Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 10 September 2009

1: Scoop Contributor In WWFJ Body

Nava Thakuria

Northeast India based journalist, Nava Thakuria, who writes for Scoop News, has been elected as one of the Assistant General Secretaries of World Water Forum of Journalists (WWFJ), the head office of which is based in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00128.htm

2: Undernews For September 8, 2009

Undernews

Guardian, UK - Across Latin America and Mexico, there is a wave of drug law reform which constitutes a stark rebuff to the United States as it prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of a conflict officially declared by President Richard Nixon and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00070.htm

3: Hindus hail Malta Catholics for inclusiveness

Rajan Zed

According to Constitution of Malta (Chapter I, Article 2, Item 3): “Religious teaching of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Faith shall be provided in all State schools as part of compulsory education.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00127.htm

4: Lauding Japan For Sanskrit Conference

Rajan Zed

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, while lauding Kyoto University, strongly criticized India Government for not doing enough for Sanskrit promotion. Sanskrit should be restored to its rightful place and needed ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00126.htm

5: Russia and America: The Struggle for Europe

Reuben Steff

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the successful ousting of Iraq from Kuwait in 1991, US President George Bush Sr. made a remarkable speech. He stated that a New World Order was emerging: "A world quite different from the one we’ve ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00083.htm

6: Lyndon Hood: Act Doesn’t Feel Climate Heat

Lyndon Hood

Thanks to a memo we found stuck to our shoe after leaving the Parliament toilet block, Scoop can now reveal some other policies that Act plans based on their attitude to mainstream science.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00089.htm

7: Public Address 10/09/09 - America: Chill out!

Public Address

"Could it be," asked our American commentator Tracey Barnett on Media7 last week, "that the entire country is pre-menstrual?" She was referring, of course to the craziness around plans for US healthcare reform. Frankly, I think the comparison does a great ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00087.htm

8: Tom Frewen: The Week In Parliament - 10.09.09

Tom Frewen

Labour uses Question Time to probe the relationship between Finance Minister, Bill English, and his family trust. Government hints at plan to push Auckland Council bill through under urgency next week. Environment Minister, Nick Smith, clarifies ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00088.htm

9: World bank proves Fonterra's claims a sham

Greenpeace New Zealand

The World Bank has suspended funding to Fonterra’s palm kernel supplier, Wilmar International, due to environmental and humanitarian concerns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0909/S00119.htm

10: Questions and Answers - 8 Sept 2009

Office of the Clerk

Economy—Reports; SAS—Deployment in Afghanistan; Legal Aid—Announcements; Child, Youth and Family, Regional Staff—Increasing Workloads; Safety in the Home Campaign—Accident and Injury Data
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00102.htm

11: Trio of Lamborghinis at Prestige Auction

Turners Auctions

Three stunning Lamborghinis are part of a 25-lot Prestige Auction being held at Turners in Auckland this Saturday 12 September. The number of luxury vehicles being sold through Prestige Auctions is increasing, but three Lamborghinis in an already impressive ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00282.htm

12: Swine Flu - Update 149

Ministry of Health

There are a total of 3150 confirmed cases of Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 09 swine flu, compared with 3146 on 7 September. These are people who have returned a positive laboratory test for pandemic influenza (H1N1) 09. The actual number of cases of Pandemic ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0909/S00057.htm

13: World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September 2009

Royal Australian and NZ College of Psychiatrists

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists recognises World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September, an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization. World Suicide Prevention Day ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0909/S00053.htm

14: Growth in Govt bureaucracy halted

New Zealand Government

State Services Minister Tony Ryall today announced that the growth in the core government administration has been halted. "Between December and June this year, the number of fulltime equivalent (FTE) staff positions within the core government administration ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00144.htm

15: Institute Joins Effort To Cure Breast Cancer

Malaghan Institute

The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research is to apply its considerable knowledge in developing clinical expertise in cancer immunotherapy to the treatment of breast cancer. This novel therapy uses vaccines to train a patient’s immune system to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0909/S00059.htm

16: 200 Telecom workers laid off tomorrow - EPMU

Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union

Up to 200 Telecom lines engineers will be made redundant tomorrow as Telecom’s new contractor, Visionstream, attempts to take over operations in Northland and most of Auckland including the city’s CBD, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00291.htm

