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1: “The
Lord Of The Rings” New Zealand Date
Change
ALKD, June 14, 2001 – The first instalment in New Line Cinema’s movie trilogy THE LORD OF THE RINGS will now release in cinemas around New Zealand on December 19, 2001.
2:
HARD
NEWS: Sucking on the Half-Time Orange
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... we used to have a very good rugby team in Auckland. Often as not, they would win even when they played quite poorly. They'd often go down a try or two early, but you could comfortably bet that by the time they were sucking ...
4:
Sludge
Report #88 - George Bush’s Worst
Nightmare
In This Edition: Dubya Speaks With Forked Tongue - Showdown In Slovenia - Oh To Be A Fly On The Wall - Could It Be Time To Put The U.S. On An Oil Diet?
5:
What
goes up must come down
On Energy's announcement of price rises for its small business and residential customers is unwelcome but no surprise, says Energy Minister Pete Hodgson.
6:
TheOneRing.Net
- Are We Not Geeks?
Tolkien and his keen readers are often criticised for being stuck in eternal adolescence, and labelled as geeks. I'd like to take a closer look at these labels.
The following two photos were taken by Lake Ohau based photographer Norman Mackay in the past week. As can be seen the recent big chill has already partly frozen over Lake Middleton, a smallish lake adjacent to Lake Ohau.
8:
Dawn
Raid To Deport Helen Clark's
Husband
The Minister of Immigration must pull her department into line after two recent examples of heavy-handed behaviour, National's Immigration spokesperson Marie Hasler said today.
9:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton Bridge
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
10:
New
Evangelical movement planned in New
Zealand
Five senior pastors from New Zealand, including Presbyterian moderator Rob Yule, are discussing the introduction of a new evangelical movement modelled on the Evangelical Alliance. Initiated by Pentecostal leader John Walton, the group met with 70 senior ...
11:
Anarchism
And The Anti-Globalisation
Movement
Mayday 2001 is a global day of protest against capitalism. Here in the Wellington Carnival Against Capitalism we are taking part in a large international movement, a movement which has mushroomed in recent years. In Seattle in 1999 50,000 people ...
12:
Kapa
haka group Pounamu Kai Tahu - Venice
Biennale
Kapa haka group Pounamu Kai Tahu to perform at 2001 Dance Section of the Venice Biennale
13:
Scoop
Images:Winter Life In Ohau
Village
More Images from Norman Mackay of Ohau Village, this time showing snow in the Village, a dog in the snow, a mountain top view and a burn off in progress.
14:
1000TH
ALL BLACK CELEBRATES TEST WIN OVER
SAMOA
NEW ZEALAND icon the All Blacks celebrated their 1000th representative Saturday night with a comfortable, yet far from satisfactory, 50-6 victory over Samoa.
15:
Sludge
Report #87 – Human Rights And Selling Sex
In This Edition: Prostitution Law Reform Debate - The Human Rights Of Selling Sex – An Alternative Plan
16:
Warner
Bros. Launched “Harry Potter” Website
Warner Bros. Have launched the official “Harry Potter” Web site, www.harrypotter.com (www.harrypotter.co.uk in the United Kingdom). The much-anticipated site offers a rich, dynamic environment that will evolve and grow over time as exclusive features ...
17:
Suicide
Is Painless? - The Craccum
Articles
Craccum Magazine makes no apologies for this article. We know that suicide is one of the few taboo subjects still left in society. We know that New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the world.
18:
No
time for Hodgson to attack and
blame
Personalised attacks upon critics have become the hallmark of Labour's push to market a strong leadership style. The latest victim is Todd Energy CEO Richard Tweedie, National's Energy spokesperson Pansy Wong said today.
19:
Media
Flash - Mar. 5, 2001 - Mail Batch No.
057
Media Flash and Australian Media Job Directory Australia's Media Independent Weekly E-Newspaper Monday, March 5, 2001
20:
Keith
Rankin: A Minuscule Landslide
Last week I suggested that the result of the British election would be closer than most people expected. I was right, the gap between Labour and the Conservatives was only nine percentage points. What I did not realise, however, is just how much the ...
Scoop Subversive Art #1 George W. Bush Priceless, sent from Washington D.C.
22:
Correctives:
Irma Should Be Spanked!!!
"The Corrective Party is shocked, horrified, appalled and disgusted at the fact that Irma, a negligent biosecurity evaluator, was responsible for strange and untoward experiments with genetic modification in cows!!!" stated Sister Pontificata ...
A weekly mailout in which LOOP lets you know what's up in the world of music.
24:
Kiwi
Ingenuity Opens Tourism Door To Millions
DVD Power Ltd www.dvdpower.org announced today, that the major European DVD news site 7th Zone, www.7thzone.com, profiled the New Zealand Tourism DVD "Coast to Coast", as Feature Article of the Day on its web site, DVD Power Business ...
Keep Air NZ Kiwi Owned - Fire Agreement Welcomed - Medical Specialists Score King’s Performance In the House - Appalling Crime Stats Behind Goff’s Soothing Words - Investigation Finds Depleted Uranium Danger Negligible - Immigration Dept Bullies Need To Be Reigned ...
26:
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.
27:
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 ...
An updated report on New Zealanders’ nutritional status, released today by Agencies for Nutrition Action, shows that more than 1000 New Zealanders die each year from obesity – more than double the annual road toll.
29:
A
Canadian Spook Perspective On
Anti-Globalisation
The following a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) report on the anti-globalization movement. To access the CSIS website directly, go to:
International and local graffiti artists will blitz the new Christchurch Art Gallery¹s construction fence with aerosol cans and hip-hop music tomorrow with the support of the Gallery.
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.
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Awful, Not Good, Very Bad Poll Results
Ian Powell: Policy Vacuum Enables For-profit Corporate General Practice Ownership By Stealth
Gordon Campbell: On Iran Killing Its Rappers, And Searching For The Invisible Dr. Reti
Peter Dunne: MPs Unusually Quiet On Pay Rise
Ian Powell: Cuba And New Zealand: A Relationship Worthy Of Strengthening
Gordon Campbell: On bird flu, AUKUS entry fees and Cindy Lee