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Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop are....
1: Americas
Cup - Prada Reclaims Top
Position
Italy's Prada team has once again reclaims the top position in the Americas Cup challenger series.
2:
Scoop
Editorial: The Right Thing To Do
Russia this week decided not to blanket bomb Grozny. With the benefit of hindsight it appears the decision not to bomb was taken on Tuesday, right at the beginning of the week, Scoop's Alastair Thompson reports on the motivations behind the sudden ...
3:
Scoop
Images: Christmas Weather In The Holy
Land
SCOOP MILLENNIUM SPECIAL: Scoop's Alastair Thompson asks the ARL Weather Supercomputer about the Christmas forecast in the Holy Land - Only On Scoop....
4:
Dr
Michael Cullen's First Speech As
Treasurer
Speech to an Ericsson's product Launch Dr Michael Cullen Treasurer and Minister of Finance
5:
Cabinet
Moves On Loans, Minimum Wage,
F-16's
The government has moved fast on student loans, saying students who enrol at tertiary institutions early next year will pay no interest on their loans while studying or while earning under $25,000.
6:
How
Often Things Break Down - Y2K
Defence
Lights go out, computers crash, flights are delayed, baggage is lost, ATM's run out of cash, cellular phone calls won't go through - that's on a normal day. The White House wants you to know that. John Howard reports.
7:
Americas
Cup - French On A Roll
For the third day in row, the intrigue at the Louis Vuitton Cup concerned Young America and Le Défi. Both teams are fighting for the final berth in the Semi-Finals. On the Pacific Course, Young America's Ed Baird found himself on the wrong side of a significant ...
8:
Biodiversity,
Sustainability and
Timberlands
Mayors from the three West Coast councils are to meet tomorrow to discuss what action can be taken over Labour's gagging of Timberland's resource management application to log the beech forest. Scoop's West Coast correspondent John Howard writes.
9:
Americas
Cup - Prada Loses For Second
Time
AmericaOne has beaten Americas Cup leading challenger Luna Rossa ITA48 after a controversial penalty was dished out to Luna Rossa after it hit AmericaOne's transom with its bow. PLUS: here are the latest points, race tables, and schedules...
10:
Woman's
Work takes Twice As Long -
Survey
New Zealand's first national Time Use Survey provides new and valuable information about the way New Zealanders spend their time. Initial results from the survey were released today by Judy Lawrence, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Women's Affairs, ...
11:
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, ...
12:
Americas
Cup - Hoist The Mainsail RR3 Kicks
Off
The Americas Cup Louis Vuitton challenger series is now getting serious with international teams competing for nine points a win. Only the top six teams will advance to the semi-finals so performance is critical in this round.
13:
Tauranga
Re-Count - Unnecessary Cost To
Taxpayers
After being confirmed as the MP for Tauranga for the third time since Election Day the Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First and MP for Tauranga, again thanked the people of Tauranga for their support but said that the re-count in the ...
14:
Goff
fails to Go off as Justice
Minister
"If Phil Goff considers it judicious not to question the highest rate of civil rights violations for cannabis in the world, then he is a foolish choice indeed for Minister of Justice", say South-Island Cannabis Party analysts, Kevin O'Connell ...
15:
NEWSFLASH:
Finally The Election
Result!
Finally - the result for the November 27th General election appears to finally be about to be concluded with the recount completed in Tauranga.
16:
Cannabis-Using
MP - Integrity Of Law in
Question
Gael Donoghue, Christian Heritage Health Spokesperson says, "Continuing revelations of using cannabis, and a determination to continue to do so, by Nandor Tanczos now Green MP brings the integrity of the law into question.
17:
Good
Riddance Mr Holland -
Libertarianz
"The Inland Revenue Commissioner's head should have rolled months ago," said Libertarianz deputy leader Richard McGrath, as he drank to the demise of Graham Holland. "Perhaps now there will be a wrecking ball swung through his entire ...
18:
Scoop
Today - Listening To The Wind
New Zealand looks set to cancel its F16 purchase from the US, the Greens appoint a "musterer" and listening to the wind....only on Scoop...
19:
Editorial:
Massive War Crime Threatened In
Grozny
In the last four weeks of the 20st century, not to mention the millennium, the world is on the verge of experiencing the effects of a new generation of horrific weapons systems.
20:
The
Musterer Replaces Whips In The Green
Party
Green Party Co-leader Rod Donald today announced that Ian Ewen-Street has been appointed as the "Musterer", replacing the traditional role of party whip.
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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