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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Questions
And Answers - Thursday, November 2007
Office of the Clerk1. Hon MARIAN HOBBS (Labour—Wellington Central) to the Minister for Tertiary Education: Has he received any reports on the proportion of New Zealanders holding a tertiary qualification?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00455.htm
2:
Does
PM back Mallard's personal attack?
New Zealand National PartyNational Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark should state whether she supports the personal attack launched by Trevor Mallard against Environment Ministry whistleblower Erin Leigh.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00471.htm
3:
NZ
dismayed at Saudi rape victim’s
sentence
New Zealand GovernmentAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingPrime Minister Helen Clark said today that she has asked New Zealand diplomats to raise dismay over the sentencing of a 19-year-old Saudi rape victim. “New Zealand fully respects the judicial system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and notes that ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00418.htm
4:
Rickards
Departure Long Overdue
National Collective of Independent Women's RefugesWomen’s Refuge says it is extraordinary it has taken Clint Rickards so long to realise that remaining in the police was untenable.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00391.htm
5:
Prince
Charles Has No Place At Commonwealth
Conf
New Zealand Republican MovementOn the eve of the latest Commonwealth conference, Common Cause - an alliance of Commonwealth republican movements - has rejected the notion that Charles should automatically succeed the Queen as lifetime head of the organisation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00399.htm
6:
Albany
puts on Christmas spectacular
Westfield NZ LtdWestfield Albany will host the season’s most magnificent light switching on ceremony this Friday 23 November.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00493.htm
7:
Countdown
Commences For NZ Car Of The Year
NZ Car Of The YearEleven cars, ranging from small hatchbacks and family saloons to luxury performance machines have made the cut as finalists for the 2007 New Zealand Car of the Year Award.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00308.htm
8:
Taito
Phillip Field Charged
New Zealand PolicePolice have laid the informations to proceed with a prosecution of Taito Phillip Field. He is charged with 15 counts of bribery and 25 counts of attempting to pervert justice. He is due to appear in the Manukau District Court at 10am on Monday 26 November ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00405.htm
9:
Towards
A Low Carbon Future: EU Strategic
Plan
European UnionLow carbon technologies will play a vital role in reaching our energy and climate change targets. The main goal of the SET-Plan is to accelerate the development and implementation of these technologies.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01021.htm
10:
Credit
Card Users Get Over $24m Back
Commerce CommissionA sentencing in the Auckland District Court today has brought to a close three years of action by the Commerce Commission to expose and seek redress for undisclosed and inadequately disclosed overseas transaction fees.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00500.htm
11:
Climate
change bill aims to future-proof
transport
Green PartyParliament could soon be taking some real steps to counter both climate change and the rising cost of fuel thanks to the drawing today of one of the Green Party's Six Pack of Climate Change Bills announced last November.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00448.htm
12:
Terms
of Reference for Curran Investigation
State Services CommissionRelease of the Terms of Reference for the investigation into the engagement of Clare Curran by the Ministry for the Environment.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00413.htm
13:
Supergold
Card - Coach Lines On Board
New Zealand First PartyThe announcement today that InterCity and Newmans have joined the SuperGold Card programme offering a 20% discount is great news and represents the latest of several hundred new businesses which have joined the Card in the past two months, said Winston ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00474.htm
14:
Easy
Online Booking for Travellers
The Best of Taurangawww.bestoftauranga.com (BoTCom), the website that provides an independent ‘insider’s guide’ to the Western Bay of Plenty – is now offering realtime, online accommodation bookings.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00515.htm
15:
Maori
Party attends international forum
The Maori PartyDr Pita Sharples has today reflected on the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly campaign meeting he attended this week in Geneva (‘Palais des Nations’).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00477.htm
16:
Mike
Lee calls to look beyond Eden Park
DarpanARC chairman Mike Lee, in an interview to “Darpan-The Mirror”, has called for Penrose located Mt. Smart stadium to be considered over Eden Park that he terms a better legacy for the people of Auckland which the government should consider in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00365.htm
17:
New
Wellington Hotel welcomes the LA
Galaxy
Copthorne Hotel WellingtonThe Copthorne Hotel Wellington, Oriental Bay is delighted to announce that it has been chosen to be the official accommodation provider to the Los Angeles Galaxy when they visit Wellington to play the Wellington Phoenix Football team on Saturday the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0711/S00491.htm
18:
Government
comment on Pakistan suspension
New Zealand GovernmentThe New Zealand Government has today welcomed the action of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to suspend Pakistan from the Councils of the Commonwealth.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00472.htm
19:
NZ
aid worker in flood affected Papua New
Guinea
NZ Red CrossIn the wake of flooding in Papua New Guinea over the past week New Zealand Red Cross has deployed aid worker Rosemarie North to the affected region to assist in a communications role.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00320.htm
20:
Rural
poverty in developing countries
Morteza AminmansourThe latest World Development Report says greater investment in agriculture in transforming economies, most of which are in Asia, is vital to the welfare of 600 million rural poor people living in those countries. "Rural poverty accounts for an extraordinary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0711/S00363.htm
21:
Vakaola
Pacific Community Health Premises
Opening
New Zealand GovernmentOur Pacific people are the foundation on which our families and communities are built, and we all have a role to in supporting and promoting the health and wellbeing of our Pacific families.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00467.htm
22:
Suicide
statistics released
New Zealand GovernmentSuicide rates have remained stable over recent years, the latest suicide statistics published today show.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00438.htm
23:
Q&A
On The EU Strategic Energy Technology
Plan
European UnionEnergy technology will be a key element of Europe's plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and move towards a low-carbon future. But there are structural weaknesses in the current energy research system - Why Europe needs a Strategic Energy Plan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0711/S01023.htm
24:
New
Science Behind Chiropractic Care
NZ Chiropractors AssociationNew Zealand Chiropractors Association Media Release 23 November 2007 New Science Behind Chiropractic Care Ground-breaking research1 has, for the first time, identified the actual changes that occur in the body, the nervous system and the brain during ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0711/S00116.htm
Every Child CountsEvery Child Counts calls on the Government to invest in effective monitoring of child and youth health, in light of the findings of the Indicator Handbook for Monitoring the Health of New Zealand Children and Young People.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00415.htm
26:
Federated
Farmers’ Statements ‘Unreal’
NZ Fish and Game CouncilFish & Game New Zealand cannot understand how Federated Farmers can anticipate endless growth in production from a finite natural resource base of land and water.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00410.htm
27:
Electoral
Finance Bill is all about Labour
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Bill English says the Electoral Finance Bill is all about Labour’s lust for power, not fair elections or free speech.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00476.htm
28:
Ten
Hours Of Fantastic Music At
Raggamuffin
The Publicity MachineUB40 THE WAILERS MAXI PRIEST ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT & THE BLACK SEEDS KATCHAFIRE THE MIDNIGHTS HOUSE OF SHEM Saturday 2nd February 2008 @ Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0711/S00319.htm
29:
Call
to Govt. to suspend AMP as KiwiSaver
provider
EUFAThe recent call to Government to suspend AMP as accredited Kiwi Saver providers has heightened.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00408.htm
30:
Real
Issues: Electoral Finance, QE1,
Demographics
Maxim InstituteReal Issues No. 280 - Electoral Finance, Queen Elizabeth 1, Demographics Maxim Institute - real issues - No. 280 22 November 2007 www.maxim.org.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0711/S00397.htm
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