Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 26 2010

Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 11:09 am
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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For April 26 2010

1: Crohn’s disease costly to health system, sufferers

University of Otago

Crohn’s disease costs New Zealand more than $58 million annually, according to new research from the University of Otago, Christchurch.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1004/S00121.htm

2: Metro Audi ‘Restaurant Of The Year’ Awards

Metromedia

Metro Audi ‘Restaurant Of The Year’ Awards Announced Auckland has a new best restaurant. The Grove in the heart of Auckland City has won the coveted Supreme Award in the Metro Audi Restaurant of the Year Awards, announced tonight (Monday April ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00330.htm

3: Mining plans don’t pass first hurdle

Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment

The government has not made a case for opening certain Schedule 4 land to mining says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, in her submission which was released this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00342.htm

4: Banks – Poll Continues Upward Trend

Mayor John Banks

Auckland Mayor and Super City candidate John Banks says he’s happy to be ahead in the battle for the Greater Auckland Mayoralty but that he’s not taking this support for granted.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00275.htm

5: Wine industry welcomes response to excise proposal

New Zealand Winegrowers

New Zealand Winegrowers – the national body representing the interests of New Zealand’s wineries and grape growers – has welcomed the Government’s response to a Law Commission recommendation to increase excise on wine by 50%.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00703.htm

6: Alcohol in Our Lives: Curbing the Harm

Law Commission

New Zealand has much to gain and little to lose from sweeping alcohol reforms proposed by the Law Commission today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00315.htm

7: Youth Wings Call on Parliament to Keep It 18

Young Labour-Nationals-Greens-Act On Campus

The youth wings of the National, Labour, Green and ACT parties have joined forces in the Keep It 18 campaign, to tell their MPs that increasing the purchase age for alcohol to 20 is the wrong thing to do.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00332.htm

8: Brownlee’s credibility gap widening

Green Party

The gulf between the Minister of Energy’s public statements and his actions continues to widen, further damaging the Government’s credibility on mining, Metiria Turei, Green Party Co-leader said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00336.htm

9: Muesli – not as healthy as it seems

Soil and Health Association

The latest results from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority’s (NZFSA) Total Diet Survey raise concerns about the number of pesticides being found in muesli.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1004/S00113.htm

10: SKYCITY dine wins Metro ‘Hotel Dining Rooms’ 2010

SKYCITY

dine by Peter Gordon, located in the SKYCITY Grand Hotel, is celebrating today after being awarded winner of a new category - ‘Best Dining Room’ in the Metro Audi Restaurant of the Year Awards 2010 presented last night.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00698.htm

11: National embarrassed again on mining plans

New Zealand Labour Party

National's shonky plans to mine New Zealand's most beautiful areas have been exposed yet again, this time by Parliament's environmental watch dog, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00349.htm

12: National won’t help most Kiwi families get ahead

New Zealand Labour Party

Increasing the rate of GST and providing tax cuts for the wealthiest New Zealanders won’t help most Kiwi families get ahead, says Labour Finance spokesperson David Cunliffe.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00354.htm

13: Pure Futures: Today’s Visions, Tomorrow’s Reality

Steinlager Pure

Steinlager Pure is today launching Pure Futures - a nationwide search to find inspiring Kiwis who will be the future success stories of our country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00654.htm

14: Female Councillors punished for “misbehaving”

City Vision

Auckland City Councillors Glenda Fryer and Cathy Casey are being punished by Deputy Mayor David Hay for what he calls “misbehaving” at Council meetings. Cr Hay has advised the Council that he wishes Cr Fryer to be removed from the Electoral College ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00286.htm

15: Prison ‘Relay For Life’ Event A Huge Success

Department Of Corrections

Prisoners and staff carrying the baton in the first ‘relay for life’ type event held inside a Waikato jail have raised around $3500.00 through pledges and donations for the Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Cancer Society
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00273.htm

16: Palmerston North’s Reel Earth best picks announced

Reel Earth Film Awards

Organisers of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest environmental film festival, Reel Earth, today announced its pick of nominations for its best of 2010 film awards. The Palmerston North-based annual festival also announced the selected programme ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00331.htm

17: Banks own behaviours lead to lower profits

finsec

The latest KPMG industry report card shows New Zealand banks were not immunefrom the sorts of behaviours that led to the global financial crisis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00700.htm

18: New Zealand 2011 Business Club launched

New Zealand Government

Associate Minister for the Rugby World Cup Gerry Brownlee today launched the New Zealand 2011 Business Club, an online platform to connect overseas business people interested in attending the Rugby World Cup with their Kiwi counterparts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00351.htm

19: Pink Shirt Day – Bullying Stops Here!

PPTA

Tomorrow teachers, students and the general public will have the chance to stand up against bullying by dressing in pink.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1004/S00084.htm

20: The future of Auckland

New Zealand Labour Party

I’ve asked you to come along today because there are some big decisions being made about the future of Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00319.htm

21: Police congratulated on huge drugs bust

New Zealand Government

Police Minister Judith Collins today congratulated the Police for the successful conclusion of a two-year undercover drugs operation that resulted in over 250 people facing over 700 charges.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00353.htm

22: Deal with alcohol ads to deal with binge drinking

Progressive Party

The National government must listen to New Zealanders and raise the age at which young people can legally buy alcohol from 18 to 20. But more needs to be done to restrict alcohol advertising, says Jim Anderton MP for Wigram and Progressive Party ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00338.htm

23: Labour will restore democracy to ECan

New Zealand Labour Party

Today’s Labour caucus meeting pledged to rescind the Act foisting commissioners on Environment Canterbury, and to hold elections as soon as practicable.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00355.htm

24: Manukau’s youth council elected

Manukau City Council

Twenty two civic-minded youth have been confirmed as Manukau’s Youth Council after an election held on Monday 26 April.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00323.htm

25: ALAC Welcomes Law Commission’s Recommendations

The Alcohol Advisory Council

The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) has welcomed the Law Commission’s recommendations saying they are carefully constructed and target those who drink in a harmful way while designed to have minimal impact on those who drink moderately.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00319.htm

26: 500 Days And Counting…

Dunedin City Council

Dunedin is familiar with the requirements of staging national and international events. Rugby World Cup 2011, however, sets a new standard and the Dunedin City Council, under direction from Rugby World Cup 2011 and NZ 2011, is well down the track in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00305.htm

27: Operation Lime over

New Zealand Police

Today Christchurch Police have been involved in the termination of Operation Lime a national covert operation targeting commercial suppliers of equipment used for growing cannabis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1004/S00284.htm

28: Forest & Bird finds more mining plans on Govt site

Forest And Bird

Forest & Bird has discovered Government plans to mine even more national park areas than Ministers announced to the public in March.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1004/S00309.htm

29: Labour’s twin pillars of more debt, higher taxes

New Zealand Government

Labour has given the first clues about how it would run the economy – and hard-working Kiwis should be worried, Finance Minister Bill English says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1004/S00329.htm

30: Palmer Report Recommendations Wowserish

Food and Grocery Council

Sir Geoffrey Palmer’s latest Law Commission report into alcohol reflects classic nanny state thinking, a failure to target those who create the problems, and a preference to punish every New Zealander for the wrongs of a few, says NZ Food and Grocery Council ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1004/S00683.htm

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