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The top 20 rating items on Scoop at the weekend were...
In response to…. Sludge Report #16 - Dover, Dover, Dover! … From Christchurch – Congratulations… And The Kennedy
Precedent… From an old reporter's notebook: The Moyle Muldoon and Carmen
Initially when the Dover Samuels sexual allegations story broke, Sludge was in two minds whether to report the scandal
at all. Having heard on the journalism grape vine the allegations involved sex with a young underage girl, and that Mr.
Samuels ...
Talks have broken down between the army and coup leader George Speight's group following the refusal of Speight's group
to release the hostages three hours after the signing of the accord.
The above picture from the NOAA Weather Supercomputer is a forecast of rain on the Indian sub continent for this
weekend. The forecast was computed last Friday and as it turns out this is not what it is going to be like. The latest
forecasts show ...
New information about the wide-ranging contacts between the Labour Party and the family of the woman involved in the
Dover Samuels affair has shown the Prime Minister's judgement to be far more compromised than we first believed, Acting
Opposition Leader ...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, I was getting sick of weeks of patting the business community on the head and taking its
temperature - and, lo, along came a whole new agenda.
On Monday Team New Zealand lifted the skirts on NZL60 the boat which will be used to defend the Americas Cup in a nine
race series starting Saturday. The following pictures show the keel - with its centrally located fins - and the Team New
Zealand ...
Scotland's touring Rugby team only managed to scrape together a 25 all draw against second division Nelson Bays on
Tuesday. Scoop's photographer Mark Graham was there to record the action. The photographer can be contacted at.. IMAGE
TIME .
Police have arrested and charged a 26-year-old Wellington man for the murder of Victoria University Law student Gavin
Dash.
"New Zealanders are failing to heed Mr. Anderton's clarion call to come home," National's Immigration spokeswoman Marie
Hasler said today.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... Labour Finance Minister in boring Budget shock! Well, not quite ... Michael Cullen's maiden
Budget was plenty interesting - not least in its disarming fiscal prudence.
If only meetings comprised two short halves; if only business people could harness the passion of the playing fields; if
only they could express the sheer joy of performance. If only...if only England could find a middle order, a goal
scorer, a try scorer, ...
The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Margaret Wilson, today met with representatives from the two
broad groupings in Muriwhenua: iwi organisations affiliated with the Negotiations Management Committee, and those
aligned with the ...
The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today called on the U.S. government to cancel plans to conduct a joint military
exercise with the Indonesian military (TNI) this summer. This training is part of a proposed program to gradually
restore military ...
Police have arrested and charged a man for the murder of Victoria University Law student Gavin Dash. The man’s name has
not yet been revealed, although he is understood to be appearing in court today.
City Voice is holding a fundraising concert at Bar Bodega on Sunday (25 June). Called Banding Together it starts around
5pm and feaqtures poetry, live music and DJs. It has been programmed so the afternoon and early eveining will be the
perfect way to ...
The Minister Of Maori Affairs Dover Samuels has strongly denied accusations made against him for sexual misconduct and
says he will step down from his ministerial duties while the matter is investigated by police.
Party Leader Graham Capill described the Rt Hon. Michael Cullen’s comments in Parliament this afternoon as “a sad and
disappointing commentary on the moral state of our country’s leadership.”
NZ Minister of Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton and Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, US Trade Representative, meeting in
Washington.
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.