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Today's top rating items on Scoop are....
1: Telecom
One New Zealand Challenge
New Zealand’s leading broadcaster and New Zealand’s leading telecommunications company have joined together in a programme designed to put every New Zealander on screen for the Millennium.
2:
Kevin
Roberts - Honk If You Love
Toyota!
What's driving the future of automotive brands? Address to the Toyota Australia dealers conference Sydney, 23 September 1999
3:
The
Biggest Money Laundering Scandal In
History
Concern is mounting worldwide that donor-money countries provide to the IMF and World Bank for loans may not be reaching those in need. John Howard reports.
4:
Minister
Announces Retirement
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Jack Elder, has announced he’ll be retiring from Parliament at the General Election.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Govt
ducking questions on Winz debacle
The Government appears determined to duck Parliamentary questions on the Auditor-General's inquiry into the Work and Income NZ chartered aircraft affair, says Labour's social welfare spokesperson Steve Maharey.
6:
Questions
For Oral Answer Tuesday, 5 October
1999
Today’s questions for oral answer by Ministers are….
7:
Beware
Of Another Timberlands
Stunt!
Native Forest Action urges the public and media to be skeptical of the latest Timberlands public relations stunt which is scheduled for Tuesday, 12:30pm outside Parliament Buildings.
8:
Hard
News - Doing It For The Kids
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so we have a date with democracy on November 27, and not November 6. The Prime Minister has apparently surprised the pundits and disappointed some of her caucus by going for the earlier date.
9:
Fear
and Loathing in "serene" Sri
Lanka
Walking around in downtown Colombo, with its magnificent Ocean front on one side and its colonial buildings on another, it is easy to forget about a war being fought in the country somewhere in the North. The three-wheelers, the hawkers selling everything ...
10:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
East Timor: Donations, Refugees – Jack Elder – Genetics: Petition, Monsanto, Farm Conference – Split ENZ Concert – Drug Use – Chechnya – UN Human Rights Committee – Birth Interventions – Snail Study – Nuclear Accident – Rugby World Cup
11:
Henare
Supports Elder's Retirement
"Mauri Pacific fully understands Jack Elder's decision to step down at this year's election," its Leader, Hon Tau Henare, said today.
Today's order paper for government orders of the day contains the following...this is the final sitting week of this session.
13:
Week
One On The Election Campaign
Last weeks announcement of the November 27 election date has well and truly seen campaigning by all parties begin in earnest. Jonathan Hill reports on the first of nine long weeks.
14:
Rebel
Caucus Members Slam Labour Tertiary
Policy
Members of the Rebel Caucus have slammed Labour's Tertiary Education policy, released on Wednesday.
15:
Scoop
Today - Even More News Than
Usual
Note: This is a special extended bulletin - Including today's news and highlights from the weekend...
The initiative of the group of academics campaigning against the referendum to reduce the numbers of MPs in Parliament is warmly commended by Waitakere MP and Chair of the Electoral Law Select Committee, Hon Marie Hasler,
17:
McCully
insults industry and the truth
ACC Minister Murray McCully insulted the convenors and participants at the International Forest Industry Safety Conference today by lying about Labour's ACC policy and the National Government's ACC "reforms", Labour ACC spokesperson Ruth Dyson ...
18:
Y2K:
Prepared Or Compliant?
With less that 90 to go before Year 2000, a new poll reveals fifty-six percent of corporate leaders from US companies operating in the global market, plan to put aside nine days of food and withdraw ten days worth of cash in anticipation of y2k computer ...
19:
Alliance
supports global legal challenge to GE
'The announcement that the biggest antitrust lawsuit ever is to mount an international challenge to take leading GE seed producers to court is very welcome,’ said Alliance health and environment spokesperson Phillida Bunkle.
20:
Massey
delays fee setting until after the
election
WINZ has two months to prepare for a massive influx of loan and allowance applications from Massey University students. Massey is waiting until after the 27 November election to announce fees for 2000.
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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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