Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings June 5 2009

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

1: God doesn’t need to save the Queen

Citizens Electoral Council

As the June 15th deadline nears for the Australian Government’s decision to allow or disallow Chinalco to increase its stake in Rio Tinto, opposition to the move is playing out like a 19th century English comic opera, with Barnaby Joyce playing the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00030.htm

2: (H1N1) Swine Flu - Update 60

Ministry of Health

The cumulative total of confirmed cases in New Zealand is now 12, up from 11 yesterday. The new confirmed case is a passenger off Air NZ flight NZ5 which arrived from Los Angeles on 31 May 2009. This person and their close contacts are now in isolation ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0906/S00027.htm

3: US President Barack Obama: A New Beginning

Barack Obama

Remarks by the President on Thursday at Egypt's Cairo University. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00031.htm

4: Avnery: Obama and Israel's true interests

Gush Shalom

Uri Avnery:"The President of the US understands the interests of Israel much better than Israel's own government. Obama offers a real hope to Israelis and Palestinians while Netanyhau's 'Government of Yesterday' has nothing to offer"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00032.htm

5: Martin Doyle Cartoon: Worth Archiving

Martin Doyle

Minister of Archives Richard Worth keeps his hand on the pulse
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00058.htm

6: Blunt by Knutz: Political Cartoons

Knutz

Getting to know your unelected representatives; Dr Dick's indelible impression; David Bain and John Campbell; Keith's enormous carving; Papering over the cracks of ecological guilt; swineageddon; the time traveller
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00059.htm

7: Question and Answers - 4 June 2009

Office of the Clerk

1. Dr Richard Worth—Confidence; 2. Benefits—Projected Spending; 3. Government Spending—Returns on Major Capital Expenditure; 4. Self-responsibility—Minister’s Comment; 5. Climate Change—Agriculture Sector Obligations; 6. Vote Education—Cuts; ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00076.htm

8: Top Scoop Stories June 5th, 2009 News Summary

The Scoop Editor

LEAD STORY State Sector: NZ Immigration Decision-Making Questioned NZ POLITICS Dope: Prison Unit Manager, 5 Other Charged After Cannabis Investigation Environment: Hundreds Plan To Freeze For Climate Action Transparent Like A Moat: Green's Spending Public, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00057.htm

9: Statement by Dr Richard Worth, MP

Richard Worth

``The public should suspend any judgment until allegations against me have been resolved. ``I have not committed any offence. I am presently co-operating fully with the police and will continue to do so. ``There has been a rush to judgment on the basis of rumour ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00071.htm

10: Cannabis Party Has Answer To The Recession

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

Bill English's first budget as Finance Minister demonstrates that neither he nor the Government has any idea how to survive the recession. While other political parties debate how to deal with the Global Financial Crisis, only one party has the solution ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00062.htm

11: Air NZ's First 747-400 Makes Final One-Way Flight

Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 747-400, registration ZK-NBS, will depart Auckland for the last time today and fly to the USA where it will be dismantled for parts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00123.htm

12: Immigration NZ - another time bomb left by Labour

New Zealand Government

The release of the Auditor General’s report “Inquiry into Immigration Matters” confirms that Immigration New Zealand is a service that needs urgent attention. “This report confirms that the mess left by the last Government is even worse than anyone ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00056.htm

13: Hundreds Plan to Freeze for Climate Action

350 Aotearoa

Thousands of people will come to a standstill on New Zealand’s streets this Friday, World Environment Day, to call for action on climate change. The official theme of the United Nations day is ‘Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change’.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00066.htm

14: Credit crunch: time to treat employees like trash

Roland Michel Tremblay

Credit crunch time, once again the old management rules are back. Not only employers and employment agencies are ready to exploit you to death, but don’t expect respect and niceties, we’re all trash for the next few years if not decades. Let’s just ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00055.htm

15: Undernews For May 3, 2009

Undernews

Your editor and his historian wife did a farewell interview with Kojo Nnambi on WAMU, DC's NPR station,about their decades in local Washington prior to their move to our New England regional headquarters in Freeport, Maine. Click to hear
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00048.htm

