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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 24 September 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 24 September 2009
1: Muslim
women are oppressed in India
Alka PandeIt is in India and neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, alone, where Muslim women are oppressed, rest of the Muslim dominated nations give equal status and rights to women. This is how the Muslim minorities feel in this Indian state ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00324.htm
2:
Pandemic
Influenza (H1N1) 09 Swine Flu Update
152
Ministry of HealthWhile numbers of swine flu cases in New Zealand appears to be declining the virus is still circulating. It is still important that good hygiene habits are kept up to dampen down spread of the virius from one person to another - that means covering ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0909/S00115.htm
3:
Jews
& Hindus find Pope’s message
“shocking”
Rajan ZedRabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and California in USA; and Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; in a joint statement in Nevada today, said that Pope, who heads the largest religious group in the world, should be a unifying ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00323.htm
4:
RTHK
Loses Fight for Independence in Hong
Kong
International Federation of JournalistsThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses regret at a decision by Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economics Development Bureau against reshaping Hong Kong’s public broadcaster, Radio and Television Hong Kong (RTHK), as an independent ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00322.htm
5:
Scoop's
"Meet The MPs" Project: Catherine
Delahunt
Matthew BackhouseGreen Party MP Catherine Delahunty talks to Matthew Backhouse about her unconventional path to Parliament. She discusses her lifelong devotion to grassroots activism, which has informed her consensus-based approach to politics. She also discusses her experience ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00221.htm
6:
Scoop's
Meet The MPs Project: Grant Robertson
Kelly SpringWellington Central MP Grant Robertson has been in Wellington for more than 10 years but credits his time at Otago University for his introduction into politics. At the Dunedin university he became heavily involved in the Student Association and was ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00220.htm
7:
Questions
and Answers - 23 Sept 2009
Office of the ClerkFinance, Minister—Statement; Economy—Reports; Unemployment—Current Rate; Elective Surgical Discharges—Numbers
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00343.htm
8:
ETS
to increase New Zealand’s emissions
5%
Green PartyUnder the new Emissions Trading Scheme, (ETS), the Government will pay just one company, Methanex, over a billion dollars to increase New Zealand's total emissions by 5% over the next ten years, the Green Party said today. “The Government is subsidising ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00349.htm
9:
Adding
a 'W' gives Hamilton more oomph!
Clan McGillicuddyThe Laird McGillicuddy today made a hard-hitting call for the City of Hamilton to change the dead famous person after whom it is named. New Zealand’s greatest inland metropolis is currently named after an obscure Victorian British naval officer, Capt. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0909/S00249.htm
10:
PM
pays tribute to Howard Morrison
New Zealand GovernmentPrime Minister John Key says it is with great sadness that he has learned of the death of one of New Zealand’s greatest and most loved entertainers. Sir Howard Morrison died in Rotorua today, aged 74. Mr Key, speaking from New York where he ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00346.htm
11:
Remarks
of President Barack Obama
The White HouseGood morning. I want to thank the Secretary-General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0909/S00296.htm
12:
Flavell
- Poroporoaki : Sir Howard Morrison
The Maori PartyKua pokarekare nga wai o te Rotorua nui a Kahumatamomoe! Kua pahu nga waiariki o Ohinemutu! Ka tairi te kohu ki runga o Tamatekapua! Kua ru te Papaiouru i te hinganga o Ta Howard Morrison, uri o Whakauekaipapa, reo rongonui o te ao Maori ki nga topito ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00359.htm
13:
Scoop's
Meet The MPs Project: Chris Hipkins
Denise GarlandLabour MP and Rimutaka representative Chris Hipkins talks to Denise Garland about his political life and aspirations. He discusses how he got into politics and then into Parliament, and what he thinks of life as an MP one year into the job. Mr Hipkins ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00211.htm
14:
Skeptics
Slam Scare Stories
SkepticsA documentary which highlights the "distress, cruelty, horror, ecocide, cover-ups and contamination" involved in 1080-based pest control has won the Bent Spoon brickbat from the NZ Skeptics for 2009.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0909/S00286.htm
15:
Potato
Genome Sequence released
Plant and Food ResearchPotato Genome Sequence released by international group of scientists Auckland, New Zealand. 23 September 2009…The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international team of scientists including New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0909/S00046.htm
