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Scoop Ratings – Yesterday’s Top 20
The Top 20 rating items on Scoop yesterday were…
1: Timberlands
Book Makes Worries For
Government
A book launched today using a package of documents from Timberlands’ West Coast’s public relations company may prove damaging to the government, especially the Prime Minister.
2:
Crown
Issues Legal Proceedings Against
IBM
The Crown issued legal proceedings today against IBM NZ and IBM Corporation in relation to the INCIS contract, Finance Minister Sir William Birch announced today.
3:
Kevin
Roberts Speech: Nine Muses
I delivered it in Manila. What an amazing experience to be in the Philippines! Typhoons and the 50th anniversary of Ace Saatchi & Saatchi. The Philippines business community were an optimistic and receptive audience for the speech, and the media were buzzing ...
4:
Plunket
Sups With The Devil
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath is neither impressed nor surprised by Jenny Shipley's decision to subsidise Plunketline from the public trough.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Jenny
Shipley Behind SOE's Political
Lobbying
Prime Minister Jenny Shipley needs to explain why she and staff in her office supported and assisted Timberlands’ politically-motivated multi-million dollar anti-environmental PR campaign but in response to a question in Parliament in July denied there had ...
6:
Scoop
Ratings - Special Bulletin
Scoop is heading for a very high rating day today - the top 20 so far - 2.30pm today...
7:
Timberlands
CEO On Allegations
Apart from the events of this morning on National Radio, Timberlands West Coast Ltd has not read and does not know the content of Nicky Hager’s book and, therefore, cannot comment on its accuracy or sentiments.
8:
Poll
Shows Fitzsimons Ahead In
Coromandel
A poll of the Coromandel electorate, a seat held at present by National MP Murray McLean, shows Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons ahead.
9:
Timberlands
Worked To “Neutralise"
Greenies
The main priority of the Timberlands public relations campaign was to “neutralise” the effect of the environmental groups that threatened its logging plans. The book Secrets and Lies, released today, reveals the anti-environmental agenda behind Timberlands’ ...
10:
Secrets
And Lies - Background Info On
Writers
Nicky Hager is best known in New Zealand for his role as a researcher and critic on public issues such as nuclear and military policy and intelligence. However his main work, for the last decade, has been as a writer. In 1998 he was judged fourth ...
11:
State
Company Targets Labour Party
For the last year the primary target of Timberlands’ PR campaign has been the Labour Party, owing to management fears that a change of government in November would lead to its native forest logging being stopped. The new book, Secrets and Lies, shows ...
12:
Greens
Urge Ryall To Initiate Timberlands
Inquiry
The Green Party is calling on State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall to initiate an investigation into Timberlands following accusations made today by author Nicky Hager in his new book Secrets and Lies.
13:
State
Company’s Dirty Tricks Exposed
A cynical campaign of deceit and manipulation of public opinion, conducted on behalf of and funded by a state owned enterprise, is exposed in a new book published today.
14:
Labour's
Cannabis Pledge
"Disappointing"
Minister of Youth Affairs, Tony Ryall, said today that he was disappointed at Labour's pledge to review New Zealand's cannabis laws.
15:
West
Coasters Manipulated By PR
Campaign
Leaked public relations documents show Timberlands West Coast manipulated West Coast people to drum up local support for its native forest logging plans. Through creating a front-group and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on local sponsorship ...
16:
What
Makes Parliament Tick? -
Speaker
Since I was elected in 1978, Parliament has been evolving rapidly. At that time it was very much under the control of the Minister in charge of the Legislative Department, usually the Prime Minister. So much so that one of my predecessors had to go to the ...
17:
New
Book's Revelations Shocking -
NFA
Native Forest Action is shocked by the revelations in Secrets and Lies by Nicky Hager and Bob Burton, and says that Timberlands has lost all right to have control of public native forests.
18:
Officials
Issue Warning of Deadly Stomach
Disease
Already over 40 cases of the disease have been reported this year compared to a total of 80 over the past five years.
19:
Column:
Babies' Blood Row Raises Big Brother
Fears
In the Auckland High Court last week it was revealed that since 1969 heel-prick blood samples have been taken at birth from all babies and stored without informed consent. John Howard speculates on a hypothetical example of just what identification ...
20:
Lawyers
only winners from INCIS debacle
A long and costly court battle can be expected following the Government's decision to initiate legal proceedings against IBM over the collapsed INCIS contract, Labour police spokesperson George Hawkins said today.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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