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WINZ Criticised - Auckland Riot - Venezuelan Floods - Q Dies - Tory Quits - Car of the Century
WINZ CRITICISED: Criticism continues of WINZ for calling in consultants to prepare the post election briefing notes.
AUCKLAND RIOT: Auckland Mayor Christine Fletcher says there will be a rethink of arrangements for New Years Eve following a near riot involving a group of youths pelting police with bottles.
VENEZUELAN FLOODS: Death Toll in Venezuela's flooding has passed 1000 and is expected to climb much higher. The search for survivors continues as recconnaissance motorbikers are dispatched to assess roads.
Q DIES: British Actor who played Q in 17 James Bond films - Desmond Llewellyn - has died in a car crash.
TORY QUITS: Sean Woodward a Tory MP in the UK has quit the Tory Party to join the Labour Party on the ground that the Tories have lurched to the right.
CAR OF CENTURY: The Model "T" Ford has been announced "car of the century".
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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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