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.
"Peter Jackson suggested a droopier moustache. I suddenly looked like a double for the Beatles' Maharishi", actor Ian
McKellen on his transformation into the mage Gandolf - a Lord Of The Rings snapshot.
A meeting held last night by Waterfront Watch in the Old Town Hall to oppose the council’s plans for the Wellington
Waterfront was attended by an unusually large crowd. The hall quickly filled to capacity and again – as happened last
Thursday ...
By what criteria does television pay its newsreaders? One criterion is star quality. Stars are persons who - by dint of
their personalities, talents and profiles - can generate revenues for their employers sufficient to justify huge fees or
salary packages. ...
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.
I began this e-mail last night because I found it hard to sleep. I want to put Kit's persecution into a context for the
record. Please excuse the length. Henrik is right. There is a book in this.
Native Forest Action (NFA) yesterday admitted making a blunder by accusing ACT leader Ken Shirley of making a fool of
himself by publicising a leaked email, says a West-Coast newspaper.
Ironically enough, the spur to think again about the nature of `freedom' was provided by a phrase in a Young Nationals
column - Jordan Carter in his From The Left Column.
The Act Party have made fools of themselves by publicising a Native Forest Action email and claiming it embarrasses the
government.
Ms Fitsimmons and the Green party of New Zealand are happy to know that we will now be able to force through new
legislation in Parliment that will exile all Scientists to a small uninhabited island in the Pacific following the
Montreal commisson findings.
PERTH, West Australia (JP): How well did the Australian media cover the East Timor debacle in recent months?
Banks are charging too much in fees and are misleading the Banking Ombudsman say a group to meet with the Minister of
Consumer Affairs Phillida Bunkle, on Tuesday.
The government's decision to axe beech logging on the West Coast has been criticised yet again, with a foreign forestry
expert saying the move was shortsighted. Scoop's West Coast correspondent John Howard reports.
(NOTE: Scoop will be posting a series of materials and reports on Mayday2K over the coming months - either in the
Headlines Wire or the General wire. The Mayday 2000 global action is being organised on the internet in a decentralised
fashion and follows ...
“We’re interested in getting the truth out- not political gain.” said Dr Brendan Moyle, a senior lecturer with
experience in conservation and sustainable use. “Opposition to the new Government is coming from conservation ecologists
and professional scientists."
Scoop's UN sources say only 43 of the 188 member states had paid their bills to the UN in full for 2000 by the 31
January deadline. 45 have lost their voting rights in the General Assembly. John Howard reports.
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Minister of Broadcasting and Minister in Charge of Television New Zealand Marian Hobbs,
said today that the Government had decided not to approve the joint venture proposal for Television New Zealand to set
up a digital ...
"Stop the War on the West," is the battle cry, not just on the West Coast of New Zealand, but now on the West Coast of
the US. John Howard reports.
Today we have news that Indonesian Armed Forces Chief and Cabinet Minister General Wiranto has been asked to resign by
the new democratically elected Indonesian President Abdurrachman Wahid.
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.
Following Is the Original Letter from the Royal Forest And Bird Society along with the Timberlands Employee's Email
which started the controversy.
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 ...
The Minister of Social Services and Employment, Steve Maharey, announced today that an external WINZ Advisory Board was
being disestablished as he moved to effect a culture change within the department.
Two New Zealanders who helped sail a yacht full of Colombian cocaine from New Zealand to Australia were caught by Sydney
Customs police, in Australia's largest cocaine haul.
Today's move by Social Services Minister Hon Steve Maharey to axe the external WINZ Advisory Board has been welcomed by
UNITE!, the community based union representing unemployed, casual and low paid workers.
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 ...
The resignation of a top Timberlands West Coast manager yesterday after the Prime Minister's call for him to be sacked
has rocketted the issue into the public consciousness again. Next week (Wednesday) court action will start against the
government for breach ...
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 foul at the finish line, robbed AmericaOne of a second victory against Prada, in the fourth race of the Louie Vuitton
finals on Sunday.
CONTENTS: Editorial: Mad Right-Wingers, and "We Won The War" A response to last week's column Rebels misfire again!