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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 14 November 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 14 November 2009
1: Scoop
Editorial: Launching "Imagining 2020"
Alastair ThompsonA group of New Zealand websites has decided to get together and encourage discussion of the positive side to climate change mitigation. Afterall - how many of us really believe that the way the world is currently run is optimal - both for our personal ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00150.htm
2:
Greenpeace
Activists: Obama Must Address Climate
Greenpeace New ZealandAuckland, 13 November 2009 - An international team of Greenpeace activists, in the heart of Indonesia's threatened rainforests, has called on United States President Barack Obama to take urgent action on climate change. The call has been made as Obama ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00467.htm
3:
Sports
Photos: All Whites vs Bahrain 14 Nov.
2009
Karim SahaiScoop photographer Karim Sahai is on the sideline for tonight's epic clash between New Zealand and Bahrain at Wellington's caketin. Photos will be posted below shortly after the game concludes and possibly at half-time.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00152.htm
4:
Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 13 November 2009
Scoop Daily Ratings1: Hide and seek: the truth about Rodney and Roger Anne Else There's a wonderful column by Rosemary McLeod in the Dom-Post this morning (12 November). She skewers the grotesqueries of Rodney Hide's apparently bizarre behaviour beautifully. But ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00151.htm
5:
Under-Nutrition
Causes Poverty However Solutions
UNICEFPORT VILA, 12 November 2009 – Under-nutrition is both a consequence and a cause of poverty. Childhood under-nutrition makes learning more difficult and ill health more likely, which hinders a child’s capacity to secure a job as an adult, and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00469.htm
6:
LaRouche webcast: The Great Change of
2009
Citizens Electoral CouncilAmerican statesman and physical economist Lyndon LaRouche on 11th November addressed an international webcast audience, on the landmark Russia-China economic cooperation agreement, and its potential to rescue the collapsing world economy, but only if ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00468.htm
7:
Key:
Speech to the APEC CEO Summit 2009
New Zealand GovernmentCan I start by acknowledging the Chair of the Organising Committee for this Summit, Ms Chong Siak Ching, as well as my fellow panelists:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00177.htm
8:
Public
Address 13/11/09 - Don't sell us down
Public AddressIt's tempting to see the confrontation between the entertainment industry and the Internet as some kind of moral issue; a clash of the heavyweights with only one possible outcome: a triumph of good over evil. In the red corner we have the people who bring ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00149.htm
9:
Ngāti
Kāpo O Aotearoa Inc. Biennial
Conference
New Zealand GovernmentThis hui has been inspired by the aspirations of Mrs Tawai Te Rangi, a kuia of Ngāti Kāpo ki Te Upoko o te Ika ropu.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00175.htm
10:
Lack
of certainty crippling Auckland’s
economy
AUT Business FacultyAuckland can never be the growth engine people expect – or that the country requires – as long as its export economy remains as one of the lowest in New Zealand, a senior economist warns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00434.htm
11:
Young
People In Chadian Refugee Camps Need
Hope
United NationsThe top humanitarian official in Chad called for urgent attention to be paid to providing a better life for young men and women languishing in camps for refugees and displaced persons, warning that the alternatives for them would be prostitution or violence.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00464.htm
12:
Artesian Water by Aquaceuticals
AJPR and EventsIntroducing WATER IN A BOX, a clever new 10 litre water box designed by Aquaceuticals as part of a refreshingly new water brand. Just in time for summer, WATER IN A BOX fits in your fridge, is easy to handle and designed to travel, making it perfect ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00432.htm
13:
Waitangi
Tribunal reappointments welcomed
New Zealand GovernmentThe Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, today announced the re-appointment of Mrs Keita Walker, Mr John Baird, Sir Hirini Mead, Professor Ranginui Walker and Dr Angela Ballara to the Waitangi Tribunal, each for a term of three years.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00178.htm
14:
Inquiry
into Maori Community Development Act
New Zealand GovernmentMāori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples welcomes the Inquiry into the operation of the Māori Community Development Act 1962, and the Terms of Reference recently released by the Māori Affairs Select Committee.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00176.htm
New Zealand Labour PartyExcitement is building as the All Whites prepare to do the country proud in the winner take all World Cup qualifier tomorrow in Wellington, Labour Leader Phil Goff and Sport and Recreation spokesperson Chris Hipkins said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00162.htm
