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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.
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.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said she would decide today whether she would attend Treaty of Waitangi commemorations at the
Waitangi marae in Northland after a hui at the weekend failed to sort out a row over women’s speaking rights.
The dreams for a new Millennium of peace and goodwill so amply demonstrated around the world on New Years Eve, seems
dashed within days as Russia publishes a revised security policy document broadening the terms for use of nuclear
weapons. John Howard ...
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.
Auckland 13 January, 2000: Late last night (NZ time) two Greenpeace activists in an inflatable boat were dragged half
way up the stern ramp of a Japanese whaling ship after they attached their boat to a tow-line being used to transfer a
harpooned ...
A Government proposal to gift barbecues to state housing tenants is being slammed as unfair and short-sighted by ACT
Housing spokesman Dr Muriel Newman.
Just how much did the drug importing billionaire pay for his freedom? Not a lot according to Scoop sources.
A drug importing billionare paid around $50,000 to the Odyssey House drug rehabilitation centre as a donation,
substantially more than Scoop earlier reported.
Trade unions are starting the unwelcome intrusion into ordinary New Zealanders lives – ahead of legislation giving
unions preferential treatment in the workplace.
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.
AMSTERDAM/SOUTHERN OCEAN, 14 January, 2000: Greenpeace today welcomed New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke’s
condemnation of illegal Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary. The Prime Minister has ordered her Foreign
Minister to make a high ...
Images courtesy of the New Zealand Defence force….
“As the new Foreign Minister, Phil Goff, heads to Australia to meet with his counterpart, he must be prepared to listen
very carefully to Australian views on how the new Labour Government’s defence plans may or may not link in with
Australia’s,” says National’s ...
Labour Reforms – Maori Women’s Rights – Millitary Training –Metro Water – 111 Hoaxes – Timor Hunger – Chechenya –
Woman’s Admission – Ozone Layer – Tech Rush – Cuban Boy
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 ...
ACT New Zealand Police Spokesman Ken Shirley is again calling on Police Minister George Hawkins to approach the Governor
General to have Police Commissioner Peter Doone stand down.
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.
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 ...