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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 August 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 18 August 2009
1: Scientists
And Intellectuals Key To Green
Economy
United NationsNew York, Aug 17 2009 5:11PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an academic forum in Seoul today that scientific and intellectual leadership is the key to creating the new green economy of the 21st century.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00309.htm
US State DepartmentIn three days’ time, the Afghan people will go to the polls to elect a President and new Provincial Councils. This election day will not be without its challenges, but the Afghan people have seen unparalleled campaigning, debate and dialogue in ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00310.htm
3:
Resilience
Of Gaza's People Lifts Spirits
United NationsThe recent sight of thousands of kites in the clear summer Gaza sky, setting a new world record, is one of the many pockets of unexpected joy that propels the work of Johanne van Dijk, a United Nations aid worker in the area.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0908/S00308.htm
4:
Top
Scoop Stories July 18th, 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorLEAD STORY Gordon Campbell: The Afghan Marital Rape Law NZ POLITICS Drink Drivers: Police Reversal On Release Of Names Hike Taxes To Pay For Tax Cuts? Or Here's Another Idea Therapy: Patients To Be Charged For ACC Physio Scoop Audio: The PM On Curses ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00157.htm
5:
Westpac
New Zealand appoints Chief Risk
Officer
Westpac New ZealandWestpac New Zealand has appointed David Watts, formerly of NAB, to the role of Chief Risk Officer, subject to Reserve Bank of New Zealand having no objections. Mr Watts, 46, will join Westpac New Zealand in October after a 17 year career with NAB Australia ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00461.htm
6:
Mayor
and Mayoress return to the North Shore
beach
North Shore City CouncilThe Mayor and Mayoress of North Shore City, Andrew and Jane Williams, have returned to the beaches of the North Shore with their beloved 15 year old golden retriever Rimu. “We went for our regular Sunday morning walk from Campbells Bays around to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00243.htm
7:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament -
18.08.09
Tom FrewenParliament resumes with snap debate on the sending of SAS troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00159.htm
8:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament -
18.08.09
Tom FrewenParliament resumes with snap debate on the sending of SAS troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00158.htm
9:
Pandemic
Influenza (H1N1)09 Swine Flu - Update
138
Ministry of HealthThere has been another death from Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 09 swine flu. A 30-year-old woman died in Dunedin on Sunday with swine flu as the primary cause of death. She had no underlying medical conditions. This brings the total number of deaths from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0908/S00092.htm
10:
2025
Taskforce members appointed
New Zealand GovernmentMinister of Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide today announced the appointment of four members of the 2025 Taskforce, charged with recommending ways to improve productivity and close the income gap with Australia. Chaired by Dr Don Brash, the 2025 Taskforce ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00243.htm
11:
Referendum
Result Release Details
Chief Electoral OfficeThe Chief Electoral Officer aims to release the preliminary result of the Citizens Initiated Referendum on the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?” by 8.30pm on Friday 21 August.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00215.htm
12:
Winners
And Losers In The American Warfare
State
Sherwood Ross“On my last day in Iraq,” veteran McClatchy News correspondent Leila Fadel wrote August 9th, “as on my first day in Iraq, I couldn’t see what the United States and its allies had accomplished. …I couldn’t understand what thousands of American ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00154.htm
13:
Hamill
does NOT want to kill Duch
Rob HamillNew Zealander Rob Hamill strongly rejects the headlines circulating in world media claiming he wishes to kill Duch, the Khmer Rouge commander of the camp where his brother Kerry was murdered in 1978. In his testimony to the Extraordinary Court Chambers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00219.htm
14:
Urgent
debate on sending NZ SAS to
Afghanistan
Progressive PartyThe Progressive Party was established only after a policy disagreement over intervention in Afghanistan. So we have passionate views about this issue. And today we believe we must continue to support stability in Afghanistan, but the days when we should ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00239.htm
15:
A
Prime move for television audiences
New Zealand Labour PartyThe decision by Sky to put its free-to-air channel on the Freeview platform is a win for New Zealand television viewers, says Labour’s broadcasting spokesman Brendon Burns. The move by Sky follows that of TVNZ in July to put its TVNZ 6 and 7 channels ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00242.htm
16:
Navy
Delivers Vehicles and Stores To Timor
Leste
