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Kevin List
Click for big version A delegate from Christchurch bought a bunch of nice flowers for the Prime Minister
Agenda
It's been eight months since John Key last appeared on Agenda, that eight months has seen him and National consolidate
their lead over Labour in the polls to the point where he's now the hot favourite to win the election later this year
Emhamed Khadad
France's clamour for an EU-Mediterranean trade partnership ignores Morocco's illegal annexation of a neighbour, writes
a leader of Polisario.
Undernews
WASH POST President Bush said Friday that he was aware his top national security advisers had discussed the details of
harsh interrogation tactics to be used on detainees. Bush also said in an interview with ABC News that he approved of
the meetings, which ...
Gordon Campbell
The West Memphis Three murder case is back in court today. Gordon Campbell begins a two part overview, via an exclusive
interview with Arkansas journalist Mara Leveritt, the author of the definitive book on the case.
New Zealand Government
Rt Hon Helen Clark Prime Minister - Address at New Zealand Labour Party Congress, Wellington Town Hall Wellington, 2.00
pm Saturday 12 April 2008.
Green Party
Harmful colours must be stripped from food - Greens The food industry must stop using six artificial food colours,
linked to health and behaviour problems in children, following a decision by the UK Food Safety Authority to get them
out of their food ...
ACC
The inaugural STIHL Chainsaw Safety Awareness Week launched throughout the country today with a strong but simple
message for the Kiwi ‘weekend warrior’ – taking five minutes to get ready before you start your DIY adventure is
essential to your ...
New Zealand National Party
“Does Labour plan to use government department publicity as part of its election campaign or not?” National Party
Deputy Leader Bill English says Helen Clark wouldn’t give a straight answer to that question in media interviews today.
NZ Centre For Political Research
The climate change debate is forever shifting as science casts long shadows of doubt on the predictions of global
catastrophe.
New Zealand Government
John Key needs to come clean on whether National’s new position on state asset sales includes an about-turn on its plans
to privatise the world-leading ACC scheme, says ACC Minister Maryan Street.
New Zealand Government
The number of New Zealanders in KiwiSaver has surged forward following the 1 April roll out of employer contributions
and tax credits, Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today.
Green Party
The Green Party is challenging John Key to say whether his commitment to not privatise state assets includes not opening
up ACC to private competition, or even dismantling it entirely.
QV Valuations
QV's March statistics for the residential property market report a 6.5% growth in national property values over the past
year (calculated over the three months ending March 2008 in comparison to the same period last year), down on the 7.7%
growth reported ...
Interest.co.nz
Auckland, April 14 - Traffic to investing news and information website www.interest.co.nz leapt 28% in March, extending
its strong start to 2008 after the addition of news, commentary and blogging sections.
Immunisation Advisory Centre
The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) supports today’s announcement by the Minister of Health that the MeNZB™
immunisation programme would cease. Dr Nikki Turner, Clinical Director of IMAC, says that it is appropriate to now cease
immunising children ...
CAFCA
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) believes in giving credit where it’s due, so we take the rare
(possibly unique) step of commending National for backing away from privatisation of State assets. But Honest John Key
has only ...
NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Lin Hatfield Dodds, a leader in the aged care and social service sector in Australia, has sounded a warning bell for
those who provide services to older people in New Zealand that the same pressures that apply in Australia could also
lead to a crisis ...
Ron Law
"The Minister of Health's claims that the effectiveness of the MeNZB campaign 'had been such a success' are bizarre and
at odds with available facts," says independent Risk & Policy Analyst, Ron Law.
FreeView
The Rt Hon Prime Minister Helen Clark acknowledges early success Freeview, the free-to-air digital television and radio
platform, today announced that more than 100,000 Freeview capable receivers have been purchased.
Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has been served notice that the National Party is seeking to overturn
the union’s status as a third party under the Electoral Finance Act.
New Zealand Government
The successful Meningococcal B immunisation campaign has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of cases
Minister of Health David Cunliffe said. Mr Cunliffe said the campaign had been such a success the Government had now
received advice from clinicians ...
Sensible Sentencing Trust
A man found guilty of shooting at fleeing burglars is the latest victim of a criminal centred, offender friendly legal
system says the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
Democrats for Social Credit
“The new trade deal with China may promise a bonanza for a few exporters, but will be paid for by the average Kiwi
worker,” says Katherine Ransom , Vice Pre sid ent of Democrats for social credit ( DSC ).
United Future NZ Party
UnitedFuture president Denise Krum today announced the first 16 candidates who will contest this year’s general
election for UnitedFuture.
Skip Ink
Pop princess ANNABEL FAY has been signed as the support act for WESTLIFE when they tour New Zealand next month.
Scoop Audio
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Scoop's Selwyn Manning about the strategy behind the Prime Minister's 'Plan for
the future' speech to the Labour Party congress. Is the left-right spectrum dead in favour of a progressive-conservative
axis?
New Zealand National Party
Housing New Zealand is promising to house opposing gangs in neighbouring state houses 'sensitively', while desperate
families live in "squalid" boarding houses just down the road, says National Party Housing spokesman Phil Heatley.
The Scoop Editor
Agenda: John Key & Asset Sales / 2008 Labour Party Conference / English Vs. EFA / Housing & Anderton / Avoid A Chainsaw Massacre / Activesmart & Webby Awards / Unions & Economic Slowdown / Pacific Islanders & Internet / Indonesia / Binge Drinking.
Paul Holmes Mana Lodge
He’s used to talking up a storm at home but now Paul Holmes has talked his way into selling oil to China.