Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 14 September 2007

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

1: Gordon Campbell: Zaoui – The Final Chapter?

Gordon Campbell

In any other circumstances, the face saving rationale that has been concocted to enable the SIS to rationalise its backdown on the Ahmed Zaoui case would be infuriating, but hey, winners can afford to be generous.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00240.htm

New Zealand National Party

Yesterday’s decision by SIS Director Dr Tucker to lift the security risk certificate issued against Algerian refugee-status claimant Ahmed Zaoui has been greeted with predictable sanctimony by the nation’s leftie/civil liberties brigade. Some have ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00265.htm

The Maori Party

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The Government’s decision to continue its collusion with Australia, Canada and America in defiance of the United Nations, and vote against the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, will be viewed with dismay by tangata whenua ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00256.htm

World Health Organisation

Warning against complacency, WHO has urged Member States not to drop their guard against the threat posed by avian influenza. The world faced extremely serious consequences, with the threat of a human flu pandemic showing no signs of abating.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0709/S00304.htm

Scoop Video

Full Coverage Video of the media conference held by Ahmed Zaoui and his legal team shortly after the SIS director announced he had withdrawn a security risk certificate that had accused Mr Zaoui of being a risk to New Zealand's national security.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00231.htm

Paul G. Buchanan

Paul Buchanan writes: How a paradigm shift in int. security perspectives and low intensity conflicts in failed states allowed for smaller actors to emerge as international military and diplomatic interlocutors, New Zealand being one of them.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00232.htm

Office of the Clerk

1. SIMON POWER (National—Rangitikei) to the Minister of Corrections: Did he advise the Prime Minister of his intention to take a suspended prison manager with him on a rugby tour, since the Cabinet Office manual states that “the Prime Minister should ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00249.htm

HAARP

A world authority on HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme) is to present his research on climate change, weather warfare technology, and mind control at a Global Issues conference in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0709/S00178.htm

Office of the Clerk

1. Hon MARK GOSCHE (Labour—Maungakiekie) to the Minister of Finance: Is the Government taking any steps to improve regulatory oversight of non-bank deposit takers?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00224.htm

Anglican Church in Aotearoa

This Office wishes to advise that Archbishop Whakahuihui (Hui) Vercoe passed away last evening at his home in Rotorua surrounded by his family. It is planned that he will return to his home Marae at Torere Bay of Plenty about a 20 minute drive ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00155.htm

Australian Defence Force

The Australian Defence Force has participated in 39 peace operations under the command of the United Nations and 16 non-United Nations peacekeeping operations, many of which were sanctioned by the UN. Our troops have been deployed as peacekeepers, peace-builders ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0709/S00335.htm

Catherine Austin Fitts

As Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, I was responsible for the operations of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which was the largest mortgage insurance fund in the world.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00238.htm

Telecom New Zealand

Acting CEO Simon Moutter today announced the resignation of Telecom’s Chief Operating Officer Consumer, Kevin Kenrick, who is leaving to take up a CEO role at another New Zealand organisation in mid-December.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0709/S00278.htm

US National Lawyers Guild

The United People of Color Caucus (TUPOCC) of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) endorses the planned rally in Jena, Louisiana on September 20 in support of the six black high school students who have come to be known as the "Jena 6."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0709/S00338.htm

Lindenberg and Partners

Three-time women's world double scull rowing champions, Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell, are keen to stay together to defend their Double Scull Olympic Crown at 2008 Beijing Olympics.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00149.htm

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand is evaluating utilising Paraparumu Airport for domestic services.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0709/S00282.htm

New Zealand Government

The Māori Party is full of hollow talk over the government’s decision not to support the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says Māori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00272.htm

New Zealand Winegrowers

New Zealand swept the board at the Decanter World Wine Awards and International Wine Challenge this month, winning a total of five International trophies. New Zealand Pinot Noir in particular triumphed. Blair and Estelle Hunt of Central Otago’s Bald ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0709/S00264.htm

Lloyd Ashton

Whakahuihui Vercoe completed his two-year term as Archbishop of the Anglican Church here in May. His critics – and he has a few – no doubt breathed a sigh of relief when that happened.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00251.htm

New Zealand Government

New Zealand's first major mission to leading Japanese tradeshow BioJapan 2007 will be a unique opportunity to showcase kiwi biotechnology to the world's second largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology market, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00258.htm

Scoop Audio

95bFM Audio : Ahmed Zaoui's lawyer Deborah Manning talks to Simon Pound about yesterday's lifting of the security risk assessment against Zaoui. Oh, and apparently The Herald is in fantasyland with its front page article on the topic.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0709/S00245.htm

Problem Gambling Foundation

The chief executive of Rowing New Zealand is a victim of the toxic effect of handling dirty money says the Problem Gambling Foundation. CEO John Stansfield says that organisations taking pokie funding are placing themselves in moral jeopardy because of the source ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0709/S00181.htm

John Paine

Well it’s been an interesting time since my last GLOBAL VIEW with the global “credit crunch”, and the New Zealand non-bank liquidity crisis.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0709/S00277.htm

Peace Movement Aotearoa

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted overnight at the UN General Assembly by a vote of 143 in favour, 4 against, and 11 abstentions. The NZ government maintained its contradictory and reprehensible position on the Declaration, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0709/S00200.htm

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

The announcement overnight that Led Zeppelin will reform for a one-off concert in London in November may be bittersweet for New Zealand fans on the other side of the world but those in Auckland can celebrate the news with The Led Zeppelin Project ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00137.htm

The Royal Society of New Zealand

New Zealand’s chief spy has announced that foreign government hackers have stolen sensitive information from Government departments. Computer security experts talk here about the prevalence of such international espionage, the dangers for individuals, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0709/S00036.htm

Word of Mouth Media

A round of golf with Richie helps raise $5500 for children’s cancer charity Ronald McDonald House
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0709/S00055.htm

Green Party

The Green Party is welcoming the announcement by Woolies that they are ending their import of paper products sourced from clearing rainforest in Indonesia, after the Greens in New Zealand and Australia drew attention to the issue over the last few ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00269.htm

New Zealand Government

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0709/S00244.htm

Nickelodeon

One lucky Kiwi kid could be presenting for Nickelodeon NZ at this year’s Nickelodeon Australian Kid’s Choice Awards, at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in October.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0709/S00167.htm

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