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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: TV3 News
Gisborne Cancer Inquiry - ANZ Bank Fees - Scott Watson Appeal - Salvage Fails - Greenpeace Arrest - Singapore - Lord Of
The Rings
At the weekend the official LOTR website http://lordoftherings.net broadcast a two minute preview from the movie. The
preview is attracting unprecedented internet attention.
Four Greenpeace activists were arrested early this morning New Zealand time for trying to prevent the laying of an oil
pipeline under the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Sea (1). The pipeline is part of BP Amoco’s controversial Northstar fossil
fuel project.
Greenpeace finds some toothfishers and gives them a message from the planet - go away. Images Greenpeace .
Movie star Liv Tyler takes a break from a hectic schedule of filming for the Lord of the Rings trilogy earlier this year
for a spot of shopping on Wellington's Willis St - photo Kevin Stent of the Sunday Star Times.
London, June 18, 1999 – Millions of pounds worth of damage caused by anti-capitalist demonstrators in London’s financial
district.
At the weekend the official LOTR website http://lordoftherings.net broadcast a two minute preview from the movie. The
preview is attracting unprecedented internet attention.
Yesterday morning traffic stopped for 45 minutes in front of the World Bank building when activists parked a rented van
in front of the building, stood on top and with a loudspeaker began detailing the exploitation that the institution is
doing. Two ...
Liv Tyler, Wellywood’s most talked about starlet, has been acting it up during shooting of the Lord of the Rings, both
on and off the set.
Alliance Cabinet Minister Matt Robson's comments in a Christchurch newspaper yesterday showed his contempt for
democratic process and the opinions of ordinary New Zealanders, said Law and Order Select Committee members Stephen
Franks and Ron Mark.
Our very own Ian McKellen (Gandalf) participated in a Yahoo! Chat not just 5 minutes ago, starting at 8:30 EST. While
that chat was mainly about X-Men, there were a few LOTR Q and A's that managed to get snuck in:
NEW ZEALANDER ARRESTED IN ICY ACTION April 11, 2000. Auckland—New Zealander, Tanya Popp of Coromandel, has been arrested
while attempting to protect the sensitive and fragile Arctic environment from climate change.
13: Superannuation
Extensive debate and questioning of Dr Michael Cullen has revealed that his proposed Super Fund will soak up unknown
billions to fund an unknown share of future super liabilities through unknown investments as part of a 'diversified'
portfolio.
Detective Inspector Rob Pope says that it is not appropriate to comment on any individuals as part of the Blakie
inquiry.
'Inside China's torture chambers' documents the results of an extensive undercover investigation by WSPA (World Society
for the Protection of Animals) into China's cruel bear bile farms. It reveals how thousands of bears are kept in
horrific conditions ...
Helen Clark is getting increasingly erratic in her pronouncements on changing New Zealand's constitutional arrangements,
National Justice spokesperson Tony Ryall said today.
Christchurch Central MP Tim Barnett has called for a focus on the facts in the ongoing debate over the Under 25
stickers. He believes that the accusations and counter accusations concerning the scheme run real risk of by-passing
some vital and worrying facts which ...
The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into genetic engineering will not, it seems, include any focus on genetically
engineered food. Apparently New Zealand’s international trade obligations are the reason.
Big Rig Immigration - Sexual Predator Hunt - Bottrill Testifies - Child Support - 0867 Charges - Rodney Sacking - RSA
Divided - Four Wheel Drive - Late Arrest - Gang Consultants - Scott Watson Trial - Aids Action Dropped – Bank Fee Rises
- Sirs ...
Five months on the job and all Marian Hobbs has delivered is a plan to plan a work programme, National Broadcasting
spokesperson Katherine Rich said today.