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Scoop Ratings – Yesterday’s Top 20
The top 20 rating items on Scoop yesterday were...
1:
Rankin
Column: Free Trade and Economic
Correctness
Last week Reserve Bank governor Don Brash was reported (Herald, 20 August) as having chastised his fellow economists for not having done more to convince the public that free trade is always the best policy for any nation.
2:
Questions
Of The Day (7-13)
Employment Contracts ACT (much disorder) - Nutrition Survey And Poverty - Agriculture Research - Ascot Hospital - Auckland Mayors - Violent Crime - Wanganui Prison Escape
3:
Organic
Beer Sales Grow - Greenies May Be
Right
UK supermarkets say demand for organic beer made from organically grown New Zealand hops has grown amid deepening public concern over food safety and the environmental impact of modern farming. John Howard reports.
4:
Scoop
Feature: The fight for the
Coromandel
The seat of Coromandel, currently held by National MP Murray McLean but fiercely contested by Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons, promises to be one of the most interesting and potentially significant seats of the looming general election. Jonathan Hill ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Don't
Turn us into Irish Component Assemblers
Bank managers and receivers hear the same story every day: businesses never go under through bad management. They fail because of the competition from cheap imports, or the exchange rate, or lack of subsidies. Not long ago, it was the exchange rate. ...
6:
Review
Of Public Sector IT Projects
A detailed review of public sector Information Technology (IT) projects and how they compare with other jurisdictions was announced by Associate Minister of State Services Maurice Williamson today.
7:
Scoop
Ratings – Yesterday’s Top 20
The Top 20 rating items on the Scoop site yesterday were…
8:
Cullen
suspended from the House
Dr Michael Cullen was today “named” by the Speaker and consequently suspended from the House for 24 hours.
A bezerk Michael Cullen was booted out of the House today after a serious breach of Parliamentary discipline. Cullen had stormed from the House in a remarkable display of bad temper. He was called back by Mr Speaker who sent the Sergeant of Arms to ...
10:
Questions
For Oral Answer Thursday, 26 August
1999
Paraphrased answers to these questions will be posted to Scoop's Headlines wire shortly after questions conclude around 3pm.
11:
Questions
Of The Day (1-6)
Work Stoppages - Tax - Job Creation - Maori Affairs - Secondary Students - Wealth Disparity
12:
A
Scoop Exclusive - Inside APEC
Series
As the third reading of the SIS Amendment Bill No. 2 is put before the New Zealand Parliament, a Canadian Anti-APEC campaigner warns of spy infiltration of New Zealand groups. Those particularly targeted are organisations and individuals openly critical ...
13:
Rt
Hon Mike Moore's Valedictory
Speech
Mike Moore issued his valedictory speech in Parliament on Tuesday. Scoop is proud to today bring readers the full text of the speech.
14:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Watson - SFO - Guilty Plea - Age Card - Kids at War - Refugees - Miami - Wanganui - New Plymouth - Air NZ - Black Caps - Pilot Contracts
15:
Remuera
Minister Supports Same-Sex
Commitment
In contrast to the conservative Christian views of Graham Capill, Presbyterian Minister David S. Clark writes that he welcomes talk of same-sex marriages.
16:
Greens
Launch Sue Kedgely in Wgtn.
Central
The Green Party plans to strategically target Wellington Central by standing only a list candidate - high profile author, safe food campaigner and Green city councillor Sue Kedgley - in the key seat.
17:
Senator's
Welfare Message An Inspiration For
Maori
Australia's only federal Aboriginal politician will make history in his maiden speech tonight urging governments to stop throwing more money at indigenous communities, a message ACT Maori Affairs Spokesman Donna Awatere Huata said should be heeded by ...
18:
Cullen
Cracks Over Employment
Relations
"Labour's Deputy Leader, Dr Michael Cullen, lost control of himself and was removed from the House today following robust questioning of Labour's industrial relations policy," Leader of the House, Roger Sowry, said.
19:
Crown
Pays Up, Apologises In Choudry SIS
Case
Christchurch GATT Watchdog Organiser Aziz Choudry And The Crown have reached a settlement of Mr Choudry's damages against the Crown for the entering of his home by two Security Intelligence Service officers in July 1996.
20:
Soapbox:
Kei te korero au i te reo
Maori
Those people who know me personally would not describe me as the sort of person who is often lost for words. But during the past weekend I have been very quiet indeed. It's not that I haven't had a lot to say; in fact, the opposite is true. But the ...
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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