Today's Top 20 rating items on Scoop are...
Today's racing brought a change of conditions from the past two days, heavy Northerlies giving way overnight to gentle
South winds blowing from 7-13 knots. The winds were shifty however, both in velocity and direction, and the afterguards
earned their ...
Right. As the chances of getting this right are slim indeed, this guess is purely on gut feeling. I'm picking a week of
negative campaigning from National is not going to wash well with voters and will eventually be to the party's
detriment.
I find it hard to agree with the prevailing media opinion that this election is headed for a cut and dried victory to
Labour. Most of the media commentary on this subject is based on the grand convergence of polls this last Friday.
GOOD DAY MEDIAPHILES ... trust the Tories, eh? Put them under pressure and they try and manufacture a moral crisis.
There's been Ecstasy, there's been Home Invasions - and this week it's drugs and terrorism with the Green Party.
Last night's Crossfire on TVNZ with the Prime Minister delivered us yet again the familiar image of Mrs Shipley fighting
valiantly under the constant attention of two Bren guns rat, tat, tatting away. In upton-on-line's humble estimation,
Mike ...
New Zealand loves nothing better than to certify other countries' election ballots as "free and fair" so there can
hardly be any principled objection to a delegation of monitors, from democratic nations, taking up position, pen in
hand, ...
Scoop is proud to present another image of Hobbitton… this time of what appears to be a fairly grand Hobbit summer house
…enjoy.
There is a real risk in placing too much trust in the polls, however this week definite and consistent trends suggest
New Zealand is preparing to vote for a new government. Jonathan Hill writes.
On Friday November 12th www.context.co.nz published a link to the PM's personal confidential staff phone list. The
phone list was posted on a Geocities page and has since been deleted. In this editorial context.co.nz editor Phil
Doherty explains ...
Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes delivered a stinging defeat to Paul Cayard's AmericaOne on a white-capped Hauraki Gulf today as one boat in
each of four other matches retired with gear problems.
Grey Power is urging all generations entitled to vote to put social concern back into government.
The majority of Coromandel voters will be hand-delivered MP Jeanette Fitzsimons' manifesto in the week leading up to
the election.
The top 30 rating items on Scoop this week were....
"Gun ownership should be encouraged," said Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath today. "Further, it should be
quite legitimate to use a firearm when one's life or property is threatened either by criminals, or by government."
Immigration Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, today strongly attacked the reporting standards of the country's largest
newspaper.
Driver licensing The current introduction of Government ID cards demonstrates that this should not be a function of
government, and nor need it be. Existing life-time licences, are a contract between you and the government. As you have
kept your side ...
Italy's Prada Americas Cup challenger team has won its tenth match of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Round Robin. Prada beat
the French yacht Le Défi by 3 minutes 49 seconds. The win followed a cheer session between the crew of Luna Rossa and
world acclaimed ...
Undercover cop show LAWLESS dominates drama awards - Lifetime Achievement Award for Selwyn Toogood - Liz Gunn Best
Presenter
We are now in the last week of what has been a very long election campaign.
The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today responded to the NBR story (19/11/99) alleging an
outstanding New Zealand First debt.