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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Rank
Photographers And Rankin's
Cleavage
It's ironic that some of our nation's sports photographers (and their editors) are acting like pimply 13 year olds in the same week that various news media have displayed their distaste about the treatment of ex CEO of the Department of Work and Income, ...
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:
Lindsay
Perigo: Alas, Poor Herald!
It's a funny thing, the New Zealand Herald. It used to be called Granny Herald because of its conservatism, & lampooned as the print arm of the National Party. Now it is the print arm of the present Labour/Alliance government, & it pleases me to call ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Update #2 - Scoop Almost
Triumphant!
As promised in Scoop Update #1 the story of Scoop at the ComputerWorld Excellence awards, including a C.D. Sludge draft award acceptance speech, Guy’s World, and pictures, will be compiled once Scoop has caught up on the weekend’s news happenings (563 email ...
5:
National
Radio Midday Report
Rankin Hearings – Auckland Rail – Speight Trial – Race Riots – Croation War Criminals – Macedonia – Pacific Weapons – MS Drugs – West Timor Aid – Probation Workers – Lake Waikaremoana – Frozen Pipes – Silk Air Crash – Harrison Treated
6:
We
Must Mobilise Against A Miasma of
Mini-MAIs
Article by Aziz Choudry, GATT Watchdog You've got to wonder at the nerve of New Zealand trade officials. During the furtive Multilateral Agreement on Investment negotiations and the subsequent international waves of opposition they were quietly ...
7:
Gosche
Action Over Landlords
Hypocritical
Housing Minister, Mark Gosche, should 'clean up his own backyard' while he gets stuck into landlords with substandard rental properties, National's Housing spokesperson David Carter said today.
8:
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.
9:
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.
10:
Stateside
with Rosalea : Freedom's Chimes
Flashing
Dabbing at my patriotic eyes as the marching bands play and the fireworks flash, I notice that the Kleenex I'm using comes from a "format de poche". I guess I bought that "pocket pack" on my trip to Canada. It's a nice little reminder ...
11:
“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.
12:
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, ...
13:
Media
Flash - July 9, 2001
* RADIO 3PBS FM in St Kilda (Vic.) was receiving $3 from every voucher booklet sold in a promotion, covered in a Geelong Advertiser article headlined 'Ad Firm Caught In Phone Scam Fears'. MICHAEL HADE, of Brisbane-based Merchant Sampler Advertising, ...
14:
NORML
President Busted By Police
“Zero Tolerance” Police Search Leads To Arrest For Possession Of One Very Small Cannabis Bud
15:
Stop
Crime! End Justice! Says GCSB
Stop Crime End Justice should be the catchphrase enacted by the GCSB’s loyal puppy dog defenders as they seek to defend the indefensible: the extension of police state tactics.
16:
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 ...
17:
Encounter
The Romantic Russian!
The NZSO will host the second concert of the successful 'Composer Focus' series, on 20 July, with three romantic Tchaikovsky favourites in the Wellington Town Hall.
18:
Without
Trucks, New Zealand Stops
Sue Kedgley's attempt to kill debate on the Land Transport Safety Authority discussion document is unfair and lacks common sense, ACT MP Penny Webster said today.
19:
Soccer
World Cup Coup For New Zealand
Agency
Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand has scored a major coup by winning the account to promote the 2002 Soccer World Cup in its host country, Japan.
20:
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 ...
21:
The
Dominion
Horomia’s Condemned House – Collins Assault – Race Riots – Headless Body
22:
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 ...
23:
83
Foot Long Trucks On Our Roads Would Be Madness
Green Party Transport Spokesperson Sue Kedgley said a Transit proposal for new rules to allow 83 foot trucks and 62 tonne trucks on our roads were sheer madness, and should be consigned swiftly to the dustbin of history.
24:
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.
25:
Nicky
Watson Fits The Bill For Revamped Fayreform
Fayreform has signed top model Nicky Watson as the exclusive “face” of its lingerie brand. Watson, of Clyne Management, will promote the brand in advertising campaigns and with personal appearances throughout Australasia.
26:
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.
27:
Locke
Supports Electrification Of West Auck
Rail
Auckland Green MP and Associate Transport Spokesperson, Keith Locke, today welcomed the new public transport plan for Auckland, and called on the Government to ensure that Transfund adequately supported the scheme.
28:
Govt
Must Protect NZers Against Oz Bank
Collapses
The Government must move to protect New Zealanders from Australian bank collapses, ACT Commerce Spokesman Stephen Franks said today.
29:
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!
30:
Govt
Running Late To Deliver Auck Rail
Corridors
The decision by Auckland councils to use conventional and light rail to deliver rapid transport to Aucklanders puts the heat on the Government to deliver the promised rail corridors, National's Transport spokesperson Belinda Vernon said 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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