Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began
shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
This account of the incident is from the president of the Canterbury University Postgraduate Students' Society, Donald
Anderson. It differs markedly from Bradford's account.
Week three of the election campaign was again dominated by tertiary education, though this time not for the debate over
policy. The week was also significant as a TV3 CM Research poll showed the gap between the two main parties closing,
thus reinforcing ...
Having seemingly scored the internet Scoop of the week with his pictures of BREE AT FIRST LIGHT Scoop contacted the
Hobbit who scooped the world and asked him if he had any more snaps from his visit to Bree….
MAD MAX 4: THE UNIVERSITY The Aotearoa Post-compulsory Student Union today described the confrontation between the
Minister for Tertiary Education and a Canterbury University student this morning as "the unfortunate result of a lack of
Ministerial training".
The Minister for Tertiary Education, Hon Max Bradford, at the invitation of the University of Canterbury Students’
Association, addressed an audience of between 100 and 200 students at the University of Canterbury this morning.
Scoop visits Peter Jackson's Camperdown studios: Welcome To Camperdown - Camperdown Carpark - The Gates Of Camperdown -
Camperdown Barracks.
SCOOP NEWS ANALYSIS - British Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook's, arrival in New Zealand prior to September's APEC forum
caused Thailand Foreign Ministry official, Kobsak Chitikul, to ask, "Why is Mr Robin Cook here?" Britain is not a member
...
Labour’s Coromandel candidate Margaret Hawkeswood has ruled out any electoral accomodation in the Coromandel, despite
the latest poll showing Labour will need the Greens to form a new government.
This week the Police announced an 18% reduction in recorded sexual offences. Rape Crisis' immediate response was to
debunk it. Why are we unable to celebrate a decrease in rape and sexual assaults? Clare Benson from Rape Crsis writes.
The world's population reached six billion this month. Further, India now has one billion people. Should we celebrate,
or are these milestones en route to environmental disaster? Keith Rankin writes.
Scoop posted the following questions this morning on an internet news forum… Shahid Mahmud.. smahmud@qis.net.. has
kindly replied.
“An allegation that Hon Max Bradford assaulted a Canterbury University student today is fallacious nonsense,” said Ilam
MP Gerry Brownlee.
Labour has been given a message by the latest TV3 C.M Research Poll. It needs the Green Party in Parliament to become
Government. And National is short of gaining a majority as ACT lags in the polls. The gap between the two major parties
is closing. ...
So the Parliamentary Inquiry's Report on the IRD - 'the Trirds' - is out. "The Mafia has reported on its hit men. This
report raises a number of wider questions, and should seal Graham Holland's fate." says Libertarianz Leader Lindsay
Perigo
Patenting nature, the introduction of GE foods, further trade liberalisation and the cutting of tariff's and subsidies
are on the agenda of next month's World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle. Tens of thousands will protest.
John Howard ...
“Winston Peters’ so-called minority report on the Finance and Expenditure Committee’s inquiry into the powers and
operations of the Inland Revenue Department raises real questions about the competence of New Zealand First,” Revenue
Minister Sir William ...
(Los Angeles, October 7, 1999) – The Lord of the Rings film trilogy begins principal photography in Wellington, New
Zealand, on October 11, 1999, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced today by Robert Shaye,
Chairman and Chief ...
"Students across the country are currently demonstrating why they should not be at varsity," said Andrew Bates,
Libertarianz Associate Spokesman on Tertiary Education. "Rather than deal with people on rational grounds, the mindless
thugs ...
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