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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Peters
Rejects “National Stunt”
Rt Hon Winston Peters has described a New Zealand Herald article this morning as a silly, orchestrated rumour started by disaffected members of the National Party and given oxygen by journalists who prefer fiction to fact.
2:
Schappelle
Corby Must Not Die
The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party is calling on the New Zealand Government to condemn any death sentence that may be pronounced on Schappelle Corby by the Indonesian Government for cannabis charges. We expect our Government to put pressure on the ...
3:
Wind
energy report released
Energy Minister Trevor Mallard says the potential for wind-generated electricity in New Zealand appears to be greater than previously thought.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Public
Address 16/5 - Nightmare On Molesworth
St.
The Herald has picked up today on the NBR's speculation about a possible deal to give Winston Peters the job of Prime Minister in a potential coalition with National, with Don Brash shuttling off to run the finances...
5:
David
Benson-Pope Steps Aside From
Portfolio
Minister of Education David Benson-Pope has stepped aside from his portfolio - by his own request - while an investigation is conducted into allegations concerning his use of discipline while serving as a teacher at Bayfield High School.
6:
Carolyn
Baker: An Anti-American Terrorist
Movement
When I was in college, I wrote a research paper that changed my life forever. I had grown up in a fundamentalist Christian family living in the buckle of the Bible Belt where I was fed a steady diet of racism and Cold War anti-communism.
7:
Letter
from Elsewhere: Joe McCarthy
Lives
John Tamihere’s “trash-talk laddism” (as the Listener editor labelled it) was repulsive, but I didn’t take it seriously enough to respond in public. This is different.
8:
Global
Peace And Justice Auckland Newsletter
#92
WITNESSES TO ARRESTS OF GPJA SUPPORTERS NEEDED: On the March 19 antiwar protest and subsequent appearance at the Auckland District Court on March 21 a number of GPJA supporters were arrested. Anyone who was a witness to these events should contact ...
9:
UQ
Wire: Sibel Edmonds - Gagged, But Not
Dead
The Appeal Court’s decision on Sibel Edmonds’ Case is out: ‘Case Dismissed;’ no opinion cited; no reason provided. The Court’s decision, issued on Friday, May 6, has generated a string of obituaries; “another major blow, maybe the last one, to Sibel Edmonds, ...
10:
David
Benson-Pope on resignation of NZQA
CEO
Associate Education Minister David Benson-Pope says he concurs with the judgment of New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) chief executive Karen Van Rooyen that the time is right for her to move on.
11:
PM
Makes Statement Re: David
Benson-Pope
Prime Minister Helen Clark said tonight that Hon David Benson-Pope has at his own request stood aside from his portfolios while an independent investigation is conducted into the credibility of the allegations against him.
12:
Air
Force Investigation Complete: King Air
Landing
The investigation into the Air Force King Air approach and landing at Hokitika on 23 January is complete.
13:
William
Blum: Anti-Empire Report, No. 21,
13/5/05
Good ol' George W. was traveling around Eastern Europe this past week celebrating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, spouting a lot of Cold War anti-Communist myths, principal among them being:
14:
Labour
approved brother-sister sex
paper
Labour approved a discussion paper that proposed legalising brother-sister sex for over-20-year-olds, according to official documents released today by National’s Law and Order spokesman, Tony Ryall.
15:
Rice
Remarks at American Embassy Baghdad
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, thank you. First, just let me say what a thrill to be in Baghdad. I can't even tell you how excited I've been about coming, how delighted I am to be here. I just took the helicopter ride in -- this is a spectacular city, ...
16:
Wind
could generate 20 per cent of NZ’s
power
The New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA) today welcomed the release of a new report on the integration of wind energy in New Zealand which suggests that wind could generate 20 per cent of New Zealand’s total electricity needs.
17:
Stateside:
Unleashing The Hounds Of 7-Point
Type
There's an ad running on TV here at the moment that features a white version of the black dog that lives at the White House. You know, one of those scotty terriers from the Black and White whiskey bottle.
18:
A
Week Of It: Publishing &
Punishment
In This Edition: 120 NZers Still Able To Read Objectionable Magazine - Benson-Pope And Allegations Of Tennis Ball Sadism - Is It time To Bring Back Doone? - Former National Party Leader Calls For NZ To Pull Out Of International Commitments
19:
Greenpeace
welcomes report - wind energy
potential
Auckland: Monday, 16 May 2005: As Greenpeace made its submission to the Environment Court today in support of the Awhitu wind farm proposed at Waiuku, it also welcomed a report released today by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority demonstrating ...
20:
Public
Address 13/05/05 - Going Nuclear
I wouldn't put too much stock in Rodney Hide's apparent speedy withdrawal of his claims of historical classroom bullying against associate education minister David Benson Pope. I'd say the whole idea was to extract denials on multiple allegations ...
21:
ACT's
The Letter May 16 2005
Labour had another bad week. The last time the government got a report as damning as the 111-call centre report was Justice Mahon’s report into the Erebus crash. Benson-Pope put his future on the line. Cullen is to deliver his budget on Thursday, then into ...
22:
David
Ray Griffin: 9/11 and the American
Empire
This lecture was delivered at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on April 18, 2005. - I will begin by unpacking the key terms in the title of my talk: “9/11,” “American empire,” and “religious people,” beginning with the last one.
23:
Tariana
Turia Speech to Muslim Women’s
Hui
Tariana Turia Speech to Muslim Women’s Hui: He Manu korerorero, Noho tahi mahi tahi; Building Bridges in Our Community Freemans Bay Community Hall; Saturday 14 May
24:
Tickets
On Sale - Premiere Of Star Wars Episode
3
NEW ZEALAND CINEMA INDUSTRY HEATS UP WITH PREMIERE OF STAR WARS EPISODE 3: Revenge of the Sith
25:
Wellington
plans big party for Barmy Army fans
Wellington is planning to party like its never partied before when the British and Irish Lions tour hits town says Mayor Kerry Prendergast.
26:
Nepali
Ambassador in USA Speech On
Nepal
Nepal flashes in the global news once in a while. We are glad that it flashes more often in the hearts and minds of our friends and well-wishers around the world as a land of the majestic Himalayas including Mt. Everest, the holy birth place of Lord ...
27:
John
Bolton's Divorce – Group Sex
Allegations
Publisher Larry Flynt's Questions Posed to State Department Regarding Corroborated Allegations that First Wife was Forced into Group Sex go Unanswered
28:
Vote
National get Winston Vote NZF get asset
sales
Today's New Zealand Herald expose on behind-the-scenes negotiations to cobble together a NZ First-National government after the next election is a timely reminder to voters, says Progressive MP Matt Robson.
29:
William
Fisher: Whistleblower's Career
Over
"I realize this is the end of my Air Force career." With these words, a chaplain at the Air Force Academy, for the first time, went public about a "systemic and pervasive" problem of religious proselytizing at the academy by evangelical Christians.
Half of all women who married for the first time in the December 2004 year were aged 28.1 years or over, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is about two and one-half years older than those who married for the first time in 1994. The median age of ...
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