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Published: Wed 4 Apr 2001 08:21 AM
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Yesterday’s top 20 rating items on Scoop were…
1: NOT SHARP: How Not To Wash An Airplane
You are the chief airplane washer at the company hangar and you are not having a sharp day...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00013.htm
2: Scoop Images: Phillida Bunkle
Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle today finds out whether she will regain her ministerial portfolios, after an inconclusive report by the Registrar of Electors into the validity of her enrolment in Wellington Central left it to The Prime Minister and her deputy ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00014.htm
3: Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 3 April 2001
1. Rt Hon JENNY SHIPLEY to the Prime Minister: What reasons does she have for not supporting the call by two former Secretaries of Defence and four former chiefs of the defence forces to publish drafts of the Government's defence reviews so they ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00029.htm
4: Red Ink Across The Board – Stock Turmoil Goes On
While stock market woes have not been making headlines this morning in New Zealand - perhaps because they have become all too typical - the red ink has been flowing freely again in New York overnight at the beginning of the trading week. At the close ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00015.htm
5: Decision on Phillida Bunkle
MP Phillida Bunkle will not be reappointed to a position in the Executive of the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00028.htm
6: New Zealander’s find their Soapbox
David Buckingham and Patrick Quinn-Graham last month launched Soapbox.co.nz, a new website set-up as a content exchange for the opinion columns of New Zealanders.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/SC0104/S00001.htm
7: Scoop Images: Mt Ruapehu
The Ski Season You've Been Waiting For
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0104/S00002.htm
8: Partisan Attack By Retired Defence Chiefs
Prime Minister Helen Clark today described the statements of retired defence personnel which speculate on forthcoming government defence decisions as 'out of place and out of time'.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00025.htm
9: Russell Crowe Gets Current Defence Policy Right
United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says Oscar winning actor Russell Crowe has provided the clearest statement yet of New Zealand's defence policy under the present Labour/Alliance government.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00032.htm
10: SHARP LANGUAGE: Employee Performance Evaluations
The following extremely sharp quotations were allegedly taken form actual employee performance evaluations…
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00002.htm
11: Scoop Feature: Decriminalising Prostitution In NZ
A bill decriminalising prostitution is advancing in New Zealand's Parliament with issues of morality and public safety to the forefront. Supporters say the legislation contributes to the greater good by empowering sex workers and reducing health threats. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00011.htm
12: Supercomputer Weather: When The Rain Comes
Light rain is now falling in Wellington as a low pressure system moves onto the country bringing much needed rains throughout the North Island.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00006.htm
13: Finally, A Glimmer Of Commonsense!
The decision to leave Phillida Bunkle on the backbench of the Alliance has been supported by Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley, who describes it as 'the only sensible decision Helen Clark could make over this issue'.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00036.htm
14: Registrar Cop-Out Leaves Bunkle Decision To PM
Prime Minister Helen Clark has called the Registrar of Electors’ report, which failed to reach a conclusion on whether or not Alliance MP Phillida Bunkle’s enrollment in Wellington Central was valid or not, a cop out. “It seems curious to say that ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00009.htm
15: Why Isn’t Hobbs Down The Road Too?
ACT Leader Richard Prebble wants to know why newly-reinstated minister Marian Hobbs hasn’t been sent down the road with coalition colleague Phillida Bunkle.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00037.htm
16: SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day - 3 April
Today's questions of the day concerned: Defence Policy Criticism – Modern Apprenticeships – Waterfront Wars – Consumer Protection On The Net– NCEA Grading – Fishing Boat Servicing – Budget 2001 And Spending “Backfilling” – Single Sex Schools – Evan MacKenzie Vietnam ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0104/S00016.htm
17: US Court Decision Damns Genetic Diversity Of Crops
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today said a US court decision on the contamination of crops from neighbouring genetically engineered plants had massive implications for farmers in New Zealand as well as the genetic diversity of crops all around the ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0104/S00035.htm
18: Cullen Tinkering With Tax
"Michael Cullen’s amendments to the Income Tax Act are but a minuscule step in the right direction", says Libertarianz Finance Spokesman, Tim Sturm.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0104/S00003.htm
19: The Ski Season You've Been Waiting For
The snow gods are smiling on Mt Ruapehu - early snow falls indicate this year is shaping to be a great ski season.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/CU0104/S00001.htm
20: National Radio Midday Report
Bunkle Out – Defence Debate – Kyoto Protocol – Dollar Falls – NCEA Protest – Army Mistreatment Investigated – US Spy Plane – Israeli Soldier Shot – Poisoning – Psychotic Killer – Fire Risk
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/NM0104/S00010.htm
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