16: ACT Parliamentary & Ministerial Expenses

ACT New Zealand

ACT New Zealand has today released the expenses of its five MPs – Hon Rodney Hide, Hon Heather Roy, Sir Roger Douglas, John Boscawen and David Garrett – for the six-month period December 1 2008- May 31 2009. These figures total Parliamentary and Ministerial ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00085.htm

17: Hide conceals audacious plan to smash local govt

North Shore City Council

The government’s plan to smash local government and sell off its community assets has finally been fully revealed in a little known Cabinet paper posted on a government website (see web link AAA below) placing local communities all around the country ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00073.htm

18: Transport NZ Summit - Ports Keynote Address

Ports of Auckland

Introduction Good afternoon, ladies & gentlemen, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00109.htm

19: Cross-Party Committee decision on Expenses

Office Of Speaker Of Parliament

A regime for public disclosure of expenses incurred by members of Parliament will be developed as quickly as possible, the Speaker of the House, the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith, said today. This follows a cross-party meeting held late this afternoon to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00073.htm

20: World Peace March starts from most peaceful nation

World March for Peace

Mundo sin Guerres (World without Wars), an international organisation working to prevent war and promote non-violence, has decided to start a 90-day World March for Peace and Non-violence in New Zealand, the country recently affirmed by the Global ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0906/S00029.htm

21: Overview: Visa and permit decision-making

Controller and Auditor-General

In my view, the quality assurance processes are inadequate and cannot effectively inform the Department about the overall quality of the visa and permit decisions that are made.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00060.htm

22: NZ Defence commences mission in pukapuka

New Zealand Defence Force

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s amphibious support ship HMNZS CANTERBURY, under the command of Commander Jim Gilmour, sailed from Apia at 11:00 am on Monday 1 June after participating in the Samoan Independence Day Parade. At 10:00 am the following morning, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00063.htm

23: Mainzeal nails Green Ribbon for environment

Mainzeal

Mainzeal broke ground in the construction industry last night, receiving an award for ‘Businesses Making a Difference’ at the Green Ribbon Awards in Wellington. The building construction company – one of New Zealand’s largest – is the first ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00133.htm

24: Overview: Public sector recruitment processes

Controller and Auditor-General

The processes used to recruit Ms Thompson into roles at Manatū Māori, the Treasury, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) between 1989 and 1998 appear to have been reasonably standard. They reflected practices commonly used at ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00061.htm

25: Nicaragua’s Revenge, Cuba, The OAS and Iraq

Sherwood Ross

Miami, Florida, June 4, 2009 --- It was three o’clock this morning when I was awakened from a beautiful dream by police knocking on the door of my apartment to come down to the parking garage and identify my vandalized car. Downstairs, they had the suspect ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00052.htm

26: Operation WIRE nets 6 during Prison Investigation

New Zealand Police

A joint Police and Department of Corrections investigation concluded today with the execution of search warrants at Rimutaka Prison in Wellington and a number of addresses in Wellington City and the Hutt Valley.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00048.htm

27: Rio plans US$15B rights issue, tie-up with BHP

Businesswire

Rio plans US$15.2B in rights issue, seeks iron ore tie-up with BHP, rejects Chinalco
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00130.htm

28: Tokyo Food Symposium To grow Japan-NZ partnership

International Business Forum

A symposium on food safety and food security being held today, 5 June, in Tokyo is a further opportunity for Japan and New Zealand to renew their partnership in food, says the NZ International Business Forum. “Japan is a major market for New Zealand’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00132.htm

29: How Long Until Something Is Done?

ACT New Zealand

The arrest of prison officers forming part of a cannabis supply operation with inmates is the latest debacle in a clearly dysfunctional Department of Corrections, ACT New Zealand Law & Order Spokesman David Garrett said today. "This incident follows hot ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00087.htm

30: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares gain; Infratil, NZOG rise

Businesswire

June 5 – New Zealand shares rose for the fourth day in five, with Infratil Ltd. gaining on a takeover proposal for its 32% owned Australian energy unit and New Zealand Oil & Gas climbing with the price of crude oil.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00136.htm

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