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Scoop's Jonathan Hill looks at the issue of who should run against Richard Prebble in the crucial seat of Wellington
Central - Labour's Marian Hobbs or the Alliance's Phillida Bunkle. For whoever is left standing, the stakes are high.
The latest Herald Digipoll published today shows more worries for the government and a swing towards smaller parties
rather than the big two.
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The Alliance has revealed that the CEO of WINZ has spent $25,000 making videos of herself at the taxpayers expense.
A spokesman for IBM Asia Pacific talking to media out of Tokyo has announced that IBM is going to cease development of
the delay plagued INCIS, $130 million plus, police computer project.
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that the Prime Minister would be well advised to listen to and respect the views
of the Bishop of Christchurch rather than slap him down publicly.
"Recent positive publicity surrounding Tim and Nick Wood's wealth and dominance as successful business entrepreneurs due
to the success of their internet company IHUG failed to dig deeper into the 'cowboy culture' of their workplace", said
Darien Fenton, ...
The new Telecom Chief Executive Officer will be Theresa Gattung, currently the Group General Manager Services.
The INCIS soap opera's latest twist yesterday was an unexpected one with IBM calling it a day. Now all parties are
crying havoc and have let slip the dogs of legal action.
The latest poll shows Labour down four points to 40, National steady on 38, the Alliance up one to seven points, Act up
two to seven and New Zealand First up two to four percent.
From Pretoria to Old Trafford, a look at some of the weekend's sporting action.
The Government's Five Steps Ahead programme will be launched simultaneously in five centres on August 18, Enterprise
and Commerce Minister Max Bradford announced today.
Changes announced today to the Commerce Act will be good for consumers, says Enterprise Minister Max Bradford. In this
package of releases and question and answer papers, Bradford gives a full run-down of the changes, why they were made
and what they are ...
Scoop has struck up a content partnership with a US based Lord of The Rings - http://theonering.net - website. Today we
bring a report with an extract from a interview with Billy Boyd who has recently been confirmed for the role of Froddo's
young friend Pippen
Scoop would like to be a fly on the wall at tomorrow's (Friday) meeting in Wellington between representatives of Radio
New Zealand's board and its staff.
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath says his stomach churned as he read the speech given by John Delamare in
China last night. "I am disgusted to find a representative of our semi-free country offering moral support to the
bloodthirsty ...
In a speech titled Good Policy Good Government today, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced two changes to the student
loan scheme. The extract of her speech outlining these changes follows.
The sun's last total eclipse of the century will be visible (weather willing) by around two billion people in Europe and
the Middle East, but the audience world-wide will be multiplied by a plethora of web-cams.
Labour is demanding to know why Work and Income NZ is in the top rank of corporate spenders on television advertising
when it is a public service organisation with no competitors.
The republic referendum debate has taken two major turns already this week. Scoop's Sydney correspondent Simon Orme
looks at this weeks developments.