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Libertarianz Deputy Leader Richard McGrath says he was tempted to join the National Party after Annette King claimed
that government was responsible for a 'sexually transmitted disease time-bomb'.
Alliance candidate Phillida Bunkle is sending out letters to every household in the Wellington Central electorate this
weekend asking voters whether they think she should withdraw from the race.
The US Congress has voted for a budget bill not to pay its $900 million arrears to the UN possibly leaving the country
without a General Assembly vote come 31 December. Clinton has vetoed the bill but loss of a US vote in the UN could be
positive particularly ...
The following pictures show the inside of the set for the town of Bree from the Lord of The Rings Trilogy which began
shooting in New Zealand yesterday under the direction of Peter Jackson.
Clark, Anderton, Prebble, Winston And Shipley - with John Campbell as presenter. Format: a minute to start - tax -
income inequality - student loans - vision - and media analysis to boot. And the consensus is.... Winston Won!
Responding to the hints of a couple of US Lord of The Rings websites – http://www.lordoftherings.com/ and
http://www.onering.net/ - Scoop earlier this week informed its star Hobbit paparazzi of a reported sighting of Gandalf’s
exploding trees in Upper Hutt.
Having seemingly scored the internet Scoop of the week with his pictures of BREE AT FIRST LIGHT Scoop contacted the
Hobbit who scooped the world and asked him if he had any more snaps from his visit to Bree….
THE Alliance candidate for Wellington Central, Phillida Bunkle, has finally endorsed tactical voting in the electorate
by urging people to give their electorate votes to Labour.
The biggest laugh of campaign week five came from the Libertarianz on Thursday. Deputy Leader Richard McGrath said he
was tempted to join the National Party after Annette King claimed the government was responsible for a 'sexually
transmitted disease time-bomb'.
Labour Wellington Central candidate Marian Hobbs has welcomed the start of the television leaders debates saying that
they showed voters how lacklustre and incoherent Richard Prebble is.
“Time will tell whether Phillida Bunkle is telling the truth about Wellington Central” says National MP Annabel Young.
“Bunkle’s current line is that she hasn’t made up her mind whether she will pull out. Everyone else thinks that Jim
Anderton has made ...
Scoop wouldn’t normally so shamelessly lift a photo from a newspaper but in this instance the claim in the Mirror/Daily
Record that this is the “first” picture of the Lord of the Rings secret Kingdom, is, respectfully disputed.
'Do you want me to stand as an electorate candidate in Wellington central or are you prepared to vote for me by giving
the Alliance your party vote?'
“Labour’s employment policy appears to be a genuine effort to address some practical issues,” Employers’ Federation CEO,
Steve Marshall said today. “And it appears to be reasonably fiscally responsible, with pilots to be undertaken of any
substantive ...
The kerfuffle over Coromandel is not about MMP. Rather, it's about first-past-the-post (FPP) and its retention in the
MMP electorate vote.
ACT finance spokesman Rodney Hide today released his book "The Power to Destroy" that blows the lid off the IRD to
expose how taxpayers are treated by unjust tax laws and an out-of-control government department.
Labour Leader Helen Clark said today that she was astonished at the Prime Minister’s refusal to debate her on Radio
Pacific’s Jenny Anderson show.
John Luxton must front up to the Landonline computer debacle and accept an inquiry into the project, says Labour lands
spokesperson Jim Sutton.
Inspired by the picture of Jonah now adorning Scoop’s front page - submitted by an ardent expatriate Jonah fan - Scoop
has decided to run an interactive Scoop campaign in support of the All Blacks World Cup bid. From today through till
November 6th ...
The new military regime in Pakistan, which overthrew the government on October 12, has begun a campaign to recover
billions in outstanding bank loans. The Armenian political killing has parallels. John Howard reports.