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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
Our banking system is built on a lie. It is rotten at the core, and now we are called upon to hold our humanity high,
reach into the heart of the financial system and clean out the stinking rot.
Two of the biggest international news events at the moment are the hostage crisis in Jolo (Philippines) and the siege of
Jaffna (Sri Lanka). Not that you would know it from the New Zealand media, which has just discovered there's a war cum
humanitarian ...
"The current round of breast-beating about the economy is at odds with the facts," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said
today.
NZ Joins The Wrong Side In Sierra Leone - Sludge Discovers Terrorist Tendencies - Maori Spectrum - Is This Partnership?
- Maori Fisheries - Collision Warning - Is Trevor Getting Paranoid? - West Coast Logging - Government Gets Worst Of All
Worlds ...
Mrs Shipley made the offending comments during a heated speech on Tuesday over the Government's decision to grant Maori
a special option in the radio frequency auction.
Multiple releases and information pack on the $140 million Arts Package announced today by the Prime Minister....
1. Hon. Bill English to the Treasurer: With the continued slide in the New Zealand dollar and recent drop in business
confidence about the outlook for the economy, what actions does he intend taking to ease the concerns of New Zealanders
and the ...
The newly formed New Zealand Banking Reform group would like to invite the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Don Brash, to
explain in plain English to the public the nature of the process of money creation.
“It’s imperative that Dr Michael Cullen take specific steps to restore business confidence in the Government and in the
New Zealand economy,” Rodney Hide said today.
10: Shame On Shipley
Jenny Shipley's outburst in the house yesterday demonstrated her intolerant and prejudiced attitude towards Maori and
Pacific people the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Mark Gosche said today.
Labour’s Marian Hobbs will go down in history as being the only MP for Wellington Central who has failed the people of
Wellington if she allows parts of the city’s Town Belt to be sold off, National MP Annabel Young said today.
I understand that this afternoon in the House there have been assertions made that in the comments during my speech in
relation to the snap debate on the spectrum yesterday that I in some way cast a reflection on people within the Pacific
Island community.
New Zealand is reeling from savage petrol price hikes, but much of the blame for the price increases can be squarely
placed at the feet of the Clinton administration. John Howard reports.
Today's questions concern: Weak Dollar - The Economy - Petrol Prices - Airways - Maori Spectrum - Asylum Seekers -
Maori Spectrum - Sale Of Terralink - TPK Report On Waitara - High Performance Sport - Public Service - Pacific Island
People And ...
The mystery continues about what exactly John Wright does as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary, says United New Zealand
leader, Hon Peter Dunne.
Today's questions concerned: Sliding Dollar - Jenny Shipley PI Remarks - State House Rentals - Overseas Aid - Jim
Anderton's Views On The Reserve Bank - Airways British Plans - Union Agents With Convictions - Cellphones And Kids -
Maori Spectrum - Treaty ...
Federated Farmers told the Employment Relations Bill Select Committee today that the Bill's cumulative effect would be
disastrous for New Zealand's rural sector.
"I'm feeling a bit naked and vulnerable, turning blue," Minister of Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton wrote in The
Independent yesterday.
The facts do not support the claim that joblessness rose under the Employment Contracts Act, says Employers' Federation
chief executive Anne Knowles.
IN THIS ISSUE: Poll Shocker For Alliance - Bring On Harre And Robson - Clear and Telecom Kiss And Make Up - But It Won't
Save Telecom - Sludge Supports NBR On Naming Issue - Timberlands Resolution Expected This Arvo - Sort Of