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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 25 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 25 2010
New Zealand Defence ForceIt is with deep regret that the acting Chief of Defence Force Rear Admiral Steer, can confirm that three members of the New Zealand Defence Force have died as a result of injuries sustained following the crash of a Royal NZ Air Force Iroquois helicopter.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00257.htm
2:
Dry
Conditions Extending in Hawke’s Bay
Hawkes Bay Regional CouncilHawke’s Bay Regional Council is concerned that combination of three months of dry conditions combined with the predicted seasonal winds means that river flows and low soil moisture levels in the region are likely to drop further.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1004/S00060.htm
3:
Washington’s
Invented Honduran Democracy
Council on Hemispheric AffairsWith the wave of killings now besieging the country, the White House will be hard put to provide credible evidence that it has helped found a democracy in Honduras.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00464.htm
4:
Labour
Expresses Shock At ANZAC Day Crash
New Zealand Labour PartyLabour Leader Phil Goff today expressed his sadness at the Iroquois helicopter crash North of Wellington that has claimed the lives of three Defence Force personnel and injured a fourth person.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00312.htm
5:
Te
Wānanga o Aotearoa to celebrate 25
years
Te Wananga o AotearoaTe Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) will on Tuesday, April 27, celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of Otāwhao Marae – a marae construction project that inspired and led to the creation of the nationwide tertiary education provider.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1004/S00069.htm
6:
Q+A’s
Holmes Interviews Lt Gen Jerry
Mateparae
Television New ZealandPoints of interest: Defence Force Chief supports negotiations with the Taliban: “it’s part of the reconciliation process that is necessary and required in Afghanistan; Marked improvement” in security in Afghanistan in past eight to nine months.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00289.htm
7:
Q+A’s
Holmes With Stretcher Bearer Denis
Bounsall
Television New ZealandMr Denis Bounsall was a stretcher bearer in the British Army, joined the British Army when he was 15 as a boy soldier, as a bandsman, and in World War II became a stretcher bearer, he was on one of the very first landing craft to come ashore at ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00290.htm
Television New ZealandAny surprises in what Lt. General said? We're at war in Afghanistan, should we be, Mr Creech, as part of protecting our strategic interests?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00291.htm
9:
Vodafone’s
NZ mobile market share falls below
50%
BusinesswireApril 23 (BusinessWire) – Vodafone New Zealand, the local subsidiary of the U.K. phone operator, saw its market share sink below 50% last year as new kid on the block Two Degrees Mobile Ltd. entered the market after a lengthy lead-in time.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00586.htm
10:
New
Image in world’s Top 100 direct
sales
New Image GroupNew 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/S00604.htm
11:
Farmside
Sets New Standard For Rural Broadband
FarmsideRural communities have said they need faster, cheaper and more reliable high-speed broadband access. In response Farmside, New Zealand’s leading rural telecommunications provider, has raised the standard in data provision for rural Kiwis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00619.htm
12:
Bliss
in Hell – An Operatic Vision
Binoy KampmarkMismatched clothing, awkwardly shaped bags, and diverse shapes. Grand dames of the art establishment, slouching over champagne glasses; the occasional cape tuxedo. Even the former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett is present, immaculately dressed yet ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1004/S00164.htm
13:
PM
Saddened By Air Force Helicopter
Tragedy
New Zealand GovernmentPrime Minister John Key has expressed shock and sorrow at the deaths today of three Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel in an Iroquois helicopter crash near Wellington.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00313.htm
14:
SMELLIE
SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Lest we forget
BusinesswireBusinessWire) - A long time ago, a bloke called Stephen Rowe applied to be a press secretary for Jim Bolger, who was then Prime Minister.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00620.htm
15:
Australian
flag to fly on Auckland Harbour
Bridge
New Zealand GovernmentThe Australian flag will fly alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge on ANZAC day.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00311.htm
16:
Tourism
Exchange Grows With New Seekom
Partnership
Tourism ExchangeThe Tourism Exchange is this month welcoming another high profile supplier to its growing tourism marketplace – the online booking system Seekom.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00618.htm
17:
Fatal
Crash On Auckland Motorway
New Zealand PoliceA person is dead after a car crash that occurred shortly before 10pm on the South Western Motorway. The crash took place on the south bound lanes of the motorway between Bader Road and Massey Road.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00256.htm
18:
'The
Nation': Goff interviewed by Duncan
Garner
TV3It's been a tough week for Mr Goff, he's admitted that John Key is a slick Prime Minister and he's asking his own members what should Labour stand for and what should Labour look like, and to me it sounds like a complete overhaul of the party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00287.htm
19:
Lonely
Planet Guides Reach 3 Million
Downloads
Lonely PlanetThis week Lonely Planet has seen more than 3 million downloads of its iPhone city guides, making them the top free travel applications in the iTunes App Store.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00616.htm
20:
John
Banks: Dawn Parade Speech
Mayor John BanksAt this time, on this day, 95 years ago, New Zealand soldiers were in a fight for their lives on the shores of ANZAC Cove. Members of the Auckland Infantry Battalion were the first to land that fateful day.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00261.htm
21:
Owhiro
Bay Reopens With Clean Bill Of Health
Wellington City CouncilWellington City Council has removed pollution-warning signs from Owhiro Bay beach after testing this week confirmed water-quality in the bay has returned to levels safe for swimming and other recreational use.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00258.htm
22:
Gordon
Ramsay To Visit New Zealand
Duco EventsFrom the people that brought you Tua vs. Cameron and Tua vs. Ahunanya – another fighter, this time from the kitchen. Gordon Ramsay, celebrity chef, restaurateur and broadcaster arrives in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00313.htm
23:
More
Communities Will Organise Anzac Day In
Future
Newmarket Business AssociationThe Newmarket business community is organising its own ANZAC Day commemorations for the third year running, and is calling on the public to take the precious opportunity to join World War Two returned servicemen in the annual commemorative parade.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00617.htm
New Zealand PoliceAt about 10.20pm on Saturday the 24th April, a single vehicle crash occurred at Koromiko on State Highway One, south of Picton.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00260.htm
25:
Game
Time For Brave New Sports Show Skoda Game
On
Television New ZealandSkoda Game On will be presented by Bernadine Oliver-Kerby from 1-5pm every Sunday. The afternoon of sport action culminates in an hour of robust and rowdy debate and analysis when Rod Cheeseman joins Bernadine to co-present Skoda Game On – Extra ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00316.htm
26:
Vertical
Blue: Trubridge & Nitsch Set New
Records
Vertical Blue 2010Two more world records were broken yesterday, April 22, at the Vertical Blue 2010 freediving competition, currently being held at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00312.htm
27:
Team
Three Thunder To Win At Marsden Cove
LuvMyBoat.com"Never count your chickens till they're hatched" could be the catch phrase of several classes at the seventh round of the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboats.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00314.htm
28:
Sabi
Spends Anzac Day In Afghanistan
Australian Department Of DefenceSabi - the Explosive Detection Dog found last year after she went missing for almost 14 months in Afghanistan - is continuing her service with the Special Operations Task Group personnel as their unofficial mascot.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00473.htm
29:
Something
Missing From GST Debate
Bad Banks Campaign"There’s something missing from the current debate about GST, and that’s a tax alternative, one that targets the banks and financial speculators," says Vaughan Gunson, Bad Banks spokesperson.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00292.htm
Australian Department Of DefenceAustralian and New Zealand troops serving in operations in East Timor have commemorated Anzac Day with a special Dawn Service.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1004/S00479.htm
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