Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... if we needed a reminder that Parliament is a different place than it used to be, it came in
some of the new MPs' maiden speeches this week.
Prime Minister Helen Clark, angry over the John Hawkesby affair, looks set to fire the existing TVNZ board, while
broadcasting heavy-weight Paul Holmes has threatened to take his skills across the Tasman, in protest.
The Prime Minister is likely to buy a fight, in court if necessary, if Government attempts to change the New Zealand
custom of knight's and dame's in the royal honours list. John Howard reports.
The following is a promotional still from the new New Zealand "family" film Savage Honeymoon which has just received an
R18 rating as a result of the allegedly irresponsible way it deals with alcohol use. The Film Commission and film's
makers ...
Today's post cabinet press conference by the Prime Minister Helen Clark was dominated - unsurprisingly - by the
escalating war of words between the government and the TVNZ board. Alastair Thompson reports.
Scrapping your old car for a new one could do more harm to the planet than you think, according to scientists at the
Utrecht University in the Netherlands. John Howard reports.
There are many issues on which I can sympathise with the left, and understand their point of view. The topic of free
trade is not one such issue.
A Labour/Alliance government would have enough vote to govern on its own if an election had been held this week
according to the first poll of the New Year published today in NBR newspaper.
The New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, has offered to drive multi-millionaire broadcaster Paul Holmes to the
nearest international airport if he goes through with a threat to leave New Zealand for Australia.
“It is disappointing that a New Zealand couple should have decided to start their own campaign to encourage New
Zealanders to buy locally made products without first giving the Buy New Zealand Made campaign a fair go” says Simon
Carlaw Director of ...
ACT senior citizens spokesman Muriel Newman has hit out at the Government over playing 'mean and deceitful' games with
the elderly.
I read with astonishment and horror that ALCP have joined the clammer to restrict the tobacco smoker to the outdoors. In
other words they have joined the very health nazis they fight for the decriminalization of their own weed.
The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Bill is the top order of the day in Parliament this week in advance of the launch of the
Americas Cup final series this Saturday, and there is still some talk of urgency.
ACT education spokesman Donna Awatere Huata says she is sickened by the Minister of Education's decision to axe the
successful TIE scheme.
The Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education), Steve Maharey, today announced further changes to the student
loan scheme to benefit low-income part time students.
The Green Party is leading the smaller parties in the latest National Business Review - Compaq poll.
I give greetings to the earth that sustains all life and to the sea that surrounds us I greet this house, that has
watched over so many important decisions I greet the spirits that guide and protect I and I greet the guardians of this area ...
Christchurch legalisers are mildly critical of Green M.P. Nandor Tanzcos, saying his restrained coverage of New
Zealand's perverse marijuana laws suggests constituents may have been beguiled into voting Green, rather than the ALCP.
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 Board of TVNZ said today that there has been a perfectly justifiable demand for accountability in the John Hawkesby
case.