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1. Denniston's "Caviar" Of Coal? - The Westport Story, part 3
05 August 2013 1:02pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
Metallurgical coke, made from bituminous coals such as the West Coast's, are desirable in the blast furnace conversion of iron ore to iron. They are sometimes referred to as the caviar of coals for their special steel enhancing properties... More >>
2. GCSB Debate interrupted
08 August 2013 5:56pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz
Debate on the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill was interrupted when the House rose at six pm for a week long adjournment. .. More >>
3. At the Crossroads in Coaltown - The Westport Story part 1
31 July 2013 12:04pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
One way or another it's a fact that the past, present and future of Westport and the Buller District is inextricably linked to the ground-covered seams and coal-fields on the lofty cloud-draped plateaus directly outside the township's front door... More >>
4. The Pain Of "Uncertainty" - The Westport Story, part 2
01 August 2013 4:09pm | The Westport Story told by Scoop
"There's so much uncertainty out there for our town at the moment. This is why people are starting to speak up". This sentiment - expressed by a letter writer to Westport newspaper The News on 19 June - was heard often during Scoop Amplifier's ..... More >>
5. Seismic risks of building a ferry terminal at Clifford Bay
19 July 2013 3:26pm | Joanna Murray
The Boo Boo Stream is a pleasant little waterway which meanders into the sea just south of Clifford Bay on the Marlborough Coast. On a more menacing note, its name was given to the 70 kilometre long Boo Boo Faultline, which runs east to west between ..... More >>
6. What have you done for me? | On Mighty River Power
05 July 2013 3:12pm | Ben Brinkerhoff
A colleague of mine shared a funny story recently. He was sitting in his office the day Mighty River Power shares were floated. This colleague had a tempered (neither hot nor cold) view of IPOs, much like our own. He prefers the market to collect the ..... More >>
7. The Fukushima Nightmare Gets Worse
10 August 2013 1:43pm | Harvey Wasserman
>> By Harvey Wasserman, August 8, 2013 >> >> Just when it seemed things might be under control at Fukushima, we find they are worse than ever. >> >> Immeasurably worse. >> >> Massive quantities of radioactive liquids are now flowing through the ..... More >>
8. How to Score Ritalin - NZ Follows US Trend
02 October 2002 12:07am | Barbara Sumner Burstyn
So the kids have wised up and following the US trend, have started dealing their Ritalin in the schoolyard. In New Zealand Ritalin retails for around $5 a tablet while in the States the street value is considerably higher - the equivalent of nearly ..... More >>
9. Harry Truman and Memory of Mass Murder
07 August 2013 11:58am | David Swanson
Harry Truman spoke in the U.S. Senate on June 23, 1941: "If we see that Germany is winning," he said, "we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible.".. More >>
10. MOTORNET: Honda's Accord Euro Is That Good!
13 February 2004 11:53am | Karl Ferguson
As a motoring writer, I have a problem with Honda's new Accord Euro. I knew I had a problem a mere five minutes after getting behind the wheel. You see, it's so impressive that my overwhelming tendency - rather than to write a considered, well researched ..... More >>
11. Five Books that Made Me a Feminist
05 September 2008 7:58pm | Scoop Review of Books
Wellington writer, librarian and feminist MARIA McMILLAN contributes the latest installment of the Scoop Review of Books' Five Books that... series... More >>
12. Gordon Campbell on the Fonterra milk powder scandal
05 August 2013 10:33am | Gordon Campbell
The Fonterra tainted milk powder scandal is at risk of becoming the export equivalent of foot and mouth disease, and needs expert management now to staunch the damage... More >>
