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Guy’s World: Goodbye Garden Shed
Friday, 6 September 2002, 9:31 am | Guy MacGibbon
Past the carcasses of plastic toys spurned, through the long grass littered with rusting bicycle parts and discarded sports equipment, and into New Zealand’s most interconnected garden shed. More >>
Scoop Images: We Have A New Government
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 6:24 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced the formation of a minority coalition government between Labour and the Progressive Coalition, with support from United Future on confidence and supply, in the Legislative Council Chamber at Parliament today. More >>
We have An Accidental Centre Right Govt - Donald
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 12:35 am | Guy MacGibbon
New Zealand has inadvertently elected a centre-right government, Green Co-leader Rod Donald said this morning, as his party announced that it would not be entering a confidence and supply agreement with Labour. More >>
Hager’s Facts Fine – Environment Ministry CEO
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 2:52 pm | Guy MacGibbon
The information presented in Nicky Hager’s Seeds of Distrust is largely factually accurate, Ministry for the Environment Chief Executive Barry Carbon said today. More >>
Scoop Images: Damie Silvia Signs The Writ
Tuesday, 25 June 2002, 1:30 pm | Guy MacGibbon
The Governor General Dame Silvia Cartwright signed the writ today and handed it over to the Chief Electoral Officer David Henry in the Council Room at Government House. Those not on the roll will have to cast a special vote. More >>
Anderton's Welcome Back, Greens Off The Guest List
Tuesday, 11 June 2002, 2:57 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Cabinet will have a place for the deputy prime minister and erstwhile Alliance leader Jim Anderton should Labour form the next government, but there will be no coalition with the Greens, if Prime Minister Helen Clark has her way. More >>
No Date, No Snap Election & No Schnapps
Monday, 10 June 2002, 6:35 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Pleas for Prime Minister Helen Clark to put the country out of its misery and announce an election date went unanswered again today. More >>
Scoop Images: Deaf People Thank Ruth & Paul
Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 2:48 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Deaf and disabled people rallied on the steps of Parliament today to celebrate the creation of a telephone relay service to allow deaf people telephone access, and to thank Minister for Disability Issues Ruth Dyson and Telecommunications Minister ... More >>
Don't Count Me Out Of The Next Govt - Anderton
Monday, 20 May 2002, 4:26 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton says he expects to have a role in a future Labour-led government, despite intimations at the weekend’s Labour Party congress that the senior coalition partner could govern alone. More >>
PM Stirs Early Election Speculation
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 10:01 am | Guy MacGibbon
Prime Minister Helen Clark kept speculation of an early election in the air at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference, with ambiguous replies to reporters’ questions apparently designed to keep commentators guessing. More >>
Legal action Threatened After Email Spat
Friday, 5 April 2002, 3:14 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Labour Party activist Nick Kelly is threatening legal action against cabinet minister Lianne Dalziel for allegedly defaming him in a comment reported in today’s Dominion. More >>
Alliance Splits
Wednesday, 3 April 2002, 3:58 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Alliance leader Jim Anderton announced this afternoon that he and Sandra Lee will not stand under the Alliance banner at the next election and indicated the pair would form a new party. More >>
Anderton A Steady Parnter Under Any Banner - PM
Monday, 18 March 2002, 7:07 pm | Guy MacGibbon
The prospect of a split in the Alliance, strongly hinted at in a letter to Alliance members from leader Jim Anderton today, won’t affect Labour, Prime Minister Helen Clark says. More >>
Scoop Images: Protestors Mobilize Against Motorway
Tuesday, 26 February 2002, 7:57 pm | Guy MacGibbon
Anti-bypass protestors numbering about 200 campaigned for a better city this evening in a march from Civic Square through Cuba Street to Kensington Gardens, a postage stamp-size oasis directly in the path of the proposed motorway. More >>
Judicial Net Porn Viewing Investigation Widens
Tuesday, 19 February 2002, 10:56 am | Guy MacGibbon
Five District court judges have been found to have been viewing pornographic websites on work computers, as the Attorney General investigates the viewing of sex-sites by High Court Judge Robert Fisher. More >>
PM To Unveil Innovation Strategy In Opening Speech
Monday, 11 February 2002, 5:57 pm | Guy MacGibbon
The Prime Minister will use her opening speech to parliament tomorrow to unveil the Government’s strategy to boost New Zealand’s economic performance. More >>
Guy’s World: Guy Has A Day Off
Sunday, 30 December 2001, 4:14 am | Guy MacGibbon
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/0112/543bb3949c77791ed80d.jpeg Scoop Deputy Editor Guy McGibbon enjoying a much deserved day off at Ruamahanga River, Martinborough, Boxing Day 2001 More >>
Guy’s World: Premiere Night In Middle Earth
Thursday, 20 December 2001, 10:58 am | Guy MacGibbon
It’s 12.01am, I’m in geek heaven and I’m loving it. It’s the first Australasian public screening of the Fellowship of the Ring. The hardcore fans are kitted out in their pointy ears and armour. All in the theatre sense several years of anticipation about ... More >>
NZ Hercules Somewhere In Afghanistan
Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 9:08 am | Guy MacGibbon
Two New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules should be somewhere in Afghanistan now, Prime Minister Helen Clark says. More >>
Alliance Minister Passed Over For UNHCR Meeting
Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 11:24 am | Guy MacGibbon
Sport Minister Trevor Mallard will replace Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Robson at a United Nations High Commission for Refugees meeting in Geneva this week, in a move that appears to be yet another snub to the junior coalition partner. More >>