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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 23 2010

Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 8:56 am
Article: Scoop Daily Ratings

1: The President’s Health Care Bill

The White House
The President’s Bill puts American families and small business owners in control of their own health care. It brings greater accountability to health care by laying out commonsense rules of the road to keep premiums down and prevent insurance industry ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1003/S00404.htm

2: Future Focus: a better off in work approach

New Zealand Government
A comprehensive package of reforms unveiled today by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett, aims to break the cycle of welfare dependency.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00328.htm

3: Beneficiaries get no love or respect from Paula

Green Party
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett needs to stop blaming beneficiaries and start working with them, the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00331.htm

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4: Search Engine Optimisation, Helping NZ Businesses

SEO
The New Zealand economy is often described as being one of the most entrepreneurial and technologically savvy nations in the developed world, with approximately 80% of the population or 3,360,000 million active Internet users .
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00610.htm

5: Who is right, Mr Ryall or Mr Key?

New Zealand Labour Party
The evasiveness of State Services Minister Tony Ryall around who initiated the Government’s witch-hunt into recent leaks doesn’t hide that fact two different stories are emerging, Labour State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00350.htm

6: Prime Minister’s speech notes on benefit reform

New Zealand Government
The Minister is going to talk about the details of our benefit reform package in a moment, but I am going to start by giving you a broad overview of what we are doing and why.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00327.htm

7: Anderton - Alcohol causes violence

Progressive Party
Any day of any week you can open any newspaper, or watch any news bulletin, and the evidence is plain: Alcohol-fuelled violence. Alcohol-fuelled crime. A culture of binge drinking.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00345.htm

8: Key, Bennett pitch benefit cut-offs

Rory MacKinnon
Beneficiaries will face more frequent check-ups, more penalties and a one-year expiration date for the unemployment benefit under changes to the welfare system announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00258.htm

9: Mean-spirited welfare reform will hurt all Kiwis

Wellington People's Centre
The government’s new welfare reform is a mean-spirited attack on beneficiaries says the WPC.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00345.htm

10: Airline loyalties weaken as flying habits change

House of Travel
Call me loyal? Well, figures released from House of Travel today suggest not. Instead they show Kiwis becoming less and less loyal when choosing their airlines.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00621.htm

11: National shows lack of commitment to rail and jobs

New Zealand Labour Party
The National Government’s lack of commitment to investing in rail and jobs in the Kiwi rail industry were highlighted in Parliament again today, Labour’s transport spokesperson Darren Hughes said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00352.htm

12: John Key’s mining plans - 100% Dumb

New Zealand Labour Party
It is astounding that John Key can not see how potentially damaging his plans to mine on pristine protected land will be to New Zealand’s tourism industry, Labour’s Tourism spokesperson Kelvin Davis said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00329.htm

13: Minister of Tourism: where the bloody hell are ya?

Green Party
It is fiscally reckless for the Government to fossick about with Schedule 4 mining without taking any advice on how this would affect tourism, our second largest export earner, the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00347.htm

14: How is National making life easier for Kiwis?

New Zealand Labour Party
The real wages of Kiwis are falling and unfortunately National’s plans to introduce GST will not help those struggling to make ends meet, Labour’s Associate Finance spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00346.htm

15: Accounting, auditing standards setting transfer

New Zealand Government
Commerce Minister Simon Power today announced that all accounting and auditing standards-setting responsibilities will be consolidated within the External Reporting Board.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00340.htm

16: Poroporoaki to Lady Raiha Mahuta

The Maori Party
Today, the tears of Tongariro will flow into the Whanganui River. The connection we make as river people is an intimate one, in which through whakapapa we are bound together.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00335.htm

17: New Zealand workers still facing cheap lay offs

New Zealand Labour Party
Labour says that New Zealand workers continue to suffer because of the government’s failure to support redundancy protection laws.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00339.htm

18: Rotorua scientist recognised for community work

Hindu Council of New Zealand
Overseas Indians, numbering over twenty-five million, have spread right across the globe and have made their mark in every walk of life – trade, industry, politics, academia and arts. They have played an enormous role in elevating India’s image ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00263.htm

19: Contact’s Tauhara 2 geothermal plant fast-tracked

Businesswire
March 23 (BusinessWire) - Contact Energy Ltd., the biggest utility on the NZX 50 Index, has become the first to have a power station proposal referred to an independent board of inquiry under the fledgling Environmental Protection Authority.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00622.htm

20: Bill closer to bringing courtrooms up to speed

New Zealand Government
A bill which would mean greater use of audio visual links in courtrooms passed its first reading in Parliament this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00351.htm

21: Maungakiekie MP selects Youth MP

New Zealand National Party
Last week representatives of Onehunga High School, One Tree Hill College and Tamaki College battled it out to be the Youth MP for Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, MP for Maungakiekie.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00343.htm

22: Questions for Oral Answer - Tuesday 23 March 2010

Office of the Clerk
CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: What measures will the Government consider to improve the fairness and integrity of the tax system?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00321.htm

23: IRL and Epichem Pty Ltd combine strengths

Industrial Research
Industrial Research Ltd (IRL) and Epichem Pty Ltd today announced the launch of a strategic alliance designed to provide clients with continuous and seamless services from drug discovery to cGMP production.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00617.htm

24: Put the children first, Ms Bennett

New Zealand Alliance Party
The Alliance asks whether the National Government wants seven year old school children coming home to a locked, empty house.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00348.htm

25: Top Kiwi sports stars switch off for Earth Hour

WWF
Some of New Zealand’s most iconic sporting heroes announced today they will be switching off for Earth Hour – the global lights out event for action on climate change.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00339.htm

26: Hamilton encouraged to switch off for Earth Hour

Hamilton City Council
Hamilton residents and businesses are urged to switch off for an hour this Saturday [27 March] as the city takes part in the global Earth Hour initiative.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00275.htm

27: Joyce pulls ladder up behind him

New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson, Maryan Street says Steven Joyce’s mixed academic results as a student would not have made the cut under his new tertiary education funding model based on students' pass rates and he may well have been denied ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1003/S00104.htm

28: United States Hypocrisy Knows No Rationale

Jim Miles
The political events and comments surrounding Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel stand only to highlight the hypocrisy and arrogant ignorance of the United States command. There are two factors here: first is the avoidance - in spite of superficial ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00240.htm

29: Wong: Race Relations Day celebrations

New Zealand Government
It is a pleasure to be here to help celebrate New Zealand’s race relations and to launch Dr Edwina Pio’s book, Longing and Belonging – which provides a wonderful insight into the thoughts and feelings of selected Ethnic New Zealanders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00341.htm

30: Deane to lead Defence Value For Money review

New Zealand Government
The Government’s review aimed at providing better value for future Defence spending will be led by former Telecom Chief Executive Dr Roderick Deane, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00342.htm

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