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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 26 August 2007

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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: NZ Has Slashed Its Contributions To UN Peace Ops
Andreas von Warburg
Scoop Report: The number of military and civilian police personnel New Zealand contributes to United Nations-led peacekeeping operations has dropped since 2001. According to recent United Nations statistics, New Zealand Blue Helmets, including troops, military ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00303.htm
2: First Atenco, then Oaxaca – Chiapas, You’re Next
Julie Webb-Pullman
The ominous clouds looming lately over San Cristobal de las Casas, scene of the 1994 Zapatista uprising, are more than just a bad-weather warning - they portend the ratcheting up in Southern Mexico of even more rampant repression than that experienced in recent ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00301.htm
3: Debit Card Surges In Popularity
Westpac
Media Release 26 August 2007 Debit Card Surges In Popularity Westpac says New Zealanders are catching up fast to the international trend towards debit cards – cards which allow people to buy on-line and over the phone like a credit card, but use money ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0708/S00307.htm
4: Agenda: Nats Move Toward UN Based Foreign Policy
Agenda
Agenda: The National Party would consider a boost to Defence Force funding if a white paper investigating the issue recommended it. On TVONE’s Agenda, National Party Foreign Policy spokesman Murray McCully said a Naitonal Government would commission ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00304.htm
5: Hawke’s Bay wine awarded Champion Wine of Show
Romeo Bragato
Chardonnay has taken top honour at this year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards, winning the prestigious Bragato Trophy for Champion Wine of Show.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0708/S00499.htm
6: Questions And Answers - Thursday, 23 August 2007
Office of the Clerk
1. Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of Justice: Does he stand by his statement that the Electoral Finance Bill “will help promote participation in parliamentary democracy”; if so, why?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0708/S00439.htm
7: Hastings Ticket Scoops $8.3 Million
New Zealand Lotteries Commission
A lucky man or woman in Hastings has just become a multi-millionaire tonight after winning a Lotto Powerball prize of $8.3 million, says NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive, Todd McLeay.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0708/S00308.htm
8: Dillon Read And The Aristocracy Of Stock Profits
Catherine Austin Fitts
I made the decision to write “Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Stock Profits” in the middle of a vegetable garden in Montana during the summer of 2005. I had come to Montana to develop a venture capital model to support a healthier, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00302.htm
9: Diversity forum brings people together
Human Rights Commission
Over a thousand people from throughout New Zealand are participating in the annual New Zealand Diversity Forum, starting in Auckland today and finishing with a plenary at the Auckland Museum on Tuesday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00326.htm
10: Downer EDI Works is Manukau’s best business
Westpac Manukau Business Awards
- Ten companies honoured in individual categories - Downer EDI Works Limited takes overall prize - Owners of Firmount Golf Park recognised for exceptional community contribution - Elias Nakhle and Hugh Green inducted into the Manukau Business Hall ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0708/S00498.htm
11: Banks demands an end to secrecy
John Banks
Auckland Mayoral candidate John Banks has demanded an end to the secrecy over the leaky homes crisis facing Auckland City ratepayers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0708/S00314.htm
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13: Open the books over leaky homes, says candidate
Aaron Bhatnagar
News that Auckland City is facing an alleged liability of up to a half a billion dollars over leaky homes demands that the Mayor and his council immediately reveal the true extent of the potential liability facing ratepayers. "It is simply ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0708/S00313.htm
14: Exciting Highlights At Awards
Sales and Marketing Institute
In discussion just hours after a very successful Sales and Marketing Institute NZ 3rd Annual Awards dinner Pat Armitstead, Vice Chair impishly said said “ It was a bit like organising a wedding, many months of planning and organising and then ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0708/S00500.htm
15: Frontline Wine: Wine Writer Or Pocket Liner?
