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2: Police
And Armourguard Officers Storm The Temple
Some 20 police and Armourguard officers stormed the Temple, confiscating band equipment worth well in excess of $10,000 as well as arresting patrons and band members without due cause and assaulting a number of patrons including a female, just before midnight ...
3:
Scoop
Images: Sky Lights Over Lake
Ohau
The following images are by Norman Mackay, a resident of Ohau village, on the shore of Lake Ohau near the heart of the Southern Alps. They were taken on a Kodak DC280 digital camera. Norman can be contacted at watchdog@xtra.co.nz .
4:
Sludge
Report #84 – Shoot, Don’t Shoot
In This Edition: Shoot, Don’t Shoot - A Reader Responds To Police Feedback
Naomi Klein, author of No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, will be visiting Zealand in July in a visit sponsored by her publishers Harper Collins.
6:
Lessons
From Britain - Richard Prebble
Speech
Speech to the Outdoor Fabric Products Association of New Zealand Gala Awards Dinner Grand Hall, Parliament, Wellington 9 June 2001
7:
Sludge
Feedback: Police Re: Steven Wallace
An article published in Scoop, under the byline “Sludge”, purported to be “the real story behind the shooting of Wellington student Steven Wallace”. Unfortunately the story had little or no basis of fact to provide any further informed debate on what ...
8:
Shoot;
Don't Shoot - 60 Mins On Steven
Wallace
The New Zealand Police investigation and report that justifies the shooting of Steven Wallace by Constable 'A' has been slammed by a US expert and by a former New Zealand police sergeant. They both say that when faced with the decision "Shoot; Don't ...
9:
Sludge
Report #85 – And One More Makes
169
In April 1995 in downtown Oklahoma a huge explosion set by Timothy McVeigh killed one hundred and sixty eight men women and children, and injured a further 500.
10:
HARD
NEWS 08/06/01 - Mmmmm ...
Meat!
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... bugger the politics. Bugger the news. There's a game of rugby on. A real one, evoking traditions that were alive before Rupert Murdoch was born.
11:
2000
Problem Sleepers Wanted For Online Sleep
Test
A Wellington psychologist wants 2,000 problem sleepers to test a web-based sleep programme.
12:
Stateside
With Rosalea: Moral Dilemma Month
Stateside With Rosalea: June Is Moral Dilemma Month In North America It was a little moral dilemma that raised its two heads at first: should I follow the signs pointing the way for 'background players' and bluff my way into being an extra extra - read ...
13:
Dayna
Berghan: The State Won't Pay For
Tampons
Take into account that women menstruate every month and there is no government subsidy on female sanitary products, and you are required to pay Goods and Services tax (GST) on items such as these.
14:
Supercomputer
Weather: 10 Day Big Chill
Forecast
According to the NOAA supercomputer, the big chill the country has been experiencing for the last couple of weeks is not scheduled to go anywhere in a hurry.
15:
Clark's
attempt to piggy back
laughable
National's Deputy Leader Bill English today extended his congratulations to Tony Blair for his decisive re-election as British Prime Minister.
16:
Hound
The Murderer At Mystery Creek
ACT Justice Spokesman Stephen Franks said today he hoped decent people would make it intolerable for murderer Shane Rogers to attend Mystery Creek Fieldays in Hamilton.
17:
National
Radio Midday Report
Almost Deported – Power Prices – Escaped Prisoner - Fighter Pilots – Lisa Blaikie – McVeigh Execution - Southern Cold – Brain Drain – Plane Crash – Duncan MacIntyre – Middle East - Joyride
18:
Minister
Responsible For Attempt To Deport
Girl
Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel must take responsibility for the eviction of a 10-year-old girl from her home for deportation, National MPs said today. "I expect Lianne Dalziel will again blame offiicials for this shocking attempted deportation, ...
19:
Additional
Costs From Hauraki Gulf Marine Park
Act
There should be no surprises that implementation of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act is imposing new demands on resource users. This was the key message Federated Farmers Auckland Provincial President Colin Bull presented today to the Local Government ...
20:
Anti-dumping
duties imposed on Korean
whiteware
Commerce Minister Paul Swain has imposed final anti-dumping duties on refrigerators and washing machines from Korea.
21:
Government
Makes New Zealand a Twiglet
Economy
Australian fears that their competition law will make Australia a “branch economy” show our Commerce Amendment Act last month will make us no more than a twiglet on the Australian branch, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.
22:
Scoop
Images: Paws In The Snow
More photos from Norm Mackay of Ohau Village, this time of a sojourn up the mountainside in the company of “Jade”….
23:
Scoop
Images: Southern Snow And Sky
More images from the oh so chilly deep south. Images by Norm McKay . Tekapo Air Safaris Big Sky Over Ohau Snowbound Burke’s Pass
24:
Brutish
Elections And Hairstyle
Issues!!!
"What are the lessons of the Brutish elections? Well, basically, the Brutes are not overly into spanking, as our sister Corrective Party failed to pick up the swinging male voter who wants to be disciplined by someone in a strange outfit." ...
25:
PM's
Address To RSA National
Conference
Thank you for the invitation to once again address the National Council of the RSA.
26:
New
Zealand First Confident Of
Agreement
“As part of an all day meeting the New Zealand First caucus was briefed on events to date and is optimistic that it can reach an agreement on Superannuation with Labour,” said Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters today.
27:
Research
Job To Dream About
Designers at a Tauranga company have the job dreams are made of – searching for a better night’s sleep.
28:
Widespread
Support For ARC Diesel
Initiative
The Auckland Regional Council has been inundated with messages of support today over efforts to reduce sulphur levels in the region’s diesel.
29:
Big
News – The Columbine Travelling Road
Show
Well, much has been made of the trip of eight school students affected by the world’s worst school shooting at the Columbine High School cafeteria on 20 April 1999. The graduates have just concluded a ten-day trip to NZ aiming to speak with Kiwi students ...
30:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton By The
Water
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. This time the furry fellow with a flair for photography has produced another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing it in the sun, before it was burned down. It looks like it was a tranquil and magical ...
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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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Jonathan Cook: US Feels The Heat On Palestine Vote At UN
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