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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 29 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 29 2010
1: Murdoch
sorry for ClimateGate - ACT's turn
now
Green PartyThe Green Party is calling on climate deniers like the ACT Party to apologise to the New Zealand climate scientists whose reputations they tried to besmirch in light of the grovelling apology by Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers in the UK over AmazonGate, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00451.htm
2:
Paul
Buchanan: Two Sides of the Afghan
COIN
Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From AfarPaul Buchanan writes that the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal as commander of US and International Security Assistance forces in Afghanistan for what amounted to insubordination goes beyond the issues of civil-military relations in a democracy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00208.htm
3:
India:
Orissa Draft Climate Change Action
Plan
Asian Human Rights CommissionThe draft Climate Change Action Plan of Orissa (CCAP) prepared at the aegis of the World Bank and DFID does not consider the concern and interest of common odia, neither reflect state’s seriousness towards self-discipline, sobriety and adaptation, rather ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00558.htm
4:
El
Salvador Emerges from a Bloody Epoch
Council on Hemispheric AffairsAfter a year in office, one of the achievements brought about by the still completely untested Salvadoran administration of President Mauricio Funes, a space has been created for several innovative, yet not well known, projects like that of the University ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00573.htm
5:
New
Zealand’s Most Trusted in 2010
Reader's DigestThe Queen’s approval means a lot to Kiwis, say the results of the annual Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Survey; released today in the July issue of Reader’s Digest New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00352.htm
6:
T&G
Direction Unchanged By GPG
Announcement
Turners And GrowersTurners & Growers, New Zealand’s leading distributor, marketer and exporter of premium fresh produce, today confirmed that changes to the board of its shareholder GPG Plc would have no impact on the direction of the company or its leadership.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00840.htm
7:
National
double-talk on drug treatment
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Government is denying funding to successful Blenheim and Auckland drug and alcohol treatment units at the same time as saying such treatment should be in communities not prisons, says Labour Law and Order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00458.htm
8:
ETS
costs add winter of discontent for
consumers
Newmarket Business AssociationPetrol and electricity price hikes from Thursday, when the Government's emissions trading scheme takes effect, will mean less money in consumers’ pockets and will be hard on the country's retailers, says one business advocate. "
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00841.htm
9:
NZ
journalists under fire in NZ
TVNZA TVNZ journalist and cameraman were travelling with the NZ Army bomb disposal patrol that came under fire in Eastern Afghanistan late yesterday afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00584.htm
10:
Joyce
on OAG report on Civil Aviation
Authority
New Zealand GovernmentTransport Minister Steven Joyce says he will hold the Civil Aviation Authority to the recommendations contained in a report released today by the Office of the Auditor-General.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00467.htm
11:
Have
UFB delays compromised process?
