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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Scoop
Images: And Not A Hobbit Was
Stirring
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.
2:
Bradford
Assaults Canterbury Student
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.
3:
Week
Three: Beware - Cliffhanger Election
Looming
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 ...
4:
Scoop
Images: Bree Is Spooky At
Night….
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….Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
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".
6:
University
of Canterbury Visit
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.
7:
Scoop
Images: Welcome To Camperdown
Studios
Scoop visits Peter Jackson's Camperdown studios: Welcome To Camperdown - Camperdown Carpark - The Gates Of Camperdown - Camperdown Barracks.
8:
British
Oil The Main Beneficiary Of Timor
Crisis
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 ...
9:
No
Deal In Coromandel - Labour
Candidate
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.
10:
Scoop
Column - Sexual Offending Is Not Going
Away
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.
11:
Rankin's
Thursday Column - Global
Demographics
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.
12:
Scoop
Q & A: Pakistan Coup
Scoop posted the following questions this morning on an internet news forum… Shahid Mahmud.. smahmud@qis.net.. has kindly replied.
13:
Bradford
allegations complete nonsense
“An allegation that Hon Max Bradford assaulted a Canterbury University student today is fallacious nonsense,” said Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee.
14:
Poll
Shows Gap Between Main Parties
Closing
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. ...
15:
Mafia
Reports On Its Hit Men
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
16:
Huge
Protest Expected At Seattle WTO
Meet
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 ...
17:
Is
New Zealand First for
Real?
“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 ...
18:
“The
Lord Of The Rings” To Begin Photography In
NZ
(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 ...
19:
Students'
Violence 'Mindless'
"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 ...
20:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Peter Ellis – Polluter Pays – NZ First On Super – Labour’s Green Agenda – Timberlands – Christian Heritage – Pakistan Coup – Smoking – CTBT – Maori Radio – Youth Justice – Verdict – West Coast Slip - Prostitution
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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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