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Published: Tue 11 Jun 2002 09:55 AM
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Yesterday’s top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Opinion: A Testimony To Motherhood Or Simply A Tit
So now, John, you can be photographed while you stand there and talk about guns and bombs and poisons without the breast appearing over your right shoulder, without that bodacious bosom bothering you, and we just wanted to tell you in the spirit ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00051.htm
2: PI Editorial, Mon June 10 - Et Tu, Deborah!
She dropped in to see me a week or so ago. She looked absolutely beautiful, having lost weight from preposterous amounts of running. I looked at her, mock-askance, as she confessed to this medically correct activity, & for a moment the wicked ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00045.htm
3: Philip Rappa: Oh-Sum-Bodies-Been-Lying
One nightmare followed by yet another, 278th to be exact since September 11th. In my 277th, I'm dressed as Paul Revere, in full gallop atop a great steed racing through downtown, Saint Augustine, America's oldest city. I'm yelling at the top of my lungs, ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00048.htm
4: "My Father Should Not Be Replaced"
On Monday Cabinet will decide on a replacement for the Race Relations Position currently held by Gregory Fortuin. I think it is an absolute "disgrace" that Politicians (Jim Anderton and Co.) that called for his help for reconciliation have done nothing ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0206/S00040.htm
5: Poll Watch: Greens Rising Rapidly In NBR/NZ Herald
EDITOR’S NOTE: Scoop will be running “Poll Watch” as a new feature up till the election, whenever that is. As national poll results are announced we will report on the basic results and provide links to further resources.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00050.htm
6: Too Little Too Late For Secondary Teachers
In a ballot of members last week 74.5 percent - 8,346 members - voted against ratification of the proposed collective agreement, 25.5 percent - 2,862 members - voted for it. Voter turnout was high with more than 82 percent of members voting.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0206/S00009.htm
7: Richard Prebble's Letter from Wellington 10/6/2002
The buzz in Wellington is that the government will tomorrow announce a snap election. Labour has all year been planning to go early. Mike Williams, who spent a decade with the Australian Labor Party, has been pressing hardest for an early election. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00118.htm
8: INVESTIGATION: Sept 11th - Unanswered Questions
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 ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0202/S00079.htm
9: Alliance List Announced
“We have an incredibly strong field of candidates and ranking them has not been easy,” said Ms Harré from her Waitakere office.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00105.htm
10: Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition 11th June 2002
In this issue: The alimentation of French political parties and why there are no fewer than 8,455 candidates at this weekend’s first round of the legislative elections
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00043.htm
11: Flawed Greenpeace Chinese study no reason
“Expert analysis of the Greenpeace funded study of GM cotton in China, which has been touted as a reason for New Zealand extending its moratorium on the commercial release of GE, shows the interpretation of the study is seriously flawed,” the Chairman ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0206/S00039.htm
12: Driver Licensing Changes Proposed
Older drivers would have a choice of driver licence test under proposed changes to the driver licensing system announced today by Acting Transport Minister Judith Tizard.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00117.htm
13: Wilson Rushes Race Conciliator Appointment
“In March Margaret Wilson took the name of an old acquaintance to Cabinet as her recommendation as Race Relations Conciliator and was told to go through the proper process. Today she returns with the same name,” New Zealand First leader Winston ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00123.htm
14: Scoop Images: Lady Of The Lake
Images from the oh so beautiful deep south around Lake Ohau. Images by Norm McKay
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00046.htm
15: Alliance List: Politics Of The Future!
Staunch Alliance is thrilled to announce a record-breaking number of young Alliance activists on the Alliance Party List, released today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0206/S00041.htm
16: ACT Advances List Selection
ACT New Zealand has advanced its list selection process and intends to finalise its list on 29 June, ACT President Catherine Judd said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0206/S00042.htm
17: Wilson Up To Usual Arrogant Tactics
"Reports that former unionist Joris de Bres is the likely contender as the next Race Relations Commissioner proves that Margaret Wilson has learnt nothing from her past appointment disasters," says National's Justice spokesman Wayne Mapp.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00106.htm
18: A Step In The Right Direction
Green Party Transport spokesperson Sue Kedgley is hailing the opening of priority bus lanes in Wellington as "brilliant."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00113.htm
19: Natalia Zawidowski: Blame It On The Occupation
On news stations worldwide, numerous Palestinian “experts” and spokesmen get keyed up daily about the Middle-East conflict. They talk a lot but in the end everything boils down to the same statement: "If the Palestinians would not have to suffer ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00049.htm
20: Hard News 07/06/02: Wanna Fight?
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... I won't revisit the Greens and GE at great length this week. It makes my head hurt. But it was gratifying that none of the emails I got after last week's bulletin were hysterical - a couple of people with Green connections ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00034.htm
21: Teachers Pay: Symptom of NZ’s Poor Productivity
Michael Barnett, chief executive of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, said two critical issues stand out about the predictable rejection by secondary teachers of the pay settlement negotiated by PPTA and Government representatives:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0206/S00010.htm
22: What Congress Does Not Know about Enron and 9/11
A captured Al Qaida document reveals that US energy companies were secretly negotiating with the Taliban to build a pipeline. The document was obtained by the FBI but was not allowed to be shared with other agencies in order to protect Enron.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00029.htm
23: Feedback: A Beautiful Site
I take immense pleasure in accessing your website. The concept of uncloured and raw news is fascinating.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00044.htm
24: Centralised Teacher Negotiations Fail
The antiquated negotiation system between PPTA and the Government is responsible for the collapse of the teachers' pay deal, ACT Education Spokesman MP Donna Awatere Huata said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00116.htm
25: Gov't Must Up Offer To Teachers
Green Party Education spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street MP said today Education Minister Trevor Mallard must show teachers he is bargaining in good faith by upping the offer when negotiations resume.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00115.htm
26: Labour Legislates Against South Auckland Kids
Lion Foundation's donation of one million dollars from gaming machines to the neonatal intensive care unit at Middlemore Hospital shows why anti-gaming legislation is wrong, ACT Internal Affairs Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00114.htm
27: Alliance responds to rejection of teachers’ deal
Alliance leader Laila Harré has said that the rejection of the settlement negotiated with the PPTA for secondary school teachers will put quality education and state sector wages at the top of the election campaign agenda.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00121.htm
28: Obituary For Becky Fox
Becky Fox Plunket's General Manager Maori Health Born Waipiro Bay, near Ruatoria on 15 August 1949 Tribal affiliations Ngati-Porou and Ngati-Kahungunu Died Hamilton, 29 May 2002
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/GE0206/S00003.htm
29: Minister to consider best way forward
Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today that he was disappointed that PPTA members had voted against the settlement agreed to by their negotiators.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0206/S00122.htm
30: Quest Opinion: The Bush 9/11 Scandal for Dummies
Don't know about you, but all this who-knew-what-when pre-9/11 stuff is mighty confusing. So once again, I head to that all-purpose reference series for some comprehensible answers.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0206/S00027.htm
ENDS
Alastair Thompson
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