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Yesterday's top 20 ratings items on Scoop were...
Oil analysts are predicting a $US40 per barrel price in coming weeks which would represent of 400% price rise since
March 1999. Yet the US economy and financial markets are reacting as if it didn't exist. What's going on? John Howard
writes.
DISASTER at the equestrian course was followed by chaos on the water but thankfully for New Zealand's increasingly
disappointing Olympic campaign our sailors emerged unscathed to remain serious medal contenders.
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: Overstayers – Emigration and the Economy – Overstayers – NZ Post and the
Kiwi Bank – Wairarapa Polytechnic - Capital Flows – ERO Review – TVNZ, Sky, TV3 and Parliamentary Broadcasts - Treaty
Clauses - Nurse ...
Imagine the Government has announced a law that would prohibit any future government from ever reintroducing tariffs on
anything, while it concedes that more factories will close and workers, mainly Maori and Pacific Island women, will lose
their jobs ...
Paraphrased anwers will be published in the Scoops wire shortly after 3pm.
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. This time the furry fellow with a flair for photography has produced another - never seen
before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing it in the sun, before it was burned down. It looks like it was a
tranquil and magical ...
The coalition has greeted the Olympic 'truce' on the media's coverage of politics with huge relief. In Wellington the
political news is just grim for the Government.
A topic that has raised its head in recent weeks is the possibility of currency union between Australia and New Zealand.
The NZ Prime Minister has mentioned it on a number of occasions as an idea worth considering, while a recent poll shows
a majority of ...
The government today sheeted home the sheer hypocrisy of National and Act's scaremongering over the inclusion of Treaty
clauses in legislation.
Images from a fashion show presented by the Hong Kong student’s Association. Pictured in the red top holding a
microphone is association president Danielle Shum. Pictured painting is Stan Chan, from Ink Link. Pictures from Mark
Graham –IMAGE TIME .
Another Iraq-US crisis is looming. Russia is moving 50,000 troops to the Turkish border. Iraq has cut oil production by
500,000 barrels per day. Intelligence agencies are forecasting a China/Taiwan blockade, and the US elections are just
four months ...
The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics predicted today that economic growth in the US will ease
but it expects this to be partially offset by growth in Asia. But Asia still has real problems. John Howard writes.
NEW ZEALAND's Olympic campaign went from bad to worse today when disaster struck the three day eventing equestrian team
with Atlanta Gold medalist Blyth Tait devastated to see his horse Ready Teddy pulled out of the show-jumping on
veterinary advice.
Party Leader Graham Capill is concerned that child safety is being used fraudulently to extract money from individuals
and organisations.
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: ANZAC Dollar – Teacher Registration – Dollar Woes and Oil Prices – Saving
Whales – Evening Post Business Poll – TVNZ Charter - Industry Training –Oil Prices and Consumption – Constitutional
Reform - ...
He mihi aroha, tena koutou katoa. I’m absolutely delighted to be invited to speak to you today as part of your Green
Week activities. I think it’s great that Kuranui College has a week of activities each year to highlight the need to
look after our ...
"If we are not able to voice our concerns through legal channels why should we not turn to other methods to be heard and
taken seriously? People become frustrated with government processes which are not genuinely democratic, frustration can
lead ...
The government has approved for consultation with the public and with the broadcasting industry the draft text of a
charter for Television New Zealand, the Minister of Broadcasting, Marian Hobbs, announced today.
“New Zealand Post’s significant loss over the last three months fulfills the predictions of those who campaigned against
postal deregulation and is certain to put increasing pressure on the universal price-equalised service,” Trade Union
Federation Secretary, ...
The Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, said the Government has approved a one-off measure offering long-term,
"well-settled" overstayers the opportunity to regularise their status in New Zealand before tough new immigration laws
take ...