Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For Sept 27 2010

Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 9:29 am
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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For Sept 27 2010

1:University of Otago atom breakthrough represents

University of Otago

In a major physics breakthrough with international significance, University of Otago scientists have developed a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving neutral atom– and have also seen and photographed this atom for the first time.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1009/S00122/university-of-otago-atom-breakthrough-represents.htm

2:New appointments to NZ Film Commission board

New Zealand Government

Producer and director Chris Hampson and production house general manager Cameron Harland have been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Film Commission, Minister for Arts and Culture Christopher Finlayson announced today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00393/new-appointments-to-nz-film-commission-board.htm

3:Live Tribute to Michael Jackson

Classic Broadway

The Thriller Fest: Who's Bad, a spectacular multi-media musical theatre production moonwalk's into Auckland Orewa College Arts and Events Centre taking audiences on a musical expedition spanning three decades of Michael Jackson's chart-cresting music.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1009/S00306/live-tribute-to-michael-jackson.htm

4:Statement regarding The Hobbit and claims by MEAA

Peter Jackson

The Australian Labour Union, the MEAA is using our production The Hobbit in an attempt to widen it's membership, and power within the New Zealand film industry. As a New Zealand filmmaker, who has nothing to hide or be ashamed about, I'm not going to ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1009/S00283/statement-regarding-the-hobbit-and-claims-by-meaa.htm

5:Labour will remove GST from fresh fruit and veges

New Zealand Labour Party

Phil Goff today launched a campaign against National’s GST increase to 15 per cent, announcing that Labour will remove GST from fresh fruit and vegetables.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00388/labour-will-remove-gst-from-fresh-fruit-and-veges.htm

6:Film NZ warns of long-lasting damage to New Zealan

Film New Zealand

Film New Zealand is warning New Zealand’s reputation in the international film community is at stake as an employment dispute involving actors in The Hobbit films gains profile.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1009/S00302/film-nz-warns-of-long-lasting-damage-to-new-zealan.htm

7:Earthquake Prompts Offer of 24-Hour Turnaround

NZ Tax Refunds

Christchurch-based NZ Tax Refunds is offering Canterbury clients‘next day’ tax refunds, following the devastating earthquake which struck the region on 4 September.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00831/earthquake-prompts-offer-of-24-hour-turnaround.htm

8:MARKET CLOSE: Hallenstein leads NZ stocks up

BusinessDesk

Sept. 27(BusinessDesk)– New Zealand stocks rose for the first time in four sessions, as a wave of positive investor sentiment from Asia and Australia helped push the market out of the doldrums.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00852/market-close-hallenstein-leads-nz-stocks-up.htm

9:Pacific& Maori teens lead cervical cancer vaccine

New Zealand Government

Young Pacific and Maori women are leading the way in taking up a vaccine which protects them against infection with HPV (human papillomavirus), Pacific Island Affairs Minister Georgina te Heuheu says . HPVs are common viruses which lead to most cervical cancers ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00402/pacific-maori-teens-lead-cervical-cancer-vaccine.htm

10: Animates reaches out to earthquake affected pets

Animates Pet Store

They can’t tell you how they feel and they won’t text you when they’re lost.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1009/S00700/animates-reaches-out-to-earthquake-affected-pets.htm

11:NZ and Australia– future powerhouses in food

Rabobank

New Zealand and Australia will be powerhouses in the global agriculture industry in the long-term, according to a leading international food and agribusiness authority.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00839/nz-and-australia-future-powerhouses-in-food.htm

12:Can you“Be The Voice” of New Ziillund?

TomTom

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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00843/can-you-be-the-voice-of-new-ziillund.htm

13:New overseas investment rules an important step

Federated Farmers

The headline detail of new rules to guide overseas investment is being welcomed by Federated Farmers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00851/new-overseas-investment-rules-an-important-step.htm

14:OIO approves Chinese buyer for half of Synlait

BusinessDesk

Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk)– The Overseas Investment Office has given the all-clear to China’s Bright Dairy& Food Co. to buy into Synlait Ltd.’s processing business, according to a statement from the dairy company.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00850/oio-approves-chinese-buyer-for-half-of-synlait.htm

15:Two new senior appointments announced at Microsoft

Microsoft New Zealand

Microsoft New Zealand today announced two senior appointments to the local subsidiary’s leadership team– Donna Wright to the role of Services Director and Frazer Scott to the role of Business, Marketing and Operations Director. Both Donna and Frazer ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00819/two-new-senior-appointments-announced-at-microsoft.htm

