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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1:
Prince
William's visit to New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced the programme for next month's visit to New Zealand by Prince William.
2:
Winter
Solstice, longest night and shortest
day
The Winter Solstice is on June 21 at 18:46 (6:46pm); this is when the Sun is at its most Northerly point in the sky. At the middle of the day on June 21, it reaches its lowest altitude, from the Northern horizon, for the year.
3:
E.
Pringle: TeenScreen Sets Up Shop In
Illinois
A controversial plan to screen all Illinois school children for mental health disorders is set to become a reality on June 30th, if the Governor accepts the final proposal from the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership (ICMHP).Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Russell
Crowe's Statement: Bad Customer
Service
Frustrated by a clerk's unwillingness to help him put through a phone call to his family in Australia, Russell Crowe was involved in a minor altercation at the Mercer Hotel. After asking the front desk several times to replace a faulty phone in his ...
5:
Application
for Inclusion on Nat. Front ‘Hit
List'
Gay man and human rights campaigner Jeremy Lambert is seeking inclusion on the National Front’s ‘hit list’ of known “communists, anti-facists, anarchists, homosexuals, multiculturalists”.
6:
Questions
for Oral Answer - Questions for Oral
Ans
1. Dr DON BRASH to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in Hon Pete Hodgson, Convenor, Ministerial Group on Climate Change; if so, why?
7:
A
Poroporaki For Carlos Spencer On Maori
TV
As New Zealand women weep and their rugby-loving partners weep harder, Maori Television farewells Maori rugby legend Carlos Spencer on a special edition of CODE this Thursday June 23 at 8.30 PM.
8:
Supreme
Court Delivers Judgment On AG v
Zaoui
The Supreme Court today in a unanimous opinion made two rulings about the review of the security certificate issued by the Director of Security in respect of Mr Ahmed Zaoui and related matters.
9:
Questions
& Answers for Oral Answer 21 June
2005
( Uncorrected transcript—subject to correction and further editing. For corrected transcripts, please visit: http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/hansard )
10:
Public
Address 21/06/05 - The Dance Of Secrets
Poll Dancer returns from holiday-mode to look at the Extra-Special Secret Surprise that Labour is preparing for the National Party conference this weekend. And is Cullen trying to throw this election or what? The tax debate, conspiracy theories and fiscal ...
11:
Link:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - Deadly
Immunity
A Salon/Rolling Stone joint investigation. When a study revealed that mercury in childhood vaccines may have caused autism in thousands of kids, the government rushed to conceal the data - and to prevent parents from suing drug companies for their ...
12:
Supreme
Court Judgment Adds To
Uncertainty
The Supreme Court has delivered a buck each way decision with a judgment that will see the Minister of Immigration considering Ahmed Zaoui's human rights should a review of a security risk certificate be upheld. It also ruled that a high benchmark of ...
13:
No
Right Turn: Zaoui Judgement - It's
Enough
Initial reaction to the Supreme Court's judgement in the Zaoui case has been pessimistic. I'm not so sure. While the Court has delivered a mixed judgement, upholding in part and overturning in part the prior judgement of the Court of Appeal , I think that ...
14:
State
Of It: Supreme Court Zaoui Decision
Due
A Supreme Court decision on the latest challenge by the Attorney General against a Court Of Appeal ruling on the Ahmed Zaoui case will be delivered at 10am Tuesday. Scoop details exactly what the Court has been considering...
15:
Americans
Waking Up to the Failure of Iraq Policy
Although the American people slept through the facile national debate about whether the Bush administration should invade Iraq and the post-invasion unraveling of justifications for doing so, the public is finally waking up to the nightmare of U.S. policy in ...
16:
Stateside
With Rosalea: No Child Left
Behind
"My definition of leading a successful life would leave me with a good job, a nice place to live, a great soulmate, and my own family." - Karl R. Linn
17:
Cindy
Sheehan's Speech At The DSM
Hearings
Congressman Conyers and all, it is an honor to be here to testify about the effect that the revelations of the Downing Street Memo has had on me and my family. It is an honor that I wish never had to happen. I believe that not any of us should be ...
18:
PM's
Presser: Tax Cuts & Election
Dates
The paper that proclaimed ‘Is That It?’ following Deputy Prime Minister Michel Cullen’s recent budget considers that the Government's biggest mistake is misreading the public's mood regarding tax cuts.
"It doesn't get any better than this" stated Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party today, after hearing of the incredible victory of Maori superstar golfer, Michael Campbell, in winning the US Open.
20:
Labour
hiring binge continues
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says new figures out today show Labour’s hiring binge is showing no sign of letting up.
21:
Stirling
Newberry: The Queen and the Soldier
To paraphrase the inimitable Suzy V: America has swallowed a secret burning thread, it cuts us inside and often we've bled. With the release of a defense memo from March of 2002 as part of the "Downing Street Memos," it is clear that the desire to remove ...
22:
Congratulations
to Michael Campbell
Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard today congratulated New Zealand golfer Michael Campbell for achieving a world first for New Zealand in the international golfing arena by becoming the first kiwi ever to win the US Golf Open.
23:
Kyoto
Lobby To Attack Govt. With $2 Mn
Campaign
A forestry lobby group is planning a $2 million dollar election year advertising campaign attacking the Government’s handling of forestry in regard to the Kyoto protocol.
24:
Meads
urges New Zealanders to speak up about
flag
All Black legend Colin Meads is urging New Zealanders to take action and sign the petition for a referendum asking "should the design of the New Zealand flag be changed?"
25:
A
Bold New World For New Zealand’s Race
Relations
New Zealand First is proposing a radical shift in the government sector’s treatment of Maori, including a weeding out of the “Bro ocracy”. The wasteful practice of Treaty related courses and token jobs for Maoris will end. However, the integral place of ...
26:
UQ
Wire: Sibel Edmonds - FBI &
9/11
Over four years ago, more than four months prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, in April 2001, a long-term FBI informant/asset who had been providing the bureau with information since 1990, provided two FBI agents and a translator with specific ...
27:
MoH
Warns Influenza B Can Be Serious Health
Ministry of Health warns Influenza B can be serious health risk to children and young people
28:
Developing
Nations Slam NZ for GM stance
New Zealand is being condemned by developing nations for blocking an agreement that would require proper labelling of shipments of GM organisms, and effectively forcing each country to develop a patchwork of local laws.
29:
Rainy
for the Winter Solstice
The rain band that is moving onto the country has triggered MetService meteorologists to issue some heavy rainfall warnings for Tuesday, the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice will take place at 6:46pm on Tuesday evening. That is the exact ...
30:
Visa
Card Security Breach - Aus &
NZ
Sydney 21 June 2005: Visa International (Australia and New Zealand) today released details of the local implications of a worldwide security breach.
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