New Zealand Defence ForceFor the first time a New Zealand warship has entered Dili’s small harbour to offload vehicles and equipment for New Zealand and Australian forces in the International Stabilisation Force. HMNZS CANTERBURY was the largest military vessel to be seen ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00265.htm
17:
Govt
does right by the environment with
Amendments
Environmental Defence SocietyFinally government does the right thing for the environment with RMA Amendments - but still a few problems The report back to Parliament of the Local Government and Environment Select Committee report on the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00211.htm
18:
Interview:
Dr Kennedy Graham
Peter DyerWas it right to send the SAS to Afghanistan in 2001-2005? Is it right to send them back this year, as Prime Minister John Key has decided? Will it be legal? Was it ever legal? The SAS has been accused of enabling American abuse of prisoners of war ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00152.htm
19:
Government
gets reality-check on RMA reforms
Green PartyA Parliamentary select committee has listened to commonsense and rejected some of the Government’s attempts to weaken New Zealand’s environmental protection laws. Today the report of the Local Government and Environmental Committee on the Resource ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00230.htm
20:
Speech:
Goff - SAS To Afghanistan, 2009
New Zealand Labour PartyPutting the lives of NZ troops at risk by deploying them into a combat zone is not a decision taken lightly by any Government. Nor is it an issue to play politics with. It is too serious for that. For the same reason, it is an issue that demands careful ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00234.htm
21:
Minister
for broad political sign up to
emissions
Business Council for Sustainable DevelopmentThe Minister for Climate Changes Issues has told business leaders he hopes for a settled emissions trading scheme attracting broad political sign up. Hon Dr Nick Smith, also Environment Minister, says New Zealand has not been served well by policy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00240.htm
Greenpeace New ZealandAuckland Tuesday 18 August - Lucy Lawless and Keisha Castle-Hughes, Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey and acclaimed climate scientist Jim Salinger were among the Sign On ambassadors who today launched a new phase of the successful climate campaign. Sign On, which ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00212.htm
23:
The
DPB: The unfortunate experiment
NZ Centre For Political ResearchThe recent furore over the generosity of income support paid to sole parents on the Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) is symptomatic of an undercurrent of discontent within our society. Put bluntly, taxpayers are sick and tired of supporting people ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00209.htm
24:
Remote
Control Sub Identifies Sunken Tongan
Ferry
New Zealand Defence ForceAt 08:00 am this morning (local time) the ROV operating from the Royal New Zealand Navy Diving Tender, HMNZS MANAWANUI, has allowed formal identification to be made of the sunken vessel resting on the seabed as the PRINCESS ASHIKA. The ROV identified ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0908/S00251.htm
25:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZ shares fall a 2nd day; NZR
down
BusinesswireAugust 18 – New Zealand shares fell for a second day, extending a global slide amid doubts the much-anticipated global recovery will be as big or as fast as was hoped. New Zealand Refining fell after saying it would operate at a loss in the second ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00470.htm
26:
One in Four Adults have Musculoskeletal
Disorders
Arthritis New ZealandA recently released study, called “The Crippling Burden”, has given disturbing statistics on the impact of musculoskeletal disorders. The cost to New Zealand is now more than $5,570 million a year.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0908/S00085.htm
27:
Smith
Welcomes Resource Management Bill
report
New Zealand GovernmentEnvironment Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the report back to Parliament on the Resource Management Amendment Bill saying the recommendations will cut through costly red tape without compromising environmental protections. “Reform of the Resource ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0908/S00238.htm
28:
GST
increase would hit low income families
hard
New Zealand Council of Trade UnionsAny increase in GST, as being floated by the Tax Working Group, would hit low income families and workers hard, said Council of Trade Unions Economist Bill Rosenberg. The CTU would oppose any increase. “The rise is being proposed in order to lower ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0908/S00207.htm
29:
Gordon
Campbell On The Afghan Marital Rape
Law
Gordon CampbellNew Zealand has a special interest in the rape law that Hamid Karzai has reportedly sneaked into effect only days before the Afghan election on Thursday. The law will particularly affect the Hazara community that form the majority in Bamiyan province, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0908/S00150.htm
30:
Science
and business go together
Business NZScience and business working together will bring great economic benefits for New Zealand. That’s the view of Business NZ Chief Executive Phil O’Reilly, commenting on Resene Paints winning the What’s Your Problem New Zealand? competition.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0908/S00458.htm
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