Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 December 2009

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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 6 December 2009

1: UN Agency Welcomes Sri Lanka’s Decision

United Nations

The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed Sri Lanka’s decision this week to allow greater freedom of movement for some 135,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remaining in 20 closed camps in the country’s north following the recently-ended ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00066.htm

2: Côte D’ivoire: UN Pitches In On Polio Campaign

United Nations

New York, Dec 4 2009 2:10PM United Nations peacekeepers airlifted doctors and vaccines to remote and inaccessible regions of Côte d’Ivoire today as the Government opened its latest campaign to immunize over 6 million children against polio.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00064.htm

3: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 4 December 2009

Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Taliban Winter Operations Targeted Australian Defence Force Joint Afghan and Australian operations in Afghanistan are having a significant impact on the Taliban’s weapons and ammunition reserves with the discovery of 44 caches in the past two months. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00045.htm

4: Satates Must Improve Efforts For Landmine victims

United Nations

States must step up efforts to help landmine victims – including women, children and indigenous populations – in especially vulnerable situations, a senior United Nations human rights official has said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0912/S00065.htm

5: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 5 December 2009

Scoop Daily Ratings

1: Bomber's Blog: The War On News (video) Bomber's Blog Bomber's Blog - The War On News Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Bomber's Blog - the war on news. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos. Bomber also posts on the Tumeke! blog: www.tumeke.blogspot.com ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00046.htm

6: Thousands March In Support Of Copenhagen Summit

Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland Saturday December 5, 2009 – Thousands of people turned out today in support of John Key taking strong action at the Copenhagen climate talks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00075.htm

7: Bomber's Blog: The War On News (video)

Bomber's Blog

Bomber's Blog - The War On News Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury. Bomber's Blog - the war on news. Weekly TV show on Triangle/Stratos. Bomber also posts on the Tumeke! blog: www.tumeke.blogspot.com
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00044.htm

8: Massive haka challenges leaders in Copenhagen

Oxfam

(Video) On Saturday a massive haka in Auckland challenged world leaders to seal a fair, ambitious and binding climate change deal at the upcoming UN climate change conference. The haka was led by world-renowned kapa haka group Te Puru o Tamaki and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00074.htm

9: Vintner's Luck Not Part Of Dalia Lama Schedule

Carpe Diem Films

The New Zealand Dalai Lama Trust denied to Director,Producer and Actress Anna Wilding that it invited Niki Caros film Vintners Luck to screen as part of His Holinesss official scheduled tour on 5th December 2009. According to press release issued today ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00064.htm

10: Climategate Scandal and the Defeat of ETS

CFACT

CFACT Executive Director Craig Rucker and CFACT Advisor Lord Christopher Monckton on the Climategate Scandal and the Defeat of Australia's Emission's Trading System
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00068.htm

11: Rhombus- Kapiti Coast Dub Xmas Special

Rhombus

Fresh from being voted best band at Toast Martinborough 2009, iconic Wellington band Rhombus are set to perform their last show for 2009 and kickstart their Aoteraoa summer touring at Paekakariki Memorial Hall.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00066.htm

12: "Produce Proof for Scare Forecasts."

Carbon Sense Coalition

The Carbon Sense Coalition today called on Australian politicians and CSIRO to produce proof to justify the recent spate of climate scare forecasts.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00077.htm

13: Protests target South Island Foodstuffs directors

National Distribution Union

Foodstuffs distribution centre staff will protest at two Pak n Save and one New World supermarket in Christchurch beginning at 1.30 pm on Saturday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00076.htm

14: Million Bank Account Boost for Lotto Winner

New Zealand Lotteries Commission

One lucky player who bought a ticket in Papatoetoe will now have an early Christmas present of one million in their bank accounts, as they have won Lotto First Division this weekend, says NZ Lotteries’ Chief Executive, Todd McLeay.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00065.htm

15: 'Hobbit' casting 1 female role

THEONERING.NET

It is confirmed, casting is under way on the Hobbit and that is news enough. There have been rumors but now we have confirmation from a source that told us other details about casting as well. In addition to all of that, we have this juicy bombshell: ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00068.htm

16: The Last Sounds Of Summer At The Masonic Tavern

Sounds of Summer

Well, as they say, all good things must come to an end. The Sounds of Summer returns this February for its last event ever at the Masonic Tavern before the party relocates to a new venue for 2011.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00067.htm

17: Will New Zealand burn while ERMA fiddles?

