Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 9 April 2009

Friday, 10 April 2009, 1:49 pm
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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...

1: Valedictory Speech Rt Hon Helen Clark

New Zealand Labour Party

E te Kiingi Tuheitia, te Ariki Tumu, e nga iwi o te motu, e rau rangatira ma, teenaa koutou, teenaa koutou, teenaa koutou katoa. This speech is my last in this Parliament and that is something I view with a mix of emotions. Being a member of the New Zealand ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00130.htm

2: The Week In Parliament: Week Ending 10.04.09

Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen presents The Week In Parliament. Helen Clark's Valedictory Speech, Michael Cullen and Speaker Lockwood Smith go at it, and Lockwood Smith continues to defend his assertive approach in getting members to address questions.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00104.htm

3: Hindus & Jews Urge Italy Not To Discriminate

Rajan Zed

Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; in a joint statement, said that as earthquake did not discriminate with anybody, so the Italian authorities also should help all ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00162.htm

4: Question and Answers - 8 April 2009

Office of the Clerk

1. Recession—Prime Minister’s Statements; 2. State Sector—Previously Agreed Pay Increases; 3. Business Confidence—Reports; 4. Nuclear Disarmament—New Zealand Commitment; 5. Māori Affairs, Minister—Statements; 6. Agriculture—High Country; ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00132.htm

5: No Market For Pelts Yet Seal Hunt Quota Expanded

International Fund For Animal Welfare

(Ottawa, Canada – 8 April 2009) - As Canada’s commercial seal hunt re-opened in the Gulf of St. Lawrence yesterday with another 64,000 pups scheduled for slaughter, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) welcomed the news that many sealers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00163.htm

6: Support For Guinea-Bissau’s Elections

United Nations

New York, Apr 8 2009 2:10PM The United Nations envoy to Guinea-Bissau today urged continued support for national reconciliation and the fight against impunity in the West African country, which is gearing up for elections following last month’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00161.htm

7: Today In Parliament: 09.04.09

Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen presents Today In Parliament. Trevor mallard asks more questions about the Richard Worth affair, and continues to query David Bennett, at one point describing 'the nub of the matter'.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00106.htm

8: Top Scoop Stories April 9th, 2009 News Summary

The Scoop Editor

LEAD STORY Moving On: Valedictory Speech Rt Hon Helen Clark NZ POLITICS Te Tiriti: Part One Of Te Urewera Report Released Coziness: Greens And National Announce Shared Initiatives Collective Responsibility: Maori Affairs Minister Opposes Government ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00105.htm

9: Audio: Helen Clark valedictory speech

Scoop Audio

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark's valedictory speech to Parliament, as she leaves the house to head the UN Development Programme
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00094.htm

10: Undernews For April 8, 2009

Undernews

Jesus' life didn't go well. He didn't reach his earning potential. He didn't have the respect of his colleagues. His friends weren't loyal. His life wasn't long. He didn't meet his soul mate. And he wasn't understood by his mother. Yet I think I ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00103.htm

11: Court Finds Al Franken Wins

Ernest A. Canning

Tally concludes finding 312 vote victory for the Democrat, as the Republican contester prepares his final appeal(s) But does the state's former Senator have a legal leg to stand on?... Author and former radio talk show host Al Franken, the Democratic ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00085.htm

12: Health standards for pork a swine of a decision

Federated Farmers

The release of provisional health standards for imported pork has got Federated Farmers deeply concerned about the biosecurity precedent this recommendation sets. “The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is setting a disturbing precedent by lowering ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00220.htm

13: Questions For Oral Answer - 9 April 2008

Office of the Clerk

1. PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on unemployment forecasts? 2. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers; if so, why? 3. SUE BRADFORD to the Minister for ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00133.htm

14: John Kozy: The Flaw of Supply and Demand

John Kozy

As a boy, I developed an absorbing interest in how things work, and every time a household gadget failed to work properly, I dismantled it, noting where each part went and what function it played in the device. In pursuing this interest, I discovered ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00099.htm

15: Mothers Act Fuels Multibillion Dollar Industry

Evelyn Pringle

Motherhood has fallen prey to the psycho-pharmaceutical complex. If new legislation known as the Mother's Act becomes law, the drugging of infants through pregnant and nursing mothers will no doubt increase.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00076.htm

16: It’s time for Key to sack Richard Worth

New Zealand Labour Party

Richard Worth has breached Ministerial guidelines with his inappropriate use of his diplomatic passport on his recent business trip to India and this gives John Key a real test of whether he is running a Government with clear ethical standards or ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0904/S00146.htm

17: Iowa OKs Gay Marriage, WWCD?

