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1: Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was
Stirring
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
2:
Scoop
Images: Welcome To Camperdown
Studios
Scoop visits Peter Jackson's Camperdown studios: Welcome To Camperdown - Camperdown Carpark - The Gates Of Camperdown - Camperdown Barracks.
3:
“The
Lord Of The Rings” To Begin Photography In
NZ
(Los Angeles, October 7, 1999) – The Lord of the Rings film trilogy begins principal photography in Wellington, New Zealand, on October 11, 1999, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced today by Robert Shaye, Chairman and Chief ...
4:
“Banksie”
Discusses Bigotry With Kim
Hill
This morning Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill interviewed a fellow radio personality – Radio Pacific’s “Banksie”, retiring National MP for Whangarei and former Police Minister Hon. John Banks. As usual Kim did not take too long to cut to the chase.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Aussie
Troops In Provocative Covert
Moves
Australian special forces and navy divers have been carrying out covert operations in East Timor since April in a provocative move that prompted warnings from Jakarta. John Howard reports.
6:
Poll
Shows Gap Between Main Parties
Closing
Labour has been given a message by the latest TV3 C.M Research Poll. It needs the Green Party in Parliament to become Government. And National is short of gaining a majority as ACT lags in the polls. The gap between the two major parties is closing. ...
7:
No
Deal In Coromandel - Labour
Candidate
Labour’s Coromandel candidate Margaret Hawkeswood has ruled out any electoral accomodation in the Coromandel, despite the latest poll showing Labour will need the Greens to form a new government.
8:
Scoop
Column: Never mind the boxer
shorts…
Not enough that Ireland’s business elite stands accused of dodging hundreds of millions worth of punts in taxes, the country’s colourful former leader Charles Haughey has been exposed as a wasteful and vain shopaholic. Stefan Wolf reports from Ireland.
9:
Website
Will Feature Virtual Election
The Electoral Commission has designed a special “Virtual Election” web page on the Internet that allows people to calculate the number of seats each political party can gain in the coming election based on the range of figures entered by the person ...
10:
Rape
Crisis Pleased Levis Complaint
Upheld
Today Rape Crisis applauded the decision made by the Advertising Standards Complaints Board to uphold the complaint against the Levis Original Sin commercial widely screened on New Zealand television and cinema screens.
11:
ACT
Speech: Campaign a cliff-hanger
If an election was held last Saturday, according to polling commissioned by ACT, the result would have been a hung Parliament and NZ First would have held the balance of power.
12:
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 ...
13:
The
Road to Timor is Paved With Good
Intentions
Soldiers, rifles at the ready, are walking leafy streets and smiling at ragged children. Aid agencies, under heavily armed guard, are distributing food, tents and medicines. Refugees from the hills are trickling back into Dili, but there are not nearly as ...
14:
Light
Relief - Conversation Between Two
Mariners
Transcript of actual radio conversation of US Naval Forces operating off the Canadian coast of Newfoundland.
15:
Americas
Cup Feature - Superyachts Line Up In
Auck
Get ready to indulge. Today, Scoop Auckland takes a look at the on-water palaces which are fast gathering around the viaduct basin. Here's all you need to know about Superyachts.
16:
Relief
As Paddington Victim’s Phones Stop Ringing
Three days after the Paddington rail crash in England, the mobile telephones inside the carriages may have finally stopped ringing. This provides some relief for the search teams, but not much. John Howard reports.
17:
Young
woman suffers from Gov't inaction
A young Southland woman with a life-threatening illness has been left in desperate circumstances on the other side of the world, Labour MP for Invercargill Mark Peck said today.
18:
Scoop
Column: The Politics Of
Disintegration
Scoop's West Coast correspondent John Howard finds lessons in Bill Clinton's musings on Quebec and East Timor for New Zealand's increasingly embattled West Coasters.
19:
McGillicuddy
Serious to reform Artichoke
marketing
McGillicuddy Serious announced plans for a total overhaul of New Zealand’s artichoke marketing bodies today. The announcement is part of the party’s flagship agricultural policy.
20:
NZ
Troops Move Out of Dili
The New Zealand Victor Company Group of approximately 130 soldiers had moved from the East Timor capital Dili, Defence Minister Max Bradford confirmed 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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