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Scoop Ratings – Yesterday’s Top 20
Yesterday’s Top 20 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Wellington
Central - Who Should Face
Prebble?
Scoop's Jonathan Hill looks at the issue of who should run against Richard Prebble in the crucial seat of Wellington Central - Labour's Marian Hobbs or the Alliance's Phillida Bunkle. For whoever is left standing, the stakes are high.
2:
Lava
Magazine: The Scoop On
Scoop
Article republished with the kind permission of Lava magazine...
3:
IHUG
Brothers Cowboys In Workplace -
SFWU
“Recent positive publicity surrounding Tim and Nick Wood’s wealth and dominance as successful business entrepreneurs due to the success of their internet company IHUG failed to dig deeper into the ‘cowboy culture’ of their workplace”, said Darien Fenton, ...
4:
New
Chief Executive Appointed For
Telecom
The new Telecom Chief Executive Officer will be Theresa Gattung, currently the Group General Manager Services.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Rankin
spends $25,000 on self-promotional
videos
The Alliance has revealed that the CEO of WINZ has spent $25,000 making videos of herself at the taxpayers expense.
6:
Treasury
Papers Show Need For Controls On
Spending
Treasurer Bill English said today papers from Treasury showed that the Government needed to keep a careful control over new spending.
7:
Student
Loan Scheme Is Not Causing A "Brain
Drain'
The Student Loan Scheme is not forcing students overseas and causing a "brain drain", Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford says.
8:
Defence
Budget Trimmed After Expensive Seminar
Defence Minister Max Bradford announced today that the Chief of Defence Force, Air Marshal Carey Adamson, had advised him with regret that 60 Defence Force staff attended a Masters of Business seminar in Auckland on May 22nd at a total cost of $39,447.
9:
Family
Planning Against Informed
Consent
Investigations by the Christian Heritage Party have revealed a serious divergence of opinion between the government and one of its main sexual and reproductive health providers, the New Zealand Family Planning Association, over the distribution of ...
10:
FPA
Slams Capill Over Abortion
Booklet
Christian Heritage Party Leader Graham Capill is clearly electioneering in trying to drum up a conflict between FPA and the Government says FPA Executive Director Dr Gillian Greer.
11:
NZ
Green MP And Monsanto Face-To-Face On Aus.
TV
The genetic engineering issue is about to take off in Australia tomorrow, with New Zealand Green Party MP Jeanette Fitzsimons face-to-face with Monsanto's Brian Arnst in a one hour live television broadcast.
12:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Seminar - Burglary Crack Down - Petrol Hike - Concert - Tornado - India/Pakistan - Alliance Restructuring - Salmon Trade - Watson - Waipareira - Books For Kids
The latest poll shows Labour down four points to 40, National steady on 38, the Alliance up one to seven points, Act up two to seven and New Zealand First up two to four percent.
14:
Telecom
Has Property Rights Too!
"The destruction of private property rights in New Zealand continues with frightening speed under this National Socialist government," claimed Libertarianz Finance Spokesman Julian Darby today.
15:
Scoop
Ratings – Today’s Top 20
Today’s top 20 rating items on Scoop were…
16:
Military
Spend-Up Revealed Under Green
Pressure
Max Bradford provided information on the military spending $40,000 on a business conference only because he was forced to release the information, said Green Co-leader Rod Donald.
17:
Telecommunications
Red Tape Removed -
Williamson
Growing competition in the international telecommunications market has led the Government to reduce red tape on companies offering international telephone services in New Zealand, Communications Minister Maurice Williamson announced today.
18:
Constructor's
Interchange And Dam Win Top
Awards
Nationwide civil and roading contractor Fulton Hogan has won two of the three categories in the New Zealand Contractors' Federation's prestigious annual Caltex construction awards.
19:
No
Welfare Payments To Rock Stars -
Libertarianz
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath today attacked government plans to underwrite a musical concert in Gisborne.
20:
National
Can't Deal With The Real
Issues
Indications that the government will next week announce scholarships for postgraduate students of science and technology has been met with anger by students.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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