NZ@9am: 10/02/11: Most popular stories in New Zealand media online

The most popular stories on New Zealand web sites at 9am on Thursday include a fathers last words to his daughter dying of food poisoning in Thailand, the Black Caps' team manager being accused of hanging bowler Tim Southee out to dry over accusations of lewd behaviour and the emergency landing of a plane at Blenheim Airport yesterday.  Top headlines include accusations National and the Maori Party have rammed through legislation that replaces the Foreshore and Seabed Act, the ongoing saga in the Maori Party over Hone Harawira and speculation the government will offer a big childcare boost under plans to push more DPB, sickness and invalid beneficiaries back into the workforce
The Google News New Zealand lead headline is an NZPA story on TVNZ which says "Foreshore and Seabed legislation 'rushed' through."  Another top story from TVNZ says the funeral for a New Zealand woman who died from food poisoning while holidaying in Thailand will be held on Valentine's Day. And it carries a Newstalk ZB story which says Phillip John Smith, who murdered a Wellington man in 1996, has been refused parole and the Parole Board wants his prison behaviour investigated. The most popular story is from the nzherald.co.nz and says the father of a woman who died of poisoning in Thailand has described how his last words to her were that she was a strong girl and that he loved her.
The nzherald.co.nz lead headline online says "'Shoddy' seabed deals thwarted".  The web site says the Government has bowed to pressure over the foreshore and seabed repeal bill and ditched a provision that would have allowed secret deals to be done with iwi to award customary title. It says the father of a woman who died of poisoning in Thailand has described how his last words to her were that she was a strong girl and that he loved her. And it says some secondary schools are banning cellphones in changing rooms to try to stop students photographing and then texting images of their peers without their permission.  And the most popular story says a former pageant queen has admitted marrying a man for money to allow him to stay in the country.
The Stuff.co.nz top headline says "Childcare carrot in benefit reforms."  The web site says the Government is signalling a big childcare boost under plans to push more DPB, sickness and invalid beneficiaries back into the workforce. It says in the most popular story the Black Caps' team manager is being accused of hanging bowler Tim Southee out to dry over accusations of lewd behaviour on their World Cup flight to Dubai. And it says a convicted murderer and child-sex offender who stalked his victims' family from jail has been running a mail-order business from prison – to the disgust of the dead man's family.
The Radio New Zealand lead headline online says "Maori Party row drags on."  The web site says the Maori Party's Te Tai Tokerau electorate organisation has been given another chance to find a resolution to the complaint against MP Hone Harawira. It says the Government is moving to ease concern that legislation to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act will lead to shoddy backroom deals with iwi for customary title. And it says the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission says it will employ a co-ordinator to pull together work being done by various groups to rebuild Christchurch.
The 3 News top story online has the headline "Harawira back in electorate, future unclear."  The web site says the Maori Party's disciplinary committee is allowing Hone Harawira to fly in a holding pattern for the next few days, but the MP could still crash and burn. It says the funeral for a New Zealand woman who died from food poisoning while holidaying in Thailand will be held on Valentine's Day. And it says the funeral for a New Zealand woman who died from food poisoning while holidaying in Thailand will be held on Valentine's Day. And the most popular story says an Air New Zealand Dash 8 aircraft has made a successful crash landing at Blenheim airport.
The One News lead headline says "Foreshore and Seabed legislation 'rushed' through."  The web site says National and the Maori Party MPs have used their majority on a parliamentary committee to ram through legislation that replaces the Foreshore and Seabed Act in a way that opposition parties say is an outrage. It says New Zealand's cricket players' boss will today make an official complaint against Black Caps team manager Dave Currie for not acting decisively over allegations a player was acting lewdly. And it says Kiwi Party spokesman Gordon Copeland says the government's income splitting tax credits legislation should be restricted to heterosexual married couples only.  And the most popular story says Air New Zealand says the nose wheel problem of the Bombardier Q300 that made an emergency landing at Blenheim Airport yesterday appears unrelated to a similar landing by the same type at the same airport last year.
The Newstalk ZB lead headline says "Fury over replacement foreshore bill."  The web site says ACT, Labour and the Greens are angry about a select committee report into the Marine and Coastal Area Bill, saying submissions were ignored. It says Emirates is looking into an alleged incident involving Black Cap Tim Southee engaging in lewd behaviour with a female passenger. The web site says another 600,000 houses are needed in Auckland to cope with growth over the next 20 years, and the Property Council says reducing levies will help. And the most read story says a passenger on an Emirates flight has told Newstalk ZB a Black Caps player was involved in an incident on the flight between Sydney and Dubai.