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1. Infamous Teapot Tapes Uploaded To Youtube - Police Seek Teapot Witnesses

26 January 2012 12:39pm | The Scoop Team

The recording of the conversation between John Key and John Banks as they met at a Newmarket cafe during the campaign was released on the internet on Thursday... More >>

2. Tom Frewen: NZoA Board Members Commission Political Docos

08 February 2012 3:10pm | Tom Frewen

Fresh controversy surrounds Prime Minister John Key's electorate chairman, Stephen McElrea, as documents released under the Official Information Act reveal his involvement in commissioning television productions for screening on TV3... More >>

3. Selwyn Manning State Of It: Does DJ John's Defence Stack Up?

10 February 2012 9:13am | STATE OF IT by Selwyn Manning

State Of It: After a hellish week where the Maori Party threatened to walk, the PM John Key's appearance as DJ John on Radio Live has been deemed allegedly unlawful under electoral law. Some people may think this is trivial. I disagree. Here's why... More >>

4. Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 Part III

03 February 2012 4:01pm | Scoop Images

See also: Scoop Images: Wellington Sevens Parade 2012 Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 - First Look Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 - Part 2: The Revenge .. More >>

5. Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 - First Look

03 February 2012 12:14pm | Scoop Images

The rugby games didn't start until 1pm on Friday but the shenanigans were already afoot around Wellington in the morning. Scoop went out for a look at street fashion, Wellington Sevens style... More >>

6. Wellington Sevens Costumes 2012 - Part 2: The Revenge

03 February 2012 2:18pm | Scoop Images

Scoop has noticed there are a lot of people wearing costumes in Wellington this afternoon. Here are pictures of some of them... More >>

7. Police Announce Possibility of Charges in CTV Collapse

09 February 2012 5:26pm | The Scoop Team

In a press conference today, the New Zealand Police announced that they would be following up information passed on to them by the New Zealand Department of Building and Housing, regarding the construction of the Canterbury Television building... More >>

8. Scoop Images: Wellington Sevens Parade 2012

02 February 2012 2:21pm | Scoop Images

On Thursday lunchtime, Sevens season began in Wellington with the annual parade welcoming the teams to the city amist costumes, music and - this year - acrobatics... More >>

9. What it means to be Syrian

11 February 2012 12:41pm | Syrian Solidarity

What makes a person relate to their cultural heritage? Is it the way they dress? The food they eat? Or the way they speak? What makes ME Syrian? My parents are from Syria, does that make me Syrian? I eat Syrian food, does that make me Syrian? I have ..... More >>

10. State Of It: On The Folly Of Political Appointments

20 January 2012 9:16am | STATE OF IT by Selwyn Manning

State Of It: The saddest thing in this awful affair is that the National Party's response via its appointment to the board of New Zealand On Air is not one of how to advance a cross-party accord on creating real solutions to child poverty - but ..... More >>

11. RadioLive to be Referred to Police Over John Key Show

09 February 2012 9:26am | Scoop News

It has been revealed that the Electoral Commission will refer RadioLive to the police. During the election campaign the station hosted an hour-long show hosted by Prime Minister John Key, which was described as a 'politics-free zone'... More >>

12. Letter from Elsewhere: Not A Pretty Picture

11 October 2004 1:08pm | Anne Else

Letter from Elsewhere with Anne Else Not A Pretty Picture: The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Celebrity Dads.. More >>

13. New Zealand Votes for its Own Destruction

31 December 2011 1:19pm | Charles Drace

The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death ..... More >>

14. Gordon Campbell on banks, and Brownlee's Christchurch sellof

10 February 2012 9:53am | Gordon Campbell

The news that the banks in New Zealand have returned to their pre-global recession levels of profit comes as no real surprise. New Zealand banks and their Australian masters have weathered the global financial crisis better than their counterparts ..... More >>

15. 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 >>

16. 2010 Wellington Sevens Costumes Pics (Part One)

05 February 2010 3:29pm | Lyndon Hood

At lunchtime, our correspondent hit the streets as a city dressed up for the 2010 New Zealand Sevens. Outfits ranged from silly to awesome to unfortunate for an event that is the closest Wellington comes to Carnivale... More >>

17. What is the position of New Zealand's big banks?

15 November 2011 12:42pm | Stephen Keys

New Zealand's big trading banks are extraordinarily privileged private sector businesses owned predominantly by foreign shareholders. As publicly traded corporations they exist at the end of the day to extract the maximum amount of profit for their shareholders... More >>

