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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For August 26 10
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For August 26 10
1:Deadline:
Inside Sensible Sentencing's
Conference
Rory MacKinnonIt's my first time at a Sensible Sentencing conference, but there's a distinct sense of déjà vu as I wind my way across the Beehive's banquet hall to my seat. I put it down to all the familiar faces; faces I've seen a hundred times before with a ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00178/deadline-inside-sensible-sentencings-conference.htm
2:Legal
Services Bill: First Reading
The Maori PartyTomorrow marks the occasion of 20 years since the Bill of Rights landed on the New Zealand judiciary, and that’s important because the Bill of Rights, together with the 1993 Human Rights Act– and the nation’s founding document,– Te Tiriti ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00395/legal-services-bill-first-reading.htm
3:SRI
LANKA: Rape Suspicions Against A Senior
Judge
Asian Human Rights CommissionAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingIn July of this year a web newspaper reported an alleged case of sexual abuse by an appeal court judge. Last weekend, Lakbima reported that the CID has submitted its report of inquiries into the incident and found evidence against the judge.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1008/S00410/sri-lanka-rape-suspicions-against-a-senior-judge.htm
4:Legal
aid reform bill sent to select
committee
New Zealand GovernmentA bill to reform the legal aid system passed its first reading in Parliament today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00391/legal-aid-reform-bill-sent-to-select-committee.htm
5:
Young Labour says alcohol package is mixed
bag
Young LabourThe Government's package of measures to address alcohol harm in New Zealand incorporates a number of ideas which will have varying degrees of success if implemented, with Young Labour Keep it 18 Spokesperson Nicola Wood calling it a“mixed bag.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00323/young-labour-says-alcohol-package-is-mixed-bag.htm
6:Correction:
Mt Albert a safe place to shop a
New Zealand Labour PartyMt Albert a safe place to shop and do business (Correcting mispelt name in previously issued press release)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00394/correction-mt-albert-a-safe-place-to-shop-a.htm
7:Taupo
to Benefit From Carbon Company
MedianetToday CO2 New Zealand announced expansion of its carbon forestry program into the Taupo catchment. The company is seeking expression of interest from anyone considering carbon development.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00805/taupo-to-benefit-from-carbon-company.htm
8:target
for health cuts 100 or will it keep
growing
New Zealand Labour PartyHon Ruth Dyson Health Spokesperson Is the target for health cuts 100 or will it keep growing? Record health spending has not stopped the National Government undertaking a record programme of health cuts, Labour Health spokesperson Ruth Dyson says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00425/target-for-health-cuts-100-or-will-it-keep-growing.htm
9:Power:
Challenging Tradition
New Zealand GovernmentIn 2008, when I became Minister of Justice, I was told over and over again that I needed to do two things to improve our justice system. The first was to build more court houses. The second was to appoint more judges. I was not convinced.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00390/power-challenging-tradition.htm
10:Extremely
supportive? Yeah right!
New Zealand Labour PartyExtremely supportive? Yeah right! 96 percent opposed Education Minister Anne Tolley’s claim that school boards of trustees are extremely supportive of her national standards has been given the lie by correspondence directly sent to her, says Labour Education ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00421/extremely-supportive-yeah-right.htm
11:'Religion
is Garbage' Posters In Auckland
Scoop FeedbackA Scoop reader sends photos of a series of"appalling blasphemous" posters that have appeared in Auckland. Headed"Religion is Garbage", they depict"Hole E Christ","Brainwashin' Brain" and a"Tick-Tock Muhammad" suicide bomber.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00177/religion-is-garbage-posters-in-auckland.htm
12:Response
on alcohol missing the changes that
work
Public Health AssociationThe Public health Association says the government’s proposed changes to alcohol laws are a step in the right direction, but will not impact significantly enough on New Zealand’s harmful drinking.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00317/response-on-alcohol-missing-the-changes-that-work.htm
13:
Raksha Bandhan festival with a Maori
touch
Hindu Council of New ZealandA baton will be unveiled during Raksha Bandhan festival– which celebrates the infallible bond of universal fellowship and venerates womanhood– on Sunday, 29 August 2010 at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre, Newton, Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00330/raksha-bandhan-festival-with-a-maori-touch.htm
14:MARKET
CLOSE: NZ stocks rise on earnings
strength
BusinesswireAug 26 (BusinessDesk)– New Zealand stocks rose for the third time in four sessions, as a spate of better than expected corporate earnings lifted the market into positive territory. Nuplex Industries Ltd. led gains on the bourse, surging to a three-month ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00849/market-close-nz-stocks-rise-on-earnings-strength.htm
15:TEU
Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 32
