The top 20 rating stories at the Weekend were...
We frequently hear these days about the plight of the middle class, or the middle classes. But who are the middle
classes? Are they simply those people (or households?) who earn between the median income and the 90th or 95th
percentile? Can we really ...
The death of four year old James Whakaruru is a grim reminder of the dangers facing children who grow up in s severely
dysfunctional families. In most of these families, education achievement is minimal, violence is rife, drug and alcohol
dependency is ...
Scoop formed an early view on Sir Ron's “Smart” transaction on the day he reported back in August 1997.
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The Top 20 rating items on Scoop today were…
There is a new media revolution under way. You may not notice it if you are still getting the bulk of your information
from Richard or Judy or Carol and John - or even the daily newspapers. John Howard reports.
The Alliance said that Max Bradford's suggestions that only three universities should undertake research means New
Zealand would lose the other four.
The long range forecast from Weather Workshop for all of New Zealand to midnight Tuesday:
"The 747 I'd like to fly the world in [with the All Blacks]" - Kevin Roberts"
Make no mistake, Election '99 is about making the right choice. A choice about leadership, about ideas, about the New
Zealand we want to be and about who can deliver.
Libertarianz have offered to put one of their own spokesmen into the position of Human Rights Commissioner. Jim Anderton
was worried yesterday that National might replace the Human Rights Commissioner with one of their flunkies, so this
should ...
But – as we now know – key elements of the two old parties in Parliament didn’t want an inquiry and had everything at
their disposal to stop it, including the support of some elitist members of the business world and significant elements
of the media, ...
Hollywood couple Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke are tipped to be part of the Lord of The Rings when filming begins on
October 11.
The Winebox decision announced in the High Court in Auckland today represents a victory for all New Zealand taxpayers,
said the New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters.
FORMAL COMPLAINT TO BE MADE TO PUBLIC RELATIONS INSTITUTE OVER TIMBERLANDS' PR CAMPAIGN ON FRIDAY MORNING
“I agree with Ms Fitzsimons. The fight for the Coromandel seat is going to be a two-way race, but it involves the Labour
candidate and myself, not her,” said Coromandel MP Murray McLean today
The APEC Monitoring Group which has organised a programme of education and action throughout 1999 to expose and oppose
APEC and its free trade and investment, free market agenda is fielding numerous calls and visits to its Auckland office
by Aucklanders ...
The promoter of this year’s Sweetwaters Concert in Manukau City has been charged with fraud.
A poll of the Coromandel electorate, a seat held at present by National MP Murray McLean, shows Green Party Co-Leader
Jeanette Fitzsimons ahead.