Yesterday’s Top 20 ratings items on Scoop were...
Taking nothing away from the Wallabies victory - they played very well and the All Blacks poorly - but there are lessons
for World Cup contenders, fans and organisers in the refereeing of tonight's Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney.
With five sitting days till the house rises the Beehive's best and brightest are engaged in a game they became well
accustomed to last year as the government sat on a knife edge- counting the numbers.
Next year, around 50,000 low-to-middle income working families will pay no tax, Treasurer Bill English said today.
The Alliance has revealed that banks are charging customers $15 if they exceed their EFTPOS limit rather than declining
their transactions and says that Banks should display bank charges at the point of sale. A new system has been installed
that instead ...
Late this week treasurer, Bill English and Act's Rodney Hide came out swinging against the Alliance proposal for a
financial transaction tax to replace GST, calling it "a loopy and failed idea." But the international community is
presently ...
If you were near a television set on April 19, 1993, you will never forget the sight of the Mt. Carmel religious
community in Waco, Texas, going up in flames. What precisely had these people done to justify the Fed's surrounding them
with tanks? With reluctance, ...
The claim that 50,000 low income families will pay no tax next year shows that the Treasurer doesn't really understand
the tax system, Alliance leader Jim Anderton said today.
Speaking at the annual ECO conference held over the weekend, the Minister of Conservation, Dr Nick Smith confirmed that
the government plans to privatise Timberlands West Coast Ltd – with the feeble reassurance that this wouldn’t happen
“before the election”.
His tale reads like a scene out of the Frederick Forsyth book “The ODESSA File”. But while what you read here is clock
and dagger, it is not fiction. Published on Scoop for the first time in New Zealand is Jaggi Singh’s account of what
Canada’s ...
The Green Party is one of the first parliamentary parties to issue its complete party-list of candidates for this year's
general election.
Allegations of blackmail and espionage at Wellington City Council? Sounds ridiculous, perhaps, but there appears to be
some substance behind the latest contretemps between the spurned independent councillors and the Labour-Wellington Alive
coalition.
"I am very disappointed at Green MP Rod Donald's interpretation of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's work"
Presiding Member Geoff Thompson said in response to criticism of the salary paid to the Lotteries Commission Chief
Executive.
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this morning. I value the opportunity to talk to you about our plans for
superannuation and to hear your comments.
The Top 20 rating items at the weekend were…
New Zealand would be unable to play its role in world affairs or protect its own backyard if Foreign Affairs and Defence
Select Committee report proposals were adopted, Defence Minister Max Bradford says.
Labour's green credentials go on the line this week, according to conservationists, as the Labour caucus considers its
position on West Coast native forests.
Following a series of misleading statements quoted in both written and electronic media, the Employers' Federation has
today forwarded the attached two communications to the Labour Party.
The revelation that State Services boss Michael Wintringham didn't blow the whistle on Lotteries boss David Bale's
$400,000 plus salary package raises serious questions about who guards the guardians.
ACT Leader Richard Prebble says the row over the excessive salary paid to the Lotteries Commission head was inevitable
and indicates what should be done.
Conservation Minister Nick Smith today slammed Native Forest Action for distorting his views on the future of
Timberlands as outlined at the annual ECO Conference in Wellington on Friday night.