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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 16 2010

Thursday, 17 June 2010, 9:52 am
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1: Questions and Answers - 16 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
Kiwibank, Privatisation—Discussions with Minister of Finance; Health Services—Minister’s Statements; Interest Rates—Effect of Increase on Cost of Living
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00253.htm

2: Time for cross-party talks on peak oil

The Maori Party
President Obama's statement today that the world is running out of places to drill oil, confirms the need for political parties in Aotearoa to start cross party talks on the global peak oil crisis, Maori Party energy and climate change spokesperson ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00252.htm

3: Music lecturer challenges global arts community

NZ School of Music
School of Music lecturer John Coulter is challenging the global arts community on what it means to be a 21st century musician.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00196.htm

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4: WikiLeaks may be under attack

Wikileaks
Your support is important to us. Please read all of this email to understand what is going on. We apologize for not getting back to you before. It is not through any lack of interest on our part, but an enforced lack of resources.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00281.htm

5: South Canterbury "a finance company, not a bank"

Businesswire
June 16 (BusinessWire) – South Canterbury Finance Ltd. plans to trim its reliance on debentures and has no aspirations to be a bank.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00455.htm

6: Questions & Answers For Oral Answer - 15 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
Foreshore and Seabed Act - New Zealand Post - Youth Initiatives - Welfare Reforms - Canterbury Water Management - Corrections, Department - Aerial Spraying - District Health Boards - Budget 2010 - Mining
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00233.htm

7: Gifted children to be recognised in Govt standards

New Zealand Labour Party
Labour’s Education spokesman Trevor Mallard has today welcomed the Government’s change of heart on at least one aspect of its controversial National Standards regime.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00254.htm

8: Special Michael Jackson Programming Line-Up

MTV NZ
MTV New Zealand Plans Special Michael Jackson Programming Line-Up To Air 25 & 26 June Premiere Superfan Vignettes And Encore Presentations Of “Michael Jackson: Human Nature,” “Michael Jackson’s Influence Of Music” And “Michael Jackson’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00195.htm

9: National Maori Disability Network Conference

New Zealand Government
There are three very important reasons why it is absolutely appropriate to be here at this marae, and here at this time, as we officially launch the Hui Taumata for Te Piringa – the National Maori Disability Network’s Annual conference.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00247.htm

10: ONSport Video: All Whites Draw With Slovakia

ONSport
The All Whites equalized in the last seconds of the first game in the World Cup against Slovakia, making history in front of a crowd of dedicated Kiwis at the stadium and millions more back home. Awesome. Frank Van Hatten, Michal Glading, Miles Davis, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00111.htm

11: Govt urged to discuss Tibet on Chinese VP visit

Friends of Tibet
New Zealand Tibet campaigners note with interest that Xi Jinping, the man widely tipped to succeed China's President Hu Jintao in 2012, is visiting New Zealand from 17th to 19th June 2010, when he will meet Prime Minister John Key.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00168.htm

12: Biased Bassett Book Blasted

City Vision
At today’s Auckland City Council Finance & Strategy Committee, Citizens & Ratepayers (C&R) councillors voted to spend $120,000 to commission a history of the council from 1989 to 2010.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00165.htm

13: Mt Ruapehu Season to Open Ahead of Schedule

Mt Ruapehu
A great weather forecast, heavy natural snow and good snowmaking conditions means Mt Ruapehu’s Turoa Ski Area will be opening two days ahead of schedule on Thursday 17 June.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00189.htm

14: T-shirt retailer creates environmental designs

Mr Vintage
T-shirt retailer Mr Vintage has become more environmentally friendly after teaming up with Greenpeace to release a range of commemorative Rainbow Warrior t-shirts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00452.htm

15: Minister Wong to attend 9th APEC Energy Meeting

New Zealand Government
Associate Minister of Energy and Resources Pansy Wong will leave today to represent the New Zealand Government at the 9th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting in Fukui City, Japan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00249.htm

16: MARKET CLOSE: New Zealand stocks extend gains

Businesswire
June 16 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose for their sixth straight day pushing the index to its highest level in almost a month, after Sky Network Television Ltd. rose amid news that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. was interested in buying its parent ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00453.htm

17: Flavell welcomes Maori soccer aspirations

The Maori Party
Maori Party sports spokesperson Te Ururoa Flavell says it is great that Maori know they have a place in the world’s most popular sport because of the stunning performances of Leo Bertos, Jeremy Christie, Rory Fallon and Winston Reid in the 2010 FIFA World ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00244.htm

18: So what is the “front line” Minister?

New Zealand Government
State Services Minister Tony Ryall has today confessed that the Government still does not have a clear definition of what constitutes the public service “front line”, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00245.htm

19: Solari Report: Gulf Oil Spill Q&A With Jim Norman

Catherine Austin Fitts
If there is something growing faster than the plumes of oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico, it is the unanswered questions about what is happening and what it means to all concerned:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00112.htm

20: Peru’s Alan García: Low-Balling Human Rights

Wikileaks
Research Associate Carly Steinberger Peru made international headlines several weeks ago when indigenous leader Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota returned to the country after almost a year in exile. Upon his arrival at the Lima airport on May 26th, he ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00282.htm

21: Competition stiffens for PSIS after record year

Businesswire
by Paul McBeth June 16 (BusinessWire) – PSIS Ltd., the mutual that evolved out of the Public Service Investment Society, is unlikely to repeat its success of 2009, with increased competition for retail deposits dampening interest rate margins.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00454.htm

22: World-first science GE discovery

Agresearch
AgResearch scientists and the team from subsidiary company, Grasslanz Technology Ltd, believe they can improve white clover (Trifolium repens) to give grazing animals a higher intake of protein, while at the same time reducing methane emissions. In ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00025.htm

23: Wind blows from strength to strength

Ministry of Economic Development
The Ministry of Economic Development’s latest Energy Quarterly, released today, shows that in the year from April 2009 to March 2010 wind farms have provided a record 3.7% of New Zealand’s electricity.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00167.htm

24: Renewable generation remains high

New Zealand Government
Renewable electricity generation remained high at 73 per cent of total electricity generation in the March 2010 quarter, Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00239.htm

25: Microsoft Office 2010 On The Shelves Today!

Microsoft New Zealand
Microsoft Office 2010 On The Shelves Today! Leading productivity suite now available for consumers in NZ
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00425.htm

26: Cynicism of National’s ‘hot air’ promise on cops

New Zealand Labour Party
Eight of New Zealand’s 12 police districts will have fewer police by the end of 2011 than in 2009, proving how cynical National’s so-called commitment to law and order has been, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00250.htm

27: All Whites claim historic point

ONSport
A last gasp Winston Reid header deep into injury time earned New Zealand an historic and dramatic 1-1 draw against Slovakia in Rustenburg to leave the All Whites firmly in the mix in Group F at the FIFA World Cup.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00191.htm

28: While you were sleeping: Chipmakers lift mood

Businesswire
June 16 (Business Wire) - Stocks advanced in Europe and the U.S. after the world’s two largest semiconductor companies bolstered optimism about the global economic recovery.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00424.htm

29: Physical Education Professor wins Olympic prize

University of Auckland
An Adjunct Professor of Physical Education at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education has won the prestigious International Olympic Committee President’s Prize.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1006/S00046.htm

30: PSIS reports a record end-of-year financial result

PSIS
Despite a challenging economic environment across the globe, PSIS chair Sir David Gascoigne announced today that PSIS has had a record year with its 2009/2010 annual performance well above forecast, delivering a profit of $16.6 million before tax.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00449.htm

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