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TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House: Today’s Q
Sludge Report: Learn The Political Power Of Magnanimity
Spouse House Stoush: Mallard Simmers Down
David Miller: Balkans Shows Folly Of Ignoring Defence Post Cold War
Guy’s World: Pacific Cheepnis & Wu Journalism Mind Tricks
Further Smears On NZ Meat Outrages Sutton
NZ Finally Gets Out of The Gulf
Questioning The Questioners
LAUGH! Festival: The Funny Men Cometh
LOOP Movie & Music News
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TOP SCOOPS
Scoop Is In The House: Today’s Q
- Today's questions of the day concerned: Foot and Mouth – ACC Double Payments - Beehive Timber – Health Research
Decisions (Peter Davis) – NCEA Compromise - Saltmarsh Mosquitoes – Pharmac Inquiry Costs – Police Cars - Air Force
Resignations - Home Detention. See... SCP HOUSE: Questions Of The Day – 20 March [1]
Sludge Report: Learn The Political Power Of Magnanimity
- Listening to today’s morning political radio interviews, on the day after Helen Clark offered her truce on house
spousal mudslinging, Sludge has been astonished to see how little politicians appear to understand the political value
of magnanimity. See... Sludge Report #55 – Magnanimity Vs Sanctimony [1]
Spouse House Stoush: Mallard Simmers Down
- "Peter Davis is a good friend of mind. Last week he was attacked. I was incensed. I made some comments which were
inappropriate. I made comments about Mary English which were incorrect. I know that her heart is in the right place. I
apologise." See... SCP HOUSE: Spouse House Stoush - Mallard Apology [1] . EARLIER: PM Calls For Truce In Spouse House Wars [2] Full Coverage: - Wyatt Creech - PM's bid for moral high-ground lacks credibility [3] - English & Bradford - MPs Spouses Seek Legal Advice [4] - Bill English - Clark's truce call rings hollow [5] - Wyatt Creech - Transparency needed over $750,000 research grant [6] - Winston Peters - Clark Response Highlights Labour Hypocrisy [7] - Health Research Council - Health Research Assessment Process Eliminates Bias [8]
David Miller: Balkans Shows Folly Of Ignoring Defence Post Cold War
- Last week, this column urged the government to reconsider its plans to scrap the combat role of the navy and air
force and as a reason for adopting this stance argued that becoming a force dedicated to peacekeeping only could become
more costly and dangerous in the long run. See... David Miller: The Widening War in the Balkans [1]
Guy’s World: Pacific Cheepnis & Wu Journalism Mind Tricks
- If Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a sumptuous Chinese Peking Duck banquet, Tongan Ninja , a yet to be released
budget Kung Fu/Pasifika kitsch satire filmed in Wellington, is the choose-any-3-for-$5 combination pack from a Newtown
Chinese takeaway. See... Guy’s World: Enter The Tongan [1]
Further Smears On NZ Meat Outrages Sutton
- New Zealand was fed-up with its disease-free status being maligned by other countries, Acting Biosecurity Minister
Jim Sutton said today. See... Government outrage at foot and mouth claims [1]
NZ Finally Gets Out of The Gulf
- The Government withdrawing New Zealand's contribution to the American-led coalition in Kuwait further distances this
country from our defence partners, National's Defence and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Max Bradford said today. See... Government pulls NZ from defence coalition [1] . See also… Greens support Clark on withdrawal from Kuwait [2] .
Questioning The Questioners
- The Rt Hon Winston Peters MP, Leader of New Zealand First, today said that he would be conducting a survey of TVNZ
journalists and commentators today at 1:00 pm on Parliament’s steps regarding their salaries, perks and clothing
allowances. See... Peters To Hold Survey Of TVNZ Journalist Salaries [1] and Re: TVNZ's 6pm News: Allowances And Perks [2]
LAUGH! Festival: The Funny Men Cometh
- It’s back! The TV2 International LAUGH! Festival returns to Downstage, with a great line up of both international and
national acts from May 3 - 19. See... Side-Splitting Humour At Wgtn’s Heart Of LAUGH!S [1]
LOOP Movie & Music News
- The latest in sound and vision from LOOP. See... The LOOP Music Emailer [1] and LOOP Screen emailer 16-03-01 [2]