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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 29 October 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 29 October 2009
1: Super
city corporatisation a shocker
New Zealand Labour PartyThe proposed structure of the new Auckland council will corporatise the city and is a betrayal of Auckland's democracy, says Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. Labour has been leaked the details of the new structure which reveal ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00442.htm
2:
AHRC:
Burma Using Torture in Criminal Cases
Asian Human Rights CommissionMuch of the human rights advocacy concerning the use of torture in Burma is centred on cases of political detainees. These cases rightly deserve close attention and study. However, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is aware that most victims ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00427.htm
3:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament 29.10.09
Tom FrewenBill English stands in for John Key to answer questions from around the chamber about ACC, the foreshore and seabed, Crown debt and privatisation of water supplies which Local Government Minister, Rodney Hide, swears is not on the cards. Bill English ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00255.htm
4:
Scoop
Images: Paliamentary Staff Fight Wage
Freeze
Scoop ImagesParliamentary staff picketed parliament today as part of their fight for better pay and the maintenance of redundancy provisions.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00253.htm
5:
2009
H1N1 Virus: A Global Challenge
US State Department"We have established an influenza monitoring group... We are tracking how other governments are responding to the threat and what assistance we might offer. We are constantly reviewing and refining our advice to Americans traveling or living abroad." - Secretary ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00426.htm
6:
bFM
Audio: Turei on new bodily samples
ammendment
95bfmbFM’s Hamish interviews Metira Turei about her party's opposition to the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Bill
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00254.htm
7:
Sue
Bradford Valedictory Speech
Green PartyI know it is an enormous privilege to be elected as a Member of Parliament, and to be paid a high salary to represent the parties and voters that put us here. I have always taken this very seriously, remaining acutely aware that so many hundreds of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00437.htm
8:
Clinton
Sends Officials to Honduras to End
Crisis
US State DepartmentWashington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is sending three U.S. officials to Honduras for talks with ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the interim head of the de facto Honduran government, Roberto Micheletti, to reflect the urgency in finding ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00425.htm
9:
Nikki
Kaye Picketed by Sexual Abuse
Survivors
End Rape Culture NowAn "End Rape Culture Now! Collective" member today enters the third day of her hunger strike outside National MP Nikki Kaye's office. Sexual abuse survivors have been camping outside the Auckland Central MP's office since Tuesday to protest ACC cuts ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00420.htm
10:
Long-Term
Fiscal Statement Released
New Zealand TreasuryThe Treasury today released its second Long-term Fiscal Statement, which looks at the issues of government spending, the tax needed to pay for it, debt – and population ageing – out to the year 2050.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00416.htm
11:
UN:
World Must Recommit to Stop Maternal
Deaths
United NationsThe target of slashing maternal mortality and ensuring universal access to reproductive health is the furthest from success of all the Millennium Development Goals ( http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/) the world set itself in 2000, a senior United Nations official has warned, calling ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00361.htm
12:
Health
Restructuring Architect Gets Room at
Top
New Zealand Labour PartyThe appointment by Tony Ryall of Dr Murray Horn as the Chair of the new National Health Board reeks of cronyism, and reflects a return to the hard right policies of the 1990s, Grant Robertson, Labour State Services Spokesperson and Ruth Dyson ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00440.htm
13:
New
unit to hunt assets of organised
crime
New Zealand GovernmentA team of hardened investigators is to be formed to hunt down and seize the millions of dollars in profits made by organised crime, Police Minister Judith Collins announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00452.htm
14:
Questions
and Answers - 28 Oct 2009
Office of the ClerkEducation—Support Staff; Recession—Position of New Zealand Economy; Finance, Minister—Statements; United Nations Human Development Report—New Zealand Results; Accident Compensation—Investment in Programmes
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00446.htm
15:
Supercity
turns out to be a corporate con
Green PartyThe Green Party has been briefed about proposals to restructure the Auckland Council along corporate lines, and place control of Auckland’s assets in the hands of eight companies, Green Party Local Government Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today. Ms Kedgley ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00463.htm
