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Margaret Wilson Voted Speaker Of The House
Thursday, 3 March 2005, 3:22 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Parliament today voted Margaret Wilson as Speaker of the House. Mrs Speaker faced two challenges, one from National's Clem Simich and another from ACT's Ken Shirley. A surprise vote for Mr Simich came from Tariana Turia leader of the Maori Party. ... More >>
Bush Meets Putin To Talk Dirty Bombs And Terrorism
Friday, 25 February 2005, 12:09 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Slovakia Thursday (Europe time) and are expected to announce methods to combat nuclear terrorism. The issue was also high on the United Nations agenda this week ... More >>
Gonzo Journalism Creator Hunter S. Thompson Dies
Monday, 21 February 2005, 10:10 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Hunter Stockton Thompson, the journalist who coined the term "gonzo journalism" and wrote the 1972 book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , has committed suicide at his Woody Creek home. More >>
Strategies And Cunning And The General Election 05
Friday, 21 January 2005, 12:26 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Scoop broke major news surrounding the Ahmed Zaoui case, exposed shadowy goings on surrounding claims the SIS was spying on Maori, considered what impact Don Brash would make as a PM - now we publish a guide to General Election 05. More >>
Australian Labor Party Leader Latham Resigns
Tuesday, 18 January 2005, 5:26 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
ALP Leader Mark Latham has resigned his leadership of the Party and also from the Australian parliament to concentrate on recovering from a pancreas illness. More >>
Peace And Rest On Agenda For Zaoui
Friday, 10 December 2004, 11:51 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Media were presented with a tired and emotional man this morning as Algerian MP, lecturer, and refugee Ahmed Zaoui contemplated the reality of being free on bail in New Zealand. More >>
Ahmed Zaoui Freed On Bail At Last
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 9:36 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Welcome To New Zealand Mr Zaoui - Ahmed Zaoui is free of a New Zealand prison for the first time in two years since his arrival on December 4 2002. Mr Zaoui left Auckland Central Remand Prison after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in Wellington. More >>
Supreme Court Decision On Zaoui Bail At 4pm
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 1:21 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
The Supreme Court of New Zealand will deliver its decision at 4pm on whether to release Algerian MP and refugee Ahmed Zaoui on bail and transfer him from prison detention and into the care of the Dominican Friars. More >>
Hundreds Mark Two Years In Prison For Zaoui
Saturday, 4 December 2004, 7:25 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Around 300 people today gathered at a public rally outside the Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) to protest against New Zealand having detained Ahmed Zaoui for two years without charge or trial. More >>
Secret Source Wars A Diversion From Main Agenda
Saturday, 27 November 2004, 3:22 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
A stinging attack against two men by the Herald is a diversion from Operation Leaf and appears to be motivated by an attempting to present a ‘who has the best contacts’ parody. Scoop goes beyond the hype to investigate the real issue... More >>
NZ Herald’s Mystery Man Not Scoop Source On 'Leaf'
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 9:02 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
A man the New Zealand Herald today said was behind Sunday Star Times allegations of SIS bugging is not a Scoop source of information on Operation Leaf. The Herald claimed: “One of the alleged spies behind newspaper allegations of the SIS bugging ... More >>
SIS Spy Operation Broader Than Just Politics
Tuesday, 23 November 2004, 1:21 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
A senior figure in the NZ intelligence network has confirmed the SIS has indeed investigated Maori groups, politicians, and networks – that Operation leaf acquired not just political intelligence but included financial and personal information on “targets”. More >>
Scoop Acquires Copy Of Axe Activists’ Message
Friday, 19 November 2004, 4:25 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Scoop has acquired a copy of a message found by Police after an axe was driven deep into a window-frame fronting the Prime Minister’s electorate office. The message said the attack symbolised the shattered trust between the Crown and the people. More >>
Images: Maori Party Pickets PM’s Electorate Office
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 2:01 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
A Northern faction of the Maori Party, led by Titiwhai Harawira is picketing Prime Minister Helen Clark’s electorate office in protest against the Government’s foreshore and seabed bill. Earlier this morning an axe was embedded in the Prime Minister’s ... More >>
Intel Sources Say SIS Investigating Maori Party
Thursday, 11 November 2004, 10:22 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Exclusive: Intelligence sources have revealed the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has launched a major covert operation investigating the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, its members, networks and associates. More >>
Turia Leads Maori Call For Justice For Zaoui
Friday, 29 October 2004, 11:32 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
Maori Party leader Tariana Turia has called for secret information held by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service against Ahmed Zaoui to be tested before High Court Judges. She drew parallels between Zaoui and injustices forced on Te Whiti. More >>
Brash: Length Of Zaoui’s Detention Unsatisfactory
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 9:38 am | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
National Party Leader Don Brash this morning told 95bFM listeners that the length of time Ahmed Zaoui has spent detained in prison is ''unsatisfactory''. More >>
Zaoui Book Event To Be Held In Beehive Foyer
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 10:09 pm | Selwyn Manning
An event to promote the book on the Ahmed Zaoui case “I Almost Forgot About The Moon – The Disinformation Campaign Against Ahmed Zaoui” will be held in Wellington in the Beehive foyer, Parliament Buildings, on Wednesday October 20 at 5:45pm. More >>
Human Rights Litmus Test Of Govt's Moral Substance
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 5:48 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
If A human rights record is a litmus test of a party’s moral substance and suitability for leadership then Labour had better seek help. Clearly, the Labour-led Government has become offside with traditional political allies over the Ahmed Zaoui case. More >>
Govt Moves To Ban HumanRights From Security Review
Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 9:01 pm | Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland
The NZ Govt announced today that The Crown will seek to overthrow a Court of Appeal decision that insisted Ahmed Zaoui’s human rights must be taken into account when reviewing the security risk certificate issued against him by the SIS. More >>