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Yesterday's top 24 rating items on Scoop were...
AGAIN THE LOTR STORIES SCOOPED THE POOL...
THE NEXT TOP 20 WERE...
Three strikes and you're out! First it was Helen Clark calling West Coaster's feral and in-bred, secondly it was Young
Labour vice-president Jordan Carter calling Coaster's feral bastards. Now, Labour Party president, Bob Harvey, has
insulted and marginalised ...
To date George Speight and the Army have agreed to the following. 1. Ratu Mara and Sitiveni Rabuka step down from their
respective Leadership positions. 2. Annul the 1997 constitution. 3. Pardon George Speight and his seven men who were
responsible ...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so the brakes are on. The full-steam progress of the Employment Relations Bill and the second
phase of ACC reforms has been slowed down by Prime Ministerial edict.
The reaction to Tua's 51 second demolition of Obed Sullivan at the weekend was as predictable as it is annoying. Talk of
Sullivan being yet another 'noddy' journeyman who one's granny could have put away inside one round abounded. Fight
after fight ...
SUVA: A senior military officer and two other soldiers backing Fiji rebel leader George Speight today heeded the army
ultimatum and returned to barracks.
Third Way reformist politicians, including Helen Clark, met in Berlin over the weekend agreeing to establish a network
of officials to try and get specific about "good governance." John Howard reports.
"Labour Party President Bob Harvey has already embarrassed his party with everything from his theory that the CIA was
involved in the death of Norman Kirk, to his alleged public 'down-trou'. But he has gone way too far with his latest
faux pas," says ...
Conflict in the Solomon Islands has escalated dramatically this morning, with Amnesty International receiving reliable
reports that the paramilitary group, the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF), has begun shelling civilian villages east of Honiara
airport.
Science Minister Pete Hodgson's outburst rejecting our request that Government honour its pre election pledge to allow
the full tax deductibility of r costs was extraordinary, says Employers and Manufacturers Association, chief executive Alasdair ...
What we are seeing in an arc from South East Asia to the Pacific is the failure of imported and culturally inappropriate
systems of governance. Ross Himona of Te Karere Ipurangi writes.
SUVA: Tensions are rising after the Fijian army gave coup leader George Speight until 3 pm today to lay down his weapons
and surrender his hostages.
A devised panoramic exploration of land, light and skin, 'indecent flesh' brings you a physical exploration of the
universal self, expressed through the eyes and skin of three Polynesian actors. With live percussion, it is a show with
a uniquely ...
Super Ringer Spy Xtem sends word on the filming going on in and around Ruapehu the last few weeks. Funny man Bernard
Hill, how Hugo Weaving really looks and how it is to work with Viggo Mortensen!
Now that Forest and Bird has State native forests locked up against sustainable forest management, Maori and private
forests are next. Action on other private land uses will follow, according to Eugenie Sage, concluding a talk she gave
on Friday 2nd, ...
"The fact the South Island has been virtually ignored in the Budget process is yet another indication of the
Government's supreme arrogance," says National MP Katherine Rich..
Green Party assurances they will support child protection after cannabis decriminalisation seem hollow, said ACT Justice
spokesman Stephen Franks.
IN THIS EDITION: Fiji Crisis Resolution Imminent Again - Here's Hoping - C.D. Sludge Backs Jim's People's Bank - Helen
Clark's Slow Down Shows Discipline - More BS From INL And Mike Robson
SUVA: Truth is always the first casualty in conflict, aided and abetted by half or part truth plus the blundering hands,
heads and pens of the less intellectual revolutionaries.
Captain Linda Lampen-Smith with baby Polo after an emergency dash. Photograph taken by NZDF
Helen Clark's Third Way talkfest in Berlin may be nothing more than a global coffee club, according to the authoritative
German weekly, Der Spiegel.