The most read items on The Scoop yesterday were:
One: More glitz from WINZ
WINZ approved an extravagant $64,180 budget for a one and a half day hui which achieved nothing and "served only as a
time for meeting people and renewing friendships," according to information supplied anonymously by a hui participant to
Invercargill MP Mark Peck.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9907/S00370.
Over half of the people on the Kapiti Coast with access to Saturn Communications have switched from Telecom and signed
up with the new and cheaper telecommunications company.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9907/S00083.
Winz Chief Executive Christine Rankin starred in a Michael-Jackson type performance at a senior manager's conference,
dressed in an extravagant costume and descending from the ceiling on a flying rig said Alliance spokesperson on Social
Welfare, Grant Gillon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA9907/S00355