Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 08 2010

Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 8:58 am
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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 08 2010

1: Govt insults Kiwis by supporting return to whaling

Greenpeace New Zealand

The New Zealand Government’s sell-out at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) could effectively see a return to commercial whaling, says Greenpeace.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00123.htm

2: New Zealand is now a pro-whaling country

New Zealand Labour Party

Labour rejects the National-Act Government’s decision today to support the resumption of commercial whaling, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesman Chris Carter says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00102.htm

3: Rosalea Barker: Get yer apps on!

Rosalea Barker

Okay. So here’s the thing. In the first couple of weeks of April, apparently, the US will be flooded with iPads and the publishing world as we know it will change. You need only watch this video of the Wired/Adobe Systems magazine reader app, which ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00091.htm

4: International Women’s Day a Time for Evaluation

National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges

Women’s Refuge says International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the strength and advancement of women, but also an important opportunity to evaluate our progress.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00119.htm

5: Social Media in Retail - Event 9 March 2010

Social Media Club

Auckland’s Social Media Club, which had its first event last month featuring Jayson Bryant of Wine Vault TV, is set to welcome gelato and sorbet store, Giapo on 9th March.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1003/S00030.htm

6: Equal rights and opportunities: progress for all

United Nations Development Programme

Right now, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is gathering in New York to review progress towards gender equality since the groundbreaking Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. That landmark conference recognized the barriers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00173.htm

7: Imagining 2020: Green Opportunities Outweigh Costs

Imagining 2020

Phillip Mills describes his vision for a low carbon future based on ‘clean technology’.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00084.htm

8: Pakistan Worst For Gender Based Disparities

Asian Human Rights Commission

Despite the Pakistani government’s few efforts to improve the women’s situation, physical and sexual violence, honour killings, forced marriages and structural inequalities within the society still make Pakistan one of the worst countries in the world in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00169.htm

9: Keith Rankin: Taxes and Benefits for Individuals

Keith Rankin

On Feb 8 Scoop published my article Personal Income Tax Reform in New Zealand , which looks at taxes for individual New Zealand wage and salary earning tax residents.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00083.htm

10: Wallace & Manning - PM's Whaling Stance Flawed

Scoop Audio

KiwiFM: Wallace Chapman & Selwyn Manning discuss how the Prime Minister John Key's decision for New Zealand to take the diplomacy-route over whaling is flawed and would see the resumption of commercial whaling...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00094.htm

11: Review of Brash emails investigation completed

New Zealand Police

The Police review of the investigation into the publication of the allegedly "leaked" Dr Don Brash emails has been completed and found the source of the emails could not been established.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00114.htm

12: Equal rights, equal opportunities for all

New Zealand Government

A recent study by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has revealed that only one year after entering employment an income gap of up to six percent develops between men and women with a bachelor’s qualification or above.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00104.htm

13: A message from Her Majesty The Queen

The Queen - Elizabeth R

Today’s societies are constantly seeking ways to improve their quality of life, and science and technology play a vital part in that search.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00171.htm

14: TDC Council considers Draft Annual Plan

Tasman District Council

Tasman District Council will consider approving its Draft Annual Plan for public consultation at its meeting on Friday 12 March
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00098.htm

15: PM's Presser - The Hollow Memo

Rory MacKinnon

Ministry mergers are on the cards – but the PM is holding them very close to his chest. Prime Minister John Key confirmed talk of departmental mergers at Monday’s post-cabinet press conference but said he did not have figures for estimated savings, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00095.htm

16: NZ Dollar Outlook: All eyes on Thursday's MPS

Businesswire

March 8 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar will probably continue to trade between 68.5 U.S. cents and 70 cents as the market waits on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Thursday assessment on the state of the Kiwi economy and whether it feels ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00183.htm

17: Christchurch Boats Dominated Classic Boatshow

Antique and Classic Boat Show

Over 180 boats registered for a weekend of ‘Glorious Hydromatic Relaxation’ and over a thousand people attended over the two days to view the restored boats and watch the races. These ranged from the popular Seagull outboard race with its ‘Le ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00081.htm

18: MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 rises to 7-wk high; AIR up

Businesswire

March 8 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose, nudging the NZX 50 Index up to a seven-week high as the kiwi dollar held near a decade low against its Australian counterpart, helping companies like Air New Zealand that rely on revenue from across ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00193.htm

19: Key and Hide determined to corporatise Auckland

New Zealand Labour Party

Prime Minister John Key is being disingenuous in his defence of the so-called Council Controlled Organisations that will run most of the operations of the new Auckland super city, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00103.htm

20: Weed spraying contractor advised 48 hours ahead

Department of Conservation

The Department of Conservation is rejecting suggestions a group of weed sprayers were not advised about its recent 1080 operation targeting possums and rats on Mt Taranaki.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00101.htm

21: Uri Avnery: The Harlot’s Grave

Uri Avnery

SOME WEEKS ago, Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in Rome, was released after serving 28 years in prison. The motives for his act have never been clarified. But a Palestinian leader once told me his version: God appeared ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00093.htm

22: Small business challenges: from the horse’s mouth

University of Waikato

There’s plenty of research out there analysing the drivers for small business, but not a lot that includes insights from small business operators themselves.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1003/S00032.htm

23: HACCP accreditation for Marlborough brewery

Renaissance Brewing

Renaissance Brewing, a Marlborough based craft brewer, is celebrating a number of successes. At the end of January Renaissance collected two gold medals in the RateBeer 2010 Beer Awards. The week after Renaissance appointed their first overseas distributor ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00187.htm

24: Leaders support independent energy advice

Energy Efficiency Community Network

New Zealand’s first public biodiesel consortium and refuelling facility was launched today (8 March) in Queenstown, a move that’s been welcomed by political, industry and environmental leaders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00124.htm

25: New Open Champion For Golden Shears

Shearing Sports New Zealand

THE GOLDEN Shears has a brand new open shearing champion with young Waipawa shearer Cam Ferguson winning the title ahead of a prestigious line up of five of the world’s most elite in the field.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00080.htm

26: Kumeu-based resource recovery plant gets approval

Rodney District Council

Rodney District Council has approved an application by Winstone Aggregates to develop a resource recovery centre at the former Laminex particle board factory site at Kumeu.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00100.htm

27: Organic food focus at Life Synergy Expo

Synergy

8th March 2010 Expo Focus on healthy living, families and good local seasonal produce. This weekends premiere health and wellbeing event, the Life Synergy Expo, at Millbrook Resort on Sunday the 14th of March will be a showcase of organic and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00103.htm

28: Haumoana Houses Evacuated as Swell Builds

Hastings District Council

Police are currently evacuating 21 houses along the coast at Haumoana that may be vulnerable to high swells.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00088.htm

29: International investors could bypass NZ

NZ Private Equity and Venture Capital Ass

International investors could bypass New Zealand if problems with the Financial Advisers Act are not sorted out, says Colin McKinnon, NZ Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Executive Director.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00189.htm

30: Banning Cough Lozenges In Supermarkets Absurd

Food and Grocery Council

Medsafe’s Nanny state power play to ban cough remedies in supermarkets is absurd and does not draw on international evidence or common sense, says Katherine Rich, Chief Executive of the Food & Grocery Council.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00122.htm

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