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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were…
1: SearchNOW
becomes the largest NZ Search
Engine
New Zealand search site SearchNOW.co.nz has indexed over 3.2 million local web pages - making it easily New Zealand's largest search engine.
2:
Letter
From Elsewhere: Inalienable Feminist
Rights
As a feminist of thirty years’ standing, I would like to make a short statement. Being able to wear short skirts and long earrings to work is not an inalienable feminist right. It is not even a feminist issue.
3:
Big
News : A “Morally Repugnant Trade”
The Prostitution Law Reform Bill that is currently before the Justice and Electoral Select Committee appears to be heading for parliamentary approval in a country where it is illegal to sell sex but not to buy it.
4:
Howard's
End: 20-50 Hertz Of Happiness
A three thousand year old mystery has been solved after scientists discovered that the purring of cats is a natural healing frequency which has helped dispel the myth that a cat has nine lives and that they are simply contented. Maree Howard writes.
5:
Julz
World: My Name Is Julie & I'm A
Chocoholic
At the moment my addiction is under relative control. I’ve reduced my intake down to half a block a day. On a good day, I can get by on chocolate bikkies alone.
6:
Dangly
Earring Craze Snowballing
The following email, urging women to get their Christine Rankin styled glad rags on in support of women workers, is doing the rounds across the country. Meanwhile, broadcasters Robert Rakete and James Coleman both donned Rankinesque dangly earings ...
Graham Fletcher is a New Zealand born Samoan artist. In this series 'Virgin' he continues his exploration of complex cultural issues within a post-colonial context.
8:
Sludge
Report #92 – A Winter Of
Discontent
Of course in the Northern hemisphere it is not winter at all (but it is where Sludge is, hence the use of the quote). And there can be little doubt that the dogs of war are currently out and about, baying to be allowed back to their games of destruction ...
9:
National
Radio Midday Report
Cancer Waiting – Christine Rankin – Post Board – Iwi Liason – OCR – Fiji Murders – Russian Crash – Merger Denied – School Suspensions – Enza – Science Review
10:
“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.
11:
Resolution
Of NZ Post Board Issue
The board of New Zealand Post has addressed its internal differences and has provided assurance that it is focused on its job of running a successful government-owned business, the Minister for State Owned Enterprises Mark Burton announced today.
12:
Yahoo!/ACNielsen
Internet Confidence Index
-- Study Reveals Breadth of Information, Ability to Compare Prices, and Selection As Main Motivators Driving Consumer E-commerce
13:
Scoop
Images: Ice Dog With Heart Of A
Lion
Images from the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay , including a picture and tale about a small dog with the heart of a lion.
14:
Australia
Drifting Further From NZ
The relationship between New Zealand and Australia has deteriorated to the point that if nothing is done to repair it, it will dissolve altogether, National's Defence spokesperson Max Bradford told the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs ...
15:
Terrorist
Plans Fundraising Trip To Aust, NZ
Terrorist Ratu Inoke Takiveikata planned to visit Australia and New Zealand to raise funds for a religious project.
16:
Revamped
Kaimai Express Could Be Viable
ACT deputy leader Ken Shirley says he enjoyed a return trip from Tauranga to Auckland on the Kaimai Express this week and believes the threatened rail service could be viable if revamped and properly marketed.
17:
'Friends
In High Places' Save Armstrong's
Skin
Prime Minister Helen Clark has put cronyism ahead of the interests of New Zealand Post, National's Finance spokesman Bill English said today.
18:
RMA
Treatment Must Be Fair And
Consistent
The Deputy Prime Minister's assurance to the boat industry that the helping hand given to Sovereign Yachts will be 'available to everyone on the same basis' shows Mr Anderton is happy to ride roughshod over the Resource Management Act, Gerry Eckhoff ...
19:
Scoop
Images: Phil Goff With Gun In
Solomons
Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff in the Solomon Islands. He is shown with members of the International Peace Monitoring Team and at a weapons container at Kakabona on the outskirts of Honiara.
20:
Herald
Strikes As O’Reilly Visits
New Zealand Herald journalists have walked off the job again today, a strike coinciding with a visit to New Zealand by the Irish owner of Wilson and Horton, Sir Anthony O’Reilly.
The revelation that Lilybank Station and luxury resort has not been sold, despite December 2000 reports that it had been, gives the New Zealand government another opportunity to take decisive action on this best known New Zealand asset of the Suharto ...
22:
Update
On NZ Post Board Issues
The Minister for State Owned Enterprises Mark Burton said he is dealing with the issues surrounding the New Zealand Post Board.
23:
Exclude
Spying On Foreign Missions From GCSB
Bill
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke today asked Prime Minister Helen Clark to amend Government Communications Security Bureau Bill to specifically exclude Government spy agencies from spying on diplomatic missions in New Zealand
24:
Craig
Norgate Appointed CEO
The board of Global Dairy Company has appointed Craig Norgate as Chief Executive Officer, John Roadley, Chairman of Global Dairy Company, announced today.
25:
Red
Cross Director Was Threatened By Terrorists
The Director of Red Cross, John Scott was threatened and warned not to give evidence against the terrorists.
26:
National
Radio 8am Bulletin
Slobodan Milosevic – NZ Post – Russian Airline Crash – Fiji Murder – Interest Rates – Apple Dispute – Christine Rankin – Children’s Rights – Auckland Airport – South Auckland Health
27:
Four
New Lay Members Of The High Court
Appointed
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson announced today the appointment of four new lay members of the High Court under the Commerce Act.
Inquiry Into ENZA Called For - Suharto’s NZ Resort Not Sold - Opotiki Sustainable Farming Initiative Goes nation-wide - The Social Health-O-Meter - Heather Riddell New High Commissioner To Solomons - Defence Minister Lauds New Joint HQ - NGOs Get ...
29:
Population
Based Funding - A Two Faced Beast
30:
Stop
The Bank Until NZ Post Is
Sorted
Any development on 'MyBank' must stop until the NZ Post Board chaos is sorted, ACT Finance Spokesman MP Rodney Hide said today.
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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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