The top 20 rating items yesterday were...
Responding to the hints of a couple of US Lord of The Rings websites – http://www.lordoftherings.com/ and
http://www.onering.net/ - Scoop earlier this week informed its star Hobbit paparazzi of a reported sighting of Gandalf’s
exploding trees in Upper Hutt.
Much of New Zealand has this morning been shaken by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale.
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.
Scoop wouldn’t normally so shamelessly lift a photo from a newspaper but in this instance the claim in the Mirror/Daily
Record that this is the “first” picture of the Lord of the Rings secret Kingdom, is, respectfully disputed.
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….
HONG KONG -- The first crack in the US government's version of the May 7 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade came
from an agency of the US government. Now, five months later, the official story has crumbled almost entirely -- but
you'd never ...
ID4 has sent me some startling news! This may not be accurate, but ID4 does have some expierence in the field of CGI
art, he first sent me this:
Irish Eyes has learnt, through being especially vigilant in examining places capitalism has yet to reach, that if
Australians vote to become a republic in their upcoming referendum on the matter the government will move to secure a
$US12 billion two-year ...
With the Greens launching their election campaign last weekend Labour has slowly started to hint that Labour supporters
in the Coromandel should support Green co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. This move has major implications. Jonathan Hill
writes.
In a move which should make government's around the world blush with embarrassment, young law students at the University
of California are taking on international human rights struggles and winning. John Howard reports.
The Alliance Party is promising, within three years, as many as twelve hundred more sustainable, new jobs for the
embattled West Coast of the South Island. Scoop's West Coast correspondent, John Howard, reports.
As the official Halloween campaign launch days - for both Labour and National - approach, polls show a tightening gap
between the two major parties. And finally, as we pass the half way mark of the campaign, some much needed humour
(intentional ...
Elected officials and public servants rather than businessmen are still seen as the "least likeable" occupational group
in US prime time entertainment programming. And guess what - it's TV's fault. John Howard reports.
WILL Winston Peters be queenmaker after the election? As three years ago, the leader of NZ First is vehemently refusing
to disclose his preferred coalition partner.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... so anyway, there I was in Melbourne when Jeff Kennett got rolled. Did you know I was there at
either end of Auckland's great Ranfurly Shield run, too?
Scoop welcomes Jordan Carter to our weekly columnist fold. He enjoys a good argument, and thrives on provoking debate.
Today he offers a "bit of a hello" and sticks it to Winston Peters. Go Jordan! View "On The Left" exclusively on Scoop.
Canons Creek Homeboy, Api Malu, will fly the flag for Mauri Pacific in the Mana electorate at this year's election.
The All Blacks are through to the semi-finals against France after a comfortable but unspectacular win over a spirited
Scotland side 30 – 18 at Murrayfield this morning. (NZT)
The Crown and IBM jointly announced today that the Crown has accepted an offer by IBM to withdraw its $75 million
damages claim against the Crown and pay the Crown $25 million to settle the INCIS dispute. The Crown in return will
discontinue its ...
NEW ZEALANDERS must not "pretend that the Treaty [of Waitangi] is the foundation of NZ", says Act's Rongotai candidate,
Stephen Franks.