New Zealand Labour PartyConcern is mounting in the telecommunications industry around the delay in rolling out ultrafast broadband fibre and that may be compromising the bidding process, Labour’s spokesperson for communications and IT Clare Curran said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00463.htm
12:
Sheep
And Beef Farmers Slow On Technology
Uptake
Eastern Institute of TechnologyHard-hit by continuing poor returns, New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers aren’t investing in technology even when it would improve their businesses, according to research undertaken by EIT Hawke’s Bay academic Ram Roy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00839.htm
13:
NZ
ETS: Huge Expense For No Gain
ACT New ZealandThe extra costs are not compensated for in Budget 2010. The ETS will take at least half of your tax cuts and superannuation increase; Delaying the ETS would be more in line with ‘National’s principles’ on the ETS set out in its 2008 ETS policy
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00443.htm
14:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZ stocks fall; GPG slides on
Gibbs
BusinesswireJune 29 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand stocks fell for their fourth successive day, taking the NZX 50 Index below 3,000 points for their first time since June 8, with Guinness Peat Group falling on the news that director Tony Gibbs was sacked and Fisher ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00845.htm
15:
Local
MP calls for housing solutions
New Zealand Labour PartyManukau East Electorate MP Ross Robertson says he is being inundated by people seeking help with their accommodation needs. “The time it’s taking to either get into a Housing New Zealand property or transfer to a larger HNZ home is becoming increasingly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00462.htm
16:
Genesis
Research sells cornerstone stake to
UBNZ
BusinesswireJune 29 (BusinessWire) – Interests associated with May Wang, the businesswoman who managed to stave off bankruptcy related to debts at her Dynasty group of companies, have taken a small stake in Genesis Research and Development Corp.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00844.htm
17:
Property
information at your fingertips
Hutt City CouncilSearching for property information at Hutt City Council has just got easier – and cheaper. Decades of property records previously held on microfiche can now be viewed on computers located at council’s main reception on Laings Road.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00327.htm
18:
Budget
fails to rebalance economy
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Reserve Bank has confirmed during the June Monetary Policy Statement review released today by the Finance and Expenditure Committee that structural economic imbalances remain that have not been addressed by Budget 2010, says Labour Finance spokesperson ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00465.htm
19:
Prisoner
Smoking ban set for 1 July 2011
Department Of CorrectionsCorrections today says that a total smoking ban will be implemented for all prisoners from Friday 1 July 2011.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00292.htm
20:
Rabobank
announces sustainability analyst
RabobankRabobank Australia & New Zealand has announced the appointment of Tracey Allen as an analyst in its Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) division, specialising in the sustainability, climate change and water sectors.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00838.htm
21:
Wellington
neo-natal unit gets extra funding
New Zealand National PartyLast year the Government announced an extra $103.5 million over four years to boost maternity services for new parents.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00456.htm
22:
‘Magic’
levy no compensation for abuse
survivors
New Zealand Labour PartyThe level of help victims of sexual violence will receive out of income from the “magic” $50 offender levy will nowhere near compensate for National’s cuts in ACC counselling services for survivors of sexual abuse, Labour MPs say.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00461.htm
23:
Treatment
of Hearing Impaired under Spotlight
New Zealand Audiological SocietyThe Government’s treatment of people of all ages with hearing loss will be put under the spotlight at the New Zealand Audiological Society Conference this week
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00119.htm
24:
Minister
denies the obvious on rural doctors
New Zealand Labour PartyMinister of Health Tony Ryall today denied claims by the Rural General Practitioner Network that increasing numbers of GPs are leaving the country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00460.htm
25:
Questions
for Oral Answer - 29 June 2010
Office of the Clerk# Hon PHIL GOFF to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement to Morning Report on 18 June, when he said the $4.8 million appropriated to the Pacific Economic Development Agency would be contestable? # CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00453.htm
Federated FarmersSpeech by Don Nicolson, President of Federated Farmers, to the 54th annual conference of the New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association, 28 June 2010 in Invercargill.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00801.htm
27:
Statistics
Show Three Strikes Is Needed
ACT New ZealandMinistry of Justice statistics revealing that four violent crimes have been committed every day since the Three Strikes law has passed highlights just how important it was for the Government to introduce the Three Strikes legislation which specifically ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00436.htm
28:
Bonding
attracts midwives & nurses to C&CDHB
New Zealand GovernmentThe Government has announced that more than 500 applications have been accepted for the second intake in the voluntary bonding scheme for recent health graduates.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00466.htm
29:
Statement
Regarding Sale of Cedenco Foods
KordaMenthaThe receivers of Cedenco Foods today announced they have signed an agreement for the sale of Cedenco Foods to Japanese food group Imanaka Limited. The sale is subject to Overseas Investment Office approval.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00843.htm
30:
Construction
on One-Stop-Shop to Start Soon
Hastings District CouncilAfter months of work behind the scenes on the Hastings District Council Customer Service Project, construction will soon begin on the Customer Service Centre on Lyndon Road.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00330.htm
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