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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 07 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 07 2010
1: Scoop
Satire: Peter's On First
Lyndon HoodScoop follows in the footsteps of Campbell Live by securing an 'exclusive interview' with the Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett on the name of the shadowy Professor Peter Saunders as an expert for the Welfare Working Group.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00042.htm
2:
Paul
Buchanan: Explaining the Greek Crisis
Paul G. Buchanan - A View From AfarPaul Buchanan is currently in Greece. This analysis item explores the causes of the Greek financial crisis. He writes: "What is also interesting about the Greek economic crisis is how ignorant many foreign observers are about its root causes..."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00038.htm
3:
Pandemic
Influenza H1N1 2009 (swine flu) –
Update
Ministry of HealthSurveillance data from GP practices and Healthline for the week ending 30 April shows a continued increase in both the number of people calling healthline for free health advice on influenza-like illness, and visiting the doctor with an influenza-like ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00034.htm
4:
Passop
statement on de Doorns camp closure.
Anti Eviction Campaign“We are shocked and appalled that government officials have told displaced Zimbabweans they need to leave the camp by the 17th of May. This is extremely reckless in light of the evidently high frustration levels in the community. The displaced have suffered ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00149.htm
5:
Self-Inflicted
Wounds and Sloppy Science
ACT New ZealandShould New Zealand lead the world?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00102.htm
6:
Questions
and Answers - 5 May 2010
Office of the ClerkMining in Conservation Areas —Ministers’ Recommendation in Cabinet Paper; Budget 2010—Main Focus; Employment Policies—Reports on Success
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00073.htm
7:
PM’s
Presser: Whanau Oh, Er, Ahh…
Rory MacKinnonConfusion reigned in the Beehive Theatrette today as reporters grappled with funding for the Government’s flagship Whanau Ora programme.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00048.htm
8:
Christina
Aguilera to Perform at MTV Movie
Awards
MTV NZOne of the most accomplished performers of the last decade, Christina Aguilera has been confirmed to take the stage at the 2010 MTV MOVIE AWARDS. Aguilera’s performance of “Not Myself Tonight” comes days before the release of her highly anticipated ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1005/S00078.htm
9:
Government
confirms first part of water con
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Government has finally admitted its new Local Government Bill will allow private ownership of water infrastructure for up to 35 years, say Labour Water spokesperson Brendon Burns and Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00115.htm
10:
MARKET
CLOSE: Westpac leads NZX 50's decline
BusinesswireMARKET CLOSE: Westpac leads declines for second day on NZX 50; NZS, ANZ, GFF fall
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00181.htm
11:
SuperCity
referendum ‘silly and biased’
David ThorntonThe launch of a so-called referendum by some community groups and ‘The Aucklander’ newspaper is an unnecessary diversion as the new Auckland Council moves ever-closer to becoming reality,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00051.htm
12:
While
you were sleeping: Portugal credit
crunch
BusinesswireMay 6 (Business Wire) - Stocks tumbled in both Europe and the U.S. after Moody’s Investors Service said it might cut Portugal’s credit rating for the first time, a sign that contagion from the Greek crisis was spreading.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00140.htm
New Zealand GovernmentWelfare Working Group member Professor Peter Saunders was chosen as an expert in his field to participate in the Group’s examination of the welfare system says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00061.htm
14:
Whanau
ora – Don’t believe the hype
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Government’s Whanau Ora policy has failed to live up to the hype that it would transform social services in New Zealand, Labour Deputy Leader Annette King said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00088.htm
15:
Removal
of Keith Park Statur From Trafalgar
Square
Sir Keith Park Memorial CampaignThe memorial statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park will be removed from the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London on Wednesday 5 May 2010. The removal process will commence at 09.00 hrs.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00123.htm
16:
Tariff
Act 1988 Repeal Bill
The Maori PartyTēnā nō tātou e te Whare. With an 18,000 kilometre coastline and a lack of land borders with other countries, Aotearoa is probably ideally suited to levying border tariffs on imported goods. In fact, tariffs have been a part of Government policies ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00111.htm
17:
Star
realtor No. 1 in Wellington region for
fourth
Harcourts6 May 2010 : Another successful 12 months in a tough real estate market has seen Taranaki realtor Glenn Green named Number One Sales Consultant in Harcourts’ Wellington Region for the last financial year, his fourth time earning that honour.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00178.htm
18:
National
refuses to release coastal report
New Zealand Labour PartyToday’s release of the Board of Inquiry report into the proposed New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement is another example of the frustration caused by the Government applying undemocratic and secretive processes, Labour conservation spokesperson David Parker ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00110.htm
19:
Group
of Journalists Denied Entry into
Bulgaria
SEEMOThe Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned after the Bulgarian authorities ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00150.htm
20:
Renewable
energy is the way of the future
New Zealand Labour PartyRimutaka MP Chris Hipkins is delighted the Electricity (Renewable Preference) Amendment Bill has been drawn from the ballot and will now be debated in Parliament.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00106.htm
21:
Navy
takes delivery of HMNZS Wellington
New Zealand GovernmentThe Navy accepted the second of its new Offshore Patrol Vessels from shipbuilder BAE Systems Australia at a ceremony in Melbourne this morning.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00109.htm
22:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament 05.05.10
Tom FrewenMPs continue to have trouble making themselves heard over their new sound system. The Speaker promises to get it fixed. Speaker saves Paula Bennett from having to choose which Peter Saunders she's appointed as an adviser.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00043.htm
23:
Waikato-Tainui
Raupatu Claims (Waikato River)
New Zealand GovernmentI acknowledge and welcome the presence in the House of Kiingi Tuheitia and the distinguished kaumatua and kuia and the presence within the parliament buildings of many representatives of Waikato-Tainui. Tena koutou katoa.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00114.htm
24:
Emirates
Brings in Major Savings With New
Fares
Emirates AirlinesEmirates has restructured its standard transTasman fare offering, bringing in a more simple range of pricing that is in some cases considerably cheaper than other major airlines on the routes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00173.htm
25:
$86m
ETS bill risks Govt being out of
touch
Federated FarmersFrom 1 July 2010, Federated Farmers has estimated the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will directly cost pastoral agriculture almost $86 million in its first 12 months of operation. Indirect costs could see the cost impact upon pastoral agriculture ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00059.htm
26:
Waikato
River Settlement Act passed
New Zealand GovernmentMinister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson welcomed the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act, which was passed by Parliament today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00113.htm
27:
Whanau
Ora National’s feel good sop to Maori
Party
New Zealand First PartyThe Leader of NZ First, The Rt. Hon Winston Peters has described today’s funding announcement of $134 million to Whanau Ora as National’s feel goo sop to the Maori Party.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00050.htm
28:
Safety
in the City for international
students
Auckland City CouncilInternational student safety DVD, Safety in the City, was launched yesterday at a special event at the Auckland Town Hall.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00025.htm
29:
Novartis
granted clearance to acquire 52.15%
share
Commerce CommissionThe Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Novartis AG to acquire Nestlé S.A.’s 52.15 per cent shareholding in Alcon, Inc.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00171.htm
30:
TEU
Tertiary Update, Vol 13 No 16
Association of University Staff35 librarians to be disestablished at UC Members of TEU at the University of Canterbury have reacted with anger and dismay to the latest change proposal in which fifty-eight staff positions are targeted for disestablishment. Thirty-five of these positions ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00024.htm
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