16:
Over
700 Men Make Covenant at Destiny
Church
Destiny New ZealandThis statement is released in response to media enquiries relating to the annual Labour Weekend Destiny Church Conference and the 700-man ‘covenant’ initiative. Celebrating 11 years as a movement, Destiny Church hosted Manukau’s Mayor Len Brown ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00408.htm
17:
Govt
contradicts itself on water
privatisation
Green PartyStatements from the Government on the issue of water privatisation are confusing and contradictory and give no assurance to the public that private interests won’t soon be profiting from the provision of water, the Green Party said today. Green ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00460.htm
18:
Kiwi
iPhone Addicts embrace iBookings on
Wotif.com
Wotif.comNew Zealand is on it’s way to becoming a nation of iPhone addicts! With so many Kiwis becoming obsessed with iPhone technology, leading online accommodation provider Wotif.com has launched a new mobile phone interface in response to increasing demand ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00782.htm
19:
Groundbreaking
social issues conference
Manukau City CouncilA groundbreaking conference on social policy and community development in a ‘Supercity’ environment will be held in Auckland next month. The conference, “Passing Go” will look at social issues in Auckland and how the ‘Supercity’ changes in local ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00415.htm
20:
No
Guts No Glory
ACT New ZealandThe time for tinkering around the edges is over and comprehensive action must now be taken in order to lift our economic fortunes and prevent New Zealand's downward spiral into debt, ACT New Zealand Finance Spokesman Sir Roger Douglas said today, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00468.htm
21:
WeeklyCoitus.co.nz
- "News To Make You Feel Good"
Alastair ThompsonIn times like this, with bird flu, SARS, killer dogs and ‘Internet Hackers’, New Zealanders need a pleasurable laugh or two. The Weekly Coitus can now deliver that pleasure.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00242.htm
22:
CTC
Aviation Training Ranks 23rd in Fast
50
CTC Aviation TrainingAirline pilot training company, CTC Aviation Training, last evening was named one of New Zealand’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies in New Zealand, placing 23rd in the 2009 Deloitte Fast 50.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00781.htm
23:
Local
wool prices rise on back of weaker
dollar
New Zealand Wool ServicesNZ Wool Services International Ltd reports prices at today’s South Island wool auction generally benefited from the substantially weaker New Zealand dollar. Since the previous sale on 22 October, the New Zealand dollar has dropped 43 per cent against ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00783.htm
24:
While
you were sleeping: US home sales drop
BusinesswireWhile you were sleeping: US home sales drop, stocks fall; Norway raises rates Oct. 29 (BusinessWire) – New U.S. home sales unexpected fell last month, suggesting the looming end to the first-home buyer’s tax credit is sapping demand and holding ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00732.htm
25:
Tom
Frewen: Today In Parliament 28.10.09
Tom FrewenMPs miss out on chance to debate their bills as Government puts House under urgency for sixth week in a row. Government blames media for delaying arrival of ministers in the chamber for Question Time. Opposition wants more information on TVNZ's use ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00246.htm
26:
NZ
dollar extends losses as OCR kept on
hold
BusinesswireOct. 29 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar extended its losses from the New York session after central bank Governor Alan Bollard stood his ground on interest rates, saying he expects to keep the official cash rate at a record-low level until ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00742.htm
27:
Stronger
science links with Japan
New Zealand GovernmentAn agreement between New Zealand and Japan that will strengthen New Zealand’s collaboration with Japan’s scientists was signed in Tokyo yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada. Minister of Research, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00469.htm
28:
Minister
Welcomes OAG Report On Special
Education
New Zealand GovernmentAssociate Minister of Education Heather Roy today welcomed the tabling in Parliament of a report by the Auditor-General on the Ministry of Education’s management of four initiatives to support school-age students it assesses as having the highest ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00470.htm
29:
Immigration
Act passes third reading
New Zealand GovernmentThe new Immigration Act, which passed into law today will enhance border security and improve the efficiency of our immigration services, says Immigration Minister, Jonathan Coleman. “The previous legislation is now completely out of date. The ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00471.htm
30:
Peter
Coleman: Big Bang Origin Of The Moon
Peter ColemanColeman speculates that the Philippine Sea Plate was once an enormous hole out of which the Moon exited, and left a strewen field, or trail, of previously unexplained glassy tektites.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0910/S00066.htm
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