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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For May 24 2010

Tuesday, 25 May 2010, 9:16 am
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1: BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Oil Drilling

The White House
WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Obama announced that he has signed an executive order establishing the bipartisan National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling with former two-term Florida Governor and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1005/S00425.htm

2: Public Address 24/05/10 - Paul Reynolds

Public Address
Paul Reynolds, internet developer, commentator and catalyst, died suddenly yesterday morning. He would have understood and approved of the way the sad news spread â€“ via Twitter, Facebook and old-fashioned email. His friend Bill Ralston made the announcement ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00195.htm

3: Paul G. Buchanan: Dissecting North Korean Madness

Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar
Paul Buchanan writes: "One of the most impenetrable mysteries of contemporary comparative politics is discerning the rationale behind the behaviour of the North Korean regime... The latest evidence of its aberrant nature is provided by the March 26 torpedo attack ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00194.htm

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4: Canterbury foothills flood warnings update, May 24

Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury river engineering staff and Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management staff are continuing to monitor the rain situation in South Canterbury. Currently only around 30 mm of rain has been recorded.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00204.htm

5: Overwhelming Case Against Gold Mining

Coromandel Watchdog
Environmental group Coromandel Watchdog says that its indepth submission on the proposal to remove thousands of hectares of the Coromandel Peninsula from protection under Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act provides an overwhelming case for retaining ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00258.htm

6: Government says ‘NO’ to Aucklanders

New Zealand Labour Party
Government has said 'no' to the two big things that Aucklanders wanted that would help fix their broken super city model and shift control back into their hands, says Labour’s spokesperson for Auckland Issues Phil Twyford
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00388.htm

7: Israeli diplomat expelled over passport affair

Scoop Link
The Federal Government is expelling an Israeli diplomat after it found Israel faked Australian passports that were used in a hit on a top Hamas leader in Dubai.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00199.htm

8: Obama and the Jewish minefield

Middle East News Service
[ Middle East News Service comments : Those of you who are on Facebook would be aware of the huge volume of discussion on the subject of the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and Israel. Akiva Eldar looks at the implications for Israel itself.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00200.htm

9: South Auckland Pharmacist To Take On GSK In Court

Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand
Community pharmacist Ian Johnson, owner of Johnson’s Pharmacy in Otara, South Auckland, has served a notice of claim on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The notice was filed with the Manukau District court last week.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00189.htm

10: Corporate takeover of Auckland confirmed

North Shore City Council
The government’s confirmation today of the corporate takeover of Auckland local government is a slap in the face for Aucklanders, North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00202.htm

11: Govt risks broadband and operational separation

New Zealand Labour Party
The Government must explain the timing of its announcement about Telecom’s request to structurally separate and whether this has compromised the tender process for its $1.5 billion broadband rollout,” Labour ICT spokesperson Clare Curran says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00399.htm

12: English’s cunning plan: Get Mum and Dad investors

New Zealand Labour Party
Mum and Dad Kiwi investors already own KiwiBank and other state assets, but Finance Minister Bill English wants them to shell out again so that he can fund the tax cuts for the wealthy, says Labour SOE spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00396.htm

13: South Canterbury, North Otago foothills flooding

Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury is warning land owners that Met Service forecasts for south of the Waimakariri River to North Otago, are for periods of heavy rain and southeast gales from Monday morning to Tuesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00190.htm

14: Victoria Offers Fellowships To Chilean Scientists

Victoria University of Wellington
To ensure scientific research can continue following the devastating earthquake in Chile, Victoria University is offering six four-month fellowships to Chilean scientists.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1005/S00108.htm

15: Community Concerns Addressed on Auckland Council

New Zealand Government
Today's report back of the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill by the Auckland Governance Legislation Committee shows the Government is listening to community concerns and acting on them says Local Government Minister Hon Rodney Hide.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00400.htm

