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The top 20 rating items on Scoop over the weekend (Hobbits excluded) were...
1: HARD
NEWS 15/12/00 - The Grinch By A Mile
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so, Closing the Gaps no longer. The Prime Minister is lancing another boil, banning another word or three. She is perfectly correct when she says that the phrase in question was spawned by the previous National government - it ...
2:
Sludge
Report #47 – But He Hasn’t Been Elected
Yet
In This edition: But He Hasn’t Been Elected Yet - Pearls Of Wisdom
3:
Hamiltonians
pass motion to decriminalise
cannabis
A public meeting in Hamilton last night voted unanimously to support the decriminalisation of cannabis for adults.
4:
Upton-on-line
December 15th
A hectic round of loose end tying brings upton-on-line to the end of 2000 and the last edition from the motherland. 42 years on the same farm (that’s all of them by the way), 17 years in the same house and 19 years of political detritus accumulating ...
6:
Howard’s
End: There’s Water & Then There’s
Water
As worldwide concern mounts about water quality, fitness and health, bottled water has grown globally into a $NZ120 billion industry. John Howard writes.
7:
ACT:
Rifle Range Closure Is Socialism By
Stealth
The shock closure of the Trentham Rifle Range to live firing signals another step in New Zealand’s march towards a socialist-driven vision of utopia, said ACT MP Dr Muriel Newman.
8:
Rosalea
Barker: Ada v. Gloria
One particular TV ad in the "got milk?" campaign has been playing rather a lot in the last 36 days. It features a young guy stuffing what looks like a giant Oreo (cameo creme) in his mouth while walking around a zoo.
9:
SkyCabs
Offer Auckland Transport
Solution
The range of possible solutions to Auckland's passenger transportation dilemma has expanded with the introduction of an innovative new system known as SkyCabs.
The court discovered today that a young graduate engineer was left to select Waiheke's emergency sludge disposal site almost completely on his own.
12:
Who
Let The Imperialist Running DOG
Out?
The Communist Revolutionary Action Party wishes to comment on the situation of Toot the imperialist running member of the Destruction of Government or DOG Party!!!
13:
Yellow
Stickers Breach Human Rights
The police-initiated ‘Yellow Sticker’ car theft scheme, operating in seven New Zealand towns, is in breach of the Human Rights Act, the Human Rights Commission has announced.
14:
Frank
Zappa Xmas Film Nite ~ Friday 15th Dec
2000
To mark the month that would have seen legendary avant-garde rock composer Frank Zappa's 60th birthday, and to commemorate 7 years since he died of prostrate cancer, Auckland's hardcore Zappa fans, in conjunction with the city's best modern music ...
15:
PM
Statement On Samuels 60 Minutes
programme
Prime Minister Helen Clark has responded to publicity by TVNZ about an upcoming 60 Minutes documentary, by releasing the statement she has made to that programme.
CONTENTS: Editorial: Labour Future Youth minimum wage increase welcomed National supports Govt on superannuation Yellow Stickers defeated! Website of the Week
19:
Bad
News Speedsters, Merry Christmas
Crims
Hard criminals will be happy with the Christmas present they get this year - an under-resourced police force and fewer police on the beat, National's Police spokesperson Brian Neeson said today.
20:
Hey
George, Slow Drivers Cause Crashes
Too
Slow drivers who cause the majority of driving aggravation and rashness appear to be ignored, said ACT Transport spokesman Penny Webster.
21:
Government
Must Recognise Risks Of
Bank
Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley is warning the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance and the directors of New Zealand Post that they must not risk taxpayers money for the sake of political expediency.
22:
Soft
Air Guns - Toys Or Trouble
The shooting of a man north of Auckland on Thursday is a warning for parents that the soft air guns their children may own are dangerous weapons in conflict situations.
23:
Scoop
Images: Banking Revolution Talked In Hill
St
Around 60 people turned up to the inaugural meeting/debate of New Zealand Banking Reform held at Connelly Hall in Hill St, Wellington, yesterday. Pictures from the evening follow...
HOBBIT
STORIES...
5: Scoop
Images: Lake Hobbitton - Another View
10: Scoop
Images: Hobbiton By The Water
17: Scoop
Archive: Scoop Image: Where The Hobbits
Are
18: Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was Stirring
24: Scoop
Images: A Hobbit Summer House?
25: Scoop
Images: WORLD EXCLUSIVE: BAG
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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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