GE Free NZ

GE Free NZ in Food and Environment understands that officials at the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) have been going "under the radar" and rubber-stamping amendments to regulatory approvals at the GM facilities of both AgResearch ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00078.htm

18: PPP's for Schools Should Deliver Better Outcomes

Infrastructure Auckland

The New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development has welcomed the announcement by Minister of Education, Anne Tolley, that the Ministry of Education and Treasury are assessing the suitability of public-private partnerships (PPP) for building and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0912/S00014.htm

19: Concert For Greenpeace Climate Campaign

Greenpeace New Zealand

Auckland December 5 2009 – Greenpeace’s Sign On climate campaign will today culminate in a march and free public concert in Auckland featuring top New Zealand bands and Sign On ambassadors performing.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00063.htm

20: Consumers need the tools to tackle climate change

Consumers International

Consumers International (CI) will be representing the world’s consumer organisations at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, 7-18 December, and will demand that governments and businesses give consumers the tools they need to reduce their individual environmental ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00073.htm

21: Key Notes: 04 December 2009

New Zealand Government

At midnight on Monday, two new street racing laws came into effect. These give police, the courts, and councils new tools to crack down on boy racers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0912/S00076.htm

22: Police response to assault charge being “petty "

New Zealand Police

A media report last night stated Police were petty and ridiculous in charging a man with throwing a cushion at a child.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00071.htm

23: £1.5 M For Dementia Research Launched

Bupa

New £1.5 M For Dementia Research Launched By Alzheimer’s Society And The Bupa Foundation
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0912/S00016.htm

24: Kupe Gas Project Commences Commissioning

Origin Energy

Origin Energy New Zealand ('Origin'), on behalf of the Kupe Joint Venture, has announced that commissioning of the Kupe facilities has commenced with the wells being opened and the first gas and liquids being piped ashore to the gas processing plant at Hawera.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0912/S00131.htm

25: Board members kept informed on ageing issues

Age Concern

National Health Board members will be kept informed on ageing issues– Age Concern Age Concern New Zealand congratulates members of the new National Health Board on their appointment and is looking forward to a productive relationship.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00072.htm

26: Chinese winds of change blow at Govett-Brewster

Govett Brewster Gallery

China in four seasons: Zhang Peili addresses the work of an artist at the threshold of experimental practice in media arts in China since the 1980s. He is a formative pioneer of video art practice in China thanks to groundbreaking work in the late ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0912/S00062.htm

27: Ministry of Justice is again avoiding the issue

PSA

“The Ministry of Justice is just avoiding the issue if they think they can unilaterally declare bargaining over and hope that the issues behind this dispute will simply fade away. They will not,” says PSA National Secretary Richard Wagstaff.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00070.htm

28: Martin LeFevre: Barack Loses His Base

Martin LeFevre - Meditations

In a weak address on Tuesday evening, falling far short of his best oratory, President Barack Obama made his case to the American people, the Afghan people, and the world for literally ‘doubling down’ in Afghanistan I was prepared to come down hard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00039.htm

29: Copenhagen Summit: Decisions Should Be Taken Now

ITUC

Brussels, 4 December (ITUC OnLine): On the eve of the UN Climate Conference (7-18 December, Copenhagen), the International Trade Union Confederation has called again on governments to take urgent and necessary measures to reach without delay a low-carbon ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0912/S00069.htm

30: College Of Computing Set To Revolutionise IT Ed

Hewlett-Packard NZ

Prime Minister Helen Clark today (7 March 2002) officially opened a revolutionary new computer college set to redefine the way IT education is administered in New Zealand.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0203/S00019.htm

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