18. NZ On Air Chairman Neil Walter Steps Down

02 February 2012 8:09pm | Tom Frewen

The government's broadcasting funding agency, New Zealand on Air, is looking for a new chairman to replace Neil Walter who is leaving next month. .. More >>

19. Werewolf is Back! And so is State Capitalism ...

09 February 2012 10:33am | Werewolf

Hi and welcome to the first Werewolf issue of 2012, and our return to regular publication after concentrating late last year on election campaign coverage. Fittingly, our cover story this month focuses on the role of government in the modern economy , ..... More >>

20. Truthout: 7 February 2012

10 February 2012 5:23pm | truthout.org

Washington's political class is apparently counting on the short memory of the electorate: it is barely a month and a half since we withdrew the last combat forces from Iraq, and already we have incessant agitation over Iran... More >>

21. 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 >>

22. Naked in Nuhaka: Wairoa Star

21 February 2003 9:45am | Leo Koziol - Naked in Nuhaka

Well, another summer has passed on the sunny east coast, though frankly I find it difficult to ascertain whether its all about to end or its actually just beginning... More >>

23. Scoop Images: Painter Robin White Honoured By GG

01 August 2003 4:15pm | Anna Sutherland

Painter Robin White is made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at Government House today... More >>

24. 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 >>

25. Tariana Turia Comments On Haami Piripi Case

04 August 2004 12:18am | Kevin List

Q: What were you thoughts on the recent row regarding the submission of Haami Piripi?.. More >>

26. National's Broadcasting Policy: Expedient Fictions

08 April 2009 2:11pm | Peter Thompson

The government's formal announcement of its decision to discontinue the Reviews of Regulation for Digital Broadcasting and introduce no measures to regulate competition in the television market has again demonstrated its political determination not to ..... More >>

27. 2011 Wellington Sevens Costumes: Part IV

04 February 2011 5:28pm | Lyndon Hood

Frankly, Scoop just walked to the stadium and back after lunch, but we saw more than enough people in fun Seven costumes to keep us going. .. More >>

28. Has Gov-General Designate Jerry Mateparae Misled The Nation?

23 April 2011 11:57am | Selwyn Manning

A major Metro Magazine investigation by award winning investigative journalist Jon Stephenson argues that the incoming Governor-General, Jerry Mateparae, has been implicated in a controversy involving New Zealand's SAS troops and their role in handing innocent ..... More >>

29. Paul Buchanan: Bainimarama channels Pinochet

13 December 2011 2:47pm | Paul G. Buchanan - A Word From Afar

Paul G. Buchanan writes: The Fijian military regime fronted by Commodore Bainimarama has promised elections in 2014... But the ambitious objectives cannot be achieved within the timeframe currently outlined for the constitutional re-draft and elections... More >>

30. Keith Rankin: The Global Debt Crisis

20 December 2011 12:35pm | Keith Rankin

The global debt crisis, presently centred on Europe, has world political and intellectual leaders baffled. The problem is a shared mindset which treats economies (buying and selling goods and services) and finance (buying and selling assets that serve as ..... More >>

31. Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds - Culture Innovation UFB & Voice

21 December 2011 5:59pm | Alastair Thompson

In late November 2011 Scoop's Alastair Thompson sat down with Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds to conduct an in-depth (40 minute) interview on the future of Telecom post structural separation. The interview was directed by Steve Adams and shot by Socialise and Scoop's ..... More >>

32. Latest Images - MV Rena Sinking On Astrolabe Reef

10 January 2012 12:01pm | Maritime New Zealand

Click for big version Aerial shot of Rena with the stern section fallen off the reef while the bow remains in place. .. More >>

33. Americans Ignored NDAA Precedents At Their Peril

11 January 2012 6:12pm | Sherwood Ross

"I believe," warned James Madison in a speech to the Virginia Convention on June 16, 1788, "there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden ..... More >>

34. Martin Doyle cartoon: A sheep to watch out for

12 January 2012 2:46pm | Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle cartoon: A sheep to watch out for by Martin Doyle Click for big version ENDS.. More >>

35. The Fatal Crash in Otaihanga on 30 December 2011

13 January 2012 11:04am | Tim Rossiter

Returning to New Zealand after several years abroad gives you a different perspective on life here. It's been three months since I've been back living and working in Wellington after five years in the UK and you can't help comparing the two places ..... More >>

