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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 04 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 04 2010
1: ‘Know
Your Numbers’ heart forecast tool
launched
National Heart Foundation3 May 2010 ‘Know Your Numbers’ heart forecast tool launched today Heart Foundation launches website to help Kiwis take control of their heart health.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00002.htm
2:
Experts
on Mexican Gulf oil slick + NZ oil
spill
Science Media CentreThe massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico nearly tripled in size over the weekend as bad weather hampered efforts to respond to the spill and people reported seeing dead sea turtles, crabs and birds washing up on beaches.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00004.htm
3:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZ shares rise; PGW, GPG, FPA
gain
BusinesswireMay 4 (BusinessWire) New Zealand shares rose for the third day in four, buoyed by stronger equities on Wall Street and optimism the global economy is slowing coming back to speed. PGG Wrightson, Guinness Peat Group and Fisher & Paykel Appliances ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00108.htm
4:
Unions
oppose mining Schedule 4 conservation
land
New Zealand Council of Trade UnionsMining is important to the New Zealand economy, but not important enough to justify violating Schedule 4 conservation protections, said the Council of Trade Unions today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00019.htm
5:
Selwyn
& Wallace: Protest May Herald Tipping
Point
Scoop AudioKiwiFM Audio: Selwyn Manning & Wallace Chapman discuss how NZ has not seen a protest of up to 50,000 since Labour allowed genetic engineering to occur. It ignored the public, and its support bled from thereafter. Has the Nat Govt reached tipping point ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00019.htm
6:
Declaration
fights international organised crime
New Zealand GovernmentA declaration following a meeting of Attorneys-General in Washington DC this week will lead to greater cooperation between New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom in fighting organised cross-border crime, Attorney-General ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00039.htm
7:
World's
Spotlight on NZ's Most Innovative
NZBIOA delegation of New Zealand’s most innovative companies are on the world’s stage this week, at the BIO International Convention in Chicago Illinois.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00105.htm
8:
Disclosure
in the Precious Metals Puzzle Palace
Catherine Austin FittsThis article was inspired by a conversation in January 2010 with fellow directors of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee: Chairman Bill Murphy, Secretary/Treasurer Chris Powell, and Directors Adrian Douglas and Ed Steer. In speaking about the growing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00030.htm
9:
Key’s
secret visit an admission of failure
Global Peace And Justice AucklandPrime Minister John Key’s secret three-day visit to Afghanistan is an admission of failure. Nine years after the illegal invasion and occupation by foreign troops – including New Zealand SAS soldiers – security comes only through top secrecy, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00018.htm
10:
Board
Endorses NZHPT’s Approach To Queens
Wharf
Historic Places TrustThe Chair of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Board, John Acland, affirmed today the NZHPT’s position that the Queens Wharf and its associated structures are significant and their future needs to be considered carefully.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00026.htm
11:
KiwiRail
‘Cinderella’ comments unhelpful
Rail And Maritime Transport UnionThe union for rail workers is questioning whether Steven Joyce’s reference to KiwiRail as a Cinderella foreshadows an intention to cut back on investment in the SOE.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00103.htm
12:
More
housing innovation fund recipients
New Zealand GovernmentTwo projects will receive $5 million in government funding in the latest round of approvals from the Housing Innovation Fund, Housing Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00035.htm
13:
Australia’s
central bank raises key rate to 4.5%
BusinesswireAustralia’s central bank raises key rate to 4.5%, widening gap with New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00107.htm
14:
Banning
the Burqa: The Battle over Dress &
Freedom
Binoy KampmarkAt the end of last week, it became clear that Belgium had become Europe’s first country to vote for a ban of the Islamic dress, the burqa, in its lower house. On Thursday, all legislators of the Lower House who were present in the chamber voted ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00021.htm
15:
Joyce
doesn’t back Kiwi workers to get job
done
New Zealand Labour PartyThe extraordinary dismissive attitude of the Transport Minister Steven Joyce shows National does not back our rail workers to complete the job of building the rolling stock for Auckland’s rail network, Labour’s Transport spokesperson Darren Hughes ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00041.htm
