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The
top 20 rating items on Scoop yesterday were...
1: Howard’s
End: US Economy To Hit Wall
Oil analysts are predicting a $US40 per barrel price in coming weeks which would represent of 400% price rise since March 1999. Yet the US economy and financial markets are reacting as if it didn't exist. What's going on? John Howard writes.
2:
Richard
Prebble’s Letter from Wellington
#30
The coalition has greeted the Olympic 'truce' on the media's coverage of politics with huge relief. In Wellington the political news is just grim for the Government.
3:
Scoop
Images: Enter The Dragon 1
Images from a fashion show presented by the Hong Kong student’s Association. Pictured in the red top holding a microphone is association president Danielle Shum. Pictured painting is Stan Chan, from Ink Link. Pictures from Mark Graham –IMAGE TIME .Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day –19
September
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: ANZAC Dollar – Teacher Registration – Dollar Woes and Oil Prices – Saving Whales – Evening Post Business Poll – TVNZ Charter - Industry Training –Oil Prices and Consumption – Constitutional Reform - ...
5:
HARD
NEWS 15/9/00 - Poses and Protests
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... you don't have to be out of the country for long to make the news seem strange on your return. A day will usually do it. After three days this week, the headlines on the plane on the way back seemed positively bizarre.
6:
Kiwis
Could Benifit From British Immigration
Drive
More Kiwi's may soon be allowed to immigrate to Britain under proposed changes to immigration laws designed to address chronic shortages of skilled labour. John Howard reports.
7:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton By The
Water
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. This time the furry fellow with a flair for photography has produced another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing it in the sun, before it was burned down. It looks like it was a tranquil and magical ...
8:
SCOOP
Olympic Update, Tuesday, 19 September,
2000
NEW ZEALAND's Olympic campaign went from bad to worse today when disaster struck the three day eventing equestrian team with Atlanta Gold medalist Blyth Tait devastated to see his horse Ready Teddy pulled out of the show-jumping on veterinary advice.
9:
SCOOP
Olympic Update , Tuesday 19 September,
2000
DESPITE the failure of Sarah Ulmer to deliver an expected bronze in women's cycling Monday was still a day when 'kiwi girl-power' saw New Zealand proud.
10:
Latest
TVNZ Political Poll Ignores A Crucial
Point
The latest TVNZ Colmar-Brunton political poll released on One News last evening ignored a crucial point says Hon Peter Dunne, leader United New Zealand.
11:
Cardboard
Box Protest Over Emergency
Benefit
Students camped out in cardboard boxes out side Parliament yesterday, in protest of the government voting not to reinstate the Community Wage Student.
12:
Maharey
Bans CYFS From Conference On Child
Abuse
National's Bob Simcock says he is sickened by the actions of Social Services Minister Steve Maharey, who has banned the Child, Youth and Family Service from taking part in a forum on child abuse.
13:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 19 September
Paraphrased answers will be posted in the Scoops wire shortly after 3pm.
14:
Correctives
Support Avocado Concern
"In a recent Wellington newspaper, the Correctives read of the sinful influence of avocados in our society. These lascivious and fleshy fruits appear to drive women to acts of lust and passion!!!"
15:
Howard’s
End: Global Situation
Unstable
Another Iraq-US crisis is looming. Russia is moving 50,000 troops to the Turkish border. Iraq has cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day. Intelligence agencies are forecasting a China/Taiwan blockade, and the US elections are just four months ...
16:
NBR-Compaq
UMR Insight Poll - Full
Breakdown
National 41% up 6 - Labour 36% down 3 - Green 7% up 1 - Alliance 6% static - ACT 4% down 3 - NZ First 3% static - including full regional/age/sex/income group breakdown
17:
Guy’s
World: Gareth Farr’s Pickle’s And Ice-cream
Bringing together two completely unrelated cultural traditions to make a new work, without doing an enormous disservice to both traditions, is a tough ask. Some things just weren’t meant to go together, like pickles and ice-cream. But every so often, ...
18:
Prebble
Welcomes Parliament Onto The
Internet
The ACT leader Richard Prebble welcomed TVNZ's decision to live stream parliament's question time on the internet.
19:
NZ
Position Could Indirectly Help Nuclear
Industry
In the midst of global concern over climate change there is one group that is rubbing its hands together with glee - the nuclear power industry. Unlike coal and gas-fired power stations, nuclear plants don’t emit carbon dioxide, leading the nuclear industry ...
20:
Watching
The Olympics From California
The wonderful thing about living in America is that life's little television mysteries are solved. Why do TV cops eat doughnuts? Well, the nearest thing you'll find to a good old meat pie is something called a pot pie and the only place you'll find ...
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
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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