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Yesterday’s top 28 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Howard's
End: A Rat Is Detected In U.S.
Policy
If there's one thing that is fast becoming evident from the standoff between China and the U.S. over the spy plane incident, it's that diplomats and strategists in the West have little understanding of China's ancient culture. John Howard writes.
2:
Tranz
Rail Wins Roger Award
By now, you will have realised by elimination that the winner must be Tranz Rail, the first TNC to have the ignominy of winning this award twice. It was selected because it scored badly on so many criteria.
3:
Scoop
Images: 'Struan's War'
The World War II images and experiences of New Zealand Division gunner Struan MacGibbon will be revealed during April, in a new book and photo exhibition.
4:
Sludge
Report #57 – Why Dubya Should Say
Sorry
Imagine for a moment that China is not a country, but rather is just an ordinary suburban house somewhere.
5:
We're
The Only Game In Town, Says
PM
Prime minister Helen Clark said National’s lack of direction or clear policies is behind their poor showing in recent polls.
6:
Sludge
#57 Feedback: Allegory
Oversimplification
Sludge's allegory whilst entertaining is somewhat of an over simplification of international relations, particularly between large powers. As such the truth behind its message is more than a little blurred.
7:
Sack
Harre For Role In Waterfront
Dispute
ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble said today that Associate Labour Minister Laila Harre should be sacked for her role in the waterfront dispute.
8:
Scoop
Images: Phillida Bunkle
Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle today finds out whether she will regain her ministerial portfolios, after an inconclusive report by the Registrar of Electors into the validity of her enrolment in Wellington Central left it to The Prime Minister and her deputy ...
11:
Sludge
#57 Feedback: Good analogy, but John
is...
A complete fascist swine who routinely takes people out into his backyard and puts a bullet through their brain and has a cellar full of people with politics he doesn't like chained to the foundations making cheap tools to provide the finance for him ...
12:
Stateside
With Rosalea: Clumsy Rhino, Hidden
Mynah
Ess Eff's patron saint of journos, Herb Caen, once wrote: "A true Californian is someone who knows that the hills are naturally a golden brown which is interrupted briefly in winter by the appearance of a greenish scum, which soon disappears, returning ...
13:
Supercomputer
Weather: Easter Holiday
Cyclone!
The above image produced from the NOAA supercomputer medium range weather model today appears to confirm the Easter storm forecast published on Scoop last week (See… Supercomputer Weather: When The Rain Comes ).
14:
David
Miller: Did Pakistan Throw the
Cricket?
If sacked Pakistan cricket coach Javed Miandad is correct, and it is proven that members of his team were guilty of match fixing on the recent tour of New Zealand, then it is another serious blow to the credibility of the game.
15:
A
Return To "Carless Days"?
The Education Review Office has gone beyond satire with its pathetic politically correct advice on 'trikeless days' at a Lower Hutt kindy," says disgusted Libertarianz leader Peter Cresswell, who is his party's spokesman to deregulate early childhood ...
16:
Action
Of Nick Smith Immature And
Illegal
"The actions of one of the parties to the dispute currently surrounding the waterfront industries in various south island ports, in leaking a copy of the mediators draft report to Nick Smith can be only be interpreted as an act of bad faith on their ...
17:
Labour
party pressure in waterfront
mediation
Labour Party political pressure is evident in the government-appointed mediator's handling of the waterfront mediation, National's Industrial Relations Spokesperson Lockwood Smith said today.
18:
Minister
Corrects Dominion Error
The Minister of Maori Affairs the Hon Parekura Horomia has reiterated his position on allocation of the Maori Fisheries assets as stated at the Ohu Kaimoana annual hui on Saturday.
19:
Top
Scoops (With Sharp Stories)
CANCER INQUIRY: Dr Bottrill Says Findings Fair - CANCER INQUIRY: King Says Cervical Screening Recommendations Will Be Implemented - Howard’s End: US Spyplane Had Options, Why Did It Touch Down In China? - Sludge Feedback: Saying Sorry’s Kind Of Complicated ...
20:
Treaty
Tribes Have No Confidence In
Horomia
“The Treaty Tribes Coalition has no confidence in Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia,” Harry Mikaere, Chairman of the Coalition said today.
21:
Scoop
Feedback: The President And
Selfishness
The man with the murky smile, in the Oval office of the White House in Washington D.C. has shown his real colours.
22:
Supercomputer
Weather: US East Coast Easter
Deluge
As forecast by NOAA’s supercomputer and Scoop last week the East Coast of the U.S. looks set to receive weather almost as bad as NZ is expecting during the Easter holiday. The image above shows a rainstorm bearing down on Washington D.C. (which is roughly ...
23:
SHARP
RELIGION: Yet More Daily Moments of
Zen
A final set of seven sharp and very Zen observations on aspects of life...
24:
Correctives:
Keep Mars Virginal!!!
"Stop it, stop it, it shouldn't be allowed!!!" cried Sister Raptophilia, Matrix Dominatrix of the Corrective Party, when she heard about a recent NASA launch to Mars.
25:
Subaru's
WRX Tries On A Suit For Size
It's been years since Subaru launched the WRX and the latest all-new version has been eagerly anticipated. But all would agree, it is a very different car from its predecessor. The big question is - will the punters buy it?
26:
National
Radio Midday Report
Cervical Screening – Shoddy Training – Dairy Merger – Trade Surplus – Reported Rapes – Yellow Fever – Superpower Standoff – Scrub Fire – Cave Creek – Mallard Apology – man In Coma – Primary Teacher Claims – Bus Fares
27:
Treaty
Of Waitangi Threatened By RMA
The Resource Management Act has been accused by constitutional commentator Stephen Franks of attacking Maori property rights established by the Treaty of Waitangi.
28:
A
Question Of Priorities: Chicks Or
Babies!
“The media fuss of the past three days about the destruction by maceration of day-old chicks was presumably intended to show the lack of compassion in the Poultry Industry,” Graham Capill said.
Hot-shot innovation from a clever little Christchurch company could go a long way to salving consumer guilt pangs about conspicuous packaging consumption. The company, Blue Marble Polymers, is making a living out of a product that most people don’t ...
30:
Dr
Michael Bottrill - Committee Of Inquiry
Report
I received the Committee of Inquiry’s report yesterday and am taking time to reflect on it. My clear impressions are that the Committee has conducted a searching inquiry and that the report covers the evidence the Committee received comprehensively. The ...
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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