16:
Wellington
Tourism Urges Attendance at All
Whites
Positively WellingtonPositively Wellington Tourism is urging locals and visitors alike to answer the call from Wellington Phoenix supporters club, Yellow Fever, for a ‘whiteout’ at Saturday’s historic All Whites match. Rated by New Zealand sports fans as the best venue in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SP0911/S00005.htm
17:
Big
screen to broadcast All Whites game
Wellington City CouncilBig screen to broadcast All Whites game Wellington City Council has secured rights to Saturday’s All Whites vs Bahrain game and will broadcast it live on a big screen at Queens Wharf. If the All Whites win the game, which kicks off at 8pm at Westpac ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00183.htm
18:
Conference
Sets The Bar For Future Ones
Python User GroupWhat do 150 software developers, a 2 day conference, and a programming language called Python add up to? Kiwi PyCon 2009, which was held in Christchurch this past weekend. PyCons are held annually throughout the world but this was the first time the event ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00437.htm
19:
Another important FTA secured
Meat And Wool New ZealandMeat & Wool New Zealand and the Meat Industry Association have welcomed the latest Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Hong Kong and say it completes another important strand in the network of bilateral FTA’s in the growing Asian region.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00436.htm
20:
Garrett’s
Claims Well off the Mark
Rethinking Crime and Punishment“David Garrett’s claims that the western countries are starting to accept that punitive penal policies have the potential to reduce violent offending is demonstrably untrue,” says Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “In fact, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0911/S00140.htm
21:
UN
food summit 'fails before it begins'
Nick SquiresA UN Food Summit Aimed At Helping The One Billion People Worldwide Suffering From Hunger Has Been Declared A Failure A Week Before It Has Even Begun.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00465.htm
22:
The
Sensuous Revolt: An Education
Binoy KampmarkSixteen-year old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is predictably impressionable. Intelligence and the odd cutting remark might equip her for the classroom joust and parents in suburban Twickenham. But she has much growing up to do, something which is given ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0911/S00148.htm
23:
Brazil
Spreads Concrete Through the
Rainforest
Council on Hemispheric AffairsDepletion of the Amazon Rainforest is not a new concern facing environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, and a growing number of the Amazonian indigenous peoples. For decades they have feared for the fate of the world’s most biologically diverse ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0911/S00428.htm
24:
SMELLIE
SNIFFS THE BREEZE: 'Reserve Bank
Unstable'
BusinesswireNov 13 (BusinessWire) - As a cub reporter on the Manukau Courier back in 1983, it was my duty to report the monthly deliberations of the Papatoetoe City Council.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0911/S00431.htm
25:
Repatriation
Of Maori Human Remains From The UK
Te PapaThirty-three Mäori ancestral remains will be repatriated by Te Papa from five museums and institutions in Wales, Scotland, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland between 16 November and 28 November. The largest repatriation took place in 2007 when 45 kōiwi ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00206.htm
26:
NZ
Police: Man's Death Deemed Not
Suspicious
New Zealand PoliceA police investigation into the death of a man found dead at a house in Taumarunui on Wednesday afternoon (11 November) is complete and the death is not being treated as suspicious. 45-year-old Moses Moi Akarana was found dead at a house in Ngatai ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0911/S00269.htm
27:
Army LAVs off to Afghanistan
New Zealand GovernmentThree of the Army’s Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAVs) and their crews are to be deployed to Afghanistan, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00161.htm
28:
A
new approach to possum control in the
Tararuas
Department of ConservationThe Department of Conservation is increasing the frequency of possum control in the Tararua Forest Park to better protect native birds and forest canopy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0505/S00067.htm
29:
New
Film Shooting in Auckland
XTRANew Zealand feature film HOPES & DREAMS, now shooting in Howick, Auckland, has four award-winning actors in lead roles. Australian William McInnes (Unfinished Sky, Look Both Ways, Seachange) joins Robyn Malcolm (Outrageous Fortune, Boogeyman), Joel Tobeck ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00215.htm
30:
Finalists
For 2009 National Maori Sports Awards
Te Tohu Taakaro o Aotearoa Charitable TrustRugby league and netball stars Benji Marshall and Temepara George lead a world-class field of finalists at the 2009 MAORI SPORTS AWARDS screening on Maori Television on Sunday December 6 at 9.00 PM.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0911/S00213.htm
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