Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings 26 November 2009
United Nations
With no Israeli-Palestinian negotiations underway, no agreed terms of reference for such talks, and Israel’s refusal to
freeze settlements posing a key challenge, a senior United Nations official today called for “immediate actions on the
ground” ...
Network against Repression and for Solidarity
La Brigada de Observación de la Red contra la Represión y por la Solidaridad (The Observation Brigade of the Network
against Repression and for Solidarity) formed by different groups and organizations reaffirm their support and sympathy
for the ...
Heather Collister
At the 2009 CHOGM Heads of Government will make a decision on whether to admit Rwanda to the Commonwealth. The criteria
for membership of the Commonwealth derive from the establishment at the 2005 CHOGM in Malta of a Committee on
Commonwealth membership. ...
Climate Conversation
New Zealand may have its own “Climategate”, including manipulation of temperature readings, according to a combined
research project undertaken by members of the Climate Conversation Group and the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition.
The researchers ...
New Zealand Labour Party
We can celebrate the rich tapestry of our heritage and use it to move forwards as a nation; or re-open wounds and
divisions where there can be healing. I want to talk about some of these issues today, and the choices that the
Government is making this ...
Businesswire
Nov. 26 (BusinessWire) – Stocks rose on Wall Street after stronger-than-expected U.S. consumer spending and new home
sales, and fewer claims for jobless benefits reassured investors the world’s biggest economy will pick up pace.
Martha Rosenberg
"Your medicine is called Olanzapine. Pronounced 'o-lan-za-peen,'" says the lime green kids' brochure for the
antipsychotic Zyprexa, published by Britain's National Health Service (NHS). "Many children, teenagers and young people
need to take medicines ...
Tom Frewen
With his emissions trading scheme now safely passed into law with the support of the Maori Party, climate change issues
minister, Nick Smith, still faces hostile questions about it from Green and Labour MPs. They also want to know why the
prime ...
The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY Race Relations: Goff Gives Speech To Orewa Rotary Club Grey Power Palmerston North NZ POLITICS Urgency:
Legislate-Fest Continues The first secret bill Today In Parliament 24.11.09 World-Class Pollution: Manawatu Water
Quality Needs Government ...
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The Government’s own unfair wage policies on the low paid are spreading to the private aged care sector, said the CTU
today, in support of the New Zealand Nurses Association and Service and Food Workers Union dispute with employer
Presbyterian ...
Wurld
‘wurld’ is a new brand of bottled water with a difference - 100% of the profit funds clean water projects in the
developing world. The company’s vision is to be much more than just a bottled water company. “’wurld’ offers consumers
the ...
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Figures released today in the Household Economic Survey (Income) show that despite rising average incomes, accommodation
costs are still really hurting low and middle-income families. “A particular reason for this is rent,” said CTU
Economist Bill Rosenberg. ...
Bikers Rights Organisation NZ
On November 17th the BIKEOI made it clear to ACC Minister Nick Smith that New Zealand motorcyclists would not submit to
being forced off the roads. The Minister's response has been to state that motorcycle ACC claims have massively
increased between 1998 ...
New Zealand Labour Party
There is a famous story in Te Ao Māori. It is about a kahawai, not unlike the Māori Party, and the great white shark.
The great white shark said to the kahawai “Let’s learn to live together, let’s swim in a common current, and get a feel
for the ...
Office of the Clerk
Health Care—Policy; Corrections, Department—Confidence; Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart—Number of Houses Insulated;
Tertiary Education, Minister—Decisions; Summer Research Scholarships—Progress
GoodGround Real Estate
A new independent real estate company – GoodGround – has officially opened its doors from its home base in Waipu.
Businesswire
Nov. 26 (BusinessWire) – Lachie McLeod, the chief executive of South Canterbury Finance Ltd, the finance company
controlled by Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard, will resign at the end of the month, SCF announced today. Neil Gormack,
a partner ...
Public Service Association
“Why does the government continue to ignore all the evidence that private prisons cost more and provide a worse
service?” asks PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff The government has this morning passed legislation enabling
private companies to ...
The Scoop Editor
LEAD STORY Gordon Campbell: Using Kids As Guinea Pigs(+ Hone, ETS) NZ POLITICS Criminal Arithmetic: Collin Uses Shonky
Figures To Justify Private Prisons Crying Over Spilt Blood: Govt & Fonterra Must Condemn "San Lu" Executions Nothing To See Here: No Maori ...
Businesswire
AFFCO profit more than halved - tough times ahead Nov. 26 (BusinessWire) - AFFCO Holdings Ltd, the meat processing
company, has reported a 57.9% drop in net profit to $25.37 million for the year to September 30 and is cancelling its
final dividend ...
The Maori Party
The Maori Party says whanau and iwi can’t be divided and the Labour Opposition’s attempt to attack iwi is an attack on
thousands of whanau. “Without whanau there is no iwi and it is low of the Labour Party to hit out at iwi especially when
those ...
Auckland Regional Transport Authority
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) says it is very pleased that stability and certainty has been returned
to Auckland’s bus passengers today with notification that agreement has now been reached between NZ Bus and the Auckland
Combined Unions. ...
The Maori Party
The Maori Party is calling on the public not to fall into the scaremongering trap that Labour Party leader Phil Goff has
tried to set in his version of another racially divisive Orewa type speech made in Palmerston North today. “Mr Goff is
doing his ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis
Global ice-sheets are melting at an increased rate; Arctic sea-ice is disappearing much faster than recently projected,
and future sea-level rise is now expected to be much higher than previously forecast, according to a new global
scientific synthesis ...
Office of the Children's Commissioner
The age-old claim that New Zealand is a great place to bring up children and be a child is not what the facts show for
about 20 percent of them, Children’s Commissioner Dr John Angus said today. “The Children’s Social Health Monitor
launched yesterday ...
The Maori Party
Maori Party education spokesperson Te Ururoa Flavell has commended Kataraina Faiers and Jamaika Anderson for being
awarded the 2009 dux at St Joseph's Maori Girls College. “It makes me so proud to see our rangatahi achieving in
education and I take my ...
New Zealand Government
Private sector management of prisons will bring greater innovation, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the corrections
system, Corrections Minister Judith Collins said. The Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Bill 2009 passed into
law ...
Hutt City Council
Hutt City Council advises the following road closures and no stopping restrictions have been approved for streets
surrounding Fraser Park for the Brother Christmas Spectacular event on Saturday 5 December 2009 from 2 to 11pm. Road
closures • Percy ...
Seafood Industry Council
The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council congratulates Ngahiwi Tomoana on his appointment as the Chairman of Te Ohu
Kaimoana. Owen Symmans, New Zealand Seafood Industry Council chief executive said he welcomes the appointment and offers
his congratulations to ...
Hutt City Council
Top New Zealand musicians are tuning up for Hutt City’s free Pelorus Trust Music in Parks summer concert series, taking
place over three Sundays in February 2010.