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There's a fight taking place out in marginal seats where even a high-placed Cabinet minister looks likely to lose. Scoop
can confirm National is gaining traction. Here is a list of marginal seats and what to watch for on Election-Night.
National has today announced its long awaited work-for-the dole scheme under the guise of an 'environment policy',
Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.
This year, as with every election year, migration is a hot issue amongst politicians vying for the public’s vote. Like a
repetitive tune stuck on replay, at election time we hear racist jibes being thrown at migrants and ethnic groups that
do not ...
Save yourselves. America, my native country, a place I no longer recognize, is now an irredeemably wretched land shot
through with lunacy and idiocy, a rogue nation on the prowl controlled by murderous madmen enthusiastically supported by
tens of ...
United Future leader Peter Dunne today called on National to drop its "totally divisive" policy of simply getting rid of
the Maori seats, saying United Future had "very serious concerns" about the damage such a unilateral decision would have
on New Zealand's ...
Racial Politics Te Putatara a newsletter for the kumara vine Maori news, views and comment Tuesday, September 13. 2005
If you're reading this, you will certainly know by now that the Exclusive Brethren are running a hugely expensive
anti-Green, anti-Labour, pro-National-in-everything-but-name leaflet smear campaign, which Don Brash has now belatedly
admitted he knew about ...
The body of a human being lying lifeless on the street is always an unsettling sight. I had seen them more than once
while on human rights missions abroad. But there was something particularly disturbing about seeing a corpse stretched
on the sidewalk ...
I have a small glass of whiskey sitting beside me on the desk as I write this. I have no intention of drinking it - it
is not even noon yet, and despite the notoriously dissolute reputation writers carry around, I have no intention of
getting sloshed ...
In the 2005 election both the National and Labour parties are likely to push election advertising spending close to its
limits. So far as Scoop can determine this is the first time this has happened in a New Zealand General election.
Spring showed up yesterday. I took a break and lay on the grass above Pt Chevalier beach, reading Keith Sinclair's
autobiography, Halfway Round the Harbour; aptly, the chapter about growing up on "the Point". It's good that small boys
can still ...
At 1pm on Saturday September 10th a rally was held at Parliament for the Make Poverty History campaign.
“National is at some stage in this campaign going to have to get to grips with the detail of their policy,” Finance
Minister Michael Cullen said today.
Labour recognises that globalisation offers exciting opportunities for a dynamic trading nation like New Zealand, but
also generates challenges to social equality and the global environment. Our foreign policy seeks to advance our
interests and ...
The Impreza 2006 WRC will make its public debut at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show.
Don’t think that the Internet news, Scoop or Counter Punch is not being read or getting passed around. On March 24,
2005, an article entitled, "Utah Prosecutors Are Soft On Polygamy," authored by Yours Truly, was published in Scoop, and
within two weeks ...
17: Energy Policy
Labour is committed to a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future. New Zealanders need modern, reliable sources
of energy that will ensure that our lights will stay on and our businesses keep working. We want to continue to have
energy available ...
Minister for Immigration, Amanda Vanstone, today cut razor wire that surrounds the Villawood Immigration Detention
Centre, marking the start of work to remove it from fences.
Pre-industrial humans may have had a much bigger effect on the atmosphere than previously thought.
A new analysis of recent New Zealand political polling reveals that the current voter vacillation is primarily driven by
one demographic-- Generation Jones, the large generation between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. U.S. political
analyst and ...
Four years ago investment bankers Merrill Lynch predicted that through GATS (the General Agreement on Trade in Services)
and commercial pressures all education worldwide would be privatised within 10 years and that there would be massive
profits to be ...
Don Brash’s cynical and desperate u-turn on petrol tax is just the latest flip-flop he has executed in this election
campaign, Labour MP Pete Hodgson said today.
A further round of misleading pamphlets, seemingly funded by the Exclusive Brethren, are to be delivered in the next few
days, and raise more questions that Don Brash needs to answer, Labour MP Pete Hodgson said today.
Avis unveils marketing campaign in wake of petrol price rises with first fuel efficient hybrid cars
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Phil Goff today launched Labour’s Foreign Affairs policy, saying New
Zealand’s nuclear free legislation was too important to New Zealanders for parties’ positions to be left unclear.
Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million
in taxpayer money to thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and three other hurricanes
last year in ...
National’s Defence spokesman, John Carter, says Labour is hiding details of the Air Force strike wing sale bonus till
after the election.
As if the official ineptitude of the Bush administration in the aftermath of Katrina and the callousness of the Bush
family were not enough to digest, a U.S. Federal appeals court has just delivered this bombshell in the Jose Padilla
case:
In the War on Terror, we are all on the front lines. Now Southold has apparently been targeted by Al Qaeda. I'm not
surprised. Southold, if you look at a map, is situated at the ass end of nowhere. We are known for our Strawberry
Festival and ...
The embattled Te Wananga o Aotearoa has a “great future” with a National Government, according to National Leader Don
Brash, who visited the Te Awamutu campus today.
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