16:
Dunne
to vote against three strikes bill
United Future NZ PartyUnited Future leader Peter Dunne will oppose the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill during its second reading in Parliament today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00038.htm
17:
10
years of New Zealand Music Month
New Zealand Labour PartyNew Zealand Music Month celebrates 10 years of creative sounds and diversity, arts, culture and heritage spokesperson Steve Chadwick said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00030.htm
18:
Questions
for Oral Answer - 4 May 2010
Office of the Clerk# AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What lessons can the Government take for New Zealand’s economy from the current Greek financial crisis? # Hon PHIL GOFF to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does he stand by his recommendation in his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00029.htm
19:
Chance
tomorrow for National to back workers
New Zealand Labour PartyLabour MP Darien Fenton is calling on the Government to show some heart tomorrow by supporting her Redundancy Protection Bill, which gives basic redundancy protection to thousands of workers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00040.htm
20:
Joyce
should visit Dunedin and see Kiwi
workers
New Zealand Labour PartyLabour’s Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has invited Transport Minister Steven Joyce to Dunedin, so he can see first hand that the workers at the Hillside Rail workshop are capable of building the rolling stock needed for the Auckland electrification ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00042.htm
21:
Jakarta's
Appointment of General Challenged
Akanimo SampsonThe democratic transition in Indonesia is still hampered by a number of government policies. Civil supremacy, law enforcement and human rights are not priority issues for the government in drafting these policies. This is true even of President Susilo ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00083.htm
22:
"Three
Strikes” Policy Needs to Be Changed
Maxim InstituteParliament will be considering the “three strikes” policy again today, when the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill undergoes its second reading in the House.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00024.htm
23:
What
Mums Really Want For Mother’s Day
Lassoo4 May 2010 News Release What Mums Really Want For Mother’s Day Dads, take heed - Mums want pampering and family time for Mother’s Day and nothing to do with housework, gardening or the car. New research by national retailer Whitcoulls shows the ideal ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00030.htm
24:
Stronger
Cannabis Makes Better Medicine.
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis PartyThe Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP) welcomes the news that cannabis is now four times stronger than in the past. Not only will users get more medicinal value from "super-strength" cannabis, they will be able to smoke less to achieve ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00023.htm
25:
Whistleblower:
BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes
Jason LeopoldA former contractor who worked for British Petroleum (BP) claims the oil conglomerate broke federal laws and violated its own internal procedures by failing to maintain crucial safety and engineering documents related to one of the firms other deepwater ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00029.htm
26:
ECan
sacking a coup for corporate
irrigators
John MintoIt’s good to see the fight-back in Canterbury against the sacking of the Environment Canterbury Board. Firing the board was an orchestrated coup conducted by the government on behalf of corporate irrigators. From their overseas offices big agribusiness investors ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00016.htm
27:
Greens
oppose extending SAS in Afghanistan
Green PartyNew Zealand should not extend its commitment of SAS forces to Afghanistan beyond the planned end date in 2011, Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00028.htm
28:
How
does tax cuts make super more
affordable?
Progressive PartyPlanned cuts in the top rate of tax weaken the ability of the government to continue to provide universal superannuation in the way all parties agreed to in the New Zealand Superannuation Accord, Progressive Party MP Jim Anderton says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00037.htm
29:
“Black
Budget” For Early Childhood
Education
NZEIThe government indicated last week it will move to contain the cost of early childhood education but has not yet released details. It has also been revealed that it is slashing childcare funding for thousands of families.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00011.htm
30:
UNICEF
launches life-saving Mother’s Day
gift
UNICEFWellington, 4 May 2010. – UNICEF is urging Kiwis to show their mum they care this Mother’s Day with a gift that is helping thousands of mothers in the developing world protect their babies from HIV.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00021.htm
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