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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 30 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For March 30 2010
1:
Environment
Canterbury will work constructively
Environment CanterburyThe Chairman of Environment Canterbury, Alec Neill, has said that Environment Canterbury will work constructively with commissioners following today’s government announcement that the council’s elected representatives will be replaced by commissioners from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00356.htm
2:
Scoop
Images – Schedule 4 Mining Protest
Rory MacKinnon“Our wind is fierce/Our sunshine’s strong/Mining in parks/will not go on!” The chant boomed across Parliament’s grounds as hundreds gathered Tuesday to protest Government plans to allow mining in Schedule 4 protected conservation lands. Scoop ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00318.htm
3:
Mining
the land and undermining the children
Anne ElseWhat do conservation estates and domestic purposes beneficiaries have in common? Both of them look after the country’s most valuable assets. But you wouldn’t know it from the way John Key and his government have been acting lately.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00303.htm
4:
Forest
& Bird says ECan move a fast-track for
dams
Forest And BirdForest & Bird believes the Government’s move to replace Environment Canterbury with its own appointees is a covert move to fast-track dams without public consultation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00479.htm
5:
City
Councillor expresses Outrage
Yani Johanson"As a a local city councillor, I am deeply concerned that there appears no protection for local democracy against a greedy Government who it appears is trying to steal local resources such as water at the expense of local representation. This decision ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00360.htm
6:
Firing
of council outrageous affront to
democracy
New Zealand Labour PartyNational’s decision to replace the Environment Canterbury Council with government-appointed commissioners for the next three-and-a-half years is an outrageous affront to democracy, says Christchurch Central MP Brendon Burns.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00467.htm
7:
Come
on Mrs Tolley – moderation or not?
New Zealand Labour PartyEducation Minister Anne Tolley needs to come clean with schools and say whether under National Standards they will have to create added bureaucracy to ensure the standards they set are nationally consistent, Labour Party education spokesman Trevor Mallard ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00477.htm
8:
Stripping
Canterbury of local democracy
Green PartyJohn Key’s Government has taken extreme and unnecessary steps in its sacking of Environment Canterbury (ECan), the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00468.htm
9:
Market
Close: NZ shares fall; NZS drops
BusinesswireMarch 30 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares fell, halting four days of gains. NZ farming Systems Uruguay fell on concern it is having to sell assets to meet some obligations. Infratil Ltd. advanced for a second day as investors warmed to its purchase ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00835.htm
10:
Another
day, another assault on our democracy
Tony Milne“The people of Christchurch should be shocked and appalled at the outrageous decision of the National/Act Government to sack our democratically elected ECan councillors and cancel October elections”, Tony Milne, Chair of the Labour Local Government ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00476.htm
11:
More
misery doled out to Maori Party by
National
New Zealand Labour PartyAgain today the Maori Party says it was not consulted on government policy changes that will hit Maori people hard, Labour’s Maori Affairs spokesperson Parekura Horomia says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00469.htm
12:
Government
announcement incorrect
Chrissie WilliamsIn the Government announcement regarding the demise of Environment Canterbury a number of questions and answers have been provided by the Government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00481.htm
13:
Qualified
support for government decisions on
ECan
Environmental Defence SocietyThe government has today announced that it is sacking the Environment Canterbury Council and replacing it with Commissioners who will be given special powers under a bill to be introduced to parliament later today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00357.htm
14:
ACORNing
WikiLeaks? Web Publisher Under
Attack
Michael CollinsU.S. Army Counterterrorism issued a report that said WikiLeaks is a threat to U.S. security, particularly in Afghanistan. The report says that the organization should be destroyed and offered a plan. Does the government really think it can destroy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1003/S00313.htm
15:
Government
Faces Trade Dangers with Fonterra
Open CountryThe Government will have to weigh up New Zealand’s international trading position and reputation when it comes to consider Stage 3 of Fonterra’s capital restructuring proposal.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00832.htm
