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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 14 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 14 2010
1:
Bryan
Law: Waihopai Ploughshares Trial - Day
5
Bryan LawThe testimony and cross-examination of the Waihopai defendents is complete. Defence counsel are well pleased so far. Adi Leason enlivened the jury. Peter Murnane educated them. Sam Land loved and honoured them.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00153.htm
New Zealand PoliceA van has rolled onto its side on the southern motorway southbound near the Orams Road overbridge. Southbound traffic is being diverted off the motorway at the Manukau off ramp.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00158.htm
3:
Stace
Hopper
HH MediaIt is with great sadness that we report that Stace Hopper died in an aircraft crash in Northland late yesterday, Friday 12 March. Stace, 27, died when the light plane he was flying crashed in a paddock about 3.55pm at One Tree Pt, 6km northwest of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00157.htm
4:
2010
iD Dunedin Fashion Week Wraps Up
iD Dunedin Fashion WeekZandra Rhodes, international fashion designer gave fashion followers an exotic taste of her timeless fashion on the catwalk at the iD Dunedin Fashion Show on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 March, 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00212.htm
5:
American
Idol “Voted Off” Wrong
Contestants
HCD ResearchA series of national studies conducted among 6,727 American Idol viewers revealed that the contestants who were “voted off” during the show’s elimination last night did not accurately reflect the viewers’ choices.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00275.htm
6:
Third
Time’s A Charm For Fun Run Winner
Ports of AucklandAthletes, novices, colleagues, families and friends of all ages gathered together this morning for New Zealand’s largest fun run, the 38th annual Ports of Auckland Round the Bays 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1003/S00215.htm
7:
Govt
internet filter going live is sad day for
NZ
Tech LibertyThe Department of Internal Affairs has admitted that the internet filter is now operational and is already being used by ISPs Maxnet and Watchdog. It appears that Maxnet have not told their customers that they are diverting some of their internet traffic to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00159.htm
8:
Q+A
Poll – Should NZ & Australia Become One
?
Television New ZealandUMR polled 1,000 people in Australia and another 1,000 in NZ on the topic of NZ becoming the 7th state of Australia, the results are recorded below. Background to the poll, interview with UMR MD and Q+A discussion with Phil Goff, Sir Don McKinnon and Peter ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00208.htm
Emirates Team New ZealandEmirates Team New Zealand made it four in a row at the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland regatta on Saturday. ETNZ the only undefeated team in the round robin is top of the leader board with four points. Azzurra is second with three points and TEAMORIGIN, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00155.htm
10:
Shoppers
Slow Down Ahead Of May Budget
Newmarket Business AssociationA leading Auckland business group believes higher than usual anticipation ahead of the National Government’s second Budget is seeing consumers keep their hands in their pockets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00350.htm
11:
Writers
and Readers Week: Neil Gaiman
Lyndon HoodUnder De Goldi's questioning, Gaiman described how he had inadvertently become a specialist in Edwardian literature, and G.K. Chesterton in particular, due to the limited selection of his school library.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00159.htm
12:
Possible
assault, Te Kuiti
Westpac Waikato Air AmbulanceThe Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance was called out to Te Kuiti early this morning to retrieve a 21-year old male for transport to Waikato Hospital.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00153.htm
13:
Increased
Share Of Farm Sales Signals Market
Shift
PGG WrightsonWith farm sales at a low ebb, rural service company PGG Wrightson has increased its market share in transactions of economically viable farms, demonstrating a shift in the way the market is operating, says the company’s general manager for real ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00349.htm
14:
All
Black Strongman Turns Back The Clock
International Track MeetBrad Thorn, the powerhouse of the All Black and Crusaders forward packs, will go back to his schoolboy days in athletics when he turns out in the Charter Trucks Invitation Shot Put event at the International Track Meet at QEII Stadium on March the 18th.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00156.htm
15:
Q+A’s
Paul Holmes Interviews Dr Simon
Schama.
