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Friday, 22 December 2000, 5:45 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY'S TOP SCOOPS
Merry Christmas From Scoop - Over And Out
Hard News Is Here
Prebble Indignant, Allowances Stoush Heats Up
Very Tasteful - Peter Jackson Doco
Be Good To Each Other & Look After Yourself – Xmas Messages
Aziz Choudry: Police And Political Protest
Brain Drain Worse Than Ever, Says Hasler
Future Lefts Wind Up 2000
Parliament’s Right Harbouring A Spare Mad Dog
Giant Dairy Merger - FULL COVERAGE

TOP SCOOPS

Merry Christmas From Scoop - Over And Out

- Scoop has now come to the end of its first full year of broadcasting real-time news on the Internet. See... Scoop Christmas Advisory & Giant List Of Thankyous [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0012/S00123.htm

Hard News Is Here

- GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES .. and what a long, strange trip it's been. The Great Confidence Crash of 2000, the Winter of Discontent, soaring petrol prices, the Brain Drain the diving dollar, the failure to win an unspecified number of medals at the Olympics. See... HARD NEWS 22/12/00 - The Gateway to Summer [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0012/S00124.htm

Prebble Indignant, Allowances Stoush Heats Up

- The Hon Richard Prebble said today that he had been read a press statement from Acting Prime Minister Jim Anderton claiming he had filled out an enrolment card for Wellington Central on 15 October this year and was therefore claiming a wrongful allowance for Wellington. See... Acting Prime Minister’s Claim Defamatory [1] . EARLIER: Act leader Richard Prebble's claim for a Wellington Accommodation Allowance this year will be investigated as part of a Parliamentary Service inquiry. See... One rule for all [2] and Hobbs' allowances referred to Parlt. Services [3] MORE - NATS - Ministers Should Be Stood Down In Interim [4] - ACT - It Appears Marian Hobbs Was Rorting As Well [5] - Wellington MPs Cannot Claim Allowance [6] - Should Police Be Called In? [7] - GOVT - Ministerial house issue resolved [8] - LIBERTARIANZ - No Perks For Bludger Bunkle [9]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00413.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00404.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00403.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00407.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00397.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00389.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00395.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00365.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0012/S00097.htm

Very Tasteful - Peter Jackson Doco

- A web site launched today allows Peter Jackson fans the chance to buy a documentary on the making of his first feature film “Bad Taste”. The documentary “Good Taste Made Bad Taste” shows the making of this splatter film as well as footage from Jackson’s early experimental films. See... Peter Jackson Documentary Now Available On The Net [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0012/S00043.htm

Be Good To Each Other & Look After Yourself – Xmas Messages

- NZMA - Remember Safe Sex During The Holiday Season [1] - TRANSPORT MINISTER - Please Keep Safe On Our Roads This Christmas [2] - LTSA - LTSA warns scooter riders to keep off the roads [3] - Christmas is here – don’t blow it [4] - MOH - Reminder About Closure Zones For Shellfish [5] - Barbecue Food Safety Stressed [6] - PLUNKET - Plunket Plea For Kids In Cars [7] - RICHMOND FELLOWSHIP - Christmas Wish For A Caring Community [8] - CYFS - A Child Friendly Xmas [9]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00046.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00412.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00044.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00039.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00041.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00034.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00036.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00032.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0012/S00030.htm

Aziz Choudry: Police And Political Protest

- It would be nice to believe that the New Zealand Police are politically neutral. Then perhaps we could dismiss their heavy-handed operations during Jiang Zemin's visit as isolated, albeit unfortunate instances of overkill which momentarily suspended some people's freedoms of expression and rights to dissent. But are they? See... Police And Political Protest - Aziz Choudry [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0012/S00105.htm

Brain Drain Worse Than Ever, Says Hasler

- The Government's pretence that there is no Brain Drain has been blown to shreds by the latest official migration statistics release, says National Immigration Spokesperson Marie Hasler. Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel, however, interprets the figures a little differently. See... Brain Drain creates worst migration figures [1] and More Arrivals Than Departures In November [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00388.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00396.htm

Future Lefts Wind Up 2000

- Well, a full on, fascinating year it has been. Young Labour and the Labour Party share with the rest of the country a warm and pleasant glow as we wind down into the holiday season. See... Future Lefts - Happy holidays [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0012/S00102.htm

Parliament’s Right Harbouring A Spare Mad Dog

- “Is the Destruction of Government (DOG) party sheltering the mad mongrel Toot the catkiller in its parliamentary caucus, where one more mad DOG would not be noticed?” asked Chief Comrade Mervin A.R.X. Trotweiler. See... CRA Party: Running Mad DOG in Parliament Shock!!! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0012/S00103.htm

Giant Dairy Merger

- The chairmen of the country's two biggest dairy companies, the New Zealand Dairy Group and Kiwi Co-operative Dairies, announced today that they have signed a Merger Agreement after receiving unanimous support from their boards. See... Dairy Industry Comes Of Age [1] - Dairy Merger Questions And Answers [2] - Dairy Merger Fact Sheet [3] MORE - GOVT - Dairy Announcement Press Conference Transcript [4] - NATS - Dairy farming MP salutes merger [5]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0012/S00155.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0012/S00157.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/BU0012/S00156.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00399.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00400.htm

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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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