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Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 31 October 2009
Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 31 October 2009
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Scoop Stories October 30th 2009 News
Summary
The Scoop EditorLEAD STORY Outages: North Auckland, Northland Power Now Back To Usual Levels NZ POLITICS Legislation: Immigration Bill Passes Third Reading Teachers Day: Minister Does Not Bring Presents Scoop's "Meet The MPs" Project Religion: Destiny Church Response ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00265.htm
2:
Migiro
Bound For Lebanon And Ethiopia
United NationsDeputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro travels to Lebanon and Ethiopia next week to spearhead meetings designed at ensuring that the various United Nations departments, agencies and other components work more effectively together in the Middle East and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00452.htm
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Scoop
Top 30 Daily Ratings 30 October 2009
Scoop Daily Ratings1: Response To TV3 Campbell Live Item Destiny Churches This statement is in response to TV3’s Campbell Live item on Thursday 29th October 2009 featuring Destiny Church. The item centered around commentary by an ‘unidentified’ individual and hidden-camera ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00266.htm
4:
Commission
To Look Into Bloody Guinean Crackdown
United NationsThree prominent jurists will form the international commission of inquiry to probe last month’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea that led to the deaths of at least 150 people and the rape of many others, Secretary-General Ban ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00451.htm
5:
UN
Shocked As Displaced Yemenis Come Under
Attack
United NationsThe United Nations refugee agency said it is shocked and saddened at reports that an unknown number of displaced Yemeni civilians have been killed and wounded during an exchange of fire in the strife-torn northern part of the country yesterday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00453.htm
6:
Martin
LeFevre: Hollywood’s Perpetual
Halloween
Martin LeFevre - MeditationsIn one of Hollywood’s latest in the perennial series of TV cop shows (e.g. Hill Street Blues, CSI, Criminal Intent, and now “Criminal Minds”) there is a very telling and theological opening line.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00267.htm
7:
Political
campaign to regulate vitamins as
drugs?
Health FreedomTV3’s Wednesday night screening of Inside New Zealand posed the question “Are Vitamins Killing You”. The program viewed more like a propaganda piece, with an intentional political campaign to make Vitamins prescription only drugs. The programs ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0910/S00126.htm
8:
Patient
update following van accident this
morning
Hawke's Bay District Health BoardThis is a patient condition update from Hawke’s Bay Hospital of the seven people taken to hospital following a fatal car accident between Napier and Hastings early this morning (31st Oct).
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00465.htm
9:
Thailand
& Cambodia Argue About Thaksin & the
Coup
Richard S. EhrlichBANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand and Cambodia have descended into a loud political feud about Bangkok's 2006 coup, and Thailand's current threat to demand the extradition of its fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The rift between the two ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00264.htm
10:
Response
To TV3 Campbell Live Item
Destiny ChurchesThis statement is in response to TV3’s Campbell Live item on Thursday 29th October 2009 featuring Destiny Church. The item centered around commentary by an ‘unidentified’ individual and hidden-camera footage obtained by that person whilst at a public men’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00427.htm
11:
Violent
TV Undermining Family Violence
Message
Family FirstFamily First NZ says that a report by the US-based Parents Television Council which documents an alarming rise in violence against women and girls on prime-time television should sound warning bells in NZ.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00434.htm
12:
Destiny
Churchism in Theory and Practice
Adam VinkAmidst the terror and debauchery of the Old Testament are some passages of striking intrigue and beauty. Among these is Psalm 79 - a passage I was drawn to ponder during a recent visit to a ‘Miracle Faith Healing’ service held by one of our country’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0910/S00261.htm
13:
Ban
Ki-moon: Jerusalem Must Be Capital
United NationsJerusalem must be the capital of two States – Israel and Palestine – living side-by-side in peace and security, with arrangements for the holy sites acceptable to all, if peace in the Middle East is to be achieved, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00421.htm
14:
Cote
D'Ivoire: Security Council Extends
Sanctions
United NationsThe Security Council today extended the sanctions imposed on Côte d’Ivoire, warning that the situation in the divided West African nation continues to pose a threat to international peace and security for the region.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00443.htm
15:
NZ
honey bees under new threat