36. Why wharfies are striking - in their own words

17 January 2012 10:53am | Simon Oosterman

The media have given plenty of space to Ports of Auckland management, but nobody has canvassed the opinions of those most affected by the company's decisions, the workers. Here we get behind the news to the men, their wives and the children affected ..... More >>

37. Tom Frewen: NZ on Air Spooked by Political Interference

17 January 2012 11:04am | Tom Frewen

A move to censor television programmes likely to embarrass the government during election campaigns is being considered by the broadcasting funding agency, NZ on Air... More >>

38. Kodak's Last Snap: The End of The Great Yellow Father

21 January 2012 11:28am | Binoy Kampmark

It went into popular circulation as a term: the Kodak moment. The captured snap to be preserved, be it for posterity, or some other inconsequential reason. The Eastman Kodak Company is seemingly destined to become another parceled bit of posterity. ..... More >>

39. Overhaul Of Dated Consumer Law Begins

09 February 2012 6:02pm | ParliamentToday.co.nz

The Consumer Law Reform Bill passed its first reading on a voice vote and was sent the Commerce Committee. .. More >>

40. The Voting News for February 6, 2012

10 February 2012 5:20pm | Daily Voting News

The biggest loser in Nevada's Republican caucuses? The state's feckless GOP. Unable to control how its county parties count and report results, state Republicans were scrambling Sunday to explain why, almost 24 hours after most caucuses ended, ..... More >>

41. Scoop Images: Wairaka Sentinel Against A Storm

02 October 2000 4:01pm | Alastair Thompson

Wairaka Rock at Pukerua Bay stands sentinel against a northerly storm that has brought big seas and high rainfall to the Kapiti Coast... More >>

42. Black Day In NZ Prison History

04 December 2000 5:18pm | Tom Rodwell

The 3rd of December 2000 will be remembered as one of the worst days in New Zealand's prison history, with one prisoner dying in custody, and another walking out of a private remand facility during visiting hours... More >>

43. Howard's End: A Recipe For Koi Carp

25 January 2001 8:46am | John Howard

The Holmes Show last night carried a story about how koi carp, an introduced fish species, were seen by our Department of Conservation as such a pest that they were described as the possum of the waterways. So why aren't we selling or even giving ..... More >>

44. Keith Rankin: Taxing Green Dollar Communities

03 May 2001 10:30am | Keith Rankin

National's revenue spokesperson Annabel Young has taken it upon herself to condemn 'green dollars', and to label 'green markets' as "black markets". She could be opening a Pandora's Box. It only requires enough people to take the bait. (Her ..... More >>

45. Scoop Images: Ben Ohau, Lake Middleton

31 July 2001 8:46am | Norman Mackay

More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay ... More >>

46. Gerry Brownlee MP Ordered To Pay $8500 For Assault

15 March 2002 5:58pm | Alastair Thompson

In the District Court at Auckland Native Forest Action campaigner Neil Able has been awarded $8500 in damages against National MP Gerry Brownlee for being manhandled out of a National Party meeting... More >>

47. Lucid Feature: Meth-head or Madness

31 May 2002 10:08am | Lucid Magazine

Wellington has weed. Wellington has E. Wellington has L.S.D. Sweet poetry to some maybe, but not all. A veritable drug cornucopia awaits today's youth for experimentation and enjoyment. Look around you. Have lots of girls you know suddenly lost weight ..... More >>

48. ACC Bullying - Our Patience Wears Thin

14 October 2002 9:15am | Maree Howard

The patience of New Zealander's will be wearing rather thin with the Accident Compensation Corporation following the latest revelations over the weekend by the Sunday Star-Times that doctor's are putting some ACC case manager's on a black-list over their bullying. ..... More >>

49. The Helen, Ross & Enron Show - Full Coverage

23 October 2002 1:21pm | The Scoop Editor

Archive of links to Scoop Coverage of the Ross Armstrong, Public Private Partnerships controversy... as of October 23rd... More >>

50. Howard's End: What Is Natural Justice?

25 November 2002 9:53am | Maree Howard

A Scoop reader was talking to correspondent Maree Howard and said; "You've written a lot about natural justice and ACC and although I am not on ACC, what is natural justice?" Maree is not a lawyer but Scoop thought the question was important ..... More >>