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Helen Clark and a few diehards on the centre left still talk hopefully about the chances of a centre left grouping of
Labour, Jim Anderton and the Greens being able to entice the Maori Party over to their side. Plus Winston Peters if he
makes it back. Theoretically, such a grouping is possible. The problem is, such an outcome would kill MMP.
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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0811/S00101.htm [10]
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"Quite a few people were upset by the proposal, and Council staff have also decided that the significant cost of an
ongoing culling operation - and the prospect that it would not effectively reduce pigeon numbers - means it's not
worthwhile. The best answer is for people to stop feeding them." More »[1]
The Green Party says National Party blogger David Farrar is mischief-making over his attempts to link the Greens to the
cocktail party recordings. "While it is true that the man who admits to having made the recordings is related to a Green
Party staff member, no one in the office, including the taper's relative, was aware of his plans to make the tape
recordings," Co-Leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Russel Norman say. More »[1]
Selected Scoop editorial images from the 2008 New Zealand election campaign by Lyndon Hood - from late 2007 to the
present. More »[1]
Gordon Campbell: 8.20pm Ok, time to wrap this up for the night But first a recap, and then some consideration of the parallels to New
Zealand. First, George Bush made it nigh on impossible for John McCain to win this election. Essentially, McCain was
faced with trying to get a mandate for a third term of Dubynomics - ie, Cronyism for Dummies - and for his failed
foreign policy adventures... More »[1]
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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0811/S00116.htm [10]
1.1 Media Coverage of Leading Parties
• Labour led National 37% to 35% in media coverage devoted to parties
• Maori Party led Greens 9% to 8% amongst smaller parties
1.2 Tone of Party Media Coverage
• National received the most negative coverage at 43% of their total coverage, followed by Labour at 35%
• Green Party received the most positive media coverage at 32% of their total coverage, followed by the Maori Party at
29%
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Bill English’s recorded comments on TV3 tonight once again reveal the true face of National, rather than the one their
spin doctors have told them to show to the public, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today. More »[1]
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"Police have completed enquiries into the circumstances of the New Zealand First return of party donations for 2007
lodged on 16 May 2008. Having assessed a range of information from various sources, and having considered the elements
of the offence contained in s214G, Police are satisfied that no offence was committed." More »[1]
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A major research project is underway to improve the understanding of the vulnerability of the Auckland region to
volcanic eruptions. The aim of the seven-year, $5 million project is to better define Auckland’s volcanic risk using the
latest geological techniques and sophisticated computer modelling. More »[1]
MetService meteorologists are forecasting sunny conditions, with slowly rising temperatures, over most of the country
for Election Day. More »[1]
"All New Zealanders, city and rural, have to work together if we are to make progress as a nation and remain a first
world country," Federated Farmers president, Don Nicolson, said today at the Federation's Manifesto launch. More »[1]
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[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0811/S00023.htm [10]
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00032.htm [11]
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0811/S00079.htm [12]
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0811/S00002.htm [13]
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0811/S00006.htm [14]
Following the announcement by the Minister of Finance that the Crown will offer a wholesale funding guarantee facility
to investment-grade financial institutions in New Zealand, the Treasury and the Reserve Bank have released further
details of the facility. More »[1]
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Westlake Girl’ High School student Paris Kirby, aged 17, was announced the winner of the inaugural Newmarket Young
Designer Award during a full blown fashion show. More »[1]
Conservation staff at Wellington’s world-first Karori Sanctuary have found what is almost certainly the first confirmed
tuatara nest on mainland New Zealand in over 200 years. More »[1]
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Already in the press there have been stories of plans to dampen the public’s expectations of Obama. The expectations are
undoubtedly beyond being satisfied by any human being. More »[1]
Hope you enjoyed Scoop’s blogging on the US elections yesterday. Sure was fun to do. In the aftermath of the victory of
Barack Obama, the passing in California of Proposition 8 that bans gay marriage ( and puts current gay civil unions in
limbo) ... More »[1]
November 4, 2008, will be remembered as the night Americans cried for joy. It was not only the hundred thousand partisan
Chicagoans gathered in Grant Park that were moved to rapture. Good people across the nation wept with gratitude that
America ... More »[1]
Election night 2008 was over by 11 PM eastern time. Only two hours after the polls closed on the west coast, pundits
called it for Barack Obama. Now that we know a black boy can indeed grow up to be... More »[1]
Ok, time to wrap this up for the night But first a recap, and then some consideration of the parallels to New Zealand.
First, George Bush made it nigh on impossible for John McCain to win this election. More »[1]
George W. Bush famously said, ''They misunderestimated me.'' His ungrammatical statements induce sneers and snickers,
but convey powerful truths. After stealing the 2000 election, violating international law, trampling on the
Constitution, and emptying the treasury ... More »[1]
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Wellington's fastest growing sport's '7 a side summer competition' is starting on Wednesday the 12th November.
Wellington Gaelic Football Club have launched today, Thursday 7 November, their inaugural mixed 7 a side fun Gaelic
football competition. More »[1]
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"Noites de Bossa" is a proposal of the most exquisite selection on Brazil's known music, promising to transport you to
Ipanema's magnificent warm sunsets along the beach. More »[1]
Creative New Zealand will cease recurrent funding of Downstage Theatre from 30 June 2009. Creative New Zealand has been
concerned about the downward trend of audiences at Downstage over time, a trend which the ‘new Downstage’ vision intends
to reverse. More »[1]
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New Zealand’s fashion future is in safe hands judging by the design talent on display at AUT’s Rookie show last Friday
night. Twenty one young designers in their final year of AUT University’s Bachelor of Design (Fashion) were selected to
show their debut collections in front of a packed fashion crowd at Auckland’s St Paul’s Church. More »[1]
Circa’s fabulous Christmas panto is back! The team that brought you Cinderella, Aladdin, and Jack & the Beanstalk returns with one of those great stories that everybody knows and loves. Roger Hall’s Red Riding Hood. More »[1]
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Currently today (6th November), citizens of Britain, America and Italy are being fired upon in Khuza'a, close to Khan
Younis in the Gaza Strip, who are partaking in the picking of olives on Palestinian land close to the Green Line. More »[1]
The ITF is joining its Cameroonian and French member unions in condemning the kidnapping of 10 crew members of the
Bourbon Sagitta and is offering any help it can to secure the men’s release. More »[1]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for preventing the exploitation of the environment in times of conflict,
stressing that protecting nature can help countries promote development and avoid a relapse into hostilities. More »[1]
Though global cereal production is expected to hit a new record this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is
cautioning that the impact of the current financial crisis on agriculture could mean a surge in food prices. More »[1]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern at fresh fighting in the violence-wracked North Kivu province of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More »[1]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today extended his congratulations to United States President-Elect Barack Obama, voicing
hope that his election will usher in a new era of multilateralism and enhanced partnership with the United Nations. More »[1]
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The relationship between racism and migration, ethnic conflicts and poverty will all be under the spotlight of the new
United Nations independent expert on racism during his time in office, he told journalists today. More »[1]
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