13. The Arab Turmoil: Where Do We Stand?
07 August 2013 10:43am | Ramzy Baroud
Seasons come and go, yet Arab countries are in ongoing turmoil. They called it an 'Arab Spring', but even if that 'spring' had ever existed in the shape and form that the media portrayed it to be, it never really lasted. It has now morphed ..... More >>
14. The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence
07 August 2013 11:06am | Prof. Francis A. Boyle
The human race stands on the verge of nuclear self-extinction as a species, and with it will die most, if not all, forms of intelligent life on the planet earth. Any attempt to dispel the ideology of nuclearism and its attendant myth propounding the ..... More >>
15. Martin Doyle cartoon: Never smelt better
09 August 2013 1:40pm | Martin Doyle
$30 mil is a gilt-edged sticking plaster over a festering smelter. Still, good work if you can get it. .. More >>
16. A snap election in Aotearoa. It's time
06 August 2013 10:46am | Christopher von Roy
It has happened before in this country. For far lesser crimes. Once in 1951, again in 1984 and most recently in 2002. According to the NZ constitution, it is the prime minister who mandates/calls for the snap election. Which is bizarre, especially when, ..... More >>
17. Fonterra Contamination - Wednesday MPI Press Conference
07 August 2013 5:11pm | Hamish Cardwell
The Ministry of Primary Industries are confident they have identified the location of contaminated Fonterra dairy products... More >>
18. Thailand's Tsunami Death-Toll Rising
29 December 2004 10:30am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand Bloated corpses floated off the coast and littered Thailand¹s beaches on Tuesday (Dec. 28) where the government said more than 1,500 people, many of them foreign tourists, drowned and 1,000 disappeared after Asia¹s underwater earthquake ..... More >>
19. Evelyn Pringle: Fosamax Does More Harm Than Good
18 April 2006 12:05am | Evelyn Pringle
The osteoporosis drug Fosamax has been on the market for a little over ten years now. Drug maker Merck promoted it heavily by selling women the fear of a disabling hip fracture and the necessity of regular bone-density tests. Merck's initial TV ..... More >>
20. Scoop Full Coverage: Tonga Riots
20 November 2006 10:42am | Scoop Full Coverage
Scoop Full Coverage: Tonga Riots UPDATE ON TONGA: Alleged Riot Agitator Arrested - Tonga Now Tonga Now reports that a pro-reform supporter has been arrested for allegedly supplying fuel to those who set fire to buildings in Nuku'alofa... Also, Community ..... More >>
21. Death Of Neoliberalism, From A New Zealand Angle
06 October 2008 3:38pm | Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar
Paul G. Buchanan writes: While some have considered neoliberalism dead for the last two decades, it clung to life while leaders maintained a belief in its longevity. But has the US financial collapse finally killed off the old right way?.. More >>
22. PM's Presser 6/12/10: Spys, New Faces & The Squeezed Middle
06 December 2010 5:50pm | Scoop Audio
At the Prime Minister's post-cabinet press conference this afternoon, the gallery's main concern was NZSIS Amendment Bill, which was introduced today. .. More >>
23. Profile: Mike McRoberts On Conflict Here and Abroad
11 December 2010 11:28am | Nick Jones
For somebody with a reputation as television's "Mr Nice Guy", TV3 news anchor Mike McRoberts has reported from some tough places. But the 44-year-old's position as the de facto face of TV's foreign affairs reporting in NZ has brought both plaudits ..... More >>
24. Scoop News: Full Coverage of the 21 July 2013 Earthquake
23 July 2013 10:12am | Scoop News
New Zealand's capital city will be open for business tomorrow after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Cook Strait, while scientists say there's a one-in-five chance of a similar-size temblor this week.... More >>
25. The gutting of the RMA ... the heart of Kiwi values
25 July 2013 5:59pm | Anton Oliver
During my professional playing days as an All Black I was fortunate to travel extensively around the world. The more I got to see, the greater my appreciation of how beautiful and unique New Zealand was, and how fortunate I was to call it my home... More >>
26. Army Teaches Wrong Lesson in Nation's High Schools
05 August 2013 10:53am | War Is A Crime
