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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For June 23 2010

Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:02 am
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1: Tracking the American Epidemic of Mental Illness

Evelyn Pringle
As a main component of the Psychopharmaceutical Industrial Complex, the so-called "patient advocacy" organizations have become the leading force behind the American epidemic of mental illness over the past two decades.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00162.htm

2: Questions and Answers - 23 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
Budget 2010—Grant to Pacific Economic Development Agency; Rest Homes—Standard of Care; Economic Position—Current Account Deficit; State-owned Enterprises—Requests for Additional Capital
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00370.htm

3: Today In Parliament 23.06.10

Tom Frewen
More questions for Bill English about his Budget's $4.8 million for the Pacific Economic Development Agency with Labour trying to rope the prime minister into the affair. Maori Affairs Select Committee considers funding for Te Puni Kokiri and hears from ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00371.htm

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4: Iceland: Same-Sex Marriage Legal

United Nations
Iceland deserves credit for eliminating barriers to same-sex marriage, which will become legal in the Nordic country this weekend, the United Nations human rights chief says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00370.htm

5: Letters sent to Aorangi Securities’ investors

Grant Thornton
Letters are being sent shortly to the more than 400 investors in Aorangi Securities Limited to confirm details of their investments.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00675.htm

6: Pastoral agriculture is NZ point of difference

Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group Chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden, has agreed with Federated Farmers that agriculture is New Zealand’s unique competitive advantage.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00673.htm

7: Dorchester securities to go on NZX, Unlisted

Businesswire
June 23 (BusinessWire) – Dorchester Pacific Ltd., the financier and insurer facing receivership if it can’t convince debenture holders to accept a complex asset swap, is offering securities that trade on the NZX and the Unlisted platform as part of ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00677.htm

8: Gluckman: 250 years of UKNZ scientific engagement

Prime Ministers Science Advisory Committee
Address by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, at the New Zealand High Commission in London
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00042.htm

9: NZ More Interested in All Whites than All Blacks

UMR Research Ltd
A new poll shows interest in soccer soaring, with more New Zealanders interested in the All Whites’ performance at the World Cup than the All Blacks’ performance in either the Ireland / Wales tests or in the upcoming Tri-nations.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1006/S00301.htm

10: FPI Overnight Brief - June 22

Foreign Policy Initiative
FPI Overnight Brief June 22, 2010 ________________________________________ Special Announcement Tomorrow afternoon, the Foreign Policy Initiative will host an event assessing the arms control, geopolitical, and human rights aspects of the Obama Administration's ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00422.htm

11: 2010 Budget: Responsibility, freedom, fairness

HM Treasury
The Budget shows how the Government will make the tough choices required to tackle Britain’s record deficit. It sets out a plan to get the public finances back under control, and provides a springboard for a private sector-led recovery with balanced ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1006/S00439.htm

12: Saint Clair Family Estate Shine in Asia

Saint Clair Estate Wines
Saint Clair Family Estate is recognised as a leading New Zealand wine producer with global wine exports to over 50 worldwide markets including many parts of Asia.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00672.htm

13: Current account tipping in right direction

Employers And Manufacturers Association
The falling current account deficit is reassuring news given the global tight market conditions, the Employers & Manufacturers Association says.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00674.htm

14: Pacific Edge secures new cancer detection patent

Businesswire
June 23 (BusinessWire) – Pacific Edge Biotechnology Ltd., the Dunedin-based biomedical company developing and commercializing technologies for cancer detection has been awarded a New Zealand patent for its colorectal cancer prognostic technology.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00667.htm

15: While you were sleeping: G20 on a collision course

Businesswire
June 23 (Business Wire) - The new U.K. government, as promised, brought down a tough emergency budget, adding to a wave of austerity measures in the euro zone, firmly placing Europe and the U.S. on a collision course and the global economic outlook ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00637.htm

16: Wellington Drive moves closer to return to profit

Businesswire
June 23 (BusinessWire) – Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd., the world’s leading manufacturer of highly efficient brushless electric motors for the commercial refrigeration and ventilation markets, says improving profitability shows the company’s strategic ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00668.htm

17: Analysis shows National's ETS Worst of All Worlds

New Zealand Labour Party
A book by Victoria University economist Geoff Bertram and climate change analyst Simon Terry highlights the deep flaws in National’s Emission Trading Scheme, Labour’s climate change spokesman Charles Chauvel said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00365.htm

18: Uri Avnery: A Flash of Lightning

Uri Avnery
NIGHT. UTTER darkness. Heavy rain. Visibility close to nil. And suddenly – a flash of lightning. For a fraction of a second, the landscape is lit up. For this split second, the terrain surrounding us can be seen. It is not the way it used to be. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00169.htm

19: 47,371 Kiwis say love it, don’t mine it

Green Party
“I am thrilled that so many New Zealanders feel strongly that not only should Schedule 4 remain protected from mining, but that the conservation estate as a whole should have greater protection, Metiria Turei, Green party Co-leader said.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00361.htm

20: MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares mixed; KIP up, banks down

Businesswire
June 23 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares were mixed. Westpac Banking Corp. and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group fell, tracking declines in global markets, while Guinness Peat Group and Kiwi Income Property Trust rose.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00676.htm

21: meBooks starts selling new release NZ eBooks

mebooks
meBooks, in collaboration with Victoria University Press, has now started selling eBook versions of contemporary New Zealand literature.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00657.htm

22: Statement to International Whaling Commission

Te Ohu Kaimoana
Te Ohu Kaimoana is the pre-eminent body representing Maori – the indigenous people of Aotearoa / New Zealand – in relation to the marine environment and has attended the last four IWC annual meetings. Maori support the rights of other indigenous and ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00237.htm

23: Whanau Ora Gathering Momentum

New Zealand Government
Whanau Ora Minister Tariana Turia has told a Maori Affairs Select Committee today that she is delighted at the momentum being generated around Whanau Ora. Mrs Turia told the committee that she had seen the enthusiasm first hand when she spoke at ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00362.htm

24: Game Animal Council final report received

New Zealand Government
Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson today received the final report outlining the recommended process for establishing a new Game Animal Council.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00359.htm

25: World-first safety injector

Simcro
The awards just keep coming for innovative Hamilton agritech company, Simcro. Its world-first ‘self-tenting’ safety injector, Sekurus Ultra, scooped the top award in the prestigious New Zealand Agritech Innovation Awards announced in Hamilton on ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1006/S00038.htm

26: Scoop Images: Emissions Trading Scheme Protest

Rory MacKinnon
Libertarians are not particularly well known for their solidarity, but around a hundred ACT supporters, farmers, climate change denialists and other rugged individuals marched on Parliament Tuesday to protest the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1006/S00161.htm

27: Questions and Answers - 22 June 2010

Office of the Clerk
Human Rights—Issues Raised with Chinese Delegation; Pacific Economic Development Agency, Proposal—Treasury Advice; Economic Recovery—Job Creation; Welfare —Minister’s Definition of Long-term Welfare Dependency
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00349.htm

28: Lawyer suspended from practice

New Zealand Law Society
The New Zealand Law Society today announced that it had been granted an interim order for the suspension of Napier lawyer Gerald McKay from legal practice.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00633.htm

29: Down to earth new team for threesixty

threesixty
Queenstown has welcomed fresh new talent to deliver a delicious, down to earth winter dining experience at the contemporary bar and restaurant in Queenstown’s Beach Street.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1006/S00671.htm

30: Questions for Oral Answer

Office of the Clerk
1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Prime Minister: When he raised human rights with the Chinese delegation last week did he raise the right to freedom of opinion and expression; if not, why not?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1006/S00354.htm

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