The weekend's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
Tonight the planets will line up. Not as well as they do in the image above but rather in the night sky. Looking at the
sky they will appear to make form an arc from the horizon up towards what would be close to the two o'clock position.
Continuing A Week Of It’s short tradition of beginning with omamatepia, (with apologies to readers who appreciate more
subtle and/or original metaphor) it seems fitting to conclude that this week in the news began… with “a bang.”
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES . . . there can be few experiences more chastening than having to pass up on big a drum 'n' bass
gig where you've got your name on the door because ... your gout's playing up.
Local council's around New Zealand are battling to reduce air pollution said to be caused from burning fossil fuels. But
new California research suggests a previously unknown intense chemical reaction between sunlight, air and sea salt is a
major contributor ...
West Coasters are angry today that Greens co-leader, Rod Donald, and some sections of the media are perpetuating the
myth that rimu contracts were signed in secret just before Labour's policy was announced. Scoop's West Coast
Correspondent John ...
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.
In the final phase of today’s Wellington May Day protests protestors moved up to the Business Round Table offices on the
Terrace and burnt some money. Photos Miles Thompson.
Representatives of the wood sector of the National Distribution Union are to meet with Deputy Prime Minister, Jim
Anderton, over the weekend in attempt to try and retain West Coast rimu contracts. Scoop's West Coast correspondent John
Howard reports.
The Siamese twins born on Tuesday have died peacefully this morning in their mother’s arms.
Waitara police say Steven Wallace had repeatedly threatened to kill the police officer who fatally shot him.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A computer virus dubbed the ``Love Bug'' wreaked havoc on computer systems worldwide on Thursday,
shutting down e-mail systems at major companies and penetrating the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and
Britain's Parliament.
The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NZ) in association with the International Cannabis Campaign
(UK) & Cures-Not-Wars (USA) presents:
SYMANTEC OFFERS PROTECTION TO NEW ZEALAND COMPUTER USERS FROM FAST SPREADING INTERNATIONAL 'LOVE LETTER' WORM
The Government will move this afternoon to shut out the public from having any input on its radical moves to include de
facto and same sex couples in marriage law effectively marrying thousands of unsuspecting New Zealanders.
Images from mayday actions in London, Yugoslavia, Poland, Spain and the USA. More images will be published of the global
actions as they come available.
The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council science and policy manager Michael Harte said the council is deeply concerned
that the Labour government has signalled it will use private property rights to settle Treaty claims. The seafood
industry made ...
Local Government Minister says whole of NZ should consider following South Island lead on bilingual road signs For
immediate release 5 May 2000
The Prime Minister must withdraw her increasingly incendiary comments about police and the Waitara shooting, Opposition
leader Jenny Shipley said today.
Forest and Bird Deputy President Bill Gilbertson said today he strongly disagreed with comment from Guy Salmon of the
Ecologic Foundation that protecting West Coast rimu forests would backfire on native forest conservation.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... some weeks the headlines are not kind to news commentators. There are precious few laughs in
the likes of the cervical screening inquiry, which seeks to trawl over one man's disastrous misreading of test results
over the span ...