16:
Nice
words, but reality bites for public
service
New Zealand Labour PartyBill English has offered up some interesting ideas for the future delivery of public services, but the reality is the National government has already undermined the quality of services that New Zealanders are receiving, Labour State Services spokesperson ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00344.htm
17:
Smith:
Climate Change Response Amendment
Bill
New Zealand GovernmentMr Speaker, I move that the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill now be read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the Bill be referred to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee with an ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00366.htm
18:
Uri
Avnery: The Drama and the Farce
Uri AvneryNO POINT denying it: in the first round of the match between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama was beaten. Obama had demanded a freeze of all settlement activity, including East Jerusalem, as a condition for convening a tripartite summit meeting, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00216.htm
19:
Snow
in the Manawatu Gorge and Pahiatua
Track
New Zealand PoliceThere have been reports of snow in the Manawatu Gorge, Pahiatua Track,and Norsewood areas, as well as high winds on State Highway 1 between Sanson and Foxton and in the Ashurst area. State Highway 1, north of Bulls is also being affected by flooding. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0909/S00400.htm
20:
New
'flavour' of El Nino under global
warming
Science Media CentreResearch published today in Nature has identified a new type of El Niño climate anomaly that is occurring with more and more frequency as a consequence of human-induced global warming. In the classic El Niño pattern, weak trade winds lead to unusually ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0909/S00049.htm
21:
Freemasons
NZ reviews Dan Brown's The Lost
Symbol
FreemasonsFact or Fiction? That is always the question when thinking of a Dan Brown novel as there is no doubt that he writes his novels in the hazy twilight-zone in between. So, as a Freemason I was quite concerned at what this new book with our logo on the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0909/S00355.htm
22:
Boobs
On Bikes a bad look in Fashion Week
Newmarket Business Association"The timing couldn't be worse with Boobs On Bikes right in the middle of Fashion Week. Our best and brightest fashion designers are doing their best to showcase New Zealand high fashion, yet there's a tacky sideshow holding up all the traffic," says ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00631.htm
23:
Top
Scoop Stories September 24th 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorLEAD STORY 1935 - 2009: PM Pays Tribute To Howard Morrison NZ POLITICS ETS: Parliament To Debate New Bill Where There's Smoke: Tobacco Under Fire State Sector: English Wants Cost Freeze On Public Service Newswire Link: Laws - At Least You Get A Reply... ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00219.htm
24:
Poroporoaki
ki Ta Howard Morrison
The Maori PartyKua pokarekare nga wai o Rotorua! Kua pahu nga waiariki o Ohinemutu! Kua tairi mai te kohu ki runga o Tamatekapua! Kua ru te Papaiouru i te hinganga o Ta Howard Morrison, rangatira o Ngati Whakaue, reo rongonui o te ao Maori ki nga topito o te ao! E te ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00356.htm
25:
Dunedin
man named training leader of the year
Southern Wood CouncilMaking it as easy as possible for forestry workers to stay safe at work has earned a Dunedin man national recognition.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00681.htm
26:
Improved
ETS will better protect jobs,
environment
New Zealand GovernmentThe Government today introduced a Bill to the House that will make the emissions trading scheme workable and affordable and ensure the New Zealand economy and jobs are not put at risk.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00365.htm
27:
Fertilising
economy with 650 year lignite supply
Federated FarmersFederated Farmers is applauding the Solid Energy/Ravensdown preliminary study to confirm if a coal to fertiliser plant in Southland is economically feasible.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0909/S00680.htm
28:
Speech:
Turia - National Carers Conference
New Zealand GovernmentThe Right Thing to Do I am absolutely delighted to be with you today, at this the third national Carers Conference. The incredible progress you have made in just three national conferences must set a national record. At the first summit in 2005, there ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0909/S00364.htm
29:
Scoop's
Meet The MPs Project: Cam Calder
Sarah TaaneElected on 16 June this year, National Party backbencher Cam Calder has come a long way since his petanque days. Growing up in Taranaki, Calder attended New Plymouth Boys High School before studying Dental Surgery at Otago University. Completing his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0909/S00210.htm
30:
New
chair, deputy chair unchanged
Environment CanterburyCr Alec Neill, former MP for Waitaki and a Canterbury regional councillor since 2003, has been elected chair of Environment Canterbury, 8 votes to 6.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0909/S00405.htm
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