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The top 20 rating items on Scoop over the weekend were...
1: HARD
NEWS 23/2/01 - Thus, The Sky Kissed
Goodbye
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... and so the weekend signed itself off with a mad, outrageous sunset that filled the sky, flitting from one colour to another, blooming lighter and darker, hanging on like someone who couldn't bear to leave a good party.
2:
Howard's
End: The Ancient Laws Protecting
Prebble
Richard Prebble said on the Holmes Show last night that he planned to use the 1688 English Bill of Rights over his right to Parliamentary free speech about NZ Post's business plan for the new bank. So what does the 1688 document actually say? John ...
3:
Where’s
The Charter, Steve?
Steve Maharey says he will spend the next few weeks "identifying" key policy issues in his new broadcasting portfolio.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Burping
Cows Will Be A Political Issue
The typical cow belches 280 litres of methane gas a day, which is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide in greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Australian CSIRO study. A cow-burp tax might help solve the problem. John Howard reports.
MORE KIWIBANK REACTION: - Dollars For Earthquake And Volcano Surveillance - Firearms Bill Still Alive - Snapping More Drivers Wont Reduce Road Carnage - Tanczos On Christchurch Drug Education Tour - Clean Slate Bill Drawn From Ballot - Double Standard On Dioxin ...
6:
US
advises Americans to stay away from
Fiji
Yesterday's Fiji Sun reported that the US advised US travel agents to advise their clients and tourists against coming to Fiji due to the current position of instability. The US government regularly issued travel advisories to its citizens.
7:
Eco-Economy:
What’s Wrong With Jim’s New
Bank
Jim’s new bank has the enthusiastic support of NZ Post and that’s about it. Even Finance Minister Michael Cullen looked quietly dismissive as the bank was announced yesterday in the Beehive.
Today I want to read to you the note I shall be attaching to my census form. It is self-contained & self-explanatory. I am making it freely available to anyone who wants to follow suit. It will be posted on my web site later today - www.freeradical.co.nz ...
9:
Scoop
Images: Lake Hobbitton - Another
View
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. Yet another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing the other side of the millhouse pictured in an earlier shot, in the sun, before it was burned down. Hobbit houses can be seen across the ...
10:
Media
Flash - Monday, January 22, 2001
YOUR ABC: Radio's National New Political Editor - AIR WAVES: AK Looks To Sell Vegemite - GLASS HOUSE: Guess Who Hoser Uses As A Source? - STIX AND STONES: A Collection Of What They REALLY Said - MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Bodytalk Links With US Supersite - ...
11:
Scoop
Images: NZ Art At 49th Venice
Biennale
Images of the NZ exhibition at the 49th Venice Biennale - from Creative New Zealand.
12:
Keith
Rankin: Revolting Vets?
The strike by the veterinary inspectors at our export meat works enters its 7th day today. Are our salaried vets at the vanguard of a wage and salary earners' revolt? Or are they more like greedy Dickensian capitalists, plucking the food out of the ...
13:
Boycott
The Malaghan Institute Lollipop
Day
Anti Vivisectionists are calling on Wellingtonians to boycott a cancer research street appeal this Friday. The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society says the money raised by the Malaghan Institute Street appeal will be used in useless animal experiments.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today she had accepted the requests of Marian Hobbs and Phillida Bunkle to stand down from their ministerial positions, following close discussion with the Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton.
15:
Ministerial
Resignations Miss The
Point
Today's resignations of Ministers Hobbs and Bunkle actually miss the point at issue, says United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne.
16:
Press
Release New Zealand Politburo
The General Secretary made the announcement proudly, "For too long now, many New Zealanders haven't had the big government that they need. This progressive new policy will make sure that big government is there for everyone."
17:
Phillida
Bunkle Stands Down
Phillida Bunkle says she stepped down from her Ministerial duties because sustained pressure on her and her family make it difficult to concentrate on her Ministerial duties.
18:
Marian
Hobbs Stands Down From Ministerial
Duties
This week I received a letter from the Registrar of Electors seeking further information with regard to inquires she is making into my enrolment status.
19:
Business
Boost For Self-Employed Maori
Women
A government initiative designed to support self-employed Maori women will create new pathways and opportunities for business innovation in New Zealand, Women's Affairs Minister Laila Harré said today.
20:
Keith
Rankin: Jolo And Jaffna
Two of the biggest international news events at the moment are the hostage crisis in Jolo (Philippines) and the siege of Jaffna (Sri Lanka). Not that you would know it from the New Zealand media, which has just discovered there's a war cum humanitarian ...
21:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton Bridge
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
22:
Prebble
Would Stand In A Wellington By-Election
In response to media requests, ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble today confirmed that he had been asked to stand as a candidate for Wellington Central should there be a by-election.
23:
Howard's
End: Taking Control Of Our Wealth
Either modern-day Kiwi's are as thick as two short planks or they've lost their institutional memory. Remember the State Advances Corporation fixed mortgages which gave a whole heap of New Zealanders a hand-up? John Howard writes.
24:
Holden’s
Coupe To Be Called Monaro
Holden has confirmed that its much-anticipated new sports coupe is to bear the famous Monaro nameplate. For introduction in late 2001, the stylish two-door Monaro is based on the same platform as today’s Holden Commodore.
25:
Ombudsman's
Decision Upsets Consumer
Watchdog
According to Consumers' Institute, The proposed Electricity Ombudsman scheme is in trouble. Institute, chief executive, David Russell, says he his astounded that the Chief Ombudsman is to blame.
26:
Mallard
Speech To Principals' Federation
When I spoke at this occasion last year, it was my first keynote address as Minister of Education.
27:
Rape
now a crime against
humanity
Today's verdict by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia that rape and sexual enslavement are crimes again humanity, challenges widespread acceptance that the torture of women is an intrinsic part of war, Amnesty International ...
28:
Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was
Stirring
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
29:
Select
Committee Business 16-23 Feb
2001
Select Committee Business From 16 to 23 February 2001 Committee meetings There were 19 committee meetings this week. Eighteen of these were in the parliamentary complex. One meeting is currently in progress in Christchurch.
30:
Scoop
Images: Jenny Talks About Jim’s
Bank
Images of Opposition and National Party Leader Jenny Shipley during question time Tuesday. She appeared none to fond of Jim Anderton's new bank. See also ... SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day - 20 February . Photographs by Mark Graham - 52@clear.net.nz
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