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1:
Haka:
The Legend Of The All Blacks
After the brouhaha of the Tourism Board fiasco earlier this year it was interesting to see an advert for New Zealand on Irish Television last night. An hour long programme about the All Blacks called "Haka: The Legend Of The All Blacks" made by Adidas and ...
2:
Australian
Troops Accused Of Torturing
Militiamen
The following report was carried this morning in the Jakarta English language daily the Jakarta Post. It reports an East Timorese militia commander accusing Australian peace-keepers of torturing eight militiamen in Dili East Timor.
3:
National
Running Scared In Coromandel
ACT has withdrawn from the Coromandel electorate - in a panicked deal with National to shore up the right-wing vote, say the Greens.
4:
Book
Review - Change for the Better
The Story of Georgina Beyer. I must admit that reading this book made me feel like a bit of a pervert; Georgina’s journey from effeminate boy to transsexual cabaret star being somewhat more colourful than local level provincial politics.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Kokako
cry silenced in Taranaki’s Moki
forest
The mournful cry of kokako has gone from Taranaki’s Moki Forest with the capture last week of the last known bird.
6:
Scoop
Column: VisionCorp To Replace World
Bank
East Timor independence leaders will meet with officials of the IMF and World Bank in Washington this week, while high-powered critics are calling for both organisations to be cut down to size to break their hold on poor nations. Scoop's West Coast correspondent ...
7:
Rebels
Disgusted At Alliance's Policy Of
Contempt
Prebble's Rebels today expressed disgust at the Alliance's tertiary policy, saying it shows contempt for democracy.
8:
Labour
Surges & National Stumbles In Manukau
City
The Labour Party looks set to achieve considerable gains in electoral support throughout Manukau City at the forthcoming General Election. The surge in support for Labour comes at the expense of National and New Zealand First.
9:
Let's
Celebrate Young Kiwi Voices, PM
Says
New Zealanders are proud globe trotters and world traders, but most of all we passionate about our unique kiwi identity, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today at the announcement of a new Music Industry Forum.
10:
Clark's
Flip Flop Roading Policy
Labour leader Helen Clark has finally admitted that the principles of the National Government's roading policy must be implemented, despite previously criticising it, Transport Minister Maurice Williamson said today.
11:
BP
Unveils Service Station Of The New Millennium
New Zealand’s first solar powered service station was opened today by the Hon Max Bradford, Minister for Energy, as part of a global programme that will see 200 BP service stations world-wide using solar energy.
12:
Peters
Urges TVNZ To Take Election
Seriously
The New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, will tell TVNZ that he will not take part in bizarre TV shows featuring “worms” because the issues facing New Zealanders are too important to be treated as cheap entertainment.
13:
Shipley's
blind date with history
"She probably doesn't know it, but Jenny Shipley has made a date with history by choosing November 27 for the general election," says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey.
14:
Scoop
Opinion: Fire In The Sky
As Kiwi and Aussie diggers hunker down in Dili tonight their future is being decided not at home - where loved ones wait and elected leaders worry - but in Jakarta where the worries of East Timor are increasingly playing second fiddle to a domestic political ...
15:
Unprotected
Species Threatened with Extinction
Species that are found no-where else in the world but Spirits and Tom Bowling Bays from Cape Reinga to North Cape are likely to be lost irretrievably unless they are fully protected now, says Cath Wallace for the Environment and Conservation Organisations ...
Alliance Tax Policy – Tomato Sauce – Petrol Prices – Bastion Point – MMP – Helen Clark – Election Date Editorial – Wellington Central – Eating Or Not – Immunisation – East Timor Darwin – Bob Harvey – Poverty – Radio Wedding – Youth Radio - Ansett
17:
Labour
Policy Will See More Trucks On The Road
Helen Clark's recent statement on roading sounds like a recipe for more roads, more trucks, and more damage to the environment, says the Green Party.
18:
When
Selling Jam Is Not Enough
The St Joseph's Hospice at Mercy Hospital, Epsom is selling jam to make ends meet.
19:
Labour's
commitment to public broadcasting
Labour in government will welcome its responsibility to support quality public broadcasting that meets the diverse needs of New Zealanders, Labour broadcasting spokesperson Marian Hobbs said today.
20:
HARD
NEWS: Nice Dress, Shame About the
Economy
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so sorry to have missed last week's post-Apec appointment, but I was drugged by a shadowy group with links to powerful international financial interests and then taken to a secret location.
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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