Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 9 2010

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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 9 2010

1: McCully brings axe down on aid NGOs

New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's associate spokesperson on foreign affairs Phil Twyford has accused Foreign Minister Murray McCully of taking revenge on NGOs who dared criticise his policies.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00149.htm

2: City Council big winners on world environment day

TBL Solutions

Palmerston North City Council was a big winner on World Environment Day after receiving a Green Ribbon Award from the Minister for the Environment on World Environment for the category - Public Sector Stepping Up.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00098.htm

3: Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Fails Test

New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has been accused by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition (NZCSC) of forsaking science for advocacy in supporting the Key Government’s fight back against opposition to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00082.htm

4: Best in the Business at Business

Fairfax

In line with its integrated, multi-media business model, Fairfax Media NZ today announced it is further strengthening the business journalism in both its daily newspapers and online through Businessday.co.nz.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00229.htm

5: Garland Arkansas election debacle.

Voting News

The Arkansas Times headline today? Garland County cluster#@%* Instead of 40 polling places, voters had a measly 2. The lots were so crowded police had to direct parking. The traffic caused 2 wrecks (so far)...Some GOP ballots wouldn't scan in Sacramento ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00068.htm

6: NZ dollar gains as Bernanke soothes growth concern

Businesswire

June 9 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar gained from near a 10-month low after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke helped soothe fears the world’s biggest economy would get dragged down by the debt crisis in Europe, and investors ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00213.htm

7: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise, led by Nuplex, AIA

Businesswire

June 9 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose from an 11-month low after Nuplex Industries said it is on track for record earnings and Auckland International Airport announced a new service to Singapore.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00252.htm

8: PM’s Presser – Gaza inquiry far from certain

Rory MacKinnon

The head of New Zealand’s Law Commission has been tipped to lead a United Nations inquiry into last week’s deadly flotilla raid – but John Key says nothing is certain.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00056.htm

9: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness

Evelyn Pringle

For the past two decades, the Psychopharmaceutical Industrial Complex has been the driving force behind the epidemic of mental illness in the United States with the promotion of biological psychiatry and a bogus "chemical imbalance" in the brain ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00057.htm

10: San Juan Copala – Mexico’s Gaza

Julie Webb-Pullman

San Juan Copala, traditional centre of the indigenous Triqui people, lies in Oaxaca State, Mexico, and is one of the poorest and strife-torn areas in Mexico. In an attempt to break the cycle of poverty, inequality, exclusion, and persistent human rights ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00050.htm

11: MPs shut out of “diverse” welfare forum

Green Party

Green MPs have been shut out of this week’s Welfare Working Group forum, the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00138.htm

12: Apple Presents iPhone 4

Apple

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - 8 June, 2010 —Apple® today presented the new iPhone® 4 featuring FaceTime, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and Apple’s stunning new Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00169.htm

13: Policy Address on Opportunity In The Americas

US State Department

Thank you very much, Mayor. Thank you for that introduction and for the great honor that this venerable city has given me today. It is such a personal pleasure for me to be here with all of you in a city that has been named by UNESCO as one of the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00167.htm

14: More Funds for the Poor, Less for Aid Bureaucracy

New Zealand Government

The Government plans to make more funding available for NGO partnerships in developing countries, Foreign Minister Murray McCully confirmed today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00155.htm

15: Brainwashing Kids OK in New Zealand Schools

NZ Centre For Political Research

The decision of the Education and Science Select Committee to ignore the call for the teaching of political propaganda in New Zealand schools to be against the law, is a huge blow to children and parents, the New Zealand Centre for Political Research's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00079.htm

16: Union calls for 'One Complete Solution' from OCS

Service And Food Workers Union

Cleaners and orderlies employed by OCS have withdrawn strike action for the next 48 hours to allow for high-level discussions to happen between the DHBs and OCS.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00249.htm

17: Smith welcomes settlement in timber case

New Zealand Government

Nelson MP Nick Smith today welcomed settlement of a $14 million defamation lawsuit over timber treatment issues from five years ago when he was the Opposition spokesperson on Building and Construction.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00147.htm

18: Hobsonville and West Harbour high speed broadband

Chorus

Thousands more Hobsonville and West Harbour residents can now benefit from faster internet access as local telecommunications network operator Chorus completes its work to rev-up broadband speeds in the area.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00244.htm

19: BusinessNZ welcomes adult literacy website

Business NZ

All employees need the core skills of reading, maths and communication in order for their employers’ businesses to run effectively.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00251.htm

20: Frontline Wine: On The Law Commission's Report

Paul Brannigan

In the interests of the country the Law Commission has recently recommended that excise duty on alcohol should be increased whilst the purchasing of alcohol from off licensed premises should be raised from eighteen to twenty years of age.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00063.htm

21: Nats back to weasel words on Kiwibank

Progressive Party

“Is Steven Joyce planning a leadership coup? Only days after John Key backed down and clarified that Kiwibank will never be sold while he’s Prime Minister, Steven Joyce announced this morning that if he’s going to sell it, he’ll tell you in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00151.htm

22: Conflict of Interest in Handling of H1N1

United Nations

The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today spoke out against accusations that the agency bowed to pressure from pharmaceutical companies in its handling of the H1N1 pandemic.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00161.htm

23: Christchurch and Canterbury to showcase at Expo

Christchurch City Council

The best of Christchurch and Canterbury will be showcased for a week in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00247.htm

24: Chief Executive losing locks for charity

Destination Queenstown

Destination Queenstown Chief Executive Tony Everitt will definitely be in need of a good woolly beanie this American Express Queenstown Winter Festival after taking part in Air New Zealand’s “Sky High Shave”.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00240.htm

25: Minister applauds meth lab crackdown

New Zealand Government

A six-month Police drugs operation which culminated in raids on three suspected Christchurch clan labs will put a major dent in the local methamphetamine supply, Police Minister Judith Collins said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00153.htm

26: G20: Tipping the World Economy Back Into Recession

ITUC

Global Unions have attacked the outcome of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Busan, Korea, on 5 June. “The G20 Finance Ministers said they were meeting at a ‘critical juncture’ to secure global recovery and address ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00151.htm

27: Risks in excluding Telecom from UFB plan: analyst

Businesswire

June 9 (BusinessWire) – The government would exclude Telecom Corp. from its proposed roll-out of high-speed internet fibre at its own peril, according to a telecommunications analyst.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00250.htm

28: Sick leave expected to increase during World Cup

Randstad

Employers need to consider the impact of the World Cup on their workforce and productivity levels when the nation catches football fever this month, says recruitment & HR services specialists, Randstad.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00246.htm

29: Manning On UN's Push For Israel Attack Inquiry

Scoop Audio

95bFM Audio: Paul Deady and Selwyn Manning discuss how Israel risks being further alienated by the international community after it refused to cooperate with UN-constructed multinational inquiry, led by Sir Geoffrey Palmer...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00065.htm

30: Tighter Safety Guidelines for ADHD drugs

Dore NZ

The Ministry of Health’s announcement of tighter safety guidelines for drugs for controlling hyperactivity is a positive step which may encourage those affected to seek alternative treatments for this common affliction according to learning difficulty ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00039.htm

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