Bill Berkowitz

Has Iowa adhered to its long history of justice or is preventing two men from marrying each other no different than prohibiting a man from marrying his house plant.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00098.htm

18: Free health advice available over Easter

Healthline

Over-indulging in chocolate is probably the biggest health hazard most of us will face over Easter but, as sure as eggs are eggs, someone will develop a tummy bug, step on a rusty nail or bounce off a trampoline.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0904/S00025.htm

19: Disability Support Services - Consumer Forums 2009

Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services (DSS) is holding Consumer forums/hui throughout NZ to seek input about disability issues from disabled people, their families, whanau, aiga and carers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0904/S00027.htm

20: Dusting off child murder history

Waikato University

New Zealand’s history of infanticide and child homicide is being scrutinised by Waikato University PhD student Debra Powell. She says the moral panic we’re currently experiencing over child deaths is nothing new. The same debate was going on in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0904/S00026.htm

21: Undernews For April 7, 2009

Undernews

A recently published "terrorism threat assessment" from a Virginia fusion center says the state's universities and colleges are "nodes for radicalization" and encourages law enforcement to monitor First Amendment-protected activities of educational and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00086.htm

22: Wool prices hit by higher dollar and poor demand

New Zealand Wool Services

New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports prices at today’s auction of 11,020 bales of North Island wool in Napier saw most types ease under pressure from a stronger New Zealand dollar and low demand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00222.htm

23: Up Is Down: The Military Budget

David Swanson

The largest military budget in the history of the world is being increased. Certain weapons are being cut back, others expanded. But the overall budget is going UP. However, you don't need me to tell you that. You've learned it from these fine news ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00100.htm

24: Greens deal with Nats "political toxic sludge"

New Zealand Alliance Party

The Alliance Party says the Green Party has betrayed its commitment to fighting for a sustainable and just world by signing a memorandum of understanding with John Key.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00080.htm

25: Prime Minister meets with Church leaders

Joint Media Statement

Church leaders from the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian, Assemblies of God and Salvation Army churches met at the Beehive yesterday with Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Finance Bill English to discuss pragmatic responses to the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0904/S00090.htm

26: Wings recipients challenged to keep moving

Massey University

Eighteen Bachelor of Aviation students were presented with their "Wings" at a ceremony on the Manawatu campus yesterday. They have successfully completed training at the School of Aviation and are now fully qualified pilots ready to begin careers in the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0904/S00031.htm

27: Murder Trumps Torture Says Bugliosi

Michael Collins

(April 6, Wash. DC) The legendary Los Angeles County prosecutor and top selling true crime author, Vincent Bugliosi, continues to make the case that he argued in detail in his New York Times best seller, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder . ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0904/S00097.htm

28: Free cancer support book for Auckland patients

Auckland City Council

Auckland City Hospital’s Oncology Department has just been gifted 2,500 copies of the country’s most popular cancer patient support book Life, Happiness… & Cancer authored by six-time cancer survivor Phil Kerslake. All new cancer patients ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0904/S00024.htm

29: Active Thermitic Material Discovered in 9/11 Dust

Global Research

We have discovered distinctive red/gray chips in all the samples we have studied of the dust produced by the destruction of the World Trade Center Examination of four of these samples, collected from separate sites, is reported in this paper.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0904/S00147.htm

30: Active autumn market but values still dropping

QV Valuations

QV's March statistics for the residential property market report a 9.3% decline in national property values over the past year (calculated using the QV index over the three months ending March 2009 in comparison to the same period last year), down ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0904/S00208.htm

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