Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings June 6 2009

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

1: 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

2: 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

3: 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

4: 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

5: Report shows strong growth in biotech sector

New Zealand Government

Research, Science and Technology Minister Wayne Mapp has welcomed a report showing strong growth in the biotechnology industry. The second Biotechnology Industry Growth Report, produced by NZBio, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Research, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0906/S00086.htm

6: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings June 5 2009

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00060.htm

7: Update 61 – Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu

Ministry of Health

Auckland child tests positive for Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu: Staff and children attending the Tama Ale Eleele A'oga Amata child care centre in Wylie Road, Papatoetoe, South Auckland to be offered Tamiflu and asked to stay in isolation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0906/S00030.htm

8: Connie Lawn: Gruesome Memories of Mt. Erebus In DC

Connie Lawn

"Some of the bodies seemed miraculously whole; others charred beyond recognition still others had the appearance of being whole but crumbled to fragments when handled."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00061.htm

9: Ashley takes on Nashville This Monday Night

Skip

NZ IDOL finalist Ashley Cooper is making final preparations for the gig of her life!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0906/S00054.htm

10: What Now for Pork Consumers?

Farmers Markets NZ

Advocates of Farmers Markets throughout the country have seen an opportunity arising from the recent debate about pig farming.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00137.htm

11: HUM receives Australian International Design Award

Formway Furniture

Formway Furniture’s Design Studio has been honoured with a prestigious Australian International Design Award.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00138.htm

12: 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

13: 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

14: 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

15: 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

16: Attempt to hoodwink older people is disresptful

North Shore City

Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s attempts to hoodwink older people at a recent North Shore Grey Power meeting are disrespectful says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00064.htm

17: (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

18: ‘Winter Garden’ Prepares to Bloom

Glow Consulting

Following on from the success of last year’s event the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival is set to delight crowds with a spectacular show on Saturday the 20th June from 5.30pm. This year’s ‘Winter Garden’ theme will be based around giant floral lanterns ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00065.htm

19: Public Meeting on Auckland ‘Super City’ Reforms

Tamaki Community Board

The government is calling for submissions on the Auckland Super City Reforms. The Tamaki Community Board wants to hear from the residents and ratepayers of Tamaki about their views on the Super City reforms.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00062.htm

20: Community unconvinced by super city plan

Waitakere City

An overwhelming 81% of residents in Waitakere City want a referendum on the “Super City” proposed for Auckland.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0906/S00063.htm

21: Fieldays No 8 Wire National Art Award winners

Hamilton City Council

Auckland artist Aaron McConchie has been named as the winner of the Fieldays No 8 Wire National Art Award 2009 for his entry ‘The inevitable beginning to an inconsequential end’. The announcement was made at a ceremony at ArtsPost Galleries and Shop on ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0906/S00053.htm

22: Police Accept Trial Outcome

New Zealand Police

Police accept the jury's verdict not to convict David Bain on five charges of murder.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00074.htm

23: Hobby courses part of Kiwi culture

Community Learning Association Through Schools

“Being able to go to the local school to learn a skill has been a tradition for Kiwi’s for over 50 years” says the Community Learning Association in Schools (CLASS) President – Maryke Fordyce. “In these times of doom and gloom learning ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0906/S00075.htm

24: Oslo Redux: Fool’s Gold in Israel/Palestine

Remi Kanazi

Who doesn’t want to blame all the problems Israel/Palestine is currently facing on newly appointed Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu? He refuses to endorse the internationally recognized two-state solution, he is far more combative on settlements ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0906/S00049.htm

25: 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

26: Company Places Barriers on Patient Info Exchange

HealthLink

A major medical software provider is proposing to charge monopolistic prices before allowing the free exchange of New Zealanders’ medical files between health providers. This action will either impede the development of an efficient electronic healthcare ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0906/S00028.htm

27: 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

28: 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

29: Festival goes to great lengths to promote shorts

Show Me Shorts

Since its inception in 2006, the Show Me Shorts Film Festival has showcased top new Kiwi and Australian short filmmaking talent. Each year the festival receives hundreds of entries and selects 40 of the best films to screen throughout New Zealand and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0906/S00052.htm

30: 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

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