Paul Brannigan
It is important for me to read the opinions and comments of the other wine writers in this country to fathom opinion. But on too many occasions recently I’ve wanted to stuff my muffin into the keyboard and hurl my coffee against the nearest wall ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00306.htm
16: Australian horse imports stopped
MAF
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand announced this afternoon that it has halted all imports of horses from Australia upon receiving notification from the Australian Government that horses in New South Wales are suspected to have contracted equine influenza.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00325.htm
17: Jeff Young Returns To NZ For One-Off Auckland Show
Jeff Young
Renowned Los Angeles singer-songwriter Jeff Young returns to New Zealand to perform a one-off Auckland show in September.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0708/S00309.htm
18: ENSOC Undie 500
Canterbury Engineering Society
The University of Canterbury Engineering Society’s (ENSOC) Undie 500 pub crawl will be travelling down through towns from Christchurch to Dunedin on Friday the 24th of August. Riots in Dunedin were heavily publicised throughout New Zealand following ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0708/S00066.htm
19: Meeting On North-South Peace Deal
United Nations
A top United Nations official in Sudan is taking part today in an African Union (AU) meeting being held to review the progress made so far towards implementing the comprehensive peace agreement that ended the long-running civil war between north and south.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0708/S00625.htm
20: Strong interest in District Health Board elections
Ministry of Health
Nearly 430 nominations have been received for this year's District Health Board (DHB) elections.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0708/S00109.htm
21: Hyderabad Blast: Wake Up Call For Secular India
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The people of secular sovereign India have stood strong and more resolved to peace and amity, even at the wake of repeated attacks on religious places. These have only exposed the nefarious designs of a handful of those behind these terror attacks. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0705/S00362.htm
22: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 24 August 2007
Scoop Daily Ratings
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0708/S00300.htm
23: Western Australia’s Working – and needs NZ skills
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A team of recruiters is in the land of the long white cloud, offering lifestyle and employment opportunities for New Zealanders to join the boom in Western Australia. Western Australia is booming and thousands of jobs have been created for skilled ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0708/S00488.htm
24: A big ticket
Residents Action Movement
Fielding 21 candidates and contesting 27 positions on the Auckland Regional Council, Auckland City Council and District Health Boards, RAM is one of the big tickets in the region's local body elections.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0708/S00315.htm
25: World Croquet Championships
Croquet NZ
Croquet New Zealand has announced the twelve members of the New Zealand team to represent the country at the World Championships in February.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0708/S00306.htm
26: The Passing Of Sir Tom Davis
Rongo Wetere
Dr. Rongo Wetere, Founder and Former CEO of Te Wananga o Aotearoa from 1994-2005, wishes to extend his condolences to Lady Carla and her family and to all the Cook Islanders in NZ and Raratonga at their loss of a very talented leader and Elder, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0708/S00323.htm
27: International Solidarity Movement Appeal
International Solidarity Movement
Despite the difficult situation in Palestine, your dedication and support have made the 2007 Summer Campaign a success (for some of the highlights of the campaign keep reading!) and have given hope and strength to Palestinian communities living under ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0708/S00626.htm
28: Pacific must stand strong on cutting fishing
Greenpeace New Zealand
As the 3rd Regular Session Scientific Committee of the Western Central Pacific Commission (WCPFC) wrapped up its meeting yesterday in Honolulu, Hawaii, Greenpeace backed the need for Pacific solidarity to save the Pacific tuna stocks from commercial extinction. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0708/S00623.htm
29: Close of nominations reveal plenty of choice for e
Hamilton City Council
The closing of nominations for the 2007 Triennial elections has resulted in a nominee’s list that will provide plenty of choice and fodder for public discussion.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0708/S00312.htm
30: Violence Erupts Between Landowners and Korindo
Institute for Papuan Advocacy
Media release 14.00 24 August 2007 Violence Erupts Between West Papuan Landowners and Korindo – (the Korean Indonesian) Timber and Oil Palm Company Reports of military violence and an attack by traditional landowners on the personnel and property of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0708/S00624.htm
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