The top 20 rating items on Scoop at the weekend were...
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.
The Forest and Bird Protection Society is concerned that Frodo and his hairy hobbit friends with their attendant large
film crews may severely damage sensitive landscapes in the Kahurangi National Park and Kepler Mire, an ancient string
bog in Fiordland.
Warning Lord Of The Rings Spoiler photos…. courtesy of Scoop’s content partner http://www.theonering.net/ Scoop brings
the first published pictures of Froddo and Bilbo Baggins house, in the Waikato.
Scoop is delighted to present to Frodo and Bilbo Baggin’s house in the Waikato – Bag End. Now we are getting magical….
The two photos above one apparently of the same scene - appear to confirm that the Hobbit Town photos published this
morning by the Dominion are indeed real - even if they do look a little too toy townish.
The Japanese Americas Cup challenger yacht Azura has broken its mast. The breakage occured during racing on Auckland's
Hauraki Gulf this afternoon, in a match race against AmericaOne.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, if a week is a long time in politics, time appears to stretch even further under a
general election campaign.
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.
More than three weeks after Scoop first published a picture of, allegedly, the home of a Hobbit from the Lord of the
Rings, and the day after we published aerial photos of the Waikato set the Dominion News Paper have run two highly
dubious – and probably ...
Americas Cup officials have given approval to the New York Yacht Club backed Young America team to race its substitute
boat USA 58.
The Green Party have surged to just under the five per cent threshold in the latest New Zealand Herald-Digipoll released
this morning (Friday).
Over the last few weeks it has looked increasingly likely that NZ First will again hold the balance of power after this
election. Realising this, the games of Winston Peters have begun in earnest although this time - unlike last - he is
holding the ...
News that a re-elected National government will give police extra power to seek compulsory DNA samples is causing
ripples in the human rights community. John Howard asks; "How does a police state happen?"
So far the Dominion is sticking behind its photos of Hobbiton published this morning. Scoop however thinks they remain
rather fishy looking.
"Libertarianz' Media and Broadcasting Policy is simple, and could be implemented immediately," says Deborah Coddington,
Libertarianz Broadcasting Deregulation Spokesman.
2) Negotiate complete withdrawal from any current UN Peace Keeping Missions. Introduce legislation preventing NZ Defence
Forces from serving in future UN Peace Keeping Missions.
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:
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….
A six story apartment building in Southern Italy collapsed last night, killing at least 14 people, injuring 16 and
trapping about 40 people under the debris.
There are times I worry about Winston; Peters that is, not that notorious party hopper Churchill. Every time he says
"MMP" I sense another percentage point of anti-MMP sentiment. And when he talks about watertight coalition documents and
talks ...