16:Non-Union Production: The Hobbit

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

The makers of feature film The Hobbit– to be shot in New Zealand next year– have refused to engage performers on union-negotiated agreements.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1009/S00282/non-union-production-the-hobbit.htm

17:Wallace& Selwyn On Getting Rid Of Postal Voting

Scoop Audio

KiwiFM: Selwyn Maning& Wallace Chapman discuss why postal voting is not working for local Government elections and why it is time we replaced that system with voting for local Government candidates on a specific polling day and at polling booths.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1009/S00189/wallace-selwyn-on-getting-rid-of-postal-voting.htm

18:Taupō businesses now Ready to Shine!

Towncentre Taupo

Over 80 business people attended a motivational workshop hosted last week by Enterprise Lake Taupō and Towncentre Taupō.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00847/taupo-businesses-now-ready-to-shine.htm

19:1 October campaign launch

New Zealand Labour Party

A few days before the election in 2008 John Key was asked if National was planning to increase GST to 15 per cent. He gave an unequivocal answer. He said - National is not going to be increasing GST. The answer was emphatic and left no room for nuance. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00389/1-october-campaign-launch.htm

20:Citizen-A: Chris Trotter, Claudette Hauiti, Bomber

Citizen-A

Citizen-A: Chris Trotter scraps with Claudette Hauiti with Bomber moderating! Topics: Does ACT's implosion bode unwell for the Nats? The postal ballots are out, who will win the Auckland supercity mayoralty? Drunk driving and GST tax rises... A last word ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1009/S00183/citizen-a-chris-trotter-claudette-hauiti-bomber.htm

21:Crisis Response a Welcome Break Through Red Tape

MYOB

The Government’s response to the Canterbury earthquake is not only a welcome relief to local businesses, it also provides a model for the kind of legislative environment businesses want across the country, according the latest MYOB Business Monitor.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00814/crisis-response-a-welcome-break-through-red-tape.htm

22:Statement by Director of Military Prosecutions

Australian Defence Force

I have decided to charge three former members of the Special Operations Task Group with service offences arising out of a compound clearance operation conducted on 12 February 2009 in Afghanistan.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1009/S00483/statement-by-director-of-military-prosecutions.htm

23:Tolley: NZEI Annual Meeting

New Zealand Government

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā hau e whā. Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Good afternoon everyone and thank you Frances for your introduction.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00397/tolley-nzei-annual-meeting.htm

24:Top student acknowledged by Japanese Consul

CPIT

Chris Cameron, CPIT’s highest achieving second-year Bachelor of Language (Japanese) student for 2009, has received a special commendation from the Japanese Consul today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1009/S00127/top-student-acknowledged-by-japanese-consul.htm

25:World-class new dealership - North Harbour Hyundai

Hyundai

The motor industry on the North Shore received a big boost last week with the grand opening of North Harbour Hyundai’s world-class new dealership.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1009/S00848/world-class-new-dealership-north-harbour-hyundai.htm

26:Tax cuts will be wiped out by food price bubble

Tax Justice Campaign

“There’s concern worldwide that another global food crisis is upon us,” says Vaughan Gunson, Tax Justice campaign coordinator.“The price of food is set to go through the roof, like it did in 2008.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1009/S00326/tax-cuts-will-be-wiped-out-by-food-price-bubble.htm

27:Lake Tekapo attraction: ultimate winter experience

Alpine Springs Spa and Winter Park

A leading tourism attraction in the heart of the South Island’s majestic Mt Cook Mackenzie region will launch its eagerly anticipated Snow Tubing Park on 4 July.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0906/S00452.htm

28:Rebalancing incentives and obligations

New Zealand Government

Future Focus changes in effect today underline National’s commitment to rebalancing incentives and obligations in the welfare system.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00391/rebalancing-incentives-and-obligations.htm

29:IAEA - US strips naked in support of Israel

Palestinian Human Rights Campaign

At the 54th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference the United States once again managed to persuade a small majority to vote against a resolution calling on Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Astonishingly ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1009/S00484/iaea-us-strips-naked-in-support-of-israel.htm

30:Labour irresponsible on GST

New Zealand Labour Party

Labour's about-face in advocating removing GST from fresh fruit and vegetables after years of arguing for the simple GST system we have, is more about the main Opposition party polling at 30 percent than the health of New Zealanders, Revenue Minister Peter ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1009/S00395/labour-irresponsible-on-gst.htm

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