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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: `I
Won't Do What You Tell Me To Do
Contents: Editorial: Late, Bored, Blah Etc :) Young Labour SGM Ideology - From Steve Maharey News Is Good, Good News Is Better. Web Site Of The Week.
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3:
Anderton
unfit for security committee
“The Deputy Prime Minister has shown he is unfit to be a member of the Parliamentary Security Intelligence Committee,” Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day
Today’s questions of the day concerned: John Tamihere apology/speakers ruling – Community Work Scheme x 2 – IRD Funding – Nauseating Treatment Of Children – BIL Selling Fish Overseas – Pesticide On NZ Roads - Maori On Health Boards – Mental Health ...
5:
Computer
Thrown Out Of Office Building onto Car
AUCKLAND – Monday, 27 March 2000: We all know the feeling. You push the “download” button on an interesting web site….and you wait. And wait. And wait.
6:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day
Today's questions concerned: NZ Economy - Risks To Economy - Cycling Safety - Defence Policy - Cell Phone Towers - School Bulk Funding - Community Services Card - Doctor's And Nurse's Pay - Primary Health Services - Te Papa's High Priests - Refugee Hostel ...
New Zealand Police and Vodaphone say a mobile phone warning currently doing the rounds on email is a hoax.
8:
Shipley
'hysterical' over SIS claim
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton is scornful of National Party suggestions that he should resign from the Intelligence and Security Committee.
9:
Fiji’s
Mahogany Forests Set For The
Chop
Timberrrrr!!! - Fiji's plans to harvest part of its matured mahogany forests, claimed to be the largest in the world and worth billions of dollars in revenue, has been attacked by Fijians saying the Government is disposing of it at bargain prices. John ...
10:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 29 March
Today's questions for oral answer by Ministers. Paraphrased answers to these questions will be published shortly after 3pm in the Headlines wire.
11:
Victoria
Students Occupy University
Registry
About 70 Victoria University students have occupied the University’s Hunter Building today as part of a nationwide week of action around education issues. It is the biggest occupation at Victoria in several years, and will continue through the night.
12:
Petrol
cleans your car’s engine as you
drive
New Zealand motorists can now fill up with an advanced new petrol that cleans your car engine as you drive.
13:
Occupation
wave hits Auckland!
A wave of nationwide campus protests and occupations continues today as Auckland University students protest against user-pays education.
Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Sharp confirmed this afternoon that around 50 student protesters had occupied the historic Hunter building at the university’s Kelburn Campus.
15:
Looking
At The Fridges In Te Papa
Helen Clark has insulted New Zealanders with her admission that she has launched her tirade against Te Papa without even visiting the place since she became Prime Minister or Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley ...
16:
Whistleblowers
Bill Soon To Be Passed
The Government is likely to pass a laws protecting whistle-blowers in the private sector despite the opposition’s claim that the bill is flawed.
17:
Fightback
Waikato In Solidarity WIth
Victoria
On Tuesday the 28th of March, hundreds of students in Victoria University go into occupation. All over New Zealand, from Auckland to Christchurch, rallies are being held in solidarity with them.
18:
National
Radio Midday Report
Power Lines Crash - Crash Boss - Oil Production - Bulk Payouts - Waipareira Trust - Fishing Investigation - Mars Mission Cancelled - Israeli Pm - Nz-On-Air Drop - Cell Phone Tower - Exhibits Taken - Native Heritage Strategy - Hearing Begins - Cuban ...
19:
Lord
of the Rings allowed in Tongariro
Park
The Minister of Conservation, Hon Sandra Lee, has given approval for the company making the Lord of the Rings to film within the Tongariro National Park.
20:
On
The Left - Luddite or Realo?
I can see the responses of some to this column now - "this guy's stuck in the past, doesn't know what he's on about - needs to try thinking for a change" and other responses. However, it's not as bad as all that. What I want to look at ...
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