Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 22 2010

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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 22 2010

1: Recreational fishing survey to make grim reading

United Future NZ Party

United Future leader Peter Dunne has welcomed the Government’s launch of a recreational fishing survey today, however he has warned that the results may “make pretty grim reading”.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00248.htm

2: Names don’t matter --- loss of democracy does

New Zealand Labour Party

The announcement today of the names of Commissioners to replace Environment Canterbury is not a sign of progress, but depressing confirmation that democracy has been killed in Canterbury, says Labour Water spokesperson Brendon Burns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00285.htm

3: Government favours alcohol industry

Progressive Party

Minister responsible for the government’s alcohol policy, Peter Dunne today dismissed Professor Doug Sellman, an addiction specialist, and 450 senior doctors and nurses as a group of people who don’t like a drink of wine at a wedding.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00282.htm

4: ECan commissioners to get on with the job

Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers welcomes the appointment to Environment Canterbury (ECan), of seven Commissioners under the chair of Dame Margaret Bazley.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00562.htm

5: Environment Canterbury Commissioners appointed

New Zealand Government

Environment Minister Nick Smith and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide today announced the appointment of Commissioners and their terms of reference to oversee Environment Canterbury and fix Canterbury’s significant water issues.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00274.htm

6: What does the Israel-backed UAE say?

Kourosh Ziabari

Speaking or writing as an Iranian citizen makes it difficult to weigh in on the latest remarks made by the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bin Zayid Al Nahyan, who likened Iran's legal sovereignty of it's Persian Gulf islands to the...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00432.htm

7: Burmese officials will be loyal foot-soldiers

Green Party

Foreign Minister Murray McCully’s failed to reassure refugees from Burma this afternoon that officials representing Burma’s junta would not monitor the political activities of expatriate Burmese in New Zealand, said Green Party MP Keith Locke.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00280.htm

8: Gluckman: The New Zealand Science System

Prime Ministers Science Advisory Committee

NIWA seems a particularly appropriate venue to address what might at first glance appear to be two apparently unrelated topics – the CRI reforms and the broader issues of public confidence in science associated with the climate change debate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00054.htm

9: Myanmar: A human rights defender targeted

Asian Human Rights Commission

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a copy of a letter from a human rights defender in Myanmar (Burma), a copy of which has also been addressed to you. As the letter may not have been received or its contents not communicated to you, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00430.htm

10: One year on - Scientists reflect on swine flu

Science Media Centre

A year ago this Saturday, Rangitoto College students returning from a school trip to Mexico were quarantined in home isolation , with suspected cases of H1N1 swine influenza.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00055.htm

11: Gluckman: Speech at A J Park 2010 IP Round table

Prime Ministers Science Advisory Committee

There is now a more intense focus on the role of science in New Zealand’s development than there has been for two decades. There is a shift in thinking and in particular a growing realisation in government that science expenditure must be seen as an investment ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00056.htm

12: Noam Chomsky: Remembering Fascism

Noam Chomsky

I don't have to say how pleased and grateful I am for this honor, which also offers an occasion to look back over the years. What comes to mind with particular salience is the earliest years, perhaps because I've been thinking a lot about them lately, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00155.htm

13: Sack NDDC, Niger Delta Tells Jonathan

Akanimo Sampson

THERE are growing concerns in the Niger Delta, Nigeria's main oil and gas region that has been a zone of low intensity war since the late 1990s. This time around, the trouble is centring around the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a development ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00405.htm

14: MMP bill passes reading with unanimous support

New Zealand Government

The Electoral Referendum Bill passed its first reading unanimously in Parliament today and has been referred to a special select committee.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00283.htm

15: Questions and Answers - 21 April 2010

Office of the Clerk

Public Assets—Sale; Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Prime Minister’s Statements; Budget 2010—Tax Reform; Road Safety—Young People
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00251.htm

16: Support for changes to alcohol law

Progressive Party

If the reports are accurate (the formal release is 27 April), Jim Anderton calls on the government to act on the Law Commission’s recommendations on alcohol controls, which appear to include a call to increase the drinking age to twenty and restrict ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00273.htm

17: New Zealand beef on show in Busan

Meat And Wool New Zealand

Meat & Wool New Zealand showcased New Zealand grass-fed beef at a major food and beverage sector promotion held last month in Busan, South Korea’s second largest city.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00570.htm

18: Pandemic Influenza H1N1 2009 (swine flu)

Ministry of Health

The first suspected cases of Pandemic Influenza H1N1 (swine flu) were identified in New Zealand, one year ago on 25 April 2009, when a group of students arrived home from a school trip displaying symptoms of influenza. Some weeks later we experienced ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1004/S00103.htm

19: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Fletcher, CEN drop

Businesswire

April 22 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares fell after Fletcher Building Ltd. announced further cuts to insulation would dent Australian earnings and Contact Energy released figures showing a further loss of customers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00573.htm

20: National’s duplicity on water revealed

Green Party

National’s duplicity on water issues has been revealed by news that senior ministers were working to weaken Water Conservation Orders and advance irrigation in Canterbury, at the same time as telling the environment movement they were committed to collaborating ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00235.htm

21: New Image surges into the world’s “Top 100”

New Image Group

New Zealand health and wellness product manufacturer New Image Group has been named as one of the world’s Top 100 direct sales companies.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00569.htm

22: Concern at white poppy appeal ahead of ANZAC Day

Fundraising Institute of New Zealand

Aotearoa Peace Movement is stepping on toes with its white poppy collection just days before one of New Zealand’s most revered public holidays, ANZAC Day.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00241.htm

23: Dunedin Airport Closed Due to Bomb Scare

New Zealand Police

A device that appears to be an improvised explosive device has been located in a downstairs toilet at Dunedin International Airport.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00236.htm

24: FX Daily Planet: London Open

JP Morgan

The earnings from the US corpotates, which were released after trading hours in the US, were generally strong. However, these results failed to support equity markets; S&P 500 futures fell 0.3% and Asian equity indices broadly declined with the Nikkei ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00571.htm

25: Katene’s GST off healthy food bill gets pulled

The Maori Party

Maori Party MP Rahui Katene is absolutely stoked that her bill to remove GST on healthy food has been pulled from the ballot today. And she has a word of advice for those who say such an initiative would be too difficult to implement.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00275.htm

26: Cathay Pacific Resumes Normal Services to Europe

Cathay Pacific

With the re-opening of airports and airspaces in Europe, Cathay Pacific Airways has announced that it plans to resume normal schedule of services to and from Europe from this morning (22 April).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00532.htm

27: Early Childhood Education being targeted for cuts

New Zealand Labour Party

The National Government appears to be eyeing Early Childhood Education for cost cutting, Labour Early Childhood Education spokesperson Sue Moroney says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00281.htm

28: Tariff Act Repeal Bill Pulled From Ballot

ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand Economic Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas was today pleased that his Tariff Act Repeal Bill was drawn from the Ballot, which, if successful would see the removal of all remaining tariffs on imported goods.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00284.htm

29: Pay full attention while cycling

Cycling Advocates Network

The Cycling Advocates Network (CAN) says cyclists, like all road users, need to pay full attention while on the road.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00277.htm

30: Fletcher trims output of insulation in Australia

Businesswire

April 22 (BusinessWire) – Fletcher Building Ltd. announced its second reduction in output of glass wool in Australia after the federal government ended its insulation incentive, leaving the company with excess inventory and hurting earnings.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00572.htm

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