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The Smoking Gun In The Hollow Men

Stadium: City Council Backs A Different Waterfront Site, ARC Says Eden Park; Cabinet To Consider On Monday

Health: Hodgson Admits Dioxin Numbers Flawed

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The Smoking Gun In The Hollow Men

24 May 2005: "Good afternoon Don and John, Doug Watt and myself enjoyed your presentation this morning at the Millennium Hotel. However as backers of the recent "Wake Up NZ" campaign ($350,000) and as responsible for a very extensive election campaign ($1,000,000) with the sole goal of "Getting Party Votes for National" a meeting following on from our one last week with Steven Joyce is important." - Since the injunction against publication was finally lifted shortly before midday today C.D. Sludge and the Scoop Team have been furiously speed-reading Nicky Hager's expose of the life and times of National Party Leader Don Brash a.k.a. Hollow Men: A Study In The Politics Of Deception. [1] See... Sludge Report #172: How Hollow The Hollow Men? [2]

ALSO:

Scoop Audio And Report: [3] English Keeps Leadership Options OpenNZ Govt - Key has explaining to do over Exclusive Brethren [4] National Party - Stolen emails injunction lifted [5] National - Brash Resignation Speech Notes [6] National - Statement on Don Brash’s resignation [7] Brash Sticks To 2005 Story Over Brethren Contacts [8] Images & Audio: Nicky Hager "Hollow Men" Presser [9] Images & Audio: Brash Steps Down as National Leader [10]

See also... Scoop Full Coverage - The Hollow Men [11]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00368.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00418.htm

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00421.htm

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00484.htm

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00477.htm

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00453.htm

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00348.htm

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00369.htm

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00368.htm

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00414.htm

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00405.htm

Stadium: City Council Backs A Different Waterfront Site, ARC Says Eden Park; Cabinet To Consider On Monday

Auckland City Council tonight responded to Central government's request to indicate a preference between two principal options for a 60,000 seat stadium site- the waterfront and Eden Park. Council resolved to advise the Government that its preference is for a waterfront stadium site with a design that reflects Auckland and a location as far east as possible. See... City Council agrees on waterfront stadium site [1]

ALSO:Auckland Regional Council - ARC resolutions on stadium decision [2] NZ Govt - Trevor Mallard’s comments on stadium [3] ACT/Greens - MPs Declare Victory Over Waterfront Stadium [4] Greens - Councils should slow down, and consult properly [5] Citizens and Ratepayers Now - Council Drives Hard Bargain on Waterfront [6] Massey University - Auckland stadium polls may be misleading [7] Ports of Auckland - Waterfront Stadium Statement [8] North Shore City - North Harbour Stadium making last minute run [9] Coalition Against Travel Taxes - Government says nothing decided on stadium funding [10] Maritime Union - Industrial action on cards over stadium [11] Outdoor Recreation NZ - Water front Stadium, at what Cost? [12] Eden Park - Eden Park welcomes ARC unanimity [13] Scoop Full Coverage - Scoop FULL COVERAGE of Rugby World Cup Stadium [14]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00285.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00294.htm

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00486.htm

[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00488.htm

[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00470.htm

[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00301.htm

[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00349.htm

[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00299.htm

[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00326.htm

[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00329.htm

[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00338.htm

[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0611/S00367.htm

[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0611/S00451.htm

[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00206.htm

Health: Hodgson Admits Dioxin Numbers Flawed

The admission by Health Minister Pete Hodgson that there are errors in a key health study of residents exposed to dioxin in New Plymouth means that the completed peer reviews of the study should now be scrapped, Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley says. In 2005, the Health Ministry released a study into dioxin levels in the community adjacent to a chemical plant. Image (c) Greenpeace See... Dioxin peer reviews should now be scrapped [1]

ALSO:NZ Govt - WHO dioxin review to examine new claims [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00479.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00487.htm

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Questions And Answers - Thursday, 23 November 2006 [1] Questions And Answers - Wednesday 22 November 2006 [2] Questions And Answers - Tuesday, 21 November 2006 [3]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00471.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00431.htm

[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00402.htm

MORE POLITICAL HEADLINES:

NZ Govt - Agreement on Trans Tasman Marine Conservation [1] NZ Govt - SNEN demonstration launch [2] NZ Govt - Peters meets with Samoan Prime Minister [3] NZ Govt - Dalziel: White Ribbon Day [4] National - Corrections should come clean on staff cuts [5] Maori Party - Harawira: Voyeurism and Cultural Invasion [6]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00492.htm

[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0611/S00490.htm