Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 16 July 2009

Friday, 17 July 2009, 8:51 am
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1: Swine Flu - Update 107: 16.07.09

Ministry of Health

The number of confirmed deaths from new Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu has risen to 10, with the death of a Tairawhiti man in his 40s. The man had serious underlying medical conditions. Influenza in pregnancy Internationally, there are reports of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00083.htm

2: Large Earthquake In Southland - Felt In Wellington

Alastair Thompson

A large earthquake of as yet indeterminate size occurred off the coast of Southland at 9.22pm this evening. The USGS global earthquake monitoring system recorded the earthquake at 7.8 on the richter scale (in a preliminary estimate) while the NZ based ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00177.htm

3: Tea Time for Hong Kong

Hong Kong Trade Development

The inaugural Hong Kong International Tea Fair will take place, 13-15 August 2009, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair, which will be held alongside the annual Food Expo, is being organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00259.htm

4: News summary of the human rights of Tamils

Consortium of Tamil Associations in NZ

Reporters Without Borders condemns the blocking of access to the independent Lanka News Web website within Sri Lanka since 11 June. The site’s editors believe the blocking was prompted by a report posted earlier that day about President Mahinda ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00260.htm

5: Bottom-up rights and ethical globalization

Anthony Ravlich

The ‘bottom-up’ approach to human rights, which is ethical rather than elitist, are those which the anti-globalization movement can struggle for to have included in domestic and international human rights law.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0907/S00261.htm

6: Web filter to focus only on child sex abuse images

Department Of Internal Affairs

A filtering system to block websites that host child sexual abuse images will be available voluntarily to New Zealand internet service providers (ISPs) within a couple of months, Internal Affairs Deputy Secretary, Keith Manch, said today. The Digital ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00165.htm

7: Top’o’the mornin’ news to ya!

Rosalea Barker

Imagine my surprise at seeing a graphic of the NZ flag at the top of the KTVU early morning news bulletin today. The news was that a 7.8 earthquake had occurred offshore of NZ’s “southern islands” and that it had triggered a tsunami warning “as ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00187.htm

8: Buchanan: Ebb of the Radical Left in Latin America

Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar

The military ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya in Honduras is remarkable not because it ended 15 years of elected rule in Central America and was only the second military coup in Latin America in the last quarter century (the unsuccessful coup ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00170.htm

9: John Minto: The media cannot be trusted

John Minto

The debate over national standards in education turned pear-shaped last week. The media waded into the fray with editorials across the country attacking school principals and teachers for their opposition to the publication of so-called league tables which ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00186.htm

10: Congress Objects to CIA Lies But Not Torture?

Sherwood Ross

Why are some members of Congress suddenly upset the CIA lied to them when the Agency has been guilty of innumerable crimes that are far worse? Is Congress saying, “It’s okay to do what you’re doing, just don’t lie to us about it?” When accused ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00185.htm

11: Potential Tsunami Threat to New Zealand

Civil Defence Emergency Management

It is possible that there is a tsunami risk to New Zealand from the 7.8 earthquake that occurred near Tuatapere today at 2123 NZST. The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management is continuing to monitor the situation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0907/S00244.htm

12: Chief Justice Calla for Early Release of Prisoners

Rethinking Crime and Punishment

“The Chief Justice’s suggestion that the government use executive amnesty to release prisoners early, could represent a tipping point in New Zealand penal history,“ said Kim Workman, Director, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. “When the head of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00166.htm

13: Pernod Ricard Pacific Signs Contract With AT&T

AT and T

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 16, 2009 — AT&T* today announced that Pernod Ricard Pacific, the leading supplier of premium wines and spirits across Australia and New Zealand, has chosen AT&T to provide data communications and network services.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00437.htm

14: Southland earthquake a warning for Wellingtonians

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Last night's 7.8 earthquake in Southland would cause destruction on a massive scale if it occurred in the Wellington region, says Fran Wilde, Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0907/S00252.htm

15: Animal-to-human transplants, a cure for diabetes?

