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Yesterday's Top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Americas
Cup - Prada Leads Table As RR2
Ends
Round Robin two of the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Selection Series ended after three previously cancelled matches were re-sailed from Race 6 of 14 November. Team Prada's yacht Luna Rossa completed the Round Robin yesterday with a total of 46 points, ...
2:
Rankin
on Thursday: Damned Lies and the Third "R"
As usual, an election campaign brings out a number of false or misleading statistics, plus a general discomfort with issues that involve numeracy skills. While sometimes they are genuine mistakes, usually the inaccuracies are biased towards the political ...
3:
Biggest
Violation of Democracy in Wgtn's
History
“Sunshine, views and public space are under threat on Wellington’s waterfront by development plans,” said Alliance Environment Spokesperson Phillida Bunkle.
4:
Beware
The Greens' Anti-Human Agenda
"The Alliance want to take us back to the 1930s, which is bad enough," said Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath, "but the Greens would have us huddled together in caves, at the mercy of predators, disease and climatic fluctuation."
5:
Greens
Still Lead in Coromandel
The Latest TV One Colmar Brunton Poll shows the Green Paqrty co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is still in the lead in the crucial seat of Coromandel.
6:
ELECTION
1999: Voting In The Dark
The state of democracy in New Zealand looks shot to bits as, only four days out from a general election, nearly half of all voters do not understand how our electoral system works and forty per cent are unaware they will also be required to vote on ...
7:
10
Reasons to Dismantle the WTO
United States journalists Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman give ten reasons for why the World trade Organisation (WTO) must be disbanded.
8:
Americas
Cup: Three Great Matches End
RR2
Round Robin Two of the Louis Vuitton Cup finished with a flourish on Saturday. Three matches, rescheduled from Race Six, were sailed today. The matches were outstanding - all at one point featured good close match racing by teams fighting for precious ...
9:
Groundswell
of US Farmers Warn Against GE
Crops
In a political bombshell today 25 US farming organisations have warned their thousands of members against planting genetically modified seeds. John Howard reports.
10:
Scoop
Images: A Hobbit Summer
House?
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house …enjoy.
11:
Winston
Peters: Winz High-Rolling Life
New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters, has challenged the Prime Minister to explain why WINZ are sub-leasing late-model Mercedes cars at $1100 a month.
12:
Delamere's
Sacked! Now Settle The Hunger
Strikers!
Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere has been sacked this evening. Prime minister Jenny Shipley has asked the Governor General to withdraw his warrant as Minister of Immigration following disclosure that he authorised permanent residence for Chinese ...
13:
TV
sets to be trashed in town
McGillicuddies will close their campaign and demonstrate their new, more moderate public face by smashing television sets in downtown Wellington tomorrow (Thursday, November 25).
14:
Rod
Donald Speech - Wrapping Up Green
Campaign
If a week is a long time in politics, then a month is a political lifetime. We opened our election campaign exactly one month ago to the day. At that point we had just reached 3.6% in one nationwide poll and Jeanette was poised to take the lead in Coromandel ...
15:
NEWSFLASH:
Shipley Sacks Delamere
Jenny Shipley has just held a press conference to announce that she has sacked Tuariki Delamere who – as Minister of Immigration had signed some authorities involving the investment of Chinese funds in Maori Land – she said it would not be appropriate ...
16:
Selwyn
Manning's Election
Predictions
Isn’t democracy a fine thing. Just when it seems this country has been governed by self perceived born to rule cronies forever, the population deals out a right old telling off. Yip, here in south Auckland, three terms is long enough. That’s the ...
17:
ELECTION
1999: Jonathan Hill's Election
Prediction
Right. As the chances of getting this right are slim indeed, this guess is purely on gut feeling. I'm picking a week of negative campaigning from National is not going to wash well with voters and will eventually be to the party's detriment.
18:
Short
And Sweet: Shipley Vs Clark - Both
Lose
Tonight, with four days to go, a much promoted - mano-a-mano - Shipley vs Clark TV special was the centerpiece of the campaign for both major parties on state TV's leading serious channel Television One.
19:
Scoop
Images: We’ve Got Jonah!
Jonah Lomu has signed to the Wellington Rugby Football Union for two years and will be eligible to play for both the Hurricane’s Super 12 team and the Lions NPC team. There is some talk about the odd game for the Petone club too. Jonah says he is looking ...
20:
PM
might benefit from electorate shock
treatment
If she actually inhaled, soon to be ex-Prime Minister Shipley might have gained valuable insight into Kiwi culture, and why she has lost the election campaign, said a Christchurch anti-prohibition campaigner today. Mrs Shipley is expected to suffer serious "electorate ...
21:
Labour
Support For Nat An Historic Shift
The decision of local Labour campaigners to back the National Epsom candidate marks an historic shift in Auckland politics, said National's candidate for Epsom constituency, Richard Worth, today.
22:
SCOOP
ELECTION: John Howard's Election
Picks
Contrary to my Scoop colleagues predictions on the outcome of the election, I am favouring a National-led government for the following reasons.
23:
TV3
News - Election Poll SHOCK! Special
Election Special - New Poll Extended Coverage - Delamere Sacking Extended Coverage - Americas Cup Fans Sail In From Vladivostok
24:
Scoop
Images: Greens Close On A High
Note
Members, supporters and candidates of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand gathered together last night in the Great Hall at the Arts Centre in Christchurch to formally celebrate their campaign closure.
25:
ELECTION
1999: Alastair Thompson’s
Predictions
I find it hard to agree with the prevailing media opinion that this election is headed for a cut and dried victory to Labour. Most of the media commentary on this subject is based on the grand convergence of polls this last Friday.
26:
Kiwi
Patent Foresight Threatens Yahoo! Shopping
A patent which threatens to derail the booming Yahoo! online shopping service was originally drafted in New Zealand by patent attorneys Baldwin Shelston Waters two years ago.
27:
TV
One News
Labour In Box Seat - ACT/Nat Negative Ad Campaign Backfires - Delamere Immigration Scheme Doggs PM - ACT Under Siege In Auckland - Delamere Looks Likely To Gain Maori Support - 270,000 Voters Not Enrolled - 14 Year Old Girl Speaks Out On Prostitution ...
28:
Jeanette
Fitzsimon's Closing Campaign
Speech
In the first 100 days the Greens would want to develop open, co-operative processes to work constructively with Labour and the Alliance, appoint a Royal Commission on GE, end the West Coast beech and rimu logging, bring a halt to new motorway projects ...
29:
ENTER
THE GREAT SCOOP ELECTION
COMPETITION!
Scoop has a fine, unopened bottle of single malt whisky to whomever can correctly predict the election result.
30:
Australia's
tax advantage an illusion -
Labour
"National's sterile arguments about how higher taxes will promote an exodus of talent to Australia are losing credibility as the Australian Government changes its tax policy," Labour finance spokesperson Michael Cullen 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.
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