This summer the world will pause to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans are still supportive of Truman's decision despite overwhelming historical evidence the bomb had "nothing ..... More >>
27. David Shearer: GCSB Bill and Fonterra Milk Scandal
06 August 2013 12:03pm | Hamish Cardwell
At his weekly pre-caucus press conference Labour Leader David Shearer spoke about the GCSB Bill which is be discussed clause-by-clause in parliament today, as well as Fonterra botulism contamination scare... More >>
28. Storyology In Sydney - A Second Instalment
09 August 2013 10:57am | Stephen Olsen
The disruptions that are reshaping journalism have been impossible to miss at the Walkley Foundation's Storyology event in Sydney, a summit of media and creativity intended to contrast the positioning of traditional media in the digital arena with ..... More >>
29. Agenda Highlights: Colonisation Exists - Sharples
19 August 2007 10:14am | Agenda
Maori party co-leader Pita Sharples believes there is still an ongoing process of colonisation happening in New Zealand. On TVONE's Agenda today Dr Sharples said colonisation of Maori culture is still occurring;.. More >>
30. Susan Lindauer: Secret Charges and The Patriot Act
10 March 2009 5:12pm | Michael Collins
In March, 2004 Susan Lindauer was arrested for allegedly acting as an "unregistered agent" for prewar Iraq. She challenged the government's assertion and sought the right to prove at Trial that she'd been a United States intelligence asset covering ..... More >>
31. The Rise and Fall of Provigil - Part I
21 September 2010 11:38am | Evelyn Pringle
On July 22, 2010, the European Medicines Agency recommended restricting the use of modafinil. Doctors and patients should be advised to use the drug only for the treatment of narcolepsy and all other indications should be withdrawn from market authorization, ..... More >>
32. Pics of the Weeks: January to March '10
06 October 2010 4:25pm | Lyndon Hood
Scoop editorial images by Lyndon Hood, for stories from January to March 2010... More >>
33. PM's Presser 21/3/11: Budgetquake
21 March 2011 6:01pm | Scoop Audio
Today's post-cabinet press conference concentrated on the Government's proposal to pay for the costs of the Christchurch earthquake and rebuilding through spending cuts on other areas (excluding education and health). There was discussion the effect ..... More >>
34. Product review: Shewee
08 August 2011 3:21pm | J. Woods
After being explained to be 'a girl who already has everything' I was certainly surprised when I was given the thoughtful gift of a Shewee last Christmas. At first I took it was a great laugh, but after discovering the revolutionary ability to stand ..... More >>
35. Dave Wolland Cartoon: Fonterra
08 June 2012 5:25pm | Dave Wolland
Dave Wolland Cartoon: Fonterra Click for big version. ******** .. More >>
36. Are MÄori Nazis ruining NZ? 1Law4All's racism
12 June 2013 12:37pm | T.K Lewis
"OMG. I've been hoping someone would compare this to the Nazis. I tried to put an advert in the Herald in the late 90s saying just so...but they refused saying it was inflammatory. I was refused for trying to tell the truth! We are at battle ..... More >>
37. New Zealand Story: Our Shared Story
13 June 2013 1:53pm | Claire Browning
Steven Joyce's Budget 2013 announcement says that his 'New Zealand Story' project will be all about innovation and resourcefulness , our Maori heritage , and a 'welcoming, friendly' approach ... More >>
38. Cook Strait Quake! This Changes Wellington | 500 Words
19 July 2013 10:59am | Alastair Thompson
Panic! Don't panic! Panic! Sometimes there is a moment which shapes history. And I think one of those events happened today... More >>
39. Wellington Mayor's Earthquake Briefing
22 July 2013 12:12pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop editor Alastair Thompson went along to Wellington Mayor Wade-Brown's earthquake briefing this morning in Wellington. .. More >>
40. Finding Justifications: The NSA and Global Terror Alerts
06 August 2013 11:06am | Binoy Kampmark
Let us not get too worked up. Let us not even feel too conspiratorial. But is it coincidence that, after a series of exposures of such programs as PRISM, that a "global terror alert" has been announced?.. More >>
41. A Parliament of Leakers: WikiLeaks and the New Vision
