The top 20 rating items over the past week on Scoop 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.
A few days ago I watched a programme made by Nicholas Booth in 1997 for the BBC Counterblast series, called "The End of
the World?". As with John Pilger's documentaries, viewers were warned that this programme represented a critical
"personal view" ...
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.
NOTE: In association with our content partner http://www.theonering.net/ Scoop is delighted to bring you an account of
Lord of the Rings reporter Tehanu’s visit to Hobbitton. The story is fairly remarkable as Tehanu’s invitation from Peter
Jackson ...
Following Is the Original Letter from the Royal Forest And Bird Society along with the Timberlands Employee's Email
which started the controversy.
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 Act Party have made fools of themselves by publicising a Native Forest Action email and claiming it embarrasses the
government.
On the way home from the golf Scoop ran into some fat cars in a traffic jam...
Remember the Schier family who were deported to Germany last year because the father, Gunther, failed to declare a
previous marijuana conviction when he arrived in New Zealand? Young daughter, Bianca, had a birthday and Christmas wish
- to come back ...
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.
A recent press release from Prebble's rebels claims that a self selecting internet poll of 181 voters shows that New
Zealanders who have left New Zealand will not return following the election of a Labour/Alliance government.
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.
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.
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.
An internet poll has shown that New Zealanders who have left New Zealand will not return following the election of a
Labour/Alliance government.
A Nelson women's group, the LUNA Collective for Women's Wellness, believe all the fuss about paying more for sanitary
products in Australia once GST is introduced is completely unnecessary. That's because the Collective peddles a far
better idea ...
The Labour Government's outrage over an e-mail from Timberland's Kit Richards turned to embarrassment today when an
e-mail from the head of the Native Forest Action Network revealed the Labour Party funding the group's "guerrilla
warfare" campaign ...
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.
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.
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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