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Yesterday's top 20 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Hook
Line And Sinker – Dominion Ring
Winked
Re: Cate Blanchett and Galadriel's Evil Sister. THEONERING.NET'S Tehanu writes To the Dominion Letters To the Editor page.
2:
Scoop
Images: Mobil Song Quest
Finalists
Images of the Mobil Song Quest Finalists.... Majka Kaiser Ana James Audrea Munro April-Marie Neho Jared Holt Kate Spence
3:
Anderton,
Both Parasite and Looter
James Anderton calls oil companies ‘parasites’. Libertarianz leader Peter Cresswell thinks it unsurprising such a word trips so freely from his lips.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
SCP
HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 8
August
Today’s Questions concerned the subjects of: Carol Stigley – Dover Samuels – Carol Stigley – Racing Industry – Secretary of Commerce And the ERB – GM Food Labelling – TOW Fisheries Commission – Farming Profitability – ERB – Maori And The State Sector ...
5:
Is
Marian becoming the Harpo Marx of
Cabinet?
"Getting the Broadcasting Minister to say anything publicly on broadcasting is proving extremely difficult," National's Katherine Rich said today.
6:
Minister
rejects "factually incorrect"
outburst
"Murray McCully's outburst regarding Carol Stigley and the Government's relations with Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ), while predictable, is factually incorrect," Local Government Minister Sandra Lee responded tonight.
7:
Blumsky
Quits Over Stigley Row
Wellington mayor Mark Blumsky has resigned from his position in Local Government New Zealand in protest at the group’s treatment of its chief executive, Carol Stigley, saying the group blamed her for a mixup with Sandra Lee.
8:
Free
Software Good News For Kiwi
Developers
A groundbreaking free software service launching next Monday is set to unleash New Zealand developers onto the global market.
9:
Questions
For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 8 August
2000
1. Hon. Murray McCully to the Minister of Local Government: Was there a dispute between herself and Local Government New Zealand representatives over her management of Rodney District Council matters; if so, what was the nature of the dispute?
10:
Gross
interference leads to golden
handshake
"A scandalous degree of interference from the highest levels of Cabinet has caused a complete breakdown in the much lauded 'partnership' between the Government and Local Government New Zealand," National's Murray McCully said today.
11:
Parliament
asked to restore voluntary
unionism
National will seek Parliament's support to restore people's right to negotiate a collective agreement without having to join a union, National's Industrial Relations spokesperson Max Bradford said today.
12:
Scoop
Images: All Blacks Vs Wallabies
#3
First set of images from the Bledisloe Cup Rugby Test at Wellington's new WestpacTrust stadium. The All Blacks lost. Images from Mark Graham - IMAGE TIME .
13:
Helen
Clark, Please Explain Samuels
Debacle
The Prime Minister must immediately explain why she unfairly destroyed the political career of the former Maori Affairs Minister, Dover Samuels, the New Zealand First Leader, Rt Hon Winston Peters said today.
14:
Record
Fuel Costs Push Petrol Prices
Up
Soaring refined (ready-to-go) petrol costs and the weak NZ dollar have forced BP to lift its petrol and diesel prices by three cents a litre at its company-owned service stations with immediate effect.
15:
Greenpeace
Activists Occupy BP's Northstar
Centre
Greenpeace Activists Occupy BP's Northstar Control Centre 8 August 2000, Auckland: Six Greenpeace activists today occupied the control centre of BP's controversial Northstar development as it was being transported by barge to the construction site ...
16:
Socialist
International Meeting In
Wellington
The Socialist International Asia Pacific Committee will meet in Wellington, New Zealand on 7-8th August 2000, hosted by the New Zealand Labour Party
17:
Banks Set To Capture Wage And Salary
Increases
Business is fearing big, public service-led pay increases later this year may drive up inflation and interest rates.
18:
Scoop
Images: All Blacks Vs Wallabies
#1
First set of images from the Bledisloe Cup Rugby Test at Wellington's new WestpacTrust stadium. The All Blacks lost. Images from Mark Graham - IMAGE TIME .
19:
Sue
Bradford; The Lamb of Select
Committee
The ACT party is amazed that Green MP, Sue Bradford, is proposing an Employment Relations Bill amendment, when she would not support the same amendment in select committee, said ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble.
20:
National
Radio Midday Bulletin
Woman Charged - Sentencing Delayed - Child Abuse Register - Fiji Shooting - Blumsky & Local Govt - Helen Clark & Local Govt - Airport Fog - Logging In Court - Car Explodes - White House Protests - Texas Death Penalty - Unemployed Figures ...