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Yesterday’s top 20 rating items on Scoop were…
1: NOT
SHARP: How Not To Wash An
Airplane
You are the chief airplane washer at the company hangar and you are not having a sharp day...
2:
Scoop
Images: Phillida Bunkle
Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle today finds out whether she will regain her ministerial portfolios, after an inconclusive report by the Registrar of Electors into the validity of her enrolment in Wellington Central left it to The Prime Minister and her deputy ...
3:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 3 April
2001
1. Rt Hon JENNY SHIPLEY to the Prime Minister: What reasons does she have for not supporting the call by two former Secretaries of Defence and four former chiefs of the defence forces to publish drafts of the Government's defence reviews so they ...
4:
Red
Ink Across The Board – Stock Turmoil Goes
On
While stock market woes have not been making headlines this morning in New Zealand - perhaps because they have become all too typical - the red ink has been flowing freely again in New York overnight at the beginning of the trading week. At the close ...
5:
Decision
on Phillida Bunkle
MP Phillida Bunkle will not be reappointed to a position in the Executive of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton said today.
6:
New
Zealander’s find their
Soapbox
David Buckingham and Patrick Quinn-Graham last month launched Soapbox.co.nz, a new website set-up as a content exchange for the opinion columns of New Zealanders.
The Ski Season You've Been Waiting For
8:
Partisan
Attack By Retired Defence
Chiefs
Prime Minister Helen Clark today described the statements of retired defence personnel which speculate on forthcoming government defence decisions as 'out of place and out of time'.
9:
Russell
Crowe Gets Current Defence Policy
Right
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says Oscar winning actor Russell Crowe has provided the clearest statement yet of New Zealand's defence policy under the present Labour/Alliance government.
10:
SHARP
LANGUAGE: Employee Performance
Evaluations
The following extremely sharp quotations were allegedly taken form actual employee performance evaluations…
11:
Scoop
Feature: Decriminalising Prostitution In
NZ
A bill decriminalising prostitution is advancing in New Zealand's Parliament with issues of morality and public safety to the forefront. Supporters say the legislation contributes to the greater good by empowering sex workers and reducing health threats. ...
12:
Supercomputer
Weather: When The Rain Comes
Light rain is now falling in Wellington as a low pressure system moves onto the country bringing much needed rains throughout the North Island.
13:
Finally,
A Glimmer Of Commonsense!
The decision to leave Phillida Bunkle on the backbench of the Alliance has been supported by Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley, who describes it as 'the only sensible decision Helen Clark could make over this issue'.
14:
Registrar
Cop-Out Leaves Bunkle Decision To PM
Prime Minister Helen Clark has called the Registrar of Electors’ report, which failed to reach a conclusion on whether or not Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle’s enrollment in Wellington Central was valid or not, a cop out. “It seems curious to say that ...
15:
Why
Isn’t Hobbs Down The Road Too?
ACT Leader Richard Prebble wants to know why newly-reinstated minister Marian Hobbs hasn’t been sent down the road with coalition colleague Phillida Bunkle.
16:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day - 3
April
Today's questions of the day concerned: Defence Policy Criticism – Modern Apprenticeships – Waterfront Wars – Consumer Protection On The Net– NCEA Grading – Fishing Boat Servicing – Budget 2001 And Spending “Backfilling” – Single Sex Schools – Evan MacKenzie Vietnam ...
17:
US
Court Decision Damns Genetic Diversity Of
Crops
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said a US court decision on the contamination of crops from neighbouring genetically engineered plants had massive implications for farmers in New Zealand as well as the genetic diversity of crops all around the ...
"Michael Cullen’s amendments to the Income Tax Act are but a minuscule step in the right direction", says Libertarianz Finance Spokesman, Tim Sturm.
19:
The
Ski Season You've Been Waiting For
The snow gods are smiling on Mt Ruapehu - early snow falls indicate this year is shaping to be a great ski season.
20:
National
Radio Midday Report
Bunkle Out – Defence Debate – Kyoto Protocol – Dollar Falls – NCEA Protest – Army Mistreatment Investigated – US Spy Plane – Israeli Soldier Shot – Poisoning – Psychotic Killer – Fire Risk
Alastair Thompson
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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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Gordon Campbell: On The Skycity Convention Center Blowout & A Negative MBIE Review
Syed Atiq ul Hassan: Eye-Opener For Islamic Community
Jonathan Cook: US Feels The Heat On Palestine Vote At UN
Fightback: MANA Movement Regroups, Call For Mana Wahine Policy
Ramzy Baroud: The Mockingjay Of Palestine: “If We Burn, You Burn With Us”
Don Franks: Future Of Work Commission: Labour's Shrewd Move
Asia-Pacific Journal: MSG Headache, West Papuan Heartache? Indonesia’s Melanesian Foray
Valerie Morse: The Security State: We Should Not Be Surprised, But We Should Be Worried
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