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The top 20 rating items on Scoop yesterday were...
Upton-on-line has always had a bit of a penchant for Thomas Hobbes - that grimmest of seventeenth century political
philosophers immortalised by his characterisation of life in the state of nature as 'nasty, brutish and short'. There's
nothing like ...
Galileo takes risky trip to dribble back data revealing best images yet of Jupiter's cratered inner moons
As Prime Minister Helen Clark arrives in Singapore, the proposed free trade agreement she has gone there to discuss is
analysed in a Q format by Professor Jane Kelsey.
Wow! White Island of the coast of the Bay of Plenty is now erupting and sprewing ash as far away as Whakatane. The
crater lake has turned bright yellow.... these pictures were taken by scientists from the Institute of Geological and
Nuclear Science ...
Incensed that a Labour Prime Minister would call them "fairly feral," and comparing them to lynch mobs in places like
Kentucky, West Coasters are now talking about the thing they really understand, forming a new political party likely to
be ...
The World's first MayDay action of the New Millenium happens in New Zealand, with a protest against the huge KFC bucket
in the North Island city of Hamilton. Towering over the skyline of the Frankton working class estate, it is the largest
KFC bucket ...
We tend to regard gambling as a vice, but risk-taking as a virtue. Indeed, risk-taking is a virtue. If nobody had ever
taken a risk, then no economic development would have taken place.
SMOKE ON THE WATER- Fire breathers from the Chilli Club International break a fire breathing world record in 1995.
The following message comes from the a16-international-planning list serve,it concerns a photo a protestor took of a man
in plain-clothes who was beating him – quite a startling image. Initially the protestor thought it was an incident in
road-rage. ...
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.
The Family Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society considers the Shared Parenting Bill, due to be introduced into
Parliament in May this year, is misconceived and fundamentally flawed.
Q Mr. President, I want to thank you very much for your time. And as you know, I'm neither a politician, nor a
journalist, but being given the opportunity to sit down with you here and talk about an issue like global warming was an
opportunity as a ...
In Auckland every May Day for nearly 30 years workers, jobless and progressive people march up Queen Street as part of
the world festival of the oppressed. This year is no exception. Around the world expectations are that this May Day will
be a big one. ...
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.
Last night I was stopped from speaking and asked to leave at a public meeting on Shared Parenting dominated by the Act
MP Muriel Newman.
16: Rialto Film Club
If you can translate this text message into proper English, then you could win one of two Vodafone Prepay mobiles:
A secret meeting was held by the Labour Party in December last year, to dramatically change their election manifesto
employment policy, said ACT leader Richard Prebble. Documents released under the Official Information Act show that a
covert meeting ...
The New Zealand University Students Association (NZUSA) has today rejected ACT’s senseless stance on youth employment,
which fails to address the real issues concerning youth.
The Green Party says it would take a lot of convincing before it would support the demise of the Kiwi dollar.
"The release of background and policy formation papers today will give a clearer picture of how the Employment Relations
Bill has emerged in its current legislative form," says Minister of Labour, Margaret Wilson.