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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and friends were spotted by chance today at Wellington Airport on their way to
Los Angeles for the Oscars.
If more than 1 in 50 children in the developed world are being diagnosed as autistic, then this is a global public
health time-bomb that must be addressed immediately.
New Zealanders around the globe will be able to locate old schoolmates and work colleagues, thanks to a new website
being officially launched tomorrow.
What do Tranz Rail; Monsanto; Carter Holt Harvey; Mobil; United Water and British American Tobacco (BAT) have in common?
Apart from being TransNational Corporations (TNC) with significant interests in New Zealand, these companies have all
been nominated ...
Fans of The Blues will be able to zip past the regular pre-match traffic congestion for the first home game of the
season, with a free trip on ANY train in the Auckland region to and from Eden Park!
The following pictures show film director Peter Jackson with members of the cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings
trilogy of films, the filming of which is now drawing to a close in the Wellington region.
Within a few months, the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 became but an echo of the events that followed. War in Afghanistan,
anthrax, unprecedented powers of detention: the public mind moves from one shock to another, appearing to accept the
government’s ...
Press release by Students for Justice in Palestine & the Socialist Workers Organisation, 19 March, 2002
Viagra is being sold over the Internet in Britain with very few questions asked. The authorities are clearly preparing
for a fight. They need to curtail dubious on-line vendors of this much-vaunted mitigator of impotence.
A guilty verdict for an Auckland doctor charged with fraud and wilfully attempting to obstruct the course of justice is
a warning to health practitioners the Ministry of Health is vigilant when it comes to protecting tax payer's money.
Transcript of Interview of Greg Palast, Journalist for BBC and Observer, London, by Alex Jones
Satellite images have revealed the collapse of Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula fulfilling predictions made
by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists. The collapse of the 3250 km² ice shelf is the latest drama in a region of
Antarctica ...
In This Edition: The Hunt For Flight 77 - A Truly Remarkable French Website - Disinformation Warning! - Not Everyone Is
Convinced - Eyewitness Reports Of The Crash….
Today’s questions concerned: Alliance Break-Up - School Principals' Leadership - Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act –
Protecting Native Birds – GDP Growth – Labelling GE Foods – Privy Council Ruling On Court Of Appeal – Housing And The
Treaty - Health ...
The only increase will be a uniform annual charge for waste collection on each property of less than one dollar a week.
One of the most extraordinary documentaries this Scoop has ever seen was broadcast on TV2 last night. The documentary
"Signs Of God - Science Tests Faith", from Fox News was broadcast live on October 13 in Los Angeles (yesterday NZT).
This Lord of The Rings movie poster was recently posted by Scoop’s content partner http://theonering.net .
"We are lucky Hon Margaret Wilson has not yet abolished our access to the Privy Council and that we have dedicated
counsel like Tony Ellis to keep our criminal justice system honest," says ACT's Justice spokesman Stephen Franks.
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began
shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
Scoop's Hobbit strikes again. Yet another - never seen before - shot of Hobbiton in the the Waikato. Showing the other
side of the millhouse pictured in an earlier shot, in the sun, before it was burned down. Hobbit houses can be seen
across the ...
Frances Howie of New Zealand was awarded the prestigious title of Smirnoff Designer of The Year at the 17th annual
Smirnoff International Fashion Awards. This spellbinding multimedia Smirnoff Urban Fusion experience showcased eleven
young designers from ...
Scoop's Hobbit strikes yet again. Hobbiton bridge is revealed in all its glory….enjoy.
This week's report of the latest collapse of Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica is a timely reminder that little is known
about the behaviour of the Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves and their role in global climate change, a New Zealand
scientist ...
In this short book, I argue that there is strong evidence that the events of 11th September represent a terrorism of a
kind not currently being discussed, and include the involvement of agents and agencies not publicly imagined as being
associated ...
The last time Jane Abbott rode at Puhinui, it was to take third prize in her first novice three day event in 1997.
... found circulating on the Internet and forwarded to Scoop by a reader...
It is not often that New Zealanders get to hear first hand what neighbouring governments think of us. Last weekend we
had the opportunity to hear exactly what the Howard Government thought of New Zealand's current stance on an issue of
national importance ...
In 2002 you won't find a more challenging array of cinema in one single film festival anywhere in the world. That's not
just hyperbole that's a fact.
EDITORS NOTE: The following is a transcript of a link submitted to Scoop by a Scoop reader. Clearly questions are
raised in this material about the nature of the relationship between the Bush family and the family of Osama Bin Laden.
In the movie THE PATRIOT, farmer-turned-soldier Benjamin Martin, played by Mel Gibson, develops the battle plan that
wins the day. Because it is widely believed that the militia can never hold the line, Martin promises that he and his
men can. The British ...