Today's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
John Howard reports that on the second anniversary of Princess Diana's death there remain a number of unanswered
questions.
Scoop is anticipating a big week in Parliament this week with mounting pressure on the government and particularly the
Prime Minister, as the opposition mounts an offensive on the Secrets and Lies revelations made by Nicky Hager last week.
An unabashed supporter of British sport reports on a historic victory for NZ cricket and an ignominious defeat for
England
New Zealand will keep its place as the most violent country in the developed world after South Africa until we get full
employment, a victim-centred justice system and a vastly improved mental health system, Alliance leader Jim Anderton
says.
"The 747 I'd like to fly the world in [with the All Blacks]" - Kevin Roberts"
We frequently hear these days about the plight of the middle class, or the middle classes. But who are the middle
classes? Are they simply those people (or households?) who earn between the median income and the 90th or 95th
percentile? Can we really ...
Ahead of Parliament finalising the liquor laws tomorrow (Tuesday 24th), the spirits industry is calling on MPs to
reconsider their position on the types of alcohol that may be sold in supermarkets and grocery stores.
Responding to media requests for his answer to Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle's claim that National would site the new main
hospital at Newtown because of his campaign as MP for Wellington Central, Mr Prebble said that there was some truth in
her claims.
Despite claims from ACT's Richard Prebble, the Alliance's Hospital Plan ensures Wellington Hospital will not be
downsized. It won't be 150 beds short. It will be full sized and it will have full tertiary services. It will be
publicly financed and owned and ...
The Alliance said that Max Bradford's suggestions that only three universities should undertake research means New
Zealand would lose the other four.
Scoop formed an early view on Sir Ron's "Smart" transaction on the day he reported back in August 1997.
The death of four year old James Whakaruru is a grim reminder of the dangers facing children who grow up in s severely
dysfunctional families. In most of these families, education achievement is minimal, violence is rife, drug and alcohol
dependency is ...
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Make no mistake, Election '99 is about making the right choice. A choice about leadership, about ideas, about the New
Zealand we want to be and about who can deliver.
South Auckland Kids - Smacking - IRD - Watson - Quake - Storm - Manukau - Leilani - Cricket
But - as we now know - key elements of the two old parties in Parliament didn't want an inquiry and had everything at
their disposal to stop it, including the support of some elitist members of the business world and significant elements
of the media, ...
The top 20 rating stories at the Weekend were...
The 1999 election is shaping up to be the most open and exciting in the last 30 years. If the TV One poll was correct,
then last Saturday the country would have elected an ACT/National majority.
Libertarianz have offered to put one of their own spokesmen into the position of Human Rights Commissioner. Jim Anderton
was worried yesterday that National might replace the Human Rights Commissioner with one of their flunkies, so this
should ...