The top 20 rating items on Scoop yesterday 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.
The Green Party look set to propel Labour into office after a poll showed party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons opening up
an eight point lead over National’s Murray McLean.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... well, if a week is a long time in politics, time appears to stretch even further under a
general election campaign.
New Zealander Juliette Harrington, is suing Internet giant Yahoo! for allegedly infringing on a patent for her software
that allows people to compare prices for goods and services sold over the Internet. John Howard reports.
Scoop is delighted to present to Frodo and Bilbo Baggin’s house in the Waikato – Bag End. Now we are getting magical….
National and Act are using election campaign billboards made in Australia.National and Act's vinyl billboards were made
by Metro Media in Brisbane Australia.
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.
Notwithstanding the sound and fury displayed by Linda Clark and Mike Hoskings in last night's Crossfire Special, Labour
leader Helen Clark got off lightly.
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.
Stuart Garner, head of the US giant Thomson Newspaper Group, has taken a swipe at print journalists saying they take
"ego trips" and newspapers frequently aren't compelling and useful to people. John Howard reports.
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.
Dr Denis Avery, a visiting United States scientist who has been quoted in the New Zealand media rubbishing organic
agriculture, is not the unbiased voice he claims to be.
Health is firmly back on the election agenda following the sacking of a Hokitika nurse last week after a heated
discussion over unsafe patient and staff conditions. And in Oamaru the Prime Minster is promising to investigate claims
that Timaru Hospital ...
Americas Cup officials have given approval to the New York Yacht Club backed Young America team to race its substitute
boat USA 58.
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 ...
Scoop's weekend bulletin... including a fair bit of news from the end of last week...
The cockpit voice recorder from doomed EgyptAir flight 990 was plucked from the planes wreckage on the Atlantic ocean
floor and investigators are now examining the device.
Libertarianz has no problem with the proposal for police to use DNA evidence in burglary cases providing proper
protocols for due process are put in place.
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 ...