Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 13 March 2007

Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 9:01 am
Article: Scoop Daily Ratings

TO CHANGE MY SCOOP OPTIONS OR UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST
http://www.scoop.co.nz/myscoop/signin.html
IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR PASSWORD
http://www.scoop.co.nz/myscoop/newpass.html

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Green light for Onehunga branch line upgrade

New Zealand Government

Passenger and freight trains will return to Auckland's Onehunga line following a multi-million dollar upgrade, Finance Minister Michael Cullen announced today. "I have given approval for ONTRACK to invest in the upgrading of the Onehunga Branch ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00234.htm

United Nations

Increasing women’s ability to procure financial services is not just a boon to economic development, but is beneficial to society as a whole, the President of the United Nations General Assembly today told participants at a panel discussion on ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00194.htm

Carolyn Baker

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

This week the Senate Banking Committee has begun an investigation of credit card companies and that industry’s lending practices of which Chairman, Carl Levin of Michigan said , “Millions of families…are kept in debt and are in over their ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00208.htm

MetService

MetService meteorologists have issued a weather warning for severe northwest gales on Wednesday over the southern North Island. Marine meteorologists are also forecasting the arrival of large ocean swells on the west coast of the North Island on Wednesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0703/S00033.htm

Rajat KC

In Nepal we regularly see the faces of the Maoist leaders almost in all means of Media everyday. In the past, when then Prime Minister Sher Bahahdur Deuba announced price of the head of alleged terrorist (Maoist), those faces were known very little.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00215.htm

Office of the Clerk

1. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Corrections and his department; if so, why?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00226.htm

Alexandra Bremner

My train journey tells a tale of Southern Thailand. It is a story of the growing conflict between the Buddhist and Malay Muslim communities which habituate Yala, Pattani, Songkhla and Narathiwat which make up the southern region of Thailand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00210.htm

The Maori Party

We have been asked to support a Bill, as amended by the select Committee. A Bill which is motivated by the need to protect children. We believe that Parliament has an important role in dispelling the illusion that violence is normal and acceptable.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00229.htm

Joint Media Statement

The Onehunga Branch line is to be rescued and pressed into service for commuter and freight trains. The government today gave the green light for ONTRACK to upgrade the line.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00171.htm

US State Department

Good evening, and thank you, Frank Burd, for your kind introduction. I am glad to have this opportunity to meet with the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs and discuss the topic you suggested to me for tonight: Somalia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00212.htm

US State Department

LIBYA Civil Nuclear Program Imprisoned Bulgarian Nurses and Palestinian Doctor IRAQ Iraq Neighbor's Conference / Good Opportunity to Show Support for Iraq, Discuss Plans, Express Views and Concerns
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00250.htm

Intel

Further expanding its quad-core processor family line-up, Intel Corporation today announced two energy-efficient 50-watt server processors that represent a 35- to nearly 60-percent decrease in power from Intel’s existing 80- and 120-watt quad-core ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0703/S00024.htm

US State Department

PRESIDENT LULA: (As translated.) There's more journalists here than at the Oscar. (Laughter.) Although the artists aren't quite as good looking as the ones that get Oscars.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00240.htm

Roadshow Film Distributors

Warner Bros epic blockbuster movie “300” has wowed cinema-goers in the United States with the movie grossing a staggering US $70 million dollars (NZ $95 million) on its opening weekend making it the highest March box office opening in US cinema ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00122.htm

Green Party

Green Party Sue Bradford welcomed the support from the Maori Party caucus, from NGOs and from select committee chair Lynne Pillay at a press conference today, at which she released a Law Commission legal opinion on her amended Bill.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00232.htm

ACT New Zealand

ACT Leader Rodney Hide says he is disappointed that the "Anti-Smacking Bill" appears to have the numbers to pass into law. "The people of New Zealand have not been consulted on this proposal. Once again, Parliament is arrogantly foisting its view on the rest ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00231.htm

Genevieve Cora Fraser

After visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem recently, a group of German bishops crossed over into Occupied Palestine and compared Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazis treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00196.htm

Michael Collins

Top U.S. law enforcement official Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez engineered a Pearl Harbor Day for eight Republican appointed federal prosecutors. From one end of the country to the other, previously well regarded prosecutors were summarily ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00213.htm

Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation

Aquaflow engages top US energy sector advisor and appoints chief technology officer
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0703/S00030.htm

Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke has warned against the danger of legally allowing foreign armed air marshals onto planes coming into New Zealand, as proposed by the Aviation Security Legislation Bill introduced into Parliament today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00240.htm

Young Labour

Young Labour is pleased that Family First is relying on Young Labour's scientifically reliable public website poll of 200 people to prove their points. It shows just how strong their arguments are.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00149.htm

Council on Hemispheric Affairs

No home-runs; maybe only a bunt single or at best the odd double, but at least he didn’t strike out. Clearly the Bush trip to Latin America never should have been scheduled. One thing is for certain: the President doesn’t have a clue about Latin ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0703/S00252.htm

New Zealand Government

Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia has welcomed the Maori Party's decision to support the repeal of Section 59, saying he's glad that after wavering they've decided to put tamariki first.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00235.htm

New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Phil Goff today announced that the New Zealand contribution to the reconstruction of Afghanistan is being extended for a further year to September 2008.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00213.htm

Family First

Community leaders from the Pacifica community have expressed their opposition to Sue Bradford’s anti-smacking bill which is being debated in Parliament tomorrow.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00160.htm

Auckland Regional Council

The redevelopment of the Newmarket rail junction took a significant step forward today with central and local government and rail planners all backing a single strategy for improvements.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0703/S00174.htm

HARD NEWS from Russell Brown

Pew Research's A Portrait of "Generation Next" looks like this week's must-read. Pew finds that America's current 18-25 generation is more liberal, more tolerant and more Democrat leaning than the one before - but somewhat lacking in terms of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00226.htm

New Zealand Government

There have been more than 200 phone calls from parents to the information line for the 20 Hours Free Early Childhood Education campaign, within three days of the first television advertisement, says Education Minister Steve Maharey.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00244.htm

New Zealand Government

The economic outlook 2007 and beyond Speech notes for Deutsche Bank International Investor Mission, Wellington
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00220.htm

The Scoop Team

The Maori Party has announced that it will be supporting the unamended S59 repeal bill – the so-called "smacking bill" – of Green MP Sue Bradford.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00220.htm

© Scoop Media

Scoop

Scoop Independent News

Scoop is NZ's largest independent news source; respected widely in media, political, business and academic circles for being the place on the internet for publishing "what was really said", and for the quality of its analysis of issues.

Contact Scoop

• Editorial - editor@scoop.co.nz
• Twitter - @ScoopNZ
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Services - services@scoop.co.nz
• Phone - 04 910 1844