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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 09 2010

Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9:07 am
Article: Scoop Daily Ratings

1: 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

2: 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

3: Show-stopping 15th Ellerslie Flower Show

Ellerslie Flower Show
The gates open tomorrow (10 March) for the 2010 Ellerslie International Flower Show which promises to be a real show-stopper with almost 100 horticultural exhibits, including more than 30 display gardens.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00116.htm

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4: Allied Farmers' writedown may understate recovery

Businesswire
Allied’s $220 million write-down of its Hanover/United investments may understate recoverable loans
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00226.htm

5: Energy “miracle” to go commercial

Indranet
A New Zealand company that has developed an energy “miracle” to solve the world’s climate change problems is seeking investors to commercialise the product.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00227.htm

6: Minister accepts Eisenhower Fellowship

New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announces she has accepted an Eisenhower Fellowship for the Women’s Leadership Programme 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00105.htm

7: 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

8: Speech at Opening of Wellington City Cadet Unit

New Zealand Government
Here, tonight, is a group of Kiwi families who, with support from both the Defence Force and the wider Wellington community, are doing just that. One of my sons was a cadet and I know just how hard it is for all of you to meet your unit training ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00120.htm

9: A Trip to the Third World – Watch Your Wallet

New Zealand First Party
This country - once described by that famous West Coaster Richard John Seddon – as “God's Own” is in a spot of trouble and nobody appears to be doing anything constructive about it.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00131.htm

10: Chemetall New Zealand acquires Tergo Industries

Chemetall New Zealand
Chemetall New Zealand is delighted to announce its acquisition of Tergo Industries, New Zealand’s long standing manufacturer of industrial chemical products and processes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00228.htm

11: PM announces $1 million science prize winners

New Zealand Government
Some of New Zealand’s most brilliant minds have been honoured in the first annual Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, the country’s most prestigious and valuable science awards.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00108.htm

12: We need a plan, not a merger

New Zealand Labour Party
National’s plans for a merger in the Research Science and Technology sector show it lacks a clear strategy on making innovation a driver of economic growth, Labour’s Research Science and technology spokesperson David Shearer said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00125.htm

13: 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

14: Minister agrees to smart meter recommendations

New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has agreed to the recommendations set out in the Electricity Commission’s report on the roll-out and requirements for smart meters in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00124.htm

15: Three exhibition gardens win Gold at Ellerslie

Ellerslie International Flower Show
Ellerslie’s two 2010 international gardens by multi Gold award-winning Chelsea Flower Show designer Chris Beardshaw and award-winning Japanese designer Koji Ninomiya have both been awarded Gold, and joining this year’s two international designers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00111.htm

16: Animals matter to Simon Cowell

World Society for the Protection of Animals
Simon Cowell has pledged support for the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and its campaign to get international recognition of animal welfare.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00194.htm

17: Halt needed over plans to blow-up occupied kohatu

The Maori Party
The Maori Party is urging a hydro company not to dynamite a two-storey high kohatu being occupied by tangata whenua.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00123.htm

18: Archives, Library merger turning back the clock

New Zealand Labour Party
Plans to merge Archives New Zealand and the National Library into the Department of Internal Affairs is a backward step putting at risk vital elements of our historical and democratic infrastructure, Grant Robertson, Labour Associate Arts, Culture and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00118.htm

19: 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

20: Global investors in climate asset allocation study

Mercer
Post-Copenhagen, global investors collaborate to consider the impact of climate change on strategic asset allocation
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00219.htm

21: MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 snaps 9-day rally; PFI falls

Businesswire
March 9 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index snapped a nine-day rally, with the U.S. market providing little overnight impetus and commodity prices weakening. Property for Industry and Pan Pacific Petroleum led the decline.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00232.htm

22: 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

23: Akaroa steals Flower Bed hat trick from Chch

Ellerslie International Flower Show
Akaroa won Gold and the National Flower Bed title for its floral tribute to Banks Peninsula’s landmark Akaroa Lighthouse (pictured). The seaside village also won Gold in the competition in 2009.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00112.htm

24: Health boss’ departure raises serious questions

New Zealand Labour Party
The departure of the Director General of the Ministry of Health raises questions around the politicisation of the public service, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00115.htm

25: First-time competitor wins Photographic Contest

Ellerslie International Flower Show
First-time competitor Wendy-Lee Renner has won this year’s The Great Ellerslie Photo Competition with Magnolia Mist
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00140.htm

26: Hold OCR but send a message, farmers urge

Federated Farmers
With a mountain of compliance costs about to hit the economy, Federated Farmers believes the Official Cash Rate (OCR) must be left on hold but the Reserve Bank needs to send Government a strong message.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00231.htm

27: Minister’s signals worry students

New Zealand Union of Students Associations
Student leaders are concerned at changes afoot in the tertiary sector, following comments by new Minister for Tertiary Education, Hon Steven Joyce, in his first speech in the role this morning where he outlined the introduction of performance-based ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1003/S00038.htm

28: Review of Home Support Takes Account of Feedback

Southland District Health Board
Otago and Southland DHBs today invited home based support providers to work with them to plan long term service development for the provinces’ older people.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1003/S00041.htm

29: Smith continues to hurt abuse victims, survivors

New Zealand Labour Party
Victims and survivors of sexual abuse are caught in a bureaucratic nightmare that has seen just 32 people approved for counselling nationally in the first two months of this year, Labour’s Victims Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00117.htm

30: Kiwisaver Regulation Good, But Take Brash To Task

Gareth Morgan Investments
The Government's has done a good job in bringing forward the schedule for tightening the regulations around KiwiSaver in light of the Huljich affair, according to market commentator and investment manager Dr Gareth Morgan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00230.htm

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