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The top 20 rating items on Scoop over the weekend (Hobbits excluded) were...
AT THE EDGE VISION FOR NEW ZEALAND Speech by Kevin Roberts CEO Worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi Co-founder The New Zealand Edge to the New Zealand Resource Law Management Conference Auckland Friday 6 October
2000.
As the country slides inexorably into the third world, it now appears that, as in any tin-pot dictatorship, any dissent
is to be punished. Helen Clark’s call for Roger Kerr’s head shows that free speech is no longer acceptable.
I am 22 years old and next year I will graduate with two degrees, in economics and economic geography. As one of the
highly skilled elite who were lucky enough (care of a $35,000 student loan) to get an education under the National
Government, going ...
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... a concerned young man gathers the country's best and brightest behind him and places a
full-page newspaper ad begging the country's leaders to turn the economic ship around. It is a cry in the darkness.
Actually, it's a Business ...
Here we go again! - rushing from one perceived disaster to another. The so-called brain drain is part of being a
paid-up member of the global village and it's been around for more than 20 years - affecting all countries. John Howard
writes.
Nasa picture of a fountain of fire on the Sun. Showing the scale of the fountains of fire as compared to earth which has
been superimposed.
When I get money I will be out of here too, but its not because of the falling dollar or the terrible 'left-wing'
government that's taken away all of those poor [rich-aspiring] bastards opportunities - you have to feel sorry for
them...not
When you know you’re totally out-classed, the only thing left to do is offer undiluted praise to the victors. This New
Zealand has been doing with uncharacteristic fervour. Normally prickly about Australian prowess, New Zealanders have
swallowed several ...
This awesome picture was taken in Bitteroot National Forest in Montana on August 6, 2000. The photographer, John
McColgan, is a Fire Behavior Analyst from Fairbanks, Alaska. He took the picture with a digital camera. A
once-in-a-lifetime shot this ...
(EDITORS NOTE: A second US based columnist has joined the Scoop US Elections commentary crew. Scoop is delighted to
welcome Todd Simpson, an American, to the Scoop Loop. Simpson will be filing his impressions at the end of each week
through to polling ...
The Prime Minister’s efforts to get business leaders around the table for an economic pep talk is shaping up to be a
“sparse nibbles affair,” ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman said today.
CONTENTS: Editorial: International solidarity CSM referendum at Auckland University Common currency? Or no common
currency? Web Site Of The Week
"Labour Minister Margaret Wilson owes the public an explanation in light of her admission today that she over-ruled an
unspecified number of formal recommendations as to who should be on the Employment Relations Authority," National's Max
Bradford ...
Cabinet Minister Pete Hodgson says the Business Roundtable and its political allies should stop depressing New
Zealanders with their orchestrated whining about the country's future.
“George sounds like a mouse with a waistcoat on.” That was the only way I could explain why I liked the name George. “No
it doesn’t,” said Steve, deadpan. Like a mouse in a waistcoat or not, it was two against one, as my sister, Su, agreed
George was a ...
Upton On The Olympics And The Chapple Analysis - Goff On Milosevic - News From The Committee Rooms - Speechifying… -
Power Package Deliberations Released - Cullen On Drop In Telecom Share Price - Contact To The Rescue – Clayton Cosgrove
- Learn And ...
National's State Services Spokesperson Roger Sowry has called for Jim Anderton's Senior Advisor Tony Simpson to be
sacked following the abusive email he sent to Richard Poole.
Prime Minister Helen Clark's whining about Mrs Shipley's visit to the United States is pitiful, says National MP Tony
Ryall.
Giant fountains of fast-moving, multimillion-degree gas in the outermost atmosphere of the Sun have revealed an
important clue to a long-standing mystery -- the location of the heating mechanism that makes the corona 300 times
hotter than the Sun's visible ...
Don Brash said it for the first time since 1982. Stagflation. Sounds like a rush of male deer. But it's a case of mixed
metaphors. Dr Brash has scared the horses.
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