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A press conference is being held at 5pm today in the Legislative Council Chamber. Scoop will provide full audio, video
and photographic coverage of the event from later this evening at this link.
At the recent Amnesty International International Council meeting in Mexico a remit motion seeking to declare abortion a
human right was discussed. In their latest "Freedom Letter" it is noted that Amnesty International was consulting
world-wide on ...
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and United Future leader Peter Dunne have been allocated ministerial positions
in a Labour-led Government. Labour has successfully negotiated a Centre-Right deal that offers immediate assurance that
it can govern ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Labour had finalised arrangements with the Progressive Party, New
Zealand First, United Future, and the Green Party, to enable it to form a government with a majority on confidence and
supply.
In a press conference held at 3.30pm this afternoon Maori Party Leader Tariana Turia formally announced that the Maori
Party will not be supporting any National Party attempt to form a government.
At present there is much heated speculation that National is courting the Maori Party and offering concessions regarding
the Foreshore and Seabed legislation - legislation passed with New Zealand First's support in late 2004 - Scoop has
taken a trip down ...
New Zealand freelance journalist Jon Stephenson interviewed acclaimed Middle Eastern correspondent Robert Fisk last week
in Sydney. Mr Stephenson has been to Iraq seven times in the last few years and spent 100 days criss-crossing Iraq
during 2004 and ...
"Winston Peters and Peter Dunne's betrayal of voters will cost Kiwi families dear," predicted ACT Leader Rodney Hide
today.
Labour's offer to make Winston Peters the Minister of Foreign Affairs outside of Cabinet is an insult to New Zealand's
friends overseas, says ACT Defence spokesman Heather Roy.
10: The Letter
It is a Labour/NZ First/United government. Your interest rates are going up.
The Green Party has negotiated a comprehensive policy agreement in exchange for an abstention on issues of confidence
and supply.
The Maori Party has chosen to end its first month in Parliament, with a clear statement of intention, to uphold its
commitment to be a strong and independent Maori voice in Parliament.
Scoop Audio & Images: PM Helen Clark Government Formation Press Conference - 17 October 2005 By the Scoop team
I was absolutely delighted with the wonderful majority of 12,871 for the candidate vote. What was even more pleasing was
Clevedon's National Party vote rocketing from 7,764 in 2002 to 19,527 in 2005. The National Party received 52% of the
Party vote ...
There you go. I finish a blog explaining why Winston Peters was never going to countenance the cantilevered coalition
allegedly offered him by National and the Herald puts it beyond doubt by leading today with the news that New Zealand
First party president ...
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline equipped with one of the most modern fleets in the world, has received
its entire order of Airbus A340-500s with the arrival of its tenth A340-500 aircraft.
National Party Leader Don Brash says the onus is now on Helen Clark to hold her coalition government together.
The Dorak mystery flower has opened at last. Earlier this week in phone conversations I had with David Stronach,
Professor of Near East Archaeology at the University of California - Berkeley, Stronach disclosed that Jimmie Mellaart
invented Dorak. He ...
Despite a congratulatory promotion being accidentally screened this afternoon, voting for NZ Idol is open until 8pm
tonight – half an hour into the live final. Two promos congratulating the eventual winner were made in preparation for
tonight's results ...
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, welcome. Are you confident the Iraqi people adopted a new constitution yesterday?
Jim Anderton welcomes the announcement of the "inner" coalition agreement between Labour and the Progressives, and the
other agreements of support in varying forms from the three parties for a Labour-led government.
The Minister of Police, George Hawkins has paid tribute to Police Commissioner Rob Robinson, who has announced that he
would be stepping down from his role at the end of the year.
Auckland, Monday 17 October 2005: Greenpeace today lodged an appeal to the Environment Court over the decision by
Commissioners acting for Northland councils to allow the coal station to go ahead.
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Roman Polanski, who recently dodged possible extradition from England to America where he was
convicted for illicit sex with a 13-year-old California girl, said he has "no problems" being arrested as a fugitive
while traveling to other ...
A conference to establish a national campaign in support of a Workers Charter is being held in Auckland on the Saturday
of Labour Weekend – 22nd October.
In July 2003, Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador, created a firestorm by publishing an essay in The New York Times
that accused the Bush administration of using faulty intelligence to justify the war in Iraq. The administration, he
charged, ignored ...
FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, dear Condoleezza, first of all, I would like to
tell you that I am most delighted to host my friend, Condoleezza, here at the Quai d'Orsay. We have worked a great deal
since our meeting ...
Print edition celebrates first year, spilling the beans on this week's catwalk shows at Air New Zealand Fashion Week
Moana & the tribe are minus their bass player Pete Hoera as they fly out to Moscow tonight. The band were invited by a wealthy
businessman to play one 40 minute set at an exclusive party in one of Moscow’s high market clubs, First Mansion for 500
...
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