The top 20 rating items over the weekend were...
The following pictures - supplied to Scoop anonymously - show actress Liv Tyler in action during the shooting of some
scenes for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. The pictures were taken in the South Island near Wanaka.
Images courtesy of the New Zealand Defence force….
In a Millennium move back to the dark ages which will likely outrage Christians, Jews and Moslems, a Vatican body
formerly known as the Inquisition, has ordered copies of a book entitled Women At The Alter to be warehoused or burned.
The police say they plan to review the case of the billionaire caught importing drugs into the country next week to see
whether they can mount a legal appeal to the sentence.
Just how much did the drug importing billionaire pay for his freedom? Not a lot according to Scoop sources.
Russia's acting president, Vladamir Putin, is beating the drums of nationalism saying he wants to rebuild Russia's
military and economic power, and he wants a woman to be the Speaker in the Duma. John Howard reports.
A drug importing billionare paid around $50,000 to the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre as a donation,
substantially more than Scoop earlier reported.
Cannabis law reformers have mixed feelings over the recent "non-criminal" importation of marijuana and hashish by an
American billioniare.
On the same day Social Services Minister, Steve Maharey, is scathing of the out-of-court settlement made to a sacked
staff member by WINZ, it has been revealed that Coast Health Care Ltd also made a substantial out-of-court cash
settlement to a staff member ...
Accelerating the company's major strategy initiative, Microsoft Corp. today announced that its co-founder, Bill Gates,
has created a new role for himself -- Chairman and Chief Software Architect -- so that he can dedicate all of his time
to helping drive ...
The following images were taken on New Years Eve and New Years Day atop Mt Narawhia the highest point on Arapawa Island
in the Marlborough Sounds. Mt Narawhia at 535m tall and with a clear view of the horizon over the sea is an ideal place
to watch ...
As the Russian military begins its invasion of Grozny, Russia has launched a strategic intercontinental Topol-M missile
using the occasion to warn the West against criticising its Chechen campaign. John Howard reports.
Drugs Billionaire - Name Suppression – Cannabis – Meningitis – Global Warming – Alan Gibbs In Accident – Young Kauri
Award – Give Way Rule Changes – Waitangi – Parihaka – Lifesaving – ACT Review
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began
shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
A New Zealand radiocarbon laboratory has helped establish the age of the earliest known bread found in Britain.
An American billionaire caught importing over 100 grams of cannabis is flying home today leaving controversy in his
wake.
A district court judge today ruled that the Herald Newspaper has the right to challenge the name suppression of the
American billionaire caught importing cannabis into the country last week - but the paper will not get an opportunity to
do so till Monday.
The recent finding of stoat footprints on Stewart Island is a major blow for New Zealand wildlife, according to the
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society.
And that's the end of the first real news week of 2000... or is it? On second thoughts maybe silly season will end next
week.