09 August 2013 11:34am | Binoy Kampmark
It sounds like a plumbing deficiency with a moral purpose: one leaks at times because one just has to. The condition is biological, innate. The suggestion in the case of politics is that a party that specialises about this will be formidable, and, ..... More >>
42. Royal Dutch Shell: They Really Have a Friend in Pennsylvania
09 August 2013 11:43am | Walter Brasch
Royal Dutch Shell, which owns or leases about 900,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale, had a great idea. It wanted to frack the Ukraine. But, there was opposition. So, Royal Dutch Shell decided to create a junket for some of the Ukrainians opposed to ..... More >>
43. Scoop Images: Air New Zealand's All Black Plane
21 September 1999 9:29am | Alastair Thompson
Air New Zealand has added the All Blacks front row to the side of their newest Boeing 747 which will take Taine Randell and the All Blacks to the World Cup... More >>
44. Scoop Opinion: Titewhai Harawira Educates A Nation
18 January 2000 4:08pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop's Alastair Thompson discusses the ongoing debate over Maori Activist Titewhai Harawira's stand against Prime Minister Helen Clark speaking out of turn on the Waitangi Marae and concludes that some good is coming of all the hot air ... More >>
45. Suicide Is Painless? - The Craccum Articles
07 March 2000 5:22pm | Unknown
Craccum Magazine makes no apologies for this article. We know that suicide is one of the few taboo subjects still left in society. We know that New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the world... More >>
46. Not Hard News: City Litter From Mark Cubey
20 October 2000 6:26pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It's one of those extraordinary sun-drenched Fridays that we love in the capital. We did meeting in the sun on the waterfront. We completed projects. We received lots of nice feedback about our latest issue... More >>
47. Scoop Images: Glen Mary
08 October 2001 9:43am | Norman Mackay
More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay ... More >>
48. Image: Amnesty International's Freedom Week
06 August 2002 1:09pm | Amnesty International
The power of letters to free prisoners of conscience will be put to the test during Freedom Week, Amnesty International's new annual week of national fund-raising and awareness campaigning... More >>
49. David Miller Online. Why NZ Will Stay Nuclear Free
08 October 2002 9:38am | David Miller
Maybe it is the approaching 20th anniversary marking New Zealand's first steps to becoming nuclear free, or maybe simply opposition parties' belief that they can get some mileage out of it, but the issue of nuclear power is back in the spotlight again... More >>
50. ACC Repeatedly Cuts Compensation For Disabled Boy
26 February 2003 10:16am | Dave Crampton
The severely disabled Christchurch boy who was mauled by a dog as a baby, only to have compensation stopped last month, has had an uphill battle with ACC since his 1993 injury. His case has been to review several times... More >>
51. A Scooper Explores Auckland's Cascades Kauri Park
22 April 2003 1:25pm | Scoop Photo-Essay
From Tawharanui in the north to Awhitu in the south, Waitakere Ranges in the West and Whakanewha on Waiheke Island there is a park waiting for you to explore. There are stunning wilderness areas within half an hour of central Auckland... More >>
52. Howard's End: How To Have An Indoor Hangi
30 June 2003 10:39am | Maree Howard
As winter sets in who can resist the wafting aroma of fresh baked bread or the anticipation of eating a casserole which is quietly bubbling away in the oven. But what about the smokey aroma and sensational taste of an indoor hangi without the hole. Maree ..... More >>
53. Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program
08 July 2003 6:20pm | Bev Harris
Publication of this story marks a watershed in American political history. It is offered freely for publication in full or part on any and all internet forums, blogs and noticeboards. All other media are also encouraged to utilise material. Readers ..... More >>
54. Uday & Qusay And Udai & Qusai Dead Or At Large
31 July 2003 8:50am | freepressed.com
Mosul, Iraq--Conflicting news reports have cast doubt on the number, whereabouts, and correct spelling of Saddam Hussein's oldest sons... More >>
