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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
French
yacht crew winched to safety
Maritime New ZealandTen sailors whose yacht overturned 80 nautical miles (145km) east of Dunedin today have been winched to safety by three rescue helicopters and are en route to Dunedin.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00217.htm
2: Key “would love to see wages drop”
New Zealand GovernmentDespite regularly claiming that National would raise wages if in office, John Key has admitted that he would like to see wages drop.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00304.htm
3: New Lamblike Cat At Royal Easter Cat Show
Royal Easter ShowAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingA feline nicknamed the ‘cat in a lamb’s clothing’ is one of several new breeds set to impress visitors at this year’s Royal Easter Cat Show.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0802/S00198.htm
4: Burma: Intel Officer Granted Asylum in Norway
Terry EvansMajor Hla Win, a former senior Military Intelligence officer in the Burmese army, has just been granted political asylum in Norway. He fled to Thailand with his teenage son after refusing orders to attack Buddhist monks during last September's anti-junta ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0802/S00206.htm
5: Keith Rankin: Understanding the Housing Market
Keith RankinHelen Clark and many others see affordable housing as one of the big political issues of 2008. Unfortunately her thinking about the issue errs in two main respects: she sees the problem as one of a lack of supply of houses, and she equates "affordable ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00192.htm
6: Minister gets it wrong on cluster bomb investments
Green PartyThe Greens are surprised that Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Goff is being reported today as saying that the New Zealand Super Fund has divested its portfolio of cluster bomb investments.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00283.htm
7: Public Pot Protests Set For National Road Tour
Julian SladeJulian Slade reports that cannabis activists, who protest prohibition by publicy smoking marijuana at Auckland's Albert Park, will tour 42 towns in 42 days for daily law reform rallies.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00178.htm
8: Two-Thirds of Online Kiwis Use Internet Banking
The Nielsen CompanyIn New Zealand’s highly competitive retail banking market, online banking via the Internet has become a mainstream activity. Results from the latest Nielsen Online Consumer Finance Monitor show that over two thirds of people who use the Internet ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00307.htm
9: Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008
Office of the Clerk1. Hon TARIANA TURIA to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector: How is the “genuine partnership” between the community and voluntary sector and the Government expressed, when the relationship is contractual and controlled by the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00285.htm
10: Images: Spanish Graffiti
Jeremy RoseJeremy Rose's images of graffiti from Spain
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00200.htm
11: Pablo Ouziel: Failed Fascist States
Pablo OuzielWhen Hermann Hesse warned of the rise of fascism in Germany he was rejected by a majority of the population. The truth is that most people were experiencing first hand the benefits of fascist ideology. Today we look at that part of our global history ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00190.htm
12: Greens win gold on Olympics human rights issue
Green PartyThe Green Party welcomes the U-turn today from the Government and the New Zealand Olympic Association to give New Zealand Olympic athletes the right to speak freely about what they see in China.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00301.htm
13: Yoram Schweitzer: Balance of Terror, War on Terror
INSS InsightThe car bomb in Damascus that ended the life of Imad Mughniya also put an end to the world-wide manhunt lasting over two decades for the person responsible for the deaths of hundred of citizens of many countries. Following the disappearance from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00191.htm
14: Patients take back seat to media management
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is appalled that Labour is putting media management ahead of patient safety as it holds back a damning report detailing a series of major failures at the country's public hospitals.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00290.htm
15: Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Political Confusion in Nepal
Siddhi B. RanjitkarPrime Minister and ministers do not keep their words given to the people; they forget to implement the agreements reached with the different groups and agencies. Some of them have been openly engaged in saving the most hated monarchy that had failed ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00194.htm
16: Lost Tribe Of Children Raise Welfare Concerns
New Zealand First PartyThe existence of a “lost tribe” of children not currently enrolled at school should raise concerns about more than truancy, says New Zealand First social services spokesperson Barbara Stewart.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00302.htm
17: Gen-i acquires Computer Plus Otago
gen-iAuckland, 19 February 2008 - Gen-i today announced that it has agreed to acquire Computer Plus Otago (CPO), the Gen-i franchise operating in the Dunedin and Queenstown markets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00321.htm
18: Small But Wicked: the New Fiat 500 Abarth Arrives!
FiatFiat has released the first official picture of the Fiat 500 Abarth, the hot version of the cutest car to be launched in New Zealand in 2008, which will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March with a New Zealand launch slated for early ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00309.htm
19: World’s Most Famous Liner Makes Final Visit to NZ
Cunard LineThe world’s most famous ocean liner, Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2, will make her last ever visit to New Zealand on Thursday (February 21) when she calls at Auckland as part of her final world voyage.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00310.htm
20: Barker to visit Viet Nam
New Zealand GovernmentVeterans' Affairs Minister, Rick Barker will visit Viet Nam at the end of February, with an official delegation of six New Zealand veterans. This is the first formal visit to Viet Nam by a group of New Zealand veterans, and the invitation was extended ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00284.htm
21: New Airport Terminal an Investment in Future
Wellington Regional Chamber of CommerceCharles Finny, CEO of Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce has welcomed Wellington Airport's new international passenger terminal design unveiled today. "The innovative design stands out amongst other terminals in its architectural boldness," Mr Finny ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0802/S00312.htm
22: New Start with a Smack of Direct Democracy
Republic Of New Zealand PartyObviously there should be a Binding National Referendum (BNR) on smacking. If we already had BNR all the fuss about parental discipline caused by Ms Bradford would not have been necessary, and the law would reflect the wishes of the people.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00232.htm
23: Phoenix Organics Defends Aspartame Stance
Phoenix OrganicsPhoenix Organics will re-run an advertisement that recently drew the ire of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of NZ because it contained a claim that ‘some doctors and researchers’ believe aspartame can cause a range of ailments including MS.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0802/S00069.htm
24: Multimedia: PM's Post Cabinet Presser 18 Feb. 2008
The Scoop TeamScoop Audio + Photos + Video : PM's Post Cabinet Presser Monday, 18 February 2008 Scoop Team Coverage
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0802/S00179.htm
25: Loan debacle deepens
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Bill English says Labour's admission that it has been using interest free loans and failing to declare the interest as a donation raises wider questions.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00294.htm
26: European authority to review A1/A2 milk science
New Zealand GovernmentFood Safety Minister Lianne Dalziel has announced that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to carry out a comprehensive review of existing scientific research on the safety of A1 milk.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00289.htm
27: Was Labour telling the truth?
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Deputy Leader Bill English wants to know why Helen Clark didn’t correct Labour Party president Mike Williams who claimed Owen Glenn had not given her party any financial assistance since the 2005 election.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00277.htm
28: Government response misses the mark on housing
Gordon CopelandIndependent MP Gordon Copeland, who is Deputy Chair of the Commerce Committee which is currently conducting an Inquiry into housing affordability, today expressed his deep disappointment at the Government's prescription for change announced last week.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00303.htm
29: Mismatch cannot go on any longer
New Zealand GovernmentIn the House today Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton introduced an amendment to biosecurity legislation that will resolve issues arising from a Court of Appeal judgment.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00305.htm
30: Clark in denial again
New Zealand Republican PartyPrime Minister Helen Clark says she does not believe there is a looming "power crisis" in New Zealand and has blamed opposition MPs for sensationalising the issue.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00231.htm