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Scoop Ratings - Smoking, Labour and Monsanto
Today's top 20 rating items at 2.40pm were...
1: Smokers
Of The World Protest March
For those few who still think this is just a protest for bleating 'scumbag smokers', Joy Faulkner has a message for you: "Wake up!! This march is," she says," about getting big brother government off our backs and out of our lives."
2:
The
CIA, Labour and the 'Credit Card'
Campaign
Scoop's Jonathan Hill looks at how Labour Party President Bob Harvey's comments on the CIA this week could be the much needed start of a fresh new approach to Labour's election campaign.
3:
Taxpayer's
Money Used In Monsanto's PR
New Zealand taxpayers have spent $100,000 funding a public relations front for genetic engineers, including the United States food and chemical giant Monsanto, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said today.
4:
Concern
At Sudden Epidemic Among Ansett Pilots
The sudden outburst of illness, bordering on epidemic proportions, among Ansett pilots is worrying Transport Minister Maurice Williamson. He intends talking to his colleague the Minister of Immigration to discuss the possibility of bringing in overseas pilots ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Scoop
Exclusive - The Man Who Spooked The
Spooks
Inside APEC Series - Aziz Choudry: he became a household name to us after the New Zealand Secret Intelligence Service bungled its break in on his Christchurch home. On Scoop today, Choudry speaks of Spooks, APEC, foreign affairs, and warns of the ...
6:
Greens
Warn Of Disinformation On
GE
Incorrect reports on genetic engineering are being circulated in the internet, which could be aimed at discrediting anti-genetic engineering lobbyists, Green Party Agriculture Spokesperson Ian Ewen-Street said today.
7:
South
Australian Court May be Precedent For
NZ
An historic decision handed down by the South Australian Supreme Court over Australian Labour Party (ALP) branch-stacking has caused chaos but could also have ramifications in New Zealand because it could be used as a precedent. John Howard reports.
8:
Auckland's future at stake - Prebble
Speech
Auckland faces two threats. First, Labour's proposals to unleash industrial civil strife and second, the complete lack of leadership on Auckland's growing transport crisis.
9:
Rebel
Stands For VUWSA Executive
Visit http://www.rebels.org.nz for more information.
10:
Time
running out for some drivers
The LTSA will today begin the process of sending out 235,000 driver licence upgrade packs to drivers who were born in September. A new television advertisement, targeting Virgos, reminds drivers that it's time for them to upgrade.
11:
When
we Ignore a Burning Fuse
In four months time we will know the immediate impact of the "Y2K" computer bug; the bug through which computers with 2-digit date fields cannot distinguish which century we are in, and which may cause computers to try to do things they are ...
12:
Appointments
to Te Papa Tongarewa Board
Hon Marie Hasler, Minister for Culture and Heritage, today announced three appointments to the Board of the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.
13:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Suspensions Soar - Students Sue Police / Speaker - Dollar Drops - Pilots - Ansett - UN / Timor - Producer Boards - National Low - Bentley - Wye Peace - World War 2 - Millennium
14:
Questions
Of The Day (7-12)
Immigrant Employment - ECA Row (continued) - Maori Reserve Land - Pilot Strikes - State House Sales - Defence 2000 Report
15:
PPTA
union double standards?
"The PPTA union should have every right to choose who they buy airline tickets from", said Martin Poulsen, the National Party candidate for Auckland Central.
16:
Geoff
Thompson - Get A
Life!
Libertarianz Deputy Leader Dr Richard McGrath has a simple prescription for resolving the Lotteries Commission fiasco. "Sack Geoff Thompson, and disband the monopoly," he says. "It is not the job of politicians to run charities. Mr Thompson, a ...
17:
National
planning for private charge road
tolls
The Alliance says the Government is planning to let private companies take over new roads, and New Zealanders will have to pay tolls to overseas owned companies in order to drive on them.
18:
Nat
Library Want Better Relationship With
Minister
National Library staff - `cynical, frustrated and disheartened' over their organisation's restructuring - are hopeful the new Minister, Hon Marie Hasler will act "more responsibly in analysing the Library's `strategic plan' and listen to the views of ...
19:
Pete
Hodgson's Moment Of Glory? - Question
3
How Pete Hodgson was granted leave to deliver a 5 minute speech on what Labour will do to the ECA during question time - and what he said.
20:
Inside
APEC Series - East Timor Talks Must Be
Held
Next week's APEC leader's meetings must surely present the perfect opportunity for a collective resolution to pending civil war in East Timor. If this opportunity is wasted, then APEC is the lame duck its critics say it is.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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