National Beekeepers AssociationNew Zealand honey bees are under new threat from the varroa destructor mite following reports of resistance to treatment in the Auckland area.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00461.htm
16:
Police
are trained and ready for drug
testing
New Zealand PoliceOn Sunday 1 November the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 comes into force. From this day on it will be illegal to drive while impaired by drugs. If Police suspect a person is a drugged driver, they will have the power to require the driver to undergo ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00462.htm
17:
UN
Finds Rockets Aimed At Israel In South
Lebanon
United NationsA day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged maximum restraint by all sides, United Nations peacekeepers today found four more rockets, three of them set to be fired, in an area of southern Lebanon from which a missile zoomed into Israel on Monday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00442.htm
18:
Questions
and Answers - 29 Oct 2009
Office of the ClerkEconomy—Fiscal and Economic Challenges ; Ministers—Confidence; Water Services—Privatisation; Finance, Minister—Statements; Crime, Organised—Deterrents; Health Care—Policy
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00487.htm
19:
Hands-free
calling in cars almost as dangerous
Science Media CentreFrom Sunday drivers in New Zealand will only be allowed to use mobile phones in their cars if they use a hands-free kit or phone cradle. The ban, and its timing, were officially confirmed in August. Mobile phones cannot be used, even while stopped ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0910/S00431.htm
20:
'The
international cow' is the future of
dairy
Federated FarmersThe only farmer out of two New Zealanders on the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) Standing Committee on Farm Management and Animal Health, Willy Leferink, is seeing moves to internationalise standards in the dairy industry. “Having been ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0910/S00823.htm
21:
Bomber's
Blog - The War on News - ep 16
Bomber's BlogBomber's Blog - The War on News - ep 16 part 1 & 2 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/HL0910/S00263.htm
22:
UN
Expert Concerned Over Zimbawe Torture
Reports
United NationsThe United Nations independent expert on torture today voiced concern over reports of ill treatment in Zimbabwe, 24 hours after his invitation to visit the country was suddenly revoked.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00441.htm
New Zealand PoliceA 45 year old Taheke man was arrested this afternoon by Kaikohe Police. This arrest is a result of a violent domesitc incident on wednesday night at a rural address west of Kaikohe. The man will be appearing in the Whangarei District Court tomorrow ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0910/S00460.htm
24:
Speech:
Harawira - Immigration Bill, Third
Reading
The Maori PartyYesterday I got back home after being away for three weeks as part of a delegation to the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva. While there we also visited the European Parliament in Brussels, where we met with MPs and officials to see how ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00475.htm
25:
Minister
acknowledges World Teachers Day
New Zealand GovernmentEducation Minister Anne Tolley has acknowledged the valuable work being done by New Zealand’s teachers as they celebrate World Teachers Day. “Teaching is a vitally important job, second only to parenting,” said Mrs Tolley. “Our children and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00483.htm
26:
Usain
Bolt Kicks Off ‘Long Run’ To Save The
Planet
United NationsJamaican sprinter and Olympic champion Usain Bolt today launched the Long Run Initiative aimed at supporting global ecotourism projects, which the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) says are vital for conserving natural and cultural heritage.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00450.htm
27:
Lebanon:
UN & Hizbollah Discuss Recent Rocket
Fire
United NationsThe United Nations Special Coordinator today met with a senior Hizbollah official to discuss the recent incident in which a rocket was fired from a southern Lebanese village into northern Israel, prompting Israel to return fire.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00448.htm
28:
Call
for action over councillor’s racist
rant
The Maori PartyMaori Party MP for Waiariki Te Ururoa Flavell has called on Whakatane Mayor Colin Holmes and his District Council colleagues to take disciplinary action over the racist rantings of Councillor Russell Orr. “I am disgusted by the diatribe on Colin Orr’s ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00492.htm
29:
El
Jaguar's Friday Fiesta de Variety III
The Fringe BarThis Friday brings another installment of Wellington's favourite masked Mexican wrestler/variety show host and his unique brand of entertainment.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0910/S00486.htm
30:
OCR
& The New Driving Laws
ACT New ZealandAs predicted, Reserve Bank Governor Dr Alan Bollard this week announced that he has kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 2.5 percent. This is the lowest that the OCR has been in history, and Dr Bollard has pledged to keep it there until the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0910/S00488.htm
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