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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 21 July 2007

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

1: NZFSA Refuses To Meet Betty Martini

Soil and Health Association

Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 19 July 2007 NZFSA Refuses To Meet Betty Martini The Soil & Health Association and Safe Food Campaign are calling for the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00214.htm


2: Benson-Pope did know about political sacking
New Zealand National Party

National Party Leader John Key says Helen Clark is setting a new low in Ministerial standards if she still retains confidence in David Benson-Pope.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00351.htm


3: Concern on Handling Of 'Conflict Of Interest' Case
Public Service Association
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The PSA remains concerned that people who have a relationship with someone who is politically active will find it difficult getting a job in the public service, despite a reassurance from the State Services Commissioner that this is not the case
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00236.htm


4: Top Sites June 2007 - Women Aged 25-34
Nielsen NetRatings

Please find attached a website ranking of the top ten channels in Nielsen//NetRatings' Market Intelligence showing the sites that attract the highest percentage of women, aged 25-34, for the month of June 2007. The results show the websites which have ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00388.htm


5: www.mccully.co.nz - 20 July 2007
New Zealand National Party

A Weekly Report from the Keyboard of Murray McCully MP for East Coast Bays
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00340.htm


6: Stolen Land, Invaded Children and Rugby Union
ImagineNative

Today, Saturday July 21st, at 7.30pm the All Blacks are playing Australia at Eden Park in T�maki Makaurau (Auckland). ImagineNative Action spokesperson Te Kanikani Tangata Hara says "we believe the moral and political background to Aotearoa's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00244.htm


7: Brian Carter's The Night Sky
Brian Carter

August is a poor month for viewing the planets. Jupiter and Mars will be visible for all of August. Venus will be visible in the evening sky at the start and in the morning sky at the end of the month. Saturn will be visible in the evening sky for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00276.htm


8: Briefing on employment decision by Environment Min
New Zealand Government

State Services Minister Annette King says she has received information in a briefing from the State Services Commission on issues surrounding an employment decision at the Ministry for the Environment.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00349.htm


9: High dollar hammers sheep and beef outlook
Meat And Wool New Zealand

The 2007-08 outlook for sheep and beef farmers is grim if the current high exchange rates continue for the next 12 months, Meat & Wool New Zealand Chairman, Mike Petersen says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00409.htm


10: Questions And Answers - Thursday, 19 July 2007
Office of the Clerk

1. JOHN KEY (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Finance?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00334.htm


11: Peru: Indians Ask Court To Ban Oil Exploration
Survival International

Peru's Amazon Indian organisation, AIDESEP, has applied to the courts for oil exploration and drilling to be banned in parts of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted tribes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00284.htm


12: HT Media launches new offer
HT Media

HT Media Limited (HT Media) today announced its intention to make an offer to acquire all the shares it does not own in MediaWorks NZ Limited (MediaWorks) at a price of $2.68 per share.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00378.htm


13: Go for it, Cindy!
Ernest Partridge

Cindy Sheehan has announced that if Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not put impeachment “on the table,” Sheehan will run against Pelosi in 2008 as an independent.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00280.htm


14: Peters Urges Rethink
New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters today expressed his surprise and concern at the appointment of an ex-ACT and Labour MP Ken Shirley as the CEO of the Researched Medicines Industry Association.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00350.htm


15: Hong Kong Films Showcased At Film Festival
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

Auckland International Film Festival 2007 will bring before its audiences two highly-acclaimed Hong Kong films, promising to provide New Zealand viewers with a fascinating glimpse of the ingenuity and creativity of Hong Kong’s talent.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00213.htm


16: Hayman’s Beard Calls For Kiwis To Grow Beards
Hayman's Beard

Hayman's Beard, the group calling on All Black prop Carl Hayman to grow back his beard, have now made a call for national unity, urging all kiwis to grow beards between now and the World Cup to show their support for the All Blacks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0707/S00199.htm


17: Free Trade and Immigration: Cause and Effect
Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The Democrats rhetoric against enacting the free trade pact entered into by the Bush administration with Colombia represents a striking setback against President Alvaro Uribe and the U.S. president. Nevertheless, it is a victory for probity, a blow against ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00284.htm


18: Chlorine Bleach Key Weapon vs Bacteria Infections
University of Otago

Scientists at the University of Otago, Christchurch have discovered that bleach is one of the key factors used by white blood cells to control bacterial infections in the body. Exactly how these foot soldiers of the immune system control and kill ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0707/S00044.htm


19: Labour’s Ethnic Cleansing Policy for Local Govt
The Maori Party

Reported comments from Labour Party Women’s Vice President, Kate Sutton, that “Pakeha prefer to vote for white people with names they can pronounce” and that “Labour takes that into account when selecting candidates” have horrified the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00352.htm


20: Interest Rate Cut – Not Increase
Auckland Chamber of Commerce

Contrary to economists predicting the Reserve Bank will lift interest rates next week, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce believes a strong case can be made to cut the Official Cut Rate (OCR) without adding to inflation pressures.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00355.htm


21: Email Reveals Union’s Real Agenda
Network PR

Email Reveals Union’s Real Agenda and Strike Tactics An email to strike leaders from SFWU Northern Secretary, Jill Ovens, has revealed the agenda of its current strike is to get rid of private contractors from the public health sector. Jill Ovens ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00248.htm


22: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 20 July 2007
Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00285.htm


23: Jamaica: In the Drug Trade—Big and Getting Bigger
Council on Hemispheric Affairs

With a focus primarily placed on notorious Mexican and South American drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and the Caribbean’s role as an essential transit mechanism for drugs moving north to market, trade issues often are moved around and made to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0707/S00283.htm


24: Health Unions call on DHBs to do the right thing
Service And Food Workers Union

Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Media Release – for immediate release 20 July 2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00247.htm


25: Call For Manukau To Support Locked Out Workers
Sua William Sio

A call has been made to the Manukau Community and the Church leaders to support the Middlemore hospital workers who have been locked out by their employer, Spotless.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00245.htm


26: AMP Analyses The Reserve Bank
AMP

This is the first of what we intend will become a series of thought/opinion-piece articles under the format "All things considered … On XYZ". The intention is to raise awareness and promote debate on topical issues with the economy, financial ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00397.htm


27: No Inquest into the Death of Dr. David Kelly
Global Research

No Inquest into the Death of Dr. David Kelly The Elephant in the Living Room of the United Kingdom by Dr. C. Stephen Frost and Dr. David Halpin Global Research , July 15, 2007 GlobalResearch.ca
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0707/S00279.htm


28: Spotless Contingencies Working Well
Spotless Services

Spotless Services has reported that, despite the current strikes by members of the SFWU, it is managing well through the use of covering staff.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00408.htm


29: A Mixed Month For Visitor Arrivals
Tourism New Zealand

June showed a mixed result for visitor arrivals, but Australia did well and Japan showed some signs of improvement, Tourism New Zealand chief executive George Hickton said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0707/S00407.htm


30: Health Freedom disputes ASA Ruling
Health Freedom

Health Freedom disputes the decision regarding an advertising complaint made by Michelle Beckett of Natural Products New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0707/S00250.htm

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