Television New ZealandDr Simon Schama is one of the world's most widely read historians, he's an Englishman, lives in New York City, he's Professor of Art History and History, Columbia University, he's a writer and presenter for the BBC Television, they famously paid him three ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00209.htm
16:
Tasman
Rower Arriving In New Zealand
Tasman Trespasser IIAdventurer Shaun Quincey who departed Australia over 50 days ago in a row boat will arrive in New Zealand early on Sunday 13 March and complete a journey over 2000km, second only to his father Colin Quincey, the only other person to have crossed the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00151.htm
17:
French
Connection The Winner In Wellington
Triathlon New ZealandAndrea Hewitt and Laurent Vidal are partners in life and shared the titles in Wellington today at the final round of the Contact Tri Series with national standard distance and ITU Oceania honours on the line.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00154.htm
18:
Poker
Run Report
New Zealand PoliceThe scheduled Poker Run left Isel Park gardens in Stoke, Nelson at 12.30pm Saturday 13 March 2010. There were approximately 130 motorcycles involved in the run. Police noted approximately 35-40 gang patches from both the Hells Angels and the Red Devils.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00150.htm
19:
Quincey
Completes Epic Trans Tasman Solo Row
Tasman Trespasser IIOver 500 members of the public along with world news and media gathered on Northland's 90 Mile Beach to welcome back trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey who arrived on New Zealand soil at around 12:35pm (NZ time)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00159.htm
20:
Free
The Whale-Defender; Put Whaling On
Trial
Green PartyNew Zealand authorities must do everything they can to bring whale-defender Peter Bethune back home, the Green Party said today. “The New Zealand Government must pull out all stops to get Pete Bethune freed from the Japanese authorities,” said ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00190.htm
21:
Arts
Festival Review: T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.
Richard ThomsonThe 1960s were a highwater mark for the kind of glacially-paced and existentially introspective cinema that hardly anyone makes – or watches – any more, and no one made those movies quite like the Italians: think of directors such as Visconti, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00156.htm
22:
Stallone
& Richards Defeat Bollywood Megastars
Rajan ZedHollywood stars Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) and Denise Richards (The World is not enough) have won Hollywood Razzies equivalent “Golden Kela Awards”, given annually for the worst performance in Bollywood.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00278.htm
New Zealand PoliceA single vehicle overturned on a one lane bridge near Mangawhero (Otorohanga). The driver was trapped in the vehicle. He was extracted from the car but died soon afterwards. There were no passengers in the vehicle. The deceased is a male in his teens.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00152.htm
24:
Arts
Festival Review: Jenny Morris
Scoop ReviewJenny Morris does not have a pretty voice. Powerful and strong (and she can still hit the high notes), its beauty comes from the clarity and sheer force, something that has not dimmed in her 30-year career, since the days of the Crocodiles, and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00157.htm
25:
Global
Fixed Income Markets Weekly
JP MorganWe revisit cross market trades recommended in the 2010 Outlook. With EUR rates at the bottom end of their recent trading range, close long positions in 10Y EUR vs. UK and EUR vs. US. However, keep 2s/10s GBP steepeners vs. EUR given fiscal concerns ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00348.htm
Foreign Policy InitiativeIraq: With more than 30 percent of the vote tallied in the southern provinces of Najaf and Babil, Maliki appeared to carve out a narrow victory over a rival coalition of Shiite parties. He was part of that coalition when he was elected to parliament ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00262.htm
27:
Audio
& Images: Neil Gaiman and Amanda
Palmer
Lyndon HoodNeil Gaiman is in Wellington as part of the NZ International Arts Festival's Writers and Readers Week. This afternoon he and his fiancée, musician Amanda Palmer, held a small press conference consisting mostly of media not potent enough to get an interview ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00149.htm
Rory MacKinnon360 looks back on the life of Gee, a young man who ran away from the circus to pursue more conventional ideas of fame and fortune. A collaborative effort between Chapman Tripp recipients Carl Bland, Ben Crowder and Peta Rutter, the play swirls around ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00158.htm
29:
Anton
Olver Invited To Join Cannabis Party
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis PartyThe Aotearoa Leagalise Cannabis Party today announced that they have formally invited ex-All Black Anton Oliver to stand for the party. Oliver is considering his options after signaling his intention to enter politics.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00205.htm
30:
FX
Markets Weekly: Euro’s risk premium too
high
JP MorganDespite predictions that sovereign risk would doom the euro even if Greece stabilised, March is proving that the old rules still apply. Stronger data and higher stocks still prompt broad USD weakness, even against the euro. But even as the euro tracks ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00347.htm
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