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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Sludge
Report: Whose Money Are We
Guaranteeing?
C.D. SludgeIf the NZ taxpayer is to guarantee the deposits in NZ banks - could someone please first answer these questions: Who is holding these deposits? Whose deposits are being guaranteed? How many depositors are there with $50,000 or more? How many depositors ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00279.htm
2: John Key: Statement on Yang Liu
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Leader John Key said today he has met Auckland businessman Yang Liu, cited in the New Zealand Herald today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00430.htm
3: Key: Statement on New Zealand Banking System
New Zealand National PartyAdvertisement - scroll to continue readingLadies and gentlemen, I have called this media briefing to make a statement regarding the developing situation affecting our banking and finance markets.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00434.htm
4: National kept in loop on finance sector regulation
New Zealand GovernmentFinance Minister Michael Cullen this afternoon welcomed National Party Leader John Key's reassertion of his party's support for a fundamentally bipartisan approach to finance sector regulation in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00435.htm
5: Bayleys: South Africans look to New Zealand
Bayleys CanterburyRampant crime, corruption and an uncertain future in their homeland are leading growing numbers of South Africans to look at settling in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00384.htm
6: Greens outline approach for post-election talks
Green PartyThe Green Party has evaluated the policies, programmes and public statements of the two old parties according to the 12 criteria announced a week ago.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00445.htm
7: BP Drops Price Again
BP New ZealandBP is pleased to have today dropped the price of petrol again by a further five cents a litre due to continued decreases in the international price of refined petrol.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00404.htm
8: Labour admits its advertising is misleading
New Zealand National PartyNational Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says Helen Clark must withdraw and apologise for her party's intentionally misleading attack advertising.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00438.htm
9: Andrew Simcock appointed GM of Biodiesel NZ
Biodiesel New ZealandAndrew Simcock has been appointed General Manager of Biodiesel New Zealand Ltd, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd’s renewable fuel business.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00405.htm
10: National evades tough questions over toll roads
Dog And Lemon guideWith less than three weeks till the election, the National Party still hasn’t answered the hard questions on toll roads, says the car buyers’ watchdog, The Dog & Lemon Guide.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00312.htm
11: Keith Rankin: Reasons to vote Green
Keith RankinMany New Zealand voters would like to see a change of government. The present Labour-led government is past its used-by date.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00292.htm
12: Wallace & Manning: Labour n Greens, MaoriP n Nats
Scoop AudioKiwiFM: Wallace Chapman & Selwyn Manning discuss how the Greens say it could work with Labour but not National; NZ First doesn't like the sound of that; and how the Maori Party says it can work with National. How and why? Are voting blocks valid?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00294.htm
13: Finally: A Credible Economic Plan
Libertarianz PartyWith chill economic winds blowing and all the mainstream political parties either unaware that the global economy has changed while they've been out campaigning, or abjectly clueless what to do about it, Libertarianz finance spokesman Julian Darby ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00318.htm
14: Fall in petrol prices is a timely help
Newmarket Business AssociationThe latest fall in petrol prices is great for the country's retailers as it means more discretionary dollars in every household budget. It is a small break during what is a lot of economic bad weather," says the head of Auckland's leading retail ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00380.htm
15: FBI ACORN Probe Could Decrease Voter Turnout
American Civil Liberties UnionWASHINGTON – In response to news reports that the FBI has initiated an investigation into ACORN, the ACLU urges the government to stop engaging in partisan probes that could cast a chilling effect on voter participation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00404.htm
16: madefromzealand.com Launches 8.20pm today
madefromnewzealand.comFrom tonight New Zealand will have its own globally connected online business community.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00399.htm
17: Fire at Wellington Airport
New Zealand PoliceEmergency services are attending a small fire at the Wellington Airport. The Airport terminal has been evacuated while the fire is dealt with.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0810/S00218.htm
18: PM's Presser - Late October 2008
Scoop AudioIn possibly the penultimate post-cabinet press conference before the election the Prime Minister canvassed the international financial crisis. The assembled media learned while National's John Key may be happy to get on the blower and chat to banker's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00293.htm
19: Is Maori Party Flirting With 2011 Electoral Doom?
Gordon CampbellGordon Campbell on the Maori Party’s perilous dance with the National Party wolves
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00287.htm
20: The 10 Biggest Differences Between Obama & McCain
Scoop LinkThe next president will influence everything from your Internet access to your ability to pay medical bills.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00289.htm
21: The Phantom Of The Opera New Seats On Sale
Phantom of the OperaMedia Release –THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has opened to critical acclaim and due to overwhelming audience response the season has been extended with new seats now on sale.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0810/S00213.htm
22: Key set to give taxpayer funding to Kings College
Quality Public Education Coalition - QPECIn the middle of a financial meltdown, John Key is set to give $3,241,446 of taxpayer funding to Kings College, one of the wealthiest schools in the country, where he is a parent.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0810/S00077.htm
23: Dunne challenges Maori Party to front up
United Future NZ PartyUnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today challenged the leadership of the Maori Party to justify the corrupting effect the Maori seats have on New Zealand's democracy.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0810/S00443.htm
24: Economic Correction Needs Political Correction
Libertarianz Party"The response of the mainstream political parties to the global economic crisis has been universally appalling," says Libertarianz party leader Bernard Darnton. "First denial, then promises of deficit spending of both the type and degree that helped ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00320.htm
25: FLASHBACK: Obama Seeks To Prevent Election Fraud
Barack ObamaTuesday, November 8, 2005: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Tuesday introduced legislation to protect Americans from using tactics that intimidate voters and prevent them from exercising their rights on Election Day.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00402.htm
26: Howick’s world first BNI brunch networker
BNI New ZealandOf the more than 4,500 BNI business referral groups in over 37 countries – all of whom meet at either 7am or lunchtime – it took a newly launched chapter in Howick, Auckland, to go against conventional business practice and set-up a brunch meeting.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0810/S00406.htm
27: Rare Native Fern Rediscovered In Hawke’s Bay
Te PapaDr Leon Perrie, Te Papa’s Botany curator, and the Manawatu Botanical Society recently made an unexpected discovery of a maidenhair spleenwort fern population (Asplenium trichomanes s.l.) previously thought extinct.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0810/S00033.htm
28: Paul Young and Tony Hadley kick off NZ tour
Auckland City CouncilEighties fans can "lay their hat" at Auckland Zoo on Sunday 2 November when Paul Young and Tony Hadley kick off their New Zealand tour.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0810/S00201.htm
29: Zus & Son Of Zus: The Defiance Film
Suzan MazurOne night during the untamed post-Woodstock years living in Greenwich Village, my sister and her husband introduced me to a gorgeous Israeli-American scholar and athlete named Jay, the son of Zus -- Alexander "Zus" Bielski, a WWII resistance fighter and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00285.htm
30: Stop Mollycoddling Our Children!
SOLO - Sense of Life ObjectivistsSo says one British early childhood expert, Tim Gill, who's in the country at the moment, and is becoming increasing worried about the state of NZ children. He says:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0810/S00315.htm