16:
Urgent
legislation undermines outstanding
rivers
New Zealand Labour PartyThe National Government, already embroiled in controversy over mining in national parks, is today passing legislation that will substantially undermine water conservation orders in Canterbury, says Labour Conservation spokesperson David Parker.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00475.htm
17:
National
rushed ‘Smartgate’ into action
New Zealand Labour PartyOfficial documents have revealed the Government rushed the “Smartgate” electronic passport control system into New Zealand’s airports against the advice of three Government departments, Labour’s customs spokesperson Su’a William Sio said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00470.htm
18:
Plan
Ahead for Easter Traffic
New Zealand Transport AgencyWith traffic expected to be heavy over the Easter Weekend, NZTA is advising motorists to plan ahead to avoid expected delays.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00365.htm
19:
New
travel resource aims to ‘unwrap’
kids
North Shore City CouncilEncouraging independence, tackling child obesity, cleaning up the air and reducing congestion are all aims of a new TravelWise resource coming to North Shore City schools.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1003/S00364.htm
20:
Heatley
welcomes Auditor-General’s report
New Zealand National PartyNational Party MP Phil Heatley has welcomed the Auditor-General’s report into expenditure while he was Minister of Housing and Fisheries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00466.htm
21:
Who
will save Margaret Page ?
Right To Life New Zealand IncMedia Release Who will save Margaret Page ? Margaret Page has resolved to kill herself. She is starving herself to death, has not taken food for twelve days and has taken only a small amount of water. She is enduring a long and painful death. She is 60 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1003/S00460.htm
22:
Collective
Responsibility Does Not Absolve Turia
Progressive PartyClaims that ministerial collective responsibility stops Tariana Turia from voting against the government’s welfare reforms are a convenient fiction, Progressive Wigram MP Jim Anderton says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00471.htm
23:
Irrigation
NZ supports decision to oust council
Irrigation NZIrrigation NZ supports government’s decision to oust Environment Canterbury councillors and the consequent appointment of commissioner leadership to address Canterbury’s lack of a proper allocation plan and failure to progress opportunities for optimal ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00831.htm
24:
Questions
for Oral Answer - 30 March 2010
Office of the Clerk# Hon JIM ANDERTON to the Minister for ACC: What changes have been made to ACC coverage relating to the presence of “pre-existing degenerative” conditions? # CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: How will Budget 2010 make the tax system fairer? # Hon ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00462.htm
25:
Nats
break election promise with welfare
changes
Green PartyThe Government's welfare changes break the National Party's 2008 election promises, the Green Party said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00458.htm
26:
Farmer
levies build grass-fed beef brand in
Taiwan
Meat And Wool New ZealandThis year’s beef promotion activities in Taiwan are focused on building and defending market position against strong competition from Australia and the United States, says Meat & Wool New Zealand General Manager Market Development, Craig Finch.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00833.htm
27:
Excellent
response to National Standards
training
New Zealand GovernmentEducation Minister Anne Tolley says schools have rushed to sign up for professional development workshops to support the implementation of National Standards.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00472.htm
28:
Minister
of Finance: where the bloody hell are
ya?
Green PartyThe Minister of Finance confirmed in the House today that he has no idea what the fiscal impacts of the Government’s Schedule 4 mining proposals will be, the Green Party said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00474.htm
29:
Don’t
Be Fooled - Infratil not a NZ company
CAFCAThe sale of Shell NZ’s downstream assets to a joint venture of NZ Superannuation and Infratil has been hailed as returning this chunk of vital infrastructure to New Zealand ownership. It would be a good story if only it were true.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1003/S00812.htm
30:
Commissioners
needed to fix Canterbury water
New Zealand GovernmentCommissioners are to be appointed to replace the Environment Canterbury Council and given additional powers under proposed special legislation to address urgent problems with water management in Canterbury, Environment Minister Nick Smith and Local Government ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00465.htm
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