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Yesterday's top 24 rating items on Scoop were...
AGAIN THE LOTR STORIES SCOOPED THE POOL...
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THE NEXT TOP 20 WERE...
5: Scoop
Opinion: Insults Keep Coming For The
Coast
Three strikes and you're out! First it was Helen Clark calling West Coaster's feral and in-bred, secondly it was Young Labour vice-president Jordan Carter calling Coaster's feral bastards. Now, Labour Party president, Bob Harvey, has insulted and marginalised ...
6:
Thoughts
on 3rd Coup by Mere Tuisalalo Samisoni
To date George Speight and the Army have agreed to the following. 1. Ratu Mara and Sitiveni Rabuka step down from their respective Leadership positions. 2. Annul the 1997 constitution. 3. Pardon George Speight and his seven men who were responsible ...
7:
HARD NEWS 5/6/00 - Abort, Retry,
Ignore?
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so the brakes are on. The full-steam progress of the Employment Relations Bill and the second phase of ACC reforms has been slowed down by Prime Ministerial edict.
8:
Aretha
demanded, David Tua deserves....
RESPECT
The reaction to Tua's 51 second demolition of Obed Sullivan at the weekend was as predictable as it is annoying. Talk of Sullivan being yet another 'noddy' journeyman who one's granny could have put away inside one round abounded. Fight after fight ...
9:
Senior
rebel officer meets military
deadline
SUVA: A senior military officer and two other soldiers backing Fiji rebel leader George Speight today heeded the army ultimatum and returned to barracks.
10:
Third
Way Politicians Search For "Good
Governance"
Third Way reformist politicians, including Helen Clark, met in Berlin over the weekend agreeing to establish a network of officials to try and get specific about "good governance." John Howard reports.
11:
Bob's
Slight On South Islanders Beyond The
Pale
"Labour Party President Bob Harvey has already embarrassed his party with everything from his theory that the CIA was involved in the death of Norman Kirk, to his alleged public 'down-trou'. But he has gone way too far with his latest faux pas," says ...
12:
News
Flash Solomon Islands
Conflict in the Solomon Islands has escalated dramatically this morning, with Amnesty International receiving reliable reports that the paramilitary group, the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF), has begun shelling civilian villages east of Honiara airport.
13:
Hodgson's
Negative Outburst
Extraordinary
Science Minister Pete Hodgson's outburst rejecting our request that Government honour its pre election pledge to allow the full tax deductibility of r&d costs was extraordinary, says Employers and Manufacturers Association, chief executive Alasdair ...
14:
FIJI
& Solomons: Coup, Coup & Coup
What we are seeing in an arc from South East Asia to the Pacific is the failure of imported and culturally inappropriate systems of governance. Ross Himona of Te Karere Ipurangi writes.
15:
Army
– Your Time Is Running Out
Speight
SUVA: Tensions are rising after the Fijian army gave coup leader George Speight until 3 pm today to lay down his weapons and surrender his hostages.
16:
Indecent
Flesh, New At Bats Theatre
A devised panoramic exploration of land, light and skin, 'indecent flesh' brings you a physical exploration of the universal self, expressed through the eyes and skin of three Polynesian actors. With live percussion, it is a show with a uniquely ...
17:
Lord
Of The Rings Set Report
Super Ringer Spy Xtem sends word on the filming going on in and around Ruapehu the last few weeks. Funny man Bernard Hill, how Hugo Weaving really looks and how it is to work with Viggo Mortensen!
18:
Forest
and Bird sends landowners a Wake-Up
call
Now that Forest and Bird has State native forests locked up against sustainable forest management, Maori and private forests are next. Action on other private land uses will follow, according to Eugenie Sage, concluding a talk she gave on Friday 2nd, ...
19:
Helen
Clark's Auckland Arrogance Rides
Again
"The fact the South Island has been virtually ignored in the Budget process is yet another indication of the Government's supreme arrogance," says National MP Katherine Rich..
20:
Will
Organic Dope Be OK For Our
Kids?
Green Party assurances they will support child protection after cannabis decriminalisation seem hollow, said ACT Justice spokesman Stephen Franks.
21:
Sludge
Report #9 - The Truth About INL
IN THIS EDITION: Fiji Crisis Resolution Imminent Again - Here's Hoping - C.D. Sludge Backs Jim's People's Bank - Helen Clark's Slow Down Shows Discipline - More BS From INL And Mike Robson
22:
FIJI:
Using the 'SS' sheets
SUVA: Truth is always the first casualty in conflict, aided and abetted by half or part truth plus the blundering hands, heads and pens of the less intellectual revolutionaries.
23:
Air
medical team saves Mother and
baby
Captain Linda Lampen-Smith with baby Polo after an emergency dash. Photograph taken by NZDF
24:
Der
Spiegel brands talkfest a 'global coffee
club'
Helen Clark's Third Way talkfest in Berlin may be nothing more than a global coffee club, according to the authoritative German weekly, Der Spiegel.