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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were…
1: Big
News: Double-Dutch Contraception
Lessons
Well, its not often that the moral minority looks to a country such as the Netherlands to give them a benchmark to back up their moral and ethical beliefs. After all, the Netherlands tolerate prostitution, cannabis, euthanasia, and homosexuality. In 1971 ...
2:
Sludge
Report #96 – If Life Is A
River
The size of our trucks, the number of roads we are building, new thermal electricity power stations, and the future of rail are currently hot political issues. But unfortunately throughout all these debates, everybody involved has completely missed the main event.
3:
Scoop
Images: Blue Sky, Frozen
Earth
More images of the environs of the most photogenic mountain village in the world taken by Norman Mackay .Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Images: Grins From Gareth Farr & Helen
Clark
Gareth Farr and Prime Minister Helen Clark at last night's special function to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Dowse Art Museum.
5:
Howard's
End: How Not To Run A Dot.com
Job losses in the U.S. are escalating to the point where in the last five months, more than one million jobs have disappeared - the biggest decline since 1980. And it shows no sign of slowing down with June layoffs nine times the number of June ...
6:
Correctives:
Rankin's Choice Of Dress Defended!!!
"Christine Rankin is quite entitled to wear whatever she likes but we do wish to raise some issues of sartorial challenges within the public service!!!"
7:
This
Friday, July13th… Look Out For
Viruses
This Friday, July13th… look out for black cats, don’t walk under ladders and ensure your virus protection is up-to-date!
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:
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, ...
10:
David
Miller: A Point of View On Christine
Rankin
The battle in the Employment Court over whether Christine Rankin should be awarded the $818,000 she seeks in damages is about her performance or non-performance as a CEO of a government department. It is about the issue of whether she was competent ...
11:
Feedback:
Financial Wizardry
An article appearing in a local paper this morning with the heading "Cullen floats partnership idea" (11 July) raises a couple of questions regarding Dr Cullen's appreciation of the intelligence of the average citizen and his financial ...
12:
Sludge
Feedback: Fear Not, There’s Oil A
Plenty
In This Edition: A Sludge Report reader has replied remarkably quickly to "Sludge Report #96 – If Life Is A River", expressing a healthy dose of scepticism - C.D. Sludge Replies.
13:
Police
Commissioner On Gay Bashing Trail
Police Commissioner Isikia Savua has embarked on a gay-bashing trail. Over the past week, Savua has condemned the alleged lifestyle of murder victims John Scott and Gregory Scrivner.
14:
Methinks
Pete Hodgson Doth Protest Too
Much
Pete Hodgson has utterly failed to explain how he plans to invoke Kyoto Protocol restrictions, ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff said today.
15:
National
Radio Midday Report
US Criticises Israel – Polish Apology – Deportation Investigation – Body In Lake – Rubbish Collection - Subsidy Cut – Waikato Health Deficit – Cold Snap – Icy Roads – Chechnya Human Rights – Missing Intern – Global Warming – Tiger Tickets
16:
Dr
Prebble Had No Sartorial Advice For Me, PM
Says
Head of the Prime Minister’s Department Mark Prebble had never given Prime Minister Helen Clark advice on what to wear, and wouldn’t have even if she did wear short skirts, Miss Clark said today.
17:
Kangaroos
In The Top Paddock Again
The Government is not going to raise the price of petrol by 70 cents a litre to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, says Energy Minister Pete Hodgson.
18:
Energy
Agency Reviews NZ Energy Policy
A review of New Zealand's energy policies by the International Energy Agency highlights the challenges posed by climate change, says Energy Minister Pete Hodgson.
19:
ENZA
Hypocrites On Property
Rights
Nelson MP Nick Smith is astonished that ENZA Chairman Tony Gibbs has criticised National for considering legislation to resolve the ENZA dispute on the basis of private property rights.
20:
Report
Challenges U.N. On Genetic
Engineering
Comments about genetically engineered (GE) crops expressed in the just-released "Human Development Report 2001", the flagship publication of the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), reveal a shocking lack of understanding of the production problems that must ...
21:
Sludge
Report #95 – Thankyou
The following is a draft speech C.D.Sludge wrote for Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson for him to consider using for the Computerworld Excellence Awards, should Scoop win. As you should by now be aware, Scoop didn’t. Nevertheless most, if not quite all ...
22:
Image:
This Ridiculous Dance - OPENS
TONIGHT
11TH Gala Opening $35 – Adam Art Gallery Fundraiser for Melbourne Fringe Festival Chance to win trip to Melbourne
23:
Auckland
Rail Agreement Signed By
Councils
Auckland region councils have now signed a jointly drafted Crown/Auckland region Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU details the agreement between the Crown and the Auckland region to work together to negotiate purchase of the Auckland ...
24:
Scoop
Images: Water Pressure Group At Ike’s
House
The Water Pressure group are holding a protest outside Ike's villa in Grey Lynn to stop the council from taking down his anti-Metrowater signs. Ike's front lawn is covered with signs. The signs speak out against the privatisation of water services ...
25:
ExxonMobil
(Esso) International Day Of
Action
WHY: In April, US President Bush crushed worldwide hopes for reducing global warming by rejecting the Kyoto climate change treaty. Coming from the country that produces 25% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions but only houses 4% of the population, ...
26:
Tax
Robs Vital Charities For Govt Coffers
Labour intends to regulate and tax the work of charities, Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley said today.
27:
Pay
For Mothers Caring For Their Children At
Home
National list MP, Katherine Rich, is on leave for up to two months for the purpose of nurturing her child born in May. While she’s at home, she’ll continue to be paid $1,673 per week by the taxpayers.
28:
Compensation
payment for David
Dougherty
Justice Minister Phil Goff announced today that Cabinet has accepted a recommendation that $868,728.80 be paid to David Dougherty as compensation for his conviction and more than three years imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.
29:
Aussie
Foul Play
The Australian rugby league team is being accused of dirty tactics by Customs Minister Jim Anderton.
30:
Moratorium
On Human Reproduction Technology Call
News that Australian scientists are on a way to fertilise human eggs without using sperm raised ethical, cultural and legal concerns and showed that we are not prepared to deal with the most powerful technology the world has ever seen, Green Party Health ...
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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