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Scoop Today - Yesterday's Top 20
Yesterday's Top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: So
Just What Is The Third
Way?
During the election campaign few journalists or political commentators picked-up on Helen Clark's comments about the “Third Way”. So what is the “Third Way” which America's Clinton, Britain’s Blair and Germany's Schroeder have been following. John ...
2:
Americas
Cup - Prada Leads Table As RR2
Ends
Round Robin two of the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Selection Series ended after three previously cancelled matches were re-sailed from Race 6 of 14 November. Team Prada's yacht Luna Rossa completed the Round Robin yesterday with a total of 46 points, ...
3:
Upton
On Line - Post Election
Chill
Upton-on-line found himself in a very long line at Kelburn Primary School late on polling day. Voting for Dr Paul Hutchinson in Port Waikato and National on the list proved a tricky business since the voter ahead in the queue used up the last envelope ...
4:
Scoop
Election Results - Table
(details)
Election results table with details of seats, party vote, total vote cast....updated every five minutes.
5:
Scoop
Election Results - Electorates
Table
Who is winning where, who is second and what they are on....updated every 5 minutes....
6:
Special
votes will determine Greens'
success
Green Party co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald say special votes may push the party across the five per cent threshold and give it victory in Coromandel.
7:
SHIPLEY
CONCEDES – NZ HAS A NEW
GOVERNMENT
The centre-left has won the general election with news that Jenny Shipley, leader of the National Party and Prime Minister, has phoned Labour Leader Helen Clark and conceded defeat.
8:
Deutsche
Bank Research: NZ Election
Results
Preliminary poll results suggest that Labour and the Alliance will be able to form a majority government without the involvement of the Green Party. Labour and the Alliance control 63 out of 120 seats.
9:
On
Line Sex Comes To New Zealand
Just when you thought the full-page glossy ad for a Wellington strip bar in the Yellow Pages took the cake, the seedy side of the internet has now infiltrated godzone.
10:
Scoop
Images: Polling Day In Aro Valley
Photo Essay - You Will Vote - Why Can't I vote? - Have you voted yet? asks dog - what! you want four votes? - No. I'm sorry, but you can't change your mind.
11:
ACT
Complaint against Chief Electoral
Officer
The ACT Parliamentary office has received communication from a voter who lost his democratic right to vote because of inaccurate information given out by the Chief Electoral Officer Phil Whelan.
12:
The
Sumner Scene - Target For Voyeurs: Shame On
Us
Earlier in the year TV3 screened a heavily promoted episode of its high rating show, Target. The show contained a segment that revealed a plumber doing something inappropriate into a pair of womans panties.
13:
Election
result great news for forest
conservation
Conservationists are delighted with the election outcome as they claim it gives the Labour/Alliance coalition a mandate to end the logging of West Coast rainforests by Timberlands West Coast.
14:
NZ
First And Greens On The Ropes
Both the Greens and NZ First are very close to the threshold level of 5% and up to 20% of the vote in this election could end up being discarded.
15:
Democracy
tainted by prohibition, say Cannabis
Par
Labour is expected today to call for a Commission of Inquiry into the cannabis laws, issuing a full judicial review in order to fulfill its elected promise. "This should take the form of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission", say members ...
16:
Lindsay
Perigo's Election Editorial
So, sheeple, you're about to elect an even bossier shepherd, with even more ferocious dogs. Well, sheeple, you are pathetic, dumb, gormless non-entities, mindlessly baaaaaa-ing & braying & begging for the shepherd's commands & the dogs' snarling & biting, surrendering ...
17:
Americas
Cup: Three Great Matches End
RR2
Round Robin Two of the Louis Vuitton Cup finished with a flourish on Saturday. Three matches, rescheduled from Race Six, were sailed today. The matches were outstanding - all at one point featured good close match racing by teams fighting for precious ...
18:
Scoop
Today - The Election Aftermath
We have a new Government! Scoop rounds up post election developments...
19:
National
Accepts Voters' Choice For Change
Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said tonight, it was clear New Zealanders believe it is time for a change.
20:
Naked
Man Attacks London Churchgoers with
Sword
A naked man wielding a sword burst into a London church service yesterday (Sunday) and injured at least 10 people.
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