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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
Yesterday the Herald's editorial writer criticised Jim Anderton's regional development plan - announced on 29 February.
The Herald sees Anderton's approach as a trade-off between efficiency (or "competitiveness" which is not always the same
thing) ...
Team NZ's superiority over the Italians showed today when they became the first country outside the United States to
successfully defend the America's Cup.
Team New Zealand may use a new skipper today as they seek a 5-0 triumph over a Prada crew beaten on the water and
browbeaten by their tycoon boss.
Today's questions concern: Economic Development Ministry- Job Forecasts - Biosecurity And Used Cars - Jodi Ihaka
Personal Grievance - Biosecurity And Used Cars - Paikatore And Tariana Turia Conflict Of Interest - School Cert and NCEA
- Health Announcements ...
An America’s Cup parade along Queen Street will be a fitting conclusion to one of Auckland’s and New Zealand’s greatest
sporting events, says Auckland City Mayor Chris Fletcher.
Today's questions concern: Maori Assembly - Credit Ratings For NZ - Statements About CEOs -Electricity Consumption -
Jobs Machine - Airways Corporation - Maori Spectrum - Americas Cup Taxation - ILO Conventions - Consumer Representation
On Codex And ...
Radio Active is broadcasting an arts show live from the street for Festival 2000. The following pictures show DJ Amanda
from Active and flautist Michelle Scullian from Zamba Flam a Latin Fusion band. Photos Tori Buttle.
Images from today's Radio Active Breakfast in a bubble.. in the Paris Texas shop window...burning up the
pavement...crooning for ticket sales and a couple of crazy Irishmen.
A disastrous decision early on by Prada in race four of the America’s Cup meant the Italians ended up the giving the
race to New Zealand - a fitting 38th birthday present for Kiwi skipper Russell Coutts.
Treasury has confirmed that the F16 deal that this Government is about to ditch is, in its estimation, a great deal,
says National's Defence spokesman Wayne Mapp.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the successful defence of the America's Cup by Team New Zealand was a superb
victory which demonstrated New Zealand's ability to compete successfully against the best in the world.
A 6-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a first-grade classmate was living in a crack house and had been
suspended from school for fighting and other behavioral problems, the child's father told an investigator.
Prime Minister Helen Clark will be straining to hold back her trade-mark gloat, two recent polls show voters have
continued their honeymoon with her and the Labour Party, conversely while National’s support is holding, the only good
thing voters ...
Over the past two weeks there has been massive media interest, particularly in Europe, around allegations that the
Echelon electronic spy network, of which New Zealand's Waihopai station is a part, is engaged in commercial espionage.
Today's questions for oral answer....
Acting Prime Minister Jim Anderton has congratulated Team New Zealand on its 5-0 clean sweep defending the America's
Cup.
Aristophanes' "The Frogs" is performed by The Bachanals, a Wellington company dedicated to exploring text-based theatre
at the Victoria University Drama School ampitheatre. The Frogs is a spontaneous and exciting twist to classic Greek
comedy. ...
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.
Russell Coutts, Skipper of Team New Zealand, on the code zero: “It’s a sail that we have been practicing with for two
and a half years now in secrecy or as much as possible. Many of the other teams knew about it last month or two months
before the ...
It seems the relevant luminaries have now returned from their study tour of North Korea to parade a glossy new ‘jobs
machine’ to be presided over by none other than Industries Commissar Jim Neanderton. Reflects former Libertarianz leader
Lindsay ...