Science Media Centre

Living Cell Technologies, a New Zealand-based biotech firm, is about to begin trials on a potentially revolutionary diabetes treatment. The treatment will be based on xenotransplantation - the transplantation of animal cells, tissues or organs into ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0907/S00029.htm

16: Kiwis on benefits top 310,000

New Zealand Labour Party

In just 12 months over 50,000 additional Kiwis have signed on for benefits, Labour Social Development spokesperson Annette King says. “It is extremely concerning that an additional 52,000 people in a single year have signed on for benefits meaning ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00185.htm

17: Swine Flu - Update 106

Ministry of Health

Public awareness around swine flu remains high, with the Ministry of Health website and Healthline experiencing a higher than usual level of interest. Dr Fran McGrath, Deputy Director of Public Health says last month, there were just under 180,000 unique ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0907/S00076.htm

18: NZ dollar tumbles as Fitch lowers rating outlook

Businesswire

July 16 - The New Zealand dollar tumbled from a two-week high after Fitch Ratings lowered the nation’s AA+ credit rating outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, citing the nation’s looming current account deficit and rising debt levels.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00443.htm

19: BNZ tax case decision due - NAB on trading halt

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July 16 - The National Australia Bank has been placed on a trading halt in both New Zealand and Australia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00413.htm

20: Fiordland earthquake no tsunami risk to NZ

Civil Defence Emergency Management

There is no tsunami risk to New Zealand from a shallow earthquake strongly felt in the lower South Island early this morning.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0710/S00026.htm

21: Lion Nathan on track to meet profit forecast

Businesswire

July 16 – Lion Nathan Ltd., Australia’s second-largest brewer, has announced it’s on track to deliver its target profit this year as Australians continue to drink increasing volumes of beer in the face of the global slump.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00442.htm

22: Speech: Sharples - He Waka Eke Noa Conference

New Zealand Government

If anyone had told me in my Te Aute days, that one day I would be the virtual authority on E-learning; ultra-fast broadband; fibre-drop; FarNet and digital stories, I’d have said, ‘yeah right, and man will walk on the moon’. Well forty years ago, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0907/S00187.htm

23: Wartime cat and dog massacre examined

Massey University

One of World War II’s lesser-known incidents is examined by an Oxford University academic at a public lecture on Tuesday hosted by the School of Visual and Material Culture at the University's Wellington campus. The lecture, The Great British Cat ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0907/S00217.htm

24: Trans-Tasman superannuation portability nears

Businesswire

July 16 (BusinessWire) - Finance Minister Bill English and Australian Treasurer Wayne Swann have agreed on a scheme that will allow Australians and New Zealanders to transfer their retirement savings across the Tasman.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00439.htm

25: Helen Clark statement - Seddon Beddington

Helen Clark

"Former Arts, Culture, & Heritage Minister Helen Clark said she was deeply saddened by the news of Seddon Beddington's death. "Seddon brought an era of stability to Te Papa. Our national museum and gallery was fortunate indeed to be able to attract ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00156.htm

26: NZ US Council Assists MPs To Visit Washington

New Zealand United States Council

The New Zealand United States Council is sponsoring a visit to Washington DC by Hon Shane Jones and Craig Foss MP, respectively Chair and Vice Chair of the New Zealand United States Parliamentary Friendship Group in the 49th Parliament. “This visit ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0907/S00167.htm

27: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rally; Fletcher gains

Businesswire

July 16 – New Zealand shares rallied, driving the NZX 50 Index to its biggest gain in more than a month, as renewed optimism for a revival in global growth lifted companies including Fletcher Building and F&P Healthcare.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00441.htm

28: NZ-designed site showcases Microsoft Office 2010

Intergen

New Zealand software company Intergen has played a key part in the launch of Microsoft Office 2010, showcasing new Office 2010 features in a high profile website. Office 2010, one of the most significant product releases of the year, was launched at the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0907/S00429.htm

29: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 15 July 2009

Scoop Daily Ratings

Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00178.htm

30: International Film Festival : Modern Life (Review)

Anna Lamotte

The narrator returns to the French region of Cevennes where he meets with the farmers he knew in his youth. The small landholders he interviews see their way of life change as they struggle to compete with modern industrial farming. Young farmers struggle ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0907/S00175.htm

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