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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Qantas
Media Awards - Print Results
PRINT RESULTS FOR 2000
An unashamedly erotic ‘Sexpo’ opening in Auckland this weekend is likely to increase the already appalling level of sexual abuse in this country. The first of its kind in New Zealand, the R18 ‘Sexpo’ is attempting to change the sex ‘industry’ image ...
3:
Lindsay
Perigo: Respectability Vs.
Liberty
"The poorest bargain that a man can make," wrote Robert G. Ingersoll, "is to give his individuality for what is called respectability."
4:
Sludge
Report #72 – Warnings For The
Warring?
In this Edition: Three remarkable incidents in Israel/Palestine this morning. Each tragic. Each extraordinary. Each potentially cathartic.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Sludge
Report #60 – Free Tiger Woods
NOTE: Authors of this report will be anonymous and wide ranging, and occasionally finely balanced. Indeed you are invited to contribute: The format is as a reporters notebook. It will be published as and when material is available. C.D. Sludge can ...
6:
British
Oil The Main Beneficiary Of Timor
Crisis
SCOOP NEWS ANALYSIS - British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook's, arrival in New Zealand prior to September's APEC forum caused Thailand Foreign Ministry official, Kobsak Chitikul, to ask, "Why is Mr Robin Cook here?" Britain is not a member ...
7:
Eco-Economy:
Fiscal Prudence and Debt
Slavery
Michael Cullen’s fiscal prudence is now legendary. He has obviously held onto the treasury purse strings very tightly. Almost all prominent government ministers have expressed the need to spend more money on Health, Education, Social Welfare, industrial ...
8:
“Harry
Potter” Trailer Cinema Premiere
The theatrical trailer for the year’s most-anticipated family film - “Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone” will make its cinema screen debut in New Zealand for the first time on Thursday, April 5.
9:
Decriminalizing
Marijuana - Canada Gets
Serious
Former Prime Minister, Present Justice Minister Support Law Change; Nearly Half of Canadians Say Pot Should Be Legal
10:
Sad
Day For NZ's Human And Cattle
Populations
Sad day for New Zealand's human and cattle populations . Approval for mixing genes plays "Russian Roulette" with our agricultural image.
11:
Select
Committee News Bulletin - 25 May
2001
There were 17 committee meetings. One committee met in Auckland. The remainder met in the parliamentary complex.
12:
Montreal
- The Drug Turntable For North
America
A four year international drug operation by Royal Canadian Mounted Police has ended with the arrest today, of 23 people involved in trafficking and importing cocaine, hashish and heroin into Montreal.
13:
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.
14:
Scoop
Image: NZers asked to Toast Freedom
New Zealanders are being asked to raise their glasses in a Toast to Freedom on Monday to celebrate the 40th birthday of the world's largest human rights organization, Amnesty International.
15:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton Bridge
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
16:
Cannabis
Inquiry All Go - Greens Present On
Wed
Green Party Justice Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos today said he was pleased and relieved that the long-promised inquiry into the most effective strategies to deal with cannabis, including its legal status, will start next week.
17:
When
will Right to Life NZ Deal With Abortion?
"It was with some bewilderment that our members read the latest media release from Right to Life New Zealand, the prohibitionist arm of the anti-abortion movement that harbours fantasies about the passage of laws that would ban abortion altogether. ...
18:
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 ...
19:
ERMA
Decision Welcome, But
Predictable
Scientists and people with multiple sclerosis will join the New Zealand Life Sciences Network in welcoming the outcome of the reconsideration by ERMA of the myelin cattle application, the Network’s Chairman, Dr William Rolleston, said today.
20:
Sludge
Report #71 – Old Mother Hubbard’s
Budget
Question: Why are we spending more on new computers for the Department of Work and Income than we are on protecting our children by implementing the Judge Mick Brown report?
Delivering better value is a critical business objective that has much wider application, according to Simon Carlaw, Chief Executive Business NZ.
Airways Awarded Major US Contract - Consultation On Local Government Law Review - Anderton Talks At Youth Employment Forum - Landonline’s Future Secure - PM’s Department & Cabinet Do Themselves Proud - Economic Development Newsletter
23:
Scoop
Images: Cuba St. Carnival (2)
More images from Saturday's Cuba Street Carnival parade in Wellington.
24:
TV3
News
Jerusalem Wedding Disaster – GE Cows – Rat-Poison Spill – Budget Reaction – Babysitters – Missing Fishing Boat – More Ansett Groundings –Foxton Vandalism – McDonalds Fat
25:
One
Law For All - The Steven Wallace
Killing
The background contents of this report titled 'One law for all' was compiled by Advantage Advocacy and appears at http://www.advantageadvocacy.co.nz/docs/report.html on the Internet. The reports author is DERMOT GREGORY NOTTINGHAM. The report was ...
26:
Cannabis
Inquiry: About Time!
AUCKLAND - The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) is relieved the long-awaited cannabis inquiry is about to start, and has called for a marijuana amnesty until the report is completed.
27:
Sludge
Report #68 – Who Is Terrorising Who?
Is it more terrifying to be killed by a suicide bomber or by a tank-shell, or by a bomb, or by a bullet as you drive your car to work? Does any means of violent death make you more dead than the other?
A weekly mailout in which LOOP lets you know what's up in the world of music.
29:
New
Zealand Music Month ..... Here It
Comes!
The Radio Committee of the Music Industry Commission has been working with music industry groups NZ On Air, Radio Broadcasters Assn. (RBA), APRA and RIANZ towards the merry month of May 2001 being New Zealand Music Month. Music Industry Commission ...
30:
Scoop:
Top Scoops (Bumper Budget
Edition)
Sludge Report: Perverse Irony Or Poetic Revolution? - Eco-Economy: The Real Cost Of Fiscal Prudence - Cannabis Inquiry Next Week - Mounties Bust International Drug Ring - GE Cow Experiments Back In Action - BUDGET 2001 FULL COVERAGE