55. Scoop Reader Survey: Should Paul Holmes Be Sacked?
30 September 2003 11:24am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
New Zealand broadcast don Paul Holmes last week raged-racist against United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, calling him a "Cheeky Darkie" on Holmes' morning Newstalk ZB radio show. The mind-filth was certainly a low and demoralizing point in the broadcaster's ..... More >>
56. Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud
24 October 2003 11:18am | Alastair Thompson
Something very strange happened in Volusia County on election night November 2000, the night that first Gore won Florida, then Bush, and then as everybody can so well remember there was a tie... More >>
57. Big News: Children In Dysfunctional Families
01 December 2003 10:41am | Dave Crampton
Caring for children within dysfunctional families has never been as important, nor on the minds of politicians as much as the present. A select committee is still to report on the Care of Children Bill, a bill aimed at offering a framework for resolving ..... More >>
58. Images Of Flood Search And Rescue By 3 Sqn RNZAF
17 February 2004 2:39pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Images from the Royal New Zealand Air Force 3 Squadron of their helicopter search and rescue operation activities in and near the township of Whangaehu. Photos NZDF... More >>
59. Confrontation over Eastern Highway costs Auckland
21 May 2004 10:27am | Scoop Reader Opinion
In the war of words being fought over the future of transport in Auckland, there is a tendency for politicians, reporters and public pressure groups to divide along simple pro-public transport or pro-road lines... More >>
60. Eating Media Lunch: Anita McNaught IVs Robert Fisk
01 June 2004 9:53pm | Great Southern Television
Anita McNaught: You based yourself in the Middle East 25-30 years ago... in terms of writing about history being forged, you could scarcely have put yourself in a better spot, could you?.. More >>
61. Flashback: When Perk Buster Rodney Hide Was Busted
19 October 2004 5:07pm | Kevin List
Rodney Hide the onetime super perk buster - but now rather more subdued Leader of the Act Party - has once again been in attack mode this week regarding a number of allegations swirling around Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere... More >>
62. Prime Minister Bamboozles Kim Hill On Zaoui
19 November 2004 12:45am | Kevin List
On Wednesday's Face to Face with Kim Hill programme, the Prime Minister, Helen Clark assured Kim Hill that former immigration minister, Lianne Dalziel was not talking about the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in a speech from 2003 - even though Dalziel ..... More >>
63. Keith Rankin: Auckland's Ports (Air and Sea)
17 December 2004 1:04pm | Keith Rankin
It may not be well known, even in Auckland, but Auckland has two international seaports: Auckland and Tauranga. The Port of Tauranga and TranzRail (now Toll Rail) jointly operate an inland ''metroport'' at Southdown, between Onehunga and Otahuhu. Businesses ..... More >>
64. Teflon Amway - 20 Years Of Crime & Lawsuits
13 January 2005 2:06pm | Evelyn Pringle
The paperwork involved in the endless stream of lawsuits filed against Amway and its Kingpin distributors over the past 2 decades would probably fill a 10 story office building. The complaints and discovery documents filed in these actions, which Amway ..... More >>
65. Tamihere Tells TV3 Journalist To Get a Real Job
30 March 2005 6:57pm | Kevin List
During the general debate in Parliament today, John Tamihere advised TV3 journalist Duncan Garner "To get a real job." Mr Tamihere's career advice to Mr Garner came at the end of a speech criticising certain sections of the media, mainly those with ..... More >>
66. Sione Palu: Unitec is a University Wannabe
31 August 2005 10:47am | Guest Opinion
Earlier this year (2005) an international expert panel arrived in Auckland to assess Unitec's application to be granted a university status. They have been battling for recognition as a university since 1999, but the management felt that the government ..... More >>
67. Extracts From Bryan Sinclair's Brash Memo
06 September 2005 6:55pm | The Scoop Editor
"You need to collect the booty now and you cannot rely on Steven or Judy or anyone else to achieve this (they don't live in the same room as the donors they represent the National Party of which the donors are sceptical - particularly when they see ..... More >>
68. Dr Rongo Wetere Responds To Julie Webb-Pulman
09 February 2006 10:25am | Scoop Feedback
I have read the opinion of Julie Webb-Pulman, and wonder how she can arrive at some of her conclusions. Particularly around the fact, that she thinks I am guilty of fraudulent behaviour, and thinks the only reason I am not locked safely away is that ..... More >>
69. Adderall - Black Market Profits In Plain Sight
27 February 2006 10:29am | Evelyn Pringle