16: NZ petrol is 4th-cheapest in the OECD as ETS looms

Businesswire
May 24 (BusinessWire) - New global comparisons of petrol prices show New Zealand has the fourth- cheapest petrol in the rich countries’ club, the Organisation for Cooperation and Development.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00739.htm

17: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares snap 6-day slide; AMP up

Businesswire
May 24 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares snapped a six-day slide, lifting the NZX 50 Index from a nine-month low, as progress on Europe’s debt crisis rescue and speculation China won’t be aggressive in cooling its economy stoked appetite ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00737.htm

18: Vector CEO Speech To CommsDay Auckland Summit

The Vector Fibre Debate
In the time available to me today I considered outlining the technical merits of the alternative models of fibre to the home provision, and then maybe taking up Paul Reynolds’ recent suggestion and discussing the options for reform of New Zealand’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1005/S00056.htm

19: Key scolds Carter for loose Crafar farm talk

Businesswire
May 24 (BusinessWire) - Prime Minister John Key has advised Agriculture Minister David Carter not to make further public comment about the fate of the bid by Chinese investment interests for farms in the failed Crafar family's dairy empire.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00740.htm

20: Minister at odds with his own statements

New Zealand Labour Party
Environment Minister Nick Smith is at least a year out on delivering the Environmental Protection Authority he promised, says Labour’s water spokesman Brendon Burns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00398.htm

21: Business associations to be governed by residents

Newmarket Business Association
The future governance and role of Auckland's 41 town centre organisations has taken a step backwards with today’s report back of the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill, according to the head of a key Auckland business association.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00730.htm

22: Transparency needed around Pacific Island funding

New Zealand Labour Party
The Pacific Island Affairs Minister must start answering questions around the nearly $5 million of funding given to a little known company to provide social services to Pacific Islanders, Labour’s Mangere MP Su’a William Sio said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00401.htm

23: TechnologyOne Annnounces Continuing Growth

TechnologyOne
TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) today announced its results for the half year ending 31 March 2010, reporting continued growth with Net Profit After Tax up 47% on the previous comparative period.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00732.htm

24: New Auckland Bill – They Listened Says LGNZ

Local Government NZ
Much more control of council controlled organisations (CCOs) has been vested back to the new Auckland City Council says Local Government New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1005/S00272.htm

25: Scoop Top Stories For May 24, 2010 News Summary

The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY A Word Fom Afar - Dissecting North Korean Madness NZ POLITICS Budget 2010: $4.8 Million For... Who? Interesting Moves: Labour Calls Nats On ETS Power Prices Schedule 4 Mining: More International Concern Budget: Scoop Coverage And Reaction ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1005/S00201.htm

26: Measures to Strengthen CCO Control Welcomed

Auckland Chamber of Commerce
The changes to Auckland’s governance reforms to make it explicit that Auckland Council can remove CCO directors from day one were today welcomed by Auckland Chamber of Commerce CEO, Michael Barnett.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00733.htm

27: Budget takes Women Backwards

New Zealand Labour Party
While her Government is eroding choice for women in Budget 2010, the Minister of Women's Affairs Pansy Wong is wasting time doing research that has already been done on pay equity, Labour Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1005/S00397.htm

28: Farmer convicted of selling TB-infected livestock

Animal Health Board
The Animal Health Board (AHB) has successfully prosecuted a Waiuku farmer for the illegal sale of cattle from a bovine tuberculosis (TB) infected herd.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1005/S00120.htm

29: Key denies reports of govt stake in Chorus

Businesswire
May 14 (BusinessWire) - Weekend reports that the government is preparing to take a stake in Telecom's network business, Chorus, as part of the phone company's bid to join the ultra-fast broadband initiative are "not accurate", Prime Minister ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1005/S00741.htm

30: Committee rebalances Auckland's spatial plan

Environmental Defence Society
The Select Committee reported back on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill today. "EDS is delighted that the Select Committee has recommended a more balanced approach to Auckland's spatial plan" said EDS Senior Policy Analyst Raewyn Peart ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1005/S00205.htm

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