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House prices fell sharply last week amid much concern and media hooplah. But is the fall necessarily a bad thing?
Scoop's Jordan Carter looks into the matter in his weekly 'On the Left' column.
Beleaguered Police Commissioner Peter Doone has agreed to retire early, although he will continue to be involved with
the police in the short term, the Prime Minister has announced.
New Zealand, Australia and Canada appear to have unconstitutional governments as a result of a bureaucratic bungle
eighty years ago when all three nations gained independence from Britain.
The government looks set to decide the future of beleaguered Police Commissioner Peter Doone this week at Cabinet’s
first meeting of the year on Tuesday.
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.
AVARUA: Government embracing modern technology should be an occasion for rejoicing but the launch of the Cook Islands
government website is proving to be anything but.
“The Commissioner of Police has asked to take early retirement”, the Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.
Prime Minister Helen Clark has announced the creation of a new ministerial committee aiming to close the social and
economic divide between Maori and Pakeha New Zealanders.
At the beginning the final day of the Crown Lager New Zealand Golf Open today only one Kiwi was in the top nine. By the
end, with Kiwis Michael Campbell and Craig Perks on the winners dias, New Zealand Golf had received a much needed "perk"
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The WTO ruling that Australian leather company, Howe & Co, must fully repay a further $22 million it received in export assistance because it contravened global trade rules
is sending a tidal wave of concern around the world. John Howard reports.
The Vice-President of Young Labour has reported that socialism is alive and well inside Young Labour.
The Labour/Alliance Government has failed to match its Opposition bluster on the removal of senior public servants with
its actions over the exit of beleaguered Police Commissioner Peter Doone.
National Leader Jenny Shipley today said she agreed with the Government’s action which led to the departure of Peter
Doone as Commissioner of Police.
Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday hit out at the National Museum’s Te Papa which she said would not get government
funding unless it improved its jumbled and incoherent exhibitions.
News that the Government is to centralise legal aid and provide bulk funding along with a Public Defender’s Office is a
band-aid solution. John Howard writes.
In the interests of informing the public Scoop has taken a number of photographs which show plans for massive building
development on the Wellington Waterfront.
DILI, East Timor, Jan 23 (AFP): Independent East Timor's first newspaper, "New East Timor," published with the help of
Australian troops, bade farewell to its readers this weekend.
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.
The Government's decision to end beech tree logging on the West Coast is heading for Court.
Minister of Conservation Sandra Lee today released the Department of Conservation’s post-election briefing to the new
Government on conservation.