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The weekend's top 20 rating items on Scoop (Hobbits excluded) were...
1: HARD
NEWS 23/3/01 - Confiscate Their Fax
Machines
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... was it ugly enough for you? In a tit-for-tat war so poisonous that the news media seemed embarrassed at being seen to cover it, National and Labour combined this week to drag each other's nearest and dearest through the gutter.
2:
Howard's
End: Dumb Bastards
There is both anger and bewilderment in Greymouth after Dominion Breweries(DB) announced the closure of the legendary Monteith's brewery yesterday, immediately putting 14 out of work and shifting production of this popular West Coast beer to Auckland. ...
3:
Sludge
Report #56 – The Stink On Princes
Wharf
The other day Sludge happened along the Auckland waterfront past a gigantic quayside structure which has become the source of an incredible amount of pain among Auckland sub-contractors, their employees and their families.
4:
TV3
News - NEWSFLASH MIR SPLASHDOWN
Live Pictures From Mir Splashdown Mission Control - …BREAKING NEWS….WE HAVE JUST HEARD THE FIRST DEBRIS HAS HIT THE SEA…. – Macedonia – Monteith’s Closure
5:
Switch
beer loyalty to Miners says Nat
MP
National's West Coast caretaker MP Nick Smith today visited Miners Brewery in Westport and says Coasters should switch their beer drinking loyalty to the only local product, Miners, if Dominion Breweries won't reconsider their decision to brew Monteith's ...
6:
Anderton
Sees His Own TV Programme
Schedule
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton in Whakatane today for a regional development visit inspected some revolutionary kiwi software that allows people to create their own TV schedule by retrieving selected television programmes from the internet.
7:
Government
Launches Artworks
A new programme which prepares young people for careers in the digitial arts industry was launched today at Auckland's Moving Image Centre by Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.
9:
Lindsay
Perigo Confesses: "I Cheered the
PM!"
I watched the Holmes show last night & caught myself cheering the Prime Minister. After flagellating myself, I sat down to wonder why I had committed such an unseemly lapse? There she was - the Prime Minister - defending the awarding of a $750,000 ...
10:
Spot
The Difference: Govt Lacks Regional
Policy
New Zealand First deplores the decision made by DB to close their Monteiths Brewery on the West Coast.
11:
Unemployment
Numbers Fudged Again
"How low can unemployment go?" asks Steve Maharey. "How low will Maharey go in his efforts to pull the wool over the sheeple's eyes?" replies Libertarianz Spokesman Lindsay Mitchell. "Have a closer look at the figures, Steve, and you ...
12:
Younger
Police Leaving Force
Figures obtained by National's Police spokesman Tony Ryall show more police are leaving the force earlier in their careers.
13:
SHARP
INVENTION: MIR Detecto-Hat
Made of the best stainless steel double-handled colander five dollars could buy and a modicum of ultra-high quality aluminum foil, this Detecto-Hat is GUARANTEED to alert you exactly one nanosecond before it hits that some of the aforementioned "flaming ...
14:
Nandor
Tanczos: Breaking Up Just Got
Easier
It's an exciting time - finally getting together with someone you're really into. You spend weeks in bed together getting to know each other well, sharing your secrets and dreams.
15:
Maharey:
How Low Can Unemployment Go?
22 March 2001 Media Statement New Zealand's unemployment rate seems set to continue tracking down over the intermediate period ahead, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.
16:
Brain
Drain A Factor In Employment
Figures
National's Finance spokesman Bill English says Employment Minister Steve Maharey's comments on unemployment show the Government is getting too smug about the economy.
17:
Keep
Montys On The Coast Says Green
MP
Green MP Rod Donald is urging West Coasters to fight back following DB's decision to close the highly successful Monteiths brewery.
18:
Fiji
Is A Violent Society, Says Paper
In an editorial published this week, the paper took an incisive look at the spread of violent culture in the nation. The editorial has been hailed by the members of the public as a timely warning to Fiji to relook at itself.
20:
Top
Scoops (With Sharp Stories)
Sludge Report: Justice Sacrificed On The Auckland Waterfront - Hard News Is Here - Howard’s End: Dumb Bastards Close West Coast Monteith's Brewery - Fishermen Urgently Need MIR-Detecto Hats - Cullen Says BoP Figures Show Recovering Economy While Others ...
21:
Auditor-General’s
Report Presents a Poser for PM
The Auditor-General’s report on accommodation allowances for MPs living in Wellington has posed a problem for the Prime Minister, ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said.
22:
Katya
Rivas: Jesus Is Sentenced to
Death
At dawn Caiaphas ordered them to take Me to Pilate so that he might pronounce the sentence of death. Pilate questioned Me, hoping to find a reason to condemn Me, but at the same time his conscience tormented him and he felt great fear at the injustice ...
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.
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