17: Iconic control tower reaches new heights

Paris Magdalinos Architects

New Zealand’s tallest air control tower will be officially opened tomorrow (Thursday, 10 September) by Prime Minister John Key. He will laser cut a giant ribbon tied around the tower’s base, sparking fireworks to mark the occasion.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00246.htm

18: Speech: Harawira - Gangs and Organised Crime Bill

The Maori Party

I want to move from the last speaker, from the Barney Rubble School of Criminology, to commend some of the fine contributions that have been heard this afternoon. Last Tuesday, some 300 locals gathered in the centre of Whanganui, to protest the local ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00143.htm

19: Questions for Oral Answer - 10 Sept 2009

Office of the Clerk

# Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement “It’s essential that we build our road to recovery on investment and exports”? # JOHN BOSCAWEN to the Minister of Justice: Is it Government policy for parents giving their ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00131.htm

20: Scoop Images: Welcome for the Vietnamese Govt

Scoop Images

Prime Minister John Key and Speaker Lockwood Smith welcomed senior members of the Vietnamese Government at parliament today. General Secretary of the Communist Party Nong Duc Manh inspected assembled NZ Air Force personnel to the sounds of a military ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00085.htm

21: Does English control the Endeavour Trust?

New Zealand Labour Party

Hon Bill English should now release the details of his family trust, with family names deleted as appropriate, so that the public can judge whether he controls it or not, Labour MP Pete Hodgson said. “Under rules confirmed by the Prime Minister’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00145.htm

22: Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 09.09.09

Tom Frewen

Parliament debates Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill under urgency with both sides blaming the other for not being able to see the real issues for the trees.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00079.htm

23: Horn Report: New Health Bureaucracy Proposed

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

New bureaucracy: National Health Board Previously we reported on the risks to government posed in the Horn Report despite a number of useful recommendations. The central feature of the major restructuring proposed in the report is the creation of a new ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0909/S00054.htm

24: bFM: Deady & Manning, Fathoming Audrey's Notebook!

Scoop Audio

95bFM Audio: Selwyn Manning joins Paul Deady to discuss 'Audrey's Notebook' the case of the Treasury official who dropped her notebook, and within which was found plans for a merger and reform of NZ's intelligence agencies. What's this all about then?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00078.htm

25: John Minto: Social deniers dominate debate on kids

John Minto

It says a lot about how distorted our view of children has become that another report highly critical of how we treat our kids disappeared from the media in just 24 hours last week. The report, Doing Better for Children, was the first time the Organisation ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00071.htm

26: Burying Ted Kennedy with the Israeli flag

Franklin P Lamb

Strutting underdressed across the concert stage in Tel Aviv wrapped in an Israel flag on 9/2/09, as her partner, the Brazilian model ‘Jesus’ shouted ‘Viva! Viva!’ off stage was probably just the Material Girl doing her material thing. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00073.htm

27: Alleged Building Fraudster Arrested

Hastings District Council

A man who allegedly stripped a couple’s bathroom, charged them $6600 and then disappeared has been arrested. In September, Flaxmere residents Joyce and Barry Brough were left with no bathroom after the man claimed he’d received building consents to refurbish ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0909/S00163.htm

28: Arson At Prime Minister's Electorate Office

New Zealand Police

Rodney CIB is investigating the circumstances surrounding a deliberate fire which has caused only minor damage to the Prime Minister’s electorate office in Kumeu.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0909/S00158.htm

29: NZ ranks as one of best in the world for business

New Zealand Labour Party

Labour is delighted with New Zealand’s second place ranking in the World Bank Doing Business survey, Small Business Spokesperson Ross Robertson says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00129.htm

30: TEU Tertiary Update, volume 12, number 30

Association of University Staff

POLYTECHNICS VOTE FOR STRIKE TEU members at the six polytechnics covered by a multi-employer collective agreement, NorthTec, Waikato Institute of Technology, Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, Whitireia Polytechnic, Western Institute of Technology and Unitec, have voted overwhelmingly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0909/S00033.htm

Deaf Ears: Speaker On Support For Mojo Mathers

Scoop Audio: In a press conference this afternoon Speaker Lockwood Smith defended his handling of requests for support for profoundly deaf MP Mojo Mathers' participation in Parliament, and said he was "deeply concerned" by the way the issue had been portrayed.

Earlier today the Greens said they had been told they would have to fund support Mathers requires out of their own budget. More>>