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The weekend's top 30 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Sludge
Report #94 - Macho Instincts Take Over
If and when more teenagers are killed by another young Palestinian suicide bomber, Israel’s Cabinet will only have themselves to blame. And when they go to comfort the grieving parents of the victims, they should remember to say sorry.
2:
HARD
NEWS 6/7/01 - Everybody
Resign!
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... and back, once again, to what TV3 News likes to call The Rankin Files. Mark Prebble, the head of the Prime Minister's department, gave evidence on his interactions with the CEO of Work and Income and somehow made it all look ...
3:
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.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Court
of Christine Rankin cavorts at our
expense
Winz Chief Executive Christine Rankin starred in a Michael-Jackson type performance at a senior manager's conference, dressed in an extravagant costume and descending from the ceiling on a flying rig said Alliance spokesperson on Social Welfare, Grant ...
5:
Women
A Formidable Force On The
Web
AUCKLAND – July 2, 2001 – E-marketers cannot afford to deny the increasing presence of women on the Web. According to Nielsen//NetRatings, female web surfers have now overtaken men in numbers in the US, and are surging onto the Net in the Asia-Pacific ...
6:
“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.
7:
NORML
President Busted By Police
“Zero Tolerance” Police Search Leads To Arrest For Possession Of One Very Small Cannabis Bud
8:
Sludge
Report #93 – Freedom Is Just A Click
Away!
Inside This Edition: It's Official - XtraMSN Is Not Abusive (Legally Anyway) - But You Too Can Be Freed From XtraMSN!
9:
Scoop
Images: A Hard Frost In
Karori
Panoramic images by David McLellan of frost at Karori Nornal School this morning. Miniature frostball in gloved hand
10:
J21
Demo - Cuba Mall - Wellington
Between 19 - 21 July politicians from the eight richest countries in the world (USA, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Japan and Canada) will be meeting in Genoa, Italy with some of the most powerful businessmen - together they will continue to carve ...
11:
Statement
From Christine Rankin
I have read Mr Wintringham's statement and will naturally be discussing the matters he has raised with the WINZ management team.
12:
Scoop
Images: Magical Light Over Lake
Ohau
More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay .
13:
Scoop
Deemed Excellent In Computerworld
Awards
Pioneering online news service SCOOP has been selected as one of three finalists for the 'Overall Excellence in Information Technology' award at the Computerworld Excellence Awards.
14:
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.
15:
National
Radio Midday Report
Prison Escaper In Court This Afternoon - Waitemata DHB To Repay $25,000 - New Trans-Tasman Body to Regulate Medicines - Bouma Killer Dies - Unitech Blocked From Training Radiotherapists - School Trustees Cannot Do Job - China Confirms Spy Trials Begin - European Delegation ...
16:
Scott
Murder Reporting Condemned
The Qarase regime and businessmen in Fiji have condemned the reporting of the brutal murder of Red Cross Director John Scott.
17:
Keith
Rankin: Taxing Questions
I have received some feedback after last-week presenting an argument in favour of a home equity tax. One responder cannot understand the difference between a home equity tax and a capital gains tax. Another sees the idea of offsetting a tax with ...
Wellington activists will protest tomorrow outside Te Papa, where ex- Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney is speaking. Mulroney will be promoting the NAFTA free trade agreement that his government signed with the USA and Mexico, and encouraging New ...
19:
Helen
Clark Speech To Welcome Dr Klaus
Töpfer
It is a great pleasure today to welcome Dr Klaus Töpfer formally to New Zealand.
The Green Party says the State Services Commission's minor censure of WINZ Chief Executive Christine Rankin is disappointing but predictable.
21:
Govt
Hypocritical On Employment
Laws
National MP Gerry Brownlee has dismissed as laughable State Services Minister Trevor Mallard's suggestion that the Opposition has been hypocritical in its criticism of the Government's conduct as an employer.
22:
Genome
Pioneer To Address Knowledge Wave
Conferenc
The winner of the race to map the human genome, Dr Craig Venter of Celera Genomics, is to address next month's Catching the Knowledge Wave conference on the advances occurring in bio-technology and the opportunities for countries like New Zealand, ...
23:
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 ...
24:
Statement on SSC report into Christine
Rankin
Social Services, Work and Income Minister Roger Sowry and Associate Minister of Work and Income Peter McCardle said today that they accept the conclusions of the report into the performance of the WINZ CEO Christine Rankin.
25:
Howard's
End: Baby-Boomer Executives Waking
Up
Slow down, stop multi-tasking, work less, follow your heart and soul and work from the centre of yourself. These are messages baby-boomer executives are taking on board as a spiritual awakening travels across the world. Maree Howard writes.
26:
Suspension
Figures Highlight Education
Failure
Appalling school suspension figures highlight gross failings in the education system, ACT Education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said today.
27:
Scoop
Images: Hobbiton Bridge
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
28:
Latest
Radiation Oncology Treatment Waiting
Times
The percentage of patients waiting four to six weeks for cancer treatment has fallen according to Ministry of Health figures released today.
29:
Sneak
Preview Of Intel® 845 Chipset For Pentium®
4
Sneak Preview Of Intel® 845 Chipset For Pentium® 4 Processor–Based Platform At Computex Taiwan ‘2001
30:
Due
Processes Need To Be Followed:
Minister
Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton confirmed that he had received advice from the Crown Law Office about the past losses of ENZA today.
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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