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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 3 2010

Friday, 4 June 2010, 9:36 am
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1: Where is the Bush Shoe Thrower Now?

David Swanson
Muntadhar al-Zaidi famously threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in December 2008, kicking off a stream of shoe-throwing protests around Iraq and the world. He then spent nine months in jail. TheRealNews.com has now posted a four-part video ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00019.htm

2: IDF "Gaza Flotilla Weapons" Photos From 2006/03?

Scoop News
Claims by the Israeli Defence Force that photos show items found on board the attacked Gaza flotilla are inconsistent with data recorded by the cameras in some of the image files.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00028.htm

3: Rugby jersey marks 100 years of mana

SDA
Media release For immediate release 2 June 2010 Launch of limited edition rugby jersey marks 100 years of mana
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00032.htm

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4: Blondie & The Pretenders Join For The Day

Mushroom Group
Blondie & The Pretenders Join For ‘A Day On The Green’ & Vector Arena with support from Dukes
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00030.htm

5: John Key promised not to sell Kiwibank 'ever'

Progressive Party
John Key made a clear undertaking before the last general election, that there would never be a sale of Kiwibank, even if National won a further term in government, says Jim Anderton MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00062.htm

6: The WTO Cotton Dispute

Council on Hemispheric Affairs
On April 20th 2010, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two largest economies of the Western hemisphere, thus calming a decade-long, sometimes rancorous, dispute involving Washington and Brasilia over the subject of subsidies ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00057.htm

7: $100 million cuts in health services on cards

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Health services across New Zealand face cuts of well over $100 million in the year ahead, says the CTU as deeper analysis of the Budget Health Vote reveals the full extent of the funding shortfall and the reality of ‘reprioritised savings’, inflation, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1006/S00021.htm

8: Questions and Answers - 3 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
State-owned Assets—Government Policy on Sales; Budget 2010—Economic Advantages for New Zealand; Budget 2010—Gap Between Rich and Poor; Job Ops Scheme—Increase in Numbers
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00098.htm

9: Who is really behind the PEDA stitch up?

New Zealand Labour Party
The inept answers from the Pacific Island Affairs Minister in Parliament today raises the question of who was really behind her Ministry awarding nearly $4.8 million dollars to a private firm in this year’s Budget, Labour MP for Mangere Su’a William Sio ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00095.htm

10: Treasury Secretary's tribute to former Secretary

New Zealand Treasury
Treasury Secretary John Whitehead today paid tribute to former Secretary Bernie Galvin, who passed away yesterday.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00085.htm

11: Auckland business groups concerned by rates grab

Newmarket Business Association
Auckland business associations are concerned that the final piece of 'Super City' legislation, under debate in Parliament, is set to limit their access to the top and could mean business districts effectively lose control and possibly rates revenue ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00104.htm

12: Environment commissioner welcomes EPA announcement

Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, has welcomed the announcement of a stand-alone Environment Protection Authority and the government’s commitment to an Environmental Reporting Act.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00087.htm

13: Japan PM resigns over broken promise - why not Key

Progressive Party
“The Japanese Prime Minister has just resigned over a broken pre-election campaign promise. But clearly breaking promises is a qualification for government in John Key’s world,” says Jim Anderton MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00091.htm

14: Expanded EPA unlikely to have any teeth

Green Party
An expanded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be welcomed if it provided strong independent environmental oversight, but the Green Party is expressing doubts that it will live up to its promise.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00099.htm

15: Nats cynical games over Kiwibank sale

Progressive Party
“John Key is guilty of the worst kind of cynical politics. He changes his mind depending on where the votes are before the election, then reverts back to his original position once in government,” says Jim Anderton MP for Wigram and Progressive Party ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00094.htm

16: The next steps in the Bluegreen agenda

New Zealand Government
The easy options are to get economic gains at the expense of the environment or environmental gains at the expense of the economy. Neither of these choices will work for New Zealand long term. We need to be smarter in working out those ways we can grow our economy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00073.htm

17: New Environmental Protection Authority announced

New Zealand Government
The Government today announced the establishment of a new standalone Environmental Protection Authority to perform environmental regulatory functions, Minister for the Environment Nick Smith said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00071.htm

18: Super city costs now reach $266 million…and rising

New Zealand Labour Party
The cost of setting up the Auckland super city has now hit $266 million, with the revelation that the Government has postponed $66 million of work on integrating computer systems until after the new Council is elected in November.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00083.htm

19: Public forum at ChristChurch Cathedral

Christchurch City Council
Christchurch residents are invited to attend a public forum at ChristChurch Cathedral on Thursday 10 June, to hear about the impact of alcohol on our communities and how they can help make a difference.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00041.htm

20: Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill

ACT New Zealand
These three Bills are the result of the division of the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill in committee. Their purpose is to complete the legislative framework that will deliver one council, one mayor and one vision for Auckland by 1 November ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00093.htm

21: Wheelchair ban provokes angry response

NZ Spinal Trust
The NZ Spinal Trust has reacted angrily to the organiser of the SBS Christchurch Marathon’s decision to turn away wheelchair participants this year, despite negotiations over the last several weeks.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00044.htm

22: Business as usual at Environmental Authority

New Zealand Labour Party
Establishing the Environmental Protection Authority as a stand-alone agency will not deliver new resources or fundamentally better outcomes, says Labour’s environment spokesman Shane Jones.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00100.htm

23: Oil Spill: Florida - Louisiana under Greatest Risk

Accuweather.Com
State College, Pa. -- 2 June 2010 -- AccuWeather.com reports areas of the central Gulf Coast are at a greater risk for oil spill contamination from a tropical storm or hurricane this season.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00078.htm

24: Questions and Answers - 2 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
Budget 2010—Tax Package Benefits; Finance, Minister—Recent Statements; Schools—Teaching of History Curriculum; State-owned Assets—Government Policy on Sale
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00065.htm

25: Drive to survive this Queens Birthday Weekend

New Zealand Police
During Queens Birthday weekend last year, there were six fatal crashes and 114 reported injury crashes across New Zealand. These crashes resulted in ten deaths, 32 serious injuries and 127 minor injuries.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1006/S00040.htm

26: Incorrect Target item: TV3 ordered to pay $38,000

Broadcasting Standards Authority
TV3 broadcaster TVWorks has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay complainants’ legal costs of $28,068.75 after its Target programme incorrectly alleged food from Ponsonby’s Café Cezanne contained faecal coliforms.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00107.htm

27: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness

Evelyn Pringle
Over a twenty year span, starting when Prozac came on the market in 1987, the number of people on government disability due to mental illness went from 1.25 million to more than 4 million today. There has been a 35-fold increase in the number of children ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00022.htm

28: Labour Auckland Council figures wrong

ACT New Zealand
The Labour Party’s claims surrounding Auckland Council transition costs show a fundamental misunderstanding of the numbers involved, says Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00089.htm

29: Measles: Funding to Help Immunize 630,000 Children

United Nations
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is giving $646,000 to immunize hundreds of thousands of children in Lesotho, the Southern African country which since January has been grappling with a deadly outbreak of the disease.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00069.htm

30: Kiwi hot with speculators with Bollard under gun

Businesswire
Kiwi Favorite of Speculators With Bollard Under Rate Pressure By Candice Zachariahs and Wes Goodman
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00101.htm

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