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Scoop Ratings – Today’s Top 20
Today’s top 20 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Wellington
Central - Who Should Face
Prebble?
Scoop's Jonathan Hill looks at the issue of who should run against Richard Prebble in the crucial seat of Wellington Central - Labour's Marian Hobbs or the Alliance's Phillida Bunkle. For whoever is left standing, the stakes are high.
2:
IHUG
Brothers Cowboys In Workplace -
SFWU
“Recent positive publicity surrounding Tim and Nick Wood’s wealth and dominance as successful business entrepreneurs due to the success of their internet company IHUG failed to dig deeper into the ‘cowboy culture’ of their workplace”, said Darien Fenton, ...
3:
Rankin
spends $25,000 on self-promotional
videos
The Alliance has revealed that the CEO of WINZ has spent $25,000 making videos of herself at the taxpayers expense.
4:
Student
Loan Scheme Is Not Causing A "Brain
Drain'
The Student Loan Scheme is not forcing students overseas and causing a "brain drain", Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford says.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Treasury
Papers Show Need For Controls On
Spending
Treasurer Bill English said today papers from Treasury showed that the Government needed to keep a careful control over new spending.
6:
Defence
Budget Trimmed After Expensive Seminar
Defence Minister Max Bradford announced today that the Chief of Defence Force, Air Marshal Carey Adamson, had advised him with regret that 60 Defence Force staff attended a Masters of Business seminar in Auckland on May 22nd at a total cost of $39,447.
7:
New
Chief Executive Appointed For
Telecom
The new Telecom Chief Executive Officer will be Theresa Gattung, currently the Group General Manager Services.
8:
NZ
Green MP And Monsanto Face-To-Face On Aus.
TV
The genetic engineering issue is about to take off in Australia tomorrow, with New Zealand Green Party MP Jeanette Fitzsimons face-to-face with Monsanto's Brian Arnst in a one hour live television broadcast.
9:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Seminar - Burglary Crack Down - Petrol Hike - Concert - Tornado - India/Pakistan - Alliance Restructuring - Salmon Trade - Watson - Waipareira - Books For Kids
10:
No
Welfare Payments To Rock Stars -
Libertarianz
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath today attacked government plans to underwrite a musical concert in Gisborne.
11:
Military
Spend-Up Revealed Under Green
Pressure
Max Bradford provided information on the military spending $40,000 on a business conference only because he was forced to release the information, said Green Co-leader Rod Donald.
12:
Sharemarket
Discussion Group Launched On The
Web
ShareChat, the first dedicated web-based discussion group for sharemarket investors in New Zealand has been launched. With its web address, http://www.sharechat.co.nz/, ShareChat provides a one-stop financial information source for New Zealanders interested ...
The latest poll shows Labour down four points to 40, National steady on 38, the Alliance up one to seven points, Act up two to seven and New Zealand First up two to four percent.
14:
Telecommunications
Red Tape Removed -
Williamson
Growing competition in the international telecommunications market has led the Government to reduce red tape on companies offering international telephone services in New Zealand, Communications Minister Maurice Williamson announced today.
The sun's last total eclipse of the century will be visible (weather willing) by around two billion people in Europe and the Middle East, but the audience world-wide will be multiplied by a plethora of web-cams.
16:
Viagra
Pathetic Token Hand-Out
New Zealand First Defence Spokesperson for Veterans Affairs, Ron Mark, says the government’s talk of giving New Zealand war veterans discounted Viagra is demeaning and does nothing to address their major concerns.
17:
Scoop
Ratings - Today's Top 20
Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop
18:
Telecom
Has Property Rights Too!
"The destruction of private property rights in New Zealand continues with frightening speed under this National Socialist government," claimed Libertarianz Finance Spokesman Julian Darby today.
19:
Let
Maori Have Quota - Prebble
The Waitangi Fisheries dispute is in the courts because Parliament failed to say in the legislation who should benefit, says ACT Leader Richard Prebble.
20:
AUS:
ANZFA On Meat Pie Standards
Your Chance To Have A Say About Meat Pies (And Sausage Rolls And Dim Sims) - Anzfa Releases The Draft Meat Standard
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Binoy Kampmark: Jesting On The Environment - Australian Mining Gets A Present
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Antithesis Of What Jesus Taught And Lived 
Ramzy Baroud: The West Bank's Men Of The CIA - Why Is The PA Killing Palestinians In Jenin?
Binoy Kampmark: Concentrated Markets And Iceless Fokkers
Binoy Kampmark: Catching Pegasus - Mercenary Spyware And The Liability Of The NSO Group
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices