and the wider Pacific region's leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum held this year in Auckland City. More >>
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Julie Reynolds – PIF & RWC
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 9:36 am | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Julie Reynolds discuss the big issues emerging from the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland, where all the Pacific's leaders (excluding Fiji) have gathered for they annual summit meeting. Also, the Rugby World Cup kicks off this ... More >>
Phil Goff Audio 5/9/11: Quake Anniversary, Pacific Forum
Monday, 5 September 2011, 4:15 pm | Scoop Audio
Anniversary of first Christchurch earthquake; Pacific Forum; Condolences to Jean Hubbard on the death of her husband, Allan Hubbard. • Rugby World Cup to begin. • Chris Carter's upcoming valedictory. • Professor Margaret Mutu's comments on ... More >>
Spiegel: Leak at WikiLeaks
Friday, 2 September 2011, 4:27 pm | Scoop Link
Some 250,000 diplomatic dispatches from the US State Department have accidentally been made completely public. The files include the names of informants who now must fear for their lives. It is the result of a series of blunders by WikiLeaks and its ... More >>
NYT Release Palmer Panel's UN Report Into Gaza Flotilla Raid
Friday, 2 September 2011, 11:14 am | Scoop Link
The much-delayed UN report, by a committee lead by former NZ Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, into the deadly Israeli action against a Gaza-bound flotilla on May 31 2010 has been leaked to the New York Times prior to its official release, expected today. More >>
Images & Audio: Nicky Hager’s New Book Other People’s Wars
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 3:20 pm | Scoop Images
Nicky Hager’s new book Other People’s Wars: New Zealand in Afghanistan, Iraq and the war on terror was released today at 9am by Craig Potton Publishing. A press conference was held at noon at Victoria University’s Rutherford House. More >>
Manning: Hager's New Book + New Gov-General Controversies
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 2:09 pm | Scoop Audio
95bFM: Selwyn Manning & 95bFM's Jon Armistead discuss Nicky Hager's new book that investigates New Zealand role in the US-led War On Terror; the Metro magazine investigation by Jon Stephenson; and how this all impacts on the silence by the new Governor General. More >>
Scoop Images: Wellington CBD Wifi Launch
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 2:04 pm | Scoop Images
Wellington's new free CBD wifi was officially launched today in Midland Park. More >>
Manning & Godfrey On A Most Controversial NZ Gov-General
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 9:38 am | Scoop Audio
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss how NZ had a new Governor General sworn in yesterday. But Lt. General Sir Jerry Mataparae's appointment as the Queen's representative is a most controversial on for some people. More >>
Images & Video: Governor-General Swearing-In Ceremony
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 3:16 pm | Scoop Images
Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae was sworn in as New Zealand's new Governor-General, outside Parliament at lunchtime today. More >>
Letter to the Editor: The Situation in Libya
Monday, 29 August 2011, 7:16 pm | The Scoop Editor
I have been following the situation in Libyan since 17 February, and I would like to object to Peter Symonds's 19 August commentary in which he suggests that the NTC in Libya is a “NATO puppet regime” ( http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1108/S00238/natos-puppet-regime-in-libya-falls-apart.htm#a ... More >>
Scoop: Israel Night Time Airstrikes Intensify Against Gaza
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:24 pm | Scoop News
Scoop's correspondent inside Gaza, Julie Webb-Pullman , has reported that the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority has not taken affect. More >>
