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Published: Mon 29 Jul 2002 03:49 PM
TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Sludge Report: Reading The Entrails
Stateside: Don’t Cry For Me, Rosalea
Howard’s End: Can We Profit From This Result?
Back In The Saddle, With A Bigger Posse
Status Quo Reigns, But Pendulum Swings Right
Saturday Sport Is On
The Helen And Jim Show Rides Again
Trigger Seats
Election Results
Settlers Wreak Havoc In Hebron
Stateside: Something To Read While Waiting For A New Government
Katya Rivas
JUST POLITICS
NZ Soldier Dead In East Timor
Get Well Richard
Complaint Over Polling Day Leaflet Drop
Peters Joins Chorus Baying For Mallard’s Head
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Sludge Report: Reading The Entrails
- In This Edition: Reading The Entrails Of Election 2002 - “She’s A Hard Road Finding The Perfect Prime Minister” - Advice For The Meat In The Sandwich. See... Sludge Report #140 - Reading The Entrails [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00215.htm
Stateside: Don’t Cry For Me, Rosalea
- I cried when I watched Laila Harre's concession speech, and I'm not entirely sure why. I guess it's because she's one of the people I would have given an all-round Minnie Award to for her integrity, her hard work, her quick grasp of the business of legislating, and her potential, based on what I saw of her in action between 1996-99. See... Stateside: 11 September 1: 27 July Nil [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00214.htm
Howard’s End: Can We Profit From This Result?
- Well, the election is over with the media, business and union lobby groups already offering their spin about which minor party might, or should, make it to the Cabinet table in the first Government of the new Millennium. Maree Howard writes. See... Howard's End: The Joy Of Profit [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00213.htm
Back In The Saddle, With A Bigger Posse
- The Green Party is delighted at having increased its vote and representation in Parliament, Co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald said today. See... Greens Returned - With Interest [1] SEE ALSO: - ACT - ACT's Two Newest MPs [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00695.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00694.htm
Status Quo Reigns, But Pendulum Swings Right
- As widely expected, New Zealand re-elected a Labour-led minority government on Saturday. However, there was a mild swing towards the centre-right in the overall vote. See... NZ re-elects Labour-led minority government [1] MORE REACTION: - WASP - WASP Update [2] - GE FREE NZ - PM 'Misled' Over GE Contamination [3] - Life Sciences - Over 90% of voters [4] - ATSA - Next Step Towards USA [5] - Student Choice - Alliance Rout [6] - Against DPB - Political Correctness The Loser [7] - Blue Greens - Greens Still Wildly Out Of Step [8] - Deaf Lobbyist Kim Robinson - Captioning [9]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00276.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00273.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00275.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00274.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00278.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0207/S00070.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00282.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00281.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00280.htm
Saturday Sport Is On
- PPTA national executive has called off membership bans on involvement in extra-curricular activities and compliance with NCEA Level 1. See... Extra-Curricular And NCEA Level 1 Ban Lifted [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/ED0207/S00069.htm
The Helen And Jim Show Rides Again
- With the support of the Greens, and a concession from National’s Bill English, Prime Minister Helen Clark has announced her intention to form a new minority Government with Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition. See... Clark Announces Center-Left Minority Government [1] EARLIER: - Progress: Center Left Government, Helen’s Big Call [2] - Progress: Peter Dunne Appears To Hold The Hot Seat [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00211.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00210.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00209.htm
Trigger Seats
– Trigger seats are those which party leaders from minor parties are hoping to win. The following are links to the live results pages for each of the five trigger seats.
Waitakere – Alliance [1]
Wigram – Progressive Coalition [2]
Coromandel - Greens [3]
Tauranga – NZ First [4]
Ohariu - United Future NZ [5]
[1] - http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-57.html
[2] - http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-62.html
[3] - http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-9.html
[4] - http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-52.html
[5] - http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-36.html
Election Results
- Live Election Results: Overall Party Vote Table [1] - Live Election Results: Electorate Status Page [2] - Live Election Results: Party Vote Graphic [3]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00206.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00205.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00204.htm
Settlers Wreak Havoc In Hebron
- Settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron - always notorious for their fanatism and violent behaviour - made the funeral of one of their number, killed two days ago in a Palestinian ambush, into a pretext for a violent rampage and a wide-scale attack on the city's Palestinian inhabitants. See... Report + Gush Shalom press release: Hebron pogrom [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0207/S00123.htm
Stateside: Something To Read While Waiting For A New Government
- As opening lines go, I've heard better but the tall dark handsome stranger with the big rig and the twinkle in his eye looked worth the gamble. "OK," I said. "Let's see what fate has in store for you then," said my Doctor Without Borders as he spun the Wheel of Misfortune that was standing at the entrance to their travelling Expo. See... Stateside: "I'd like to give you a disease." [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00207.htm
Katya Rivas
- I was very worried because Jesus had dictated a message to me referring to the activity a Doctor from the "International Group for Peace" was going to carry out in Miami. He has studied the authenticity of different seers in the world. See... Katya Rivas: I Do Not like My Messages Questioned [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00212.htm
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NZ Soldier Dead In East Timor
- Defence Minister Mark Burton said this morning that he was deeply saddened to learn that a New Zealand soldier had died in an incident near Dili, East Timor. See... New Zealand soldier dies in Timor [1] and Soldier Dies In East Timor [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00696.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0207/S00121.htm
Get Well Richard
- ACT leader Richard Prebble was admitted to North Shore Hospital last night suffering from pneumonia. See... ACT Leader Recovering From Pneumonia [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00698.htm
Complaint Over Polling Day Leaflet Drop
- The Progressive Coalition is lodging an official complaint against New Zealand First after they attempted to incite racism on election day, says Matt Robson. See... Complaint against New Zealand First [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00700.htm
Peters Joins Chorus Baying For Mallard’s Head
- New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has called on Trevor Mallard to follow the honourable examples of rugby chiefs McCaw and Rutherford and resign as Minister of Sport. See... Mallard Must Go: Peters [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00699.htm
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