Dubbed "Kiddie Coke," Adderall is being abused by increasing numbers of high school and college students all across America. It's difficult to quantify the extent of the abuse among students due the availability of the drug through legal prescriptions ..... More >>
70. Kids On ADHD Drugs - Dangerous Path To Addiction
10 April 2006 12:50am | Evelyn Pringle
Experts say the stimulant drugs prescribed for the treatment of ADHD are not only dangerous, they are highly addictive. And although no drug has been approved for the treatment of autism, drugs are routinely prescribed off-label to treat autistic ..... More >>
71. Reader Images: Rolleston Snow
12 June 2006 3:05pm | Scoop Feedback
Rolleston,south west of Christchurch today... More >>
72. AGENDA Transcript: Lisa Owen IVs Trevor Mallard
17 June 2006 6:43pm | Front Page Ltd
LISA: Well the government has just unveiled another plank to its economic transformation programme, this would encourage state owned enterprises to invest in new areas of business that are linked to what they're already doing. National Finance spokesman ..... More >>
73. Harmeet Sooden Interviewed By Sahar Ghumkhor
15 August 2006 10:38pm | Sahar Ghumkhor
Sahar Ghumkhor: Upon arrival in Baghdad, what was your first impression of the city? Harmeet Sooden: In Amman, Jordan, on the way to Baghdad, I met a little 3-year old girl Alaa' - she ran up to me and gave me a big hug, just like my niece. Except ..... More >>
74. FULL COVERAGE: John Key ChChChanges On Climate
30 November 2006 10:46am | Scoop Full Coverage
"I firmly believe in climate change and always have," was new National Party Leader John Key's answer to RNZ earlier this week. Mr Key was something less of an eco-warrior a year earlier however. See Scoop's FULL COVERAGE: John Key's First Week... More >>
75. Nicky Hager Reply to Don Brash
07 December 2006 3:33pm | Nicky Hager - Researcher
Yesterday Don Brash circulated a long rebuttal of my book The Hollow Men. In the interests of accuracy I should respond to his substantial points. Out of a 350 page book, with nearly 1000 detailed references, Don Brash has found two minor inaccuracies... More >>
76. National's Statements On Iraq 2003 and 2007
12 March 2007 10:55am | Scoop Transcript
This weekend when asked by TVNZ's Agenda presenter Lisa Owen where National stood on Iraq current National Leader John Key replied:.. More >>
77. China's Influence Growing In South Pacific
11 June 2007 9:46am | Vincent Murwira - AUT
As it scrambles worldwide for raw materials to fuel its rapidly growing economy, China is increasingly finding itself in the same hunting grounds with Taiwan, its breakaway province, with both economies offering countries resorting to offering ..... More >>
78. Journalism Matters: Jeremy Rose On Media Ownership
13 August 2007 3:26pm | Jeremy Rose
Jeremy Rose Speaks At The Journalism Matters Conference Sunday 12 September - Parliament Buildings - Image By Kevin List Click for big version.. More >>
79. Fashion Week Opens With Deborah Sweeney's Designs
17 September 2007 1:20pm | fashionz.co.nz
New Zealand Fashion Week: The opening show of any Fashion Week is a high profile, high pressure itinerary spot and Deborah Sweeney proved she was well up to the task with her 6 String Heaven Winter 2008 collection - inspired by "guitar riffs, rock ..... More >>
80. Fashion: Kate Sylvester's Harder Edged Collection
21 September 2007 9:56am | fashionz.co.nz
Before this show began we had heard rumours of a new direction from the designer; we'd also deducted through a process of elimination that she was the name who would be launching menswear yesterday evening... More >>
81. Public Address 16/10/07 - Te Qaeda & The God Squad
16 October 2007 12:39am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The Dominion Post today covers yesterday's police raids in part by harking back 30 years, to the Full Gospel Mission -- better known as the "God Squad" -- the millenarian religious sect whose apparent stockpiling of weapons at a compound in Waipara was ..... More >>
82. What The Terrorism Suppression Act Actually Says
23 October 2007 4:27pm | Public Address
Passed in the wake of September 11, primarily to fulfil New Zealand's obligations under international law to seek to prevent terrorism, the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 does a hell of a lot less than a lot of people seem to think... More >>
83. Barbara Sumner Burstyn: Vivisection For Hire
13 November 2007 11:21am | Barbara Sumner Burstyn
Margaret Harkema is well groomed, her well appointed home is set in expansive grounds. She owns her own business and her daughter attends a private school and competes in an equestrian team. In short Ms. Harkema is an upwardly mobile, financially secure ..... More >>
84. PM's Presser: John Key's Crime Speech Assaulted
29 January 2008 6:15pm | Kevin List