Association of University StaffWānanga responds to performance funding pressure Bentham Ohia, the pouhere at the Wānanga o Aoteaora, is advising staff to concentrate on ensuring that tauira are enrolled in the right programme, that they graduate, and, where possible, that they ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1008/S00096/teu-tertiary-update-vol-13-no-32.htm
16:Open
letter to McCully on Palestine
Palestine Human Rights CampaignIsrael's suppression of non-violent protest www.popularstruggle.org/content/bilins-abdallah-abu-rahmah-cleared-stone-throwing-convicted-incitement Dear Mr McCully,
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1008/S00310/open-letter-to-mccully-on-palestine.htm
17:Araneo
Wireless welcomes Rural Broadband
Araneo Wireless'I think rural New Zealand can look forward to getting on with figuring out how they will use better broadband to improve how they live and work' says Nick Lourantos General Manager of Araneo Wireless, a Wellington based wireless broadband company ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00846/araneo-wireless-welcomes-rural-broadband.htm
18:Government
should front up on student loans
New Zealand Labour PartyThe Government should front up to the public on its plans for collecting and managing student loans, which could mean increased costs for borrowers as private companies seek to make money out of the student loan scheme, Grant Robertson Labour Tertiary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00424/government-should-front-up-on-student-loans.htm
19:Cancer
Research Gets One Step Closer To A
Cure
Breast Cancer Research TrustNew Zealand Cancer Research Gets One Step Closer To A Cure Pathway Therapeutics, a drug discovery and development company founded in New Zealand, has announced that it has met an important drug development milestone.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1008/S00113/cancer-research-gets-one-step-closer-to-a-cure.htm
20:Metlifecare
returns to profit on valuation uplift
BusinesswireAug. 26 (BusinessDesk)– Metlifecare, the retirement village operator, announced a profit of $67.5 million from a year-earlier loss, saying an increase in the value of property contributed to the gain.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00850/metlifecare-returns-to-profit-on-valuation-uplift.htm
21:Pandemic
Influenza H1N1 2009 - Update 203
Ministry of HealthInfluenza H1N1 activity is continuing across the country, with variable rates of infection according to geographic region. Hawke's Bay has been experiencing the highest rates of influenza-like illness, with many people visiting their GP. Recent information ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1008/S00115/pandemic-influenza-h1n1-2009-update-203.htm
22:Questions
and Answers - 25 August 2010
Office of the ClerkGST—Comparison with OECD Countries; Overseas Investment Rules—New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement; Wages—Rises Compared with Prices; Health Services—Minister’s Statements
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00404/questions-and-answers-25-august-2010.htm
23:">Israel
Convicts Another Palestinian Gandhi
Middle East News ServiceSo what were the charges against Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the internationally-known organizer of the Bil'in protest, that stuck? Exonerated of stone-throwing and weapons possession (a charge that even John Stewart in his wildest satire could not have concocted), ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00174/israel-convicts-another-palestinian-gandhi.htm
24:Wikileak
Release CIA'Exporting Terrorism'
Report
WikileaksThis CIA"Red Cell" report from February 2, 2010, looks at what will happen if it is internationally understood that the United States is an exporter of terrorism;'Contrary to common belief, the American export of terrorism or terrorists is not ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1008/S00179/wikileak-release-cia-exporting-terrorism-report.htm
25:PM
announces appointment of GCSB
director
New Zealand GovernmentPrime Minister John Key today announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae as Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00414/pm-announces-appointment-of-gcsb-director.htm
26:Govt
welcomes joint infrastructure
commitment
New Zealand GovernmentCentral and local government must work together to ensure smarter infrastructure decisions and investment, Minister for Infrastructure Bill English says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00396/govt-welcomes-joint-infrastructure-commitment.htm
27:Cross-border
privacy laws strengthened
New Zealand GovernmentA bill to ensure that personal data sent to New Zealand from overseas is subject to New Zealand's privacy protection passed into law today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00426/cross-border-privacy-laws-strengthened.htm
28:Govt
Can No Longer Hide Behind Claims of
Support
NZEIIt’s clear the Education Minister can no longer claim widespread support for National Standards from parents and school boards, says the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1008/S00097/govt-can-no-longer-hide-behind-claims-of-support.htm
29:Kordia
returns to profit, looks to Australia
Businesswireby Paul McBeth Aug. 26 (BusinessDesk)– Kordia Group, the state-owned telecommunications and media company, returned to profit this year and is looking for opportunities in the Australian federal National Broadband Network project.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1008/S00845/kordia-returns-to-profit-looks-to-australia.htm
30:Many
many many’ is just not enough
New Zealand Labour PartyAccording to the Minister for Social Development and Employment and Youth Affairs the Governments youth initiatives’ are helping“so many…. many many many” youth into jobs. Yet these initiatives who help“many, many, many” youth don’t ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1008/S00422/many-many-many-is-just-not-enough.htm
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