JUST POLITICS
Ormond To Contest ACT Presidency
Wellington Issues Overshadowed By Allowance Row
Blame Trade Deficit On Import Dependence
Goff Pledges $500,000 To Indian Earthquake Aid
Maori Prison Population Makes Corrections Dept TOW Policy Essential
Grants For Sustainable Agriculture
Primary Health Strategy On The Way
Orchard Aid For Wairarapa
POLITICS FROM TOP SCOOPS
Howard’s End: Astonishing NZ Child Killing Statistics
ACT Press Secretary Mike Lorigan Killed In Aus Plane Crash
One4B: Govt Drug Dealer Protecting Own Turf, Say Libz
PM’s Waitangi Comments A Welcome U-Turn, Says Dunne
PM’s Presser: Waitangi Day And People’s Bank
Barbie At Phil’s, PM Welcome
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JUST POLITICS
Ormond To Contest ACT Presidency
- Long time Party Activist and board member John Ormond has announced this afternoon that he will be contesting the ACT
Presidency as a result of the announcement that Sir Roger Douglas will be standing down from the ACT Presidency and the
board. See... John Ormond Running For ACT Presidency [1]
Wellington Issues Overshadowed By Allowance Row
- United Future leader and Ohariu Belmont MP, Hon Peter Dunne, says the Wellington region is the major loser in the
ongoing row over allowances paid to Ministers Marion Hobbs and Phillida Bunkle. See... Wellington The Big Loser In Bunkle/Hobbs Fiasco [1]
Blame Trade Deficit On Import Dependence
- The Green Party says the free market policies of successful governments are responsible for New Zealand’s latest
trade deficit. See... Free Market Policies Fuel Trade Deficit [1]
Goff Pledges $500,000 To Indian Earthquake Aid
- Cabinet today agreed that New Zealand will make a contribution of $500,000 towards relief efforts following the
catastrophic weekend earthquake in India, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Phil Goff
announced. See... NZ to give $500,000 towards India earthquake [1]
Maori Prison Population Makes Corrections Dept TOW Policy Essential
- It is interesting that Murray McCully would be so critical of work his party instigated when in government, says
Associate Minister of Corrections Tariana Turia. See... Turia - Mccully Has Memory Loss [1]
Grants For Sustainable Agriculture
- The first grants from the Sustainable Farming Fund have been allocated, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.
See... Sustainable Farming Fund Grants Allocated [1]
Primary Health Strategy On The Way
- The New Zealand Primary Health Care Strategy will be launched on Thursday, February 1, at 1.30pm. The Strategy looks
at the first level of health care, including keeping people healthy, preventing illness, advice on managing illness, and
services provided ... See... Launch Of Primary Health Care Strategy [1]
Orchard Aid For Wairarapa
- The Government has given Wairarapa orchardists hit by severe hailstorms a grant of up to $48,000, including the
provision of Taskforce Green workers to pick hail-damaged fruit from trees in the affected orchards, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said. See... Government aid to stricken Wairarapa orchardists [1]
TOP SCOOPS
Howard’s End: Astonishing NZ Child Killing Statistics
- If Steve Maharey is right that there have been an average of 7 child homicides a year over the last 30 years, then
that makes New Zealand bigger killers of children than the UK and the whole of Europe over the same period. See... Howard's End: Killing Children In Godzone [1]
ACT Press Secretary Mike Lorigan Killed In Aus Plane Crash
- Mike Lorigan the Press Secretary to ACT Leader Hon Richard Prebble and editor of Mr Prebble’s weekly ‘Letter from
Wellington’ was tragically killed in an aeroplane crash near Canberra on the weekend. See... Mike Lorigan [1]
One4B: Govt Drug Dealer Protecting Own Turf, Say Libz
- “The Medical Association's call for a ban on the substance known as One4b is further evidence of their desire to
retain a government-enforced monopoly as the only legal drug dealers in the country,” said Libertarianz Health
Deregulation Richard McGrath today. See... One4B Ban Call Shows Docs Want Drug Monopoly [1] More - MOH - Warning On Outerspace Medicine One4b [2] - NZMA - Action over party drug welcomed - NZMA [3]
PM’s Waitangi Comments A Welcome U-Turn, Says Dunne
- Prime Minister Helen Clark's latest comments about Waitangi Day almost complete her somersault on the issue,
according to United Future leader, Hon Peter Dunne. See... Clark's Waitangi Day Somersault Almost Complete [1]
PM’s Presser: Waitangi Day And People’s Bank
- Prime Minister Helen Clark today wouldn't back calls from some quarters for Waitangi Day to be renamed and more
broadly focused as a national “New Zealand Day,” despite her refusal to attend celebrations at Waitangi. See... Waitangi Day Is Not New Zealand Day - PM [1] and People's Bank Has To Be Done Right - PM [2]
Barbie At Phil’s, PM Welcome
Prime Minister Helen Clark has finally received an official Waitangi Day invitation. The Young Nationals have invited
her to a “BBQ and a few beers” in Wellington. Young Nationals Chair Daniel Gordon said that as a compassionate
conservative, he felt obliged to invite Ms Clark to the party at “my mate Phil’s place.” See... PM Receives Waitangi Day Invitation [1]
Scoop Images: More Giant Chickens With A Message
- Greenpeace images from an anti-GE protest held outside KFC Nelson today. See... Greenpeace Images: Col. Franken Saunders In Nelson [1]