The PM addresses the press gallery on National Leader John Key's youth crime speech - and finds it guilty of being 'Labour-lite' - not that she has fully read it yet..... More >>
85. SRB: Insight into an Outstanding Journalist
06 June 2008 7:49pm | Scoop Review of Books
Louise Nicholas: My Story, by Louise Nicholas and Philip Kitchin Auckland: Random House, 2007, $37, Reviewed by JAMES HOLLINGS for The Pacific Journalism Review The Louise Nicholas case has probably generated more gossip, discussion and talkback ..... More >>
86. Pacific News: Niue Prepares for Influx of Visitors
07 July 2008 7:31am | Jeremy Rose
With up to 500 visitors expected to descend on Niue for next month's Pacific Islands Forum, the country's health professionals are bracing themselves once again for the possible negative impacts of outside visitors... More >>
87. Niue: Corpse Held in Substitute Fish Chiller
22 August 2008 3:53pm | John Andrews - Pacific Insights
Relatives of an elderly man who died on Niue Island are upset his body had to be held in a chiller used for storing fish. They believe the body of their patriarch, 91-year-old Tuhipa Niutama, does not deserve the indignity of having to lie in a ..... More >>
88. STOP PRESS: Publish pap and perish fast
11 December 2008 5:09pm | Duncan Graham
If our household was a DHB this would have been recorded as a sentinel event, for all my life opening the paper has been the key to starting the day, as critical as pouring milk on muesli or spooning beans on toast... More >>
89. Scoop Images: Sevens Costumes Part 3
09 February 2009 11:16am | Lyndon Hood
Costumes from the wellington international sevens 2009 .. More >>
90. Rankin: Tax Cuts 2009-2011
01 April 2009 12:21pm | Keith Rankin
Today, the first round of the National Government's personal tax cuts became effective, along with the raised employee ACC employee levies. There are three main areas of controversy. First, taxpayers with children will need to be earning at least $41,025 ..... More >>
91. Telecom XT Network Q&A - Questions & Answers
26 May 2009 1:30pm | ffunnell
The following questions and answers were submitted to Telecom via a ffunnell advertising network web form over the past 6 days ... More >>
92. Scoop Announcement: Werewolf Launches 8th June!
27 May 2009 1:56pm | Alastair Thompson
Werewolf, A New Scoop Publication Edited By Gordon Campbell Launches 8th June -- Become A Scoop Sustaining Subscriber - Support Independent Media -- Announcement from Scoop Co-Editor & Co-Founder Alastair Thompson.. More >>
93. A Freak Iceberg in Wellington Harbour
11 August 2009 4:57pm | Scoop Images
A freak iceberg about the size of a Fiat Bambina found its way into Wellington harbour this week. Arriving during a mid-winter warm snap, the block has come to rest near the Tugboat restaurant off Oriental Parade. It isn't the first lump of ice to find ..... More >>
94. Scoop Audio: PM Has Assurance On Detainee Torture
21 September 2009 6:37pm | Spike Mountjoy
New Zealand's Special Air Service left for Afghanistan on Wednesday, but the PM says he has a verbal assurance from the Afghan Government that any detainees they hand over to Afghan forces will not be tortured. Previous SAS deployments raised ..... More >>
95. Health Cheque: The Truth About NZ Public Health
24 November 2009 6:27pm | www.healthcheque.co.nz
What sort of shape is our health system in? Is it the third world cast-off that some commentators would have us believe, or is it a model of success?.. More >>
96. Imagining 2020 #1 - The Age Of Smart
25 November 2009 9:40am | Imagining 2020
This story came about because there didn't seem to be any overall New Zealand plan to reduce our emissions - let alone at the scale and speed needed to do our fair share to avoid global climate tipping points. Yet, as life seems to go on as usual, ..... More >>
97. Hood's Pics of the Weeks: July to September '09
17 December 2009 4:49pm | Lyndon Hood
New Scoop editorial images by Lyndon Hood, for stories from July to September 2009... More >>
98. RDU Audio: Interview With Nandor Tanczos
29 January 2010 12:20pm | RDU
RDU Audio: Breakfast With Spanky - An interview with Nandor. .. More >>
99. Paul Buchanan To Deliver Lecture At AUT's PMC
04 February 2010 10:10am | Paul G. Buchanan
International relations and security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan is returning to NZ for a month and will deliver a public lecture on SE Asia/Pacific geopolitics and security. The lecture is open to the public and is hosted by AUT University's PMC... More >>
100. Personal Income Tax Reform in New Zealand
08 February 2010 12:14pm | Keith Rankin
We have heard a lot of talk recently about how New Zealand's tax system is broken and that it requires radical surgery, the latest being the January 20 Report of the Victoria University tax working group ( http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sacl/cagtr/pdf/tax-report-website.pdf ..... More >>
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