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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
I love old-fashioned, small-town 4th of July parades. When we lived in Northern California's San Geronimo Valley in
Marin County, we participated, along with everybody else in the small rural community of Woodacre, in as Norman
Rockwell-like a parade as you ...
The Maori Party today has responded to allegations from Peter Dunne concerning the Maori Government of Aotearoa; and the
suggestion that the Maori Party is somehow unconcerned about the broader issue of human rights here and in places such
as Zimbabwe.
NZ Post this week sacked a postie from the Greenlane Delivery Branch when he said he was exercising his right to refuse
excessive overtime to protect his health and safety. The postie’s union, the Postal Workers Association, has described
NZ Post’s ...
Image taken yesterday morning at 9:18am by a tourist who witnessed the collapse of one of the Twelve Apostles rock
formations....showing all rock formations intact. This is the 'after' picture taken yesterday morning at 9:19am, just
seconds after ...
New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters is pleased that the Immigration Service has finally come to its senses in
its decision to revoke the visa of paedophilic apologist Jim Peron.
The next National Government will introduce a new tax deduction for pre-school childcare costs to ease the financial
pressures on parents, particularly on second-income earners and employed sole parents, National Party Leader Don Brash
announced today.
The jury has found four men guilty of pack raping a young woman 16 years ago after 12 hours of deliberation following a
two and a half week trial. The four faced charged relating to abducting and raping a woman at Mt Maunganui.
The barbeques are sizzling, flags are fluttering everywhere, patriotic parades and speeches are the course of the day.
Although large biting fish have deterred swimmers on the East Coast, people have flocked to parks, beaches and lakes to
celebrate the ...
An Italian meteorologist has discovered that the Mediterranean Sea is warmer than it has been for 3000 years and fears
run high that the region will experience hurricanes.
The Bush administration is spectacularly good at sleight-of-hand tricks, directing public attention in one direction
while they're working diligently in another. The latest trial balloon of "probable" Supreme Court nominees is no
exception. While ...
There I was -- a bratty, independent kid, with a twisted sense of humor who enjoyed doing illegal things: Entrance into
anyplace at all displaying the “No Dogs or Jews Allowed” signs was fun, even though it was clearly understood that – if
discovered ...
Parties from across the political spectrum have joined together to overwhelmingly support a submission to the
International Cricket Council regarding the proposed New Zealand Cricket tour to Zimbabwe, says Foreign Minister Phil
Goff.
DEPARTMENT Secretary Rice's Travel to Asia / Planned Bilateral Discussions Representation at ASEAN Conference Deputy
Secretary Zoellick Travel to Sudan, Jordan and Egypt Ambassador Khalilzad Health
Having now seen the part of the 60 Minutes interview that got Labour's Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary into trouble this
week, I have to sympathise with him. He was not asked whether homosexuals and adulterers should be stoned to death; he
was invited ...
The Green Party is extremely disappointed about the position the Maori Party is taking on the Zimbabwe crisis.
EXCERPTS FROM THE REPORT: Incorporated into the foundation of the Diebold Precinct-Based Optical Scan 1.94w system is
the mother of security holes, and no apparent cure will produce infertility, or system safety.
Scoop Editor's Note: Thanks to the alert reader who brought these two items to our attention. The first item recounts
the June 24th shooting by a U.S. army sniper of a reporter working for the Knight Ridder news service. The second item
is an investigative ...
National will introduce a new tax deduction for pre-school childcare costs to ease the financial pressures on parents,
particularly on second-income earners and employed sole parents.
The sudden and unexpected departure of the national manager of the Watertight Homes Resolution Service is further
evidence of the failure of Labour's response to the leaky homes crisis, says National's Building and Construction
spokesman, Nick Smith.
Wool protein biotech has inspired leading Christchurch hairdresser Mike Hamel to release an innovative new haircare
range with excellent export potential.
Cricket fans wanting to see Shane Bond back in action won’t be disappointed although those who oppose any sporting
contact with Zimbabwe may well be after the New Zealand Government today confirmed there would be no legislative action
to halt the upcoming ...
National's childcare policy is a spending cut that will disadvantage 86,000 children and their parents, Social
Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey says.
Former Olympic gold medalist and former world heavyweight boxing champion, Smokin Joe Frazier shows a little of his old
magic to former New Zealand middleweight champion Billy Graham. Frazier is in New Zealand to open a new Roadlife trucks
dealership ...
"We are disappointed at the political grand-standing and knee-jerk reactions from Labour, Greens and United Future
politicians regarding our response to the political intervention surrounding the cricket tour to Zimbabwe" stated
Tariana Turia, co-leader ...
Reports of recent bird flu victims in Asia, highlights the need for global action to fight against this deadly virus and
the World Health Organisation reports that Asia is already under pressure from this disease.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Eight gruesome beheadings in Thailand's south, where Muslim separatists are escalating their fight,
were "copied from the violence in Iraq," according to Thailand's interior minister.
Don Brash's announcement today that he will scrap the Government's planned 20 hours of free early childhood education
for an increased childcare rebate shows National doesn't know the difference between childcare and early education,
United Future ...
National's announcement of an increased childcare rebate for "working parents" confirms that neither Labour or National
value those who stay home to raise their children, United Future leader Peter Dunne said today.
Some early childhood services in New Zealand have a tendency to cocoon children in a warm fuzzy world and are reluctant
to face up to social and cultural realities, says Diti Hill, a senior lecturer in professional inquiry in the Faculty of
Education, ...
Don Brash has uranium on his breath and no amount of political posturing can hide it, says Green Co-Leader Rod Donald.
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