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The top 20 rating items on Scoop today were...
1: Soapbox:
Zen And The Art Of Computer Projects
In the aftermath of the failure of the Police's Incis computer project, Matthew Thomas points out that it would actually have been a miracle if the project had succeeded.
2:
National
too cowardly to stand by its own
smears
Advertisements attacking the Alliance and Labour in Sunday newspapers are paid for by the National Party, Alliance leader Jim Anderton says.
3:
The
Week Ahead: Policy Galore And An
MPS
The season of electioneering is now well and truly upon us. A report from Scoop's Jonathan Hill and Alastair Thompson surveys the week ahead.
4:
Column:
Babies' Blood Row Raises Big Brother
Fears
In the Auckland High Court last week it was revealed that since 1969 heel-prick blood samples have been taken at birth from all babies and stored without informed consent. John Howard speculates on a hypothetical example of just what identification ...
5:
Rankin
Column: The Crown's Ownership
Interest
On Monday, Simon Upton, in a Herald opinion piece defending the post-reform public service culture, noted: "If there is a criticism that can be made it is that ministers" have "underemphasised . the Crown's ownership interests".
6:
Scoop
Links: Gorbachev's Peace Plan A
Gem
The controversy over the attendance of 60 New Zealand Defence personnel at a "Masters of Business" seminar in Auckland featuring Mikhail Gorbachev and Stormin Norm "Desert Storm" Swartzkopf contains some sweet irony.
7:
DPB
spending $78 million down -
McCardle
"In the past year, record numbers of people have been moved off the DPB and into work, saving tens of millions of dollars. WINZ has played a big part in it.
8:
Scoop
Ratings – Weekend Top 20
The top 20 rating items on Scoop at the weekend were...
9:
Lava
Magazine: The Scoop On
Scoop
Article republished with the kind permission of Lava magazine...
10:
Re-launch
No. 7 doomed to failure
"The much-hyped "Five Steps" programme the Government will announce on Wednesday is National's seventh desperate attempt to re-launch itself since Jenny Shipley took over as Prime Minister and will flop just like all the others did," ...
11:
Partnership
2000 - Executive Summary
Partnership 2000 is the Alliance economic policy which was announced this afternoon. See an executive summary of the policy.
12:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Watson - Samoan Killing - Firefighters - APEC - TVNZ - Historic Places - Triple Killing - Cold Snap - Trial Venue Hearing - Fog Delays Flights - Bombs - Lab Workers - Shipping Safety - Prison Site
13:
APEC
Spouses Take A Snapshot Of New
Zealand
While APEC Leaders discuss tariffs, technical cooperation and making business easier in the Asia-Pacific region, their partners will take in an array of unique New Zealand experiences, APEC New Zealand 99 Spouses’ Programme Host Burton Shipley said today.
14:
Springboard
for economic growth released
tomorrow
Investment in sustainable economic development, backing for jobs and wealth creation in regional areas of New Zealand, and sharply improved spending on science and research and development.
15:
Timberlands'
Tresspass Order Against Green
MP
GREEN MP Rod Donald has labelled as "outrageous" the trespass order taken against him last week by state owned enterprise Timberlands.
16:
Internal
Affairs Bites Back At NBR
The Department of Internal Affairs has hit back at the National Business Review over a "mischevious piece of writing" concerning some restructuring within the Department.
17:
Weekend
Column: Petrol Price Ripoff?
Like it or not, higher costs across the board will be the likely outcome of the rise in petrol prices by an average 9c a litre within the last month. John Howard reports.
18:
Final
Preparations For APEC Ministers And
Leaders
Senior Officials from APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) economies today concluded their final preparations for Ministers and Leaders who will gather in Auckland, New Zealand, within a month.
19:
APEC
- Costly Conference Closes
City
Libertarianz transport deregulation spokesman Michael Murphy today slammed the Prime Minister's proposed closure of Auckland's southern motorway for APEC as "unbelievably arrogant and stupid. This woman appears to confuse Auckland's motorway for the main ...
20:
Lethal
Injection World Leader Sets Deadly
Example
The scheduled killings of eight people in the USA and Philippines during the next seven days are linked by a deadly connection extending beyond the calculated cruelty of executions and their affront to human dignity, Amnesty International said today.
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.
CONTACT ALASTAIR THOMPSON
- Email - alastair@scoop.co.nz
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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