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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
On Tuesday, US company Swift Energy announced that there is enough oil in its Rimu well, near Hawera, to make New
Zealand self-sufficient in petroleum products. Further, a potentially larger nearby oilfield, Kauri, could make New
Zealand into a substantial ...
Mainstream media in Australia is taking a caning through the Internet over its treatment of what is now being accepted
as one of the most popular Royal tours of Australia since 1954. John Howard reports.
Today’s questions of the day concerned: Nurse and Doctor Pay – Petrol Prices – Constitution Conference – ACC For Self
Employed –Maori Health – Police Use of Nose Holds – Maori Health – Offshore SOE Staff – Brian Edwards – East Timor –
Superannuation - School ...
Today’s questions of the day concerned: Farmers And Guns - Air Force – IRD Commissioner – Prisoner Of Immigration –
Youth Employment – Peter Ellis – Rimu Logging – TVNZ Performance - Chinese Exams – Kit Richards – World Water Day –
Regional Development
In a New Zealand first, FlyingPig.co.nz is giving all Kiwis who have an Internet web site the opportunity to make ‘money
for jam’.
NADER DEFIES CARNEGIE'S LEGAL THREATS AND OFFICIALLY CLEARS HIS SHIPMENT THROUGH UNITED STATES CUSTOMS TO FILL DEMAND
FOR 6200 BOOKS ON BACK-ORDER
Former Timberlands manager Kit Richards says the government has treated him “like a school yard bully” by putting
pressure on Timberlands to have his current contract terminated, and this afternoon he was yet to hear officially about
his sacking. Chris ...
Recently Parliament has fallen under a haze of pot-related allegations with press secretaries in two seperate incidents
accused of spinning doctoring while under the influence. While only one MP admits being a current user, two Television
news polls ...
Today's questions for oral answer by Ministers. Paraphrased answers to these questions will be published shortly after
3pm in the Headlines wire.
While officially Pope John Paul II's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is personal not political, it is rapidly becoming very
political - but then that is far from surprising - peace is political. Alastair Thompson Reports.
Women's Affairs Minister Laila Harré says briefing papers released today show Muriel Newman's Shared Parenting Bill is
unlikely to achieve its aim of improving the welfare of New Zealand children.
ACT Leader Richard Prebble confirmed today that he has had discussions with the Auditor General, Mr Macdonald regarding
the serious allegations made in Parliament concerning the Waipareira Trust.
The predators of our forests will rest easier with the Minister of Conservation’s decision to refuse and Official
Information request from ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff on predator control in West Coast Forests.
Helen Clark is exhibiting a gross double standard over her bullying of Timberlands employee Kit Richards, Opposition
Leader Jenny Shipley said today.
Green Party Income Support Spokesperson Sue Bradford has a new members bill in today's ballot, aimed at restoring the
self-respect of New Zealanders receiving a benefit.
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An oil discovery in Taranaki, with the potential to be the largest find in New Zealand, could lead to rocketing
consumption of oil if managed wrongly, Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons warned today.
Two weeks out from his day of reckoning the man who would be the next President of the great Russian Republic, Vladimir
Putin, is putting his best foot forward.
Today’s questions of the day concerned: Defence Policy – Revenue Flows – Kit Richards – Skill Shortages – Petrol Prices
And Economic Development – Employment Relations Act – Bulk Funding – Kit Richards – Bougainville Peace – WINZ
Consultants – Spare ...
More scary Animals on "Urban Safari" in Civic Square today, and a bit of swingin' - photos Tori Buttle.