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Kevin List
Scoop Contributor
Was sentenced to 15 years working at Parliament. Now free and willing to pay for my crimes.
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Chewing The Fat With UF's Gordon Copeland
Friday, 21 July 2006, 3:29 pm | Kevin List
Last year United Future's finance spokesperson Gordon Copeland told a Business NZ conference that there were "good people" that he knew prepared to flee our shores should a Labour-Greens Government eventuate after the 2005 election. In an effort ... More >>
Police Ponder How To Identify Murdered Man
Monday, 10 July 2006, 5:56 pm | Kevin List
"Somewhere in this city is a murder scene that will be filled with blood," was the hypothesis Detective Inspector Harry Quinn, Wellington Crime Services Manager put to media at a press conference today in relation to what Inspector Quinn called a ... More >>
Young And Old Celebrate 90 Years Of Peoples Party
Saturday, 8 July 2006, 1:01 pm | Kevin List
Last evening in the Banquet Hall of the Beehive Labour's 90th birthday celebrations kicked off. All over New Zealand this weekend further celebrations are being held to commemorate New Zealand's longest running political party. More >>
Welfare Causes Hardworking Media Concern
Monday, 3 July 2006, 6:07 pm | Kevin List
Today the press gallery seemed deeply concerned by the plight of New Zealand's underclass. Many questions were tossed at the Prime Minister during her regular weekly press conference regarding large numbers of people who happened to be beneficiaries living ... More >>
DWS: She Might Be Downes But She's Left Not Out!
Monday, 26 June 2006, 11:48 am | Kevin List
The finale of Dancing with the Stars was a bit like watching a a classic Disney cartoon except there were no bad guys everyone was the winner – particulalry former Miss Universe Lorraine Downes. More >>
Scoop Audio: PM Talks About Whales And Weather
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 10:10 am | Kevin List
Yesterday Japan won a simple majority on a significant vote at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for the first time. Conservation Minister Chris Carter expressed disappointment that six pacific nations at the IWC Tuvalu, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, ... More >>
Audio: Sharples On Not Supporting Mapp's Bill
Monday, 19 June 2006, 2:56 pm | Kevin List
Scoop very recently popped into Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples superbly decorated office and had a short korero with Dr Sharples on a number of topics including Dr Wayne Mapp's controversial Bill that would allow employers three months grace in ... More >>
DWS: A Last Load Of Loader
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:51 am | Kevin List
It's nearly the end of the second series of Dancing with the Stars and the field has been whittled down to the final two couples. Both couples have no real nedd of their second second names – the competition is now between Beatrice and Brian and ... More >>
Scoop IV Transcript: John Key TalksTax Cuts
Friday, 16 June 2006, 3:33 pm | Kevin List
Following the recent budget Scoop thought it would be worthwhile to go and have a chat to National's finance spokesperson John Key and see what, if any, of the plans National had before the election were still on the table. Interestingly National's ... More >>
PM On Disappearing Electricity 'N' Security Risks
Monday, 12 June 2006, 6:08 pm | Kevin List
After a year of refurbishment the Beehive Theatrette was once again the setting for the Prime Minister's regular Monday afternoon press conference. Gone was the bilious yellow carpet and shiny blue curtains – the design reflecting a more 'Logan's Run-future ... More >>
DWS: Captain Hide Sinks Like The Titanic
Monday, 12 June 2006, 12:11 am | Kevin List
Last evening the champion of the middle aged man on TVNZ's Dancing With the Stars Act leader Rodney Hide began the show with a nautical theme and ended up sinking like the Titanic. Mr Hide's progress on the dancing talent show was impeded by four ... More >>
Dancing with the Stars: Whose Voting For Rodney?
Monday, 5 June 2006, 3:00 pm | Kevin List
There's a mystery in New Zealand at the moment and it involves slimmed down ACT leader Rodney Hide and his ability to gather enough votes to stay on TVNZ's light entertainment spectacular – Dancing with the Stars . Last evening Mr Hide sent another higher calibre ... More >>
Russel Norman Wins Green Co-Leadership Contest
Saturday, 3 June 2006, 7:49 pm | Kevin List
This afternoon one of the backroom boys of the Green Party stepped out into the limelight and an inquisition by the media as to how a non-MP would work as the new Green Party Co-leader. More >>
Harawira Declares War On Big Tobacco
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 12:04 am | Kevin List
Today Maori Party MP Hone Harawira spoke on World Smokefree Day at a Hui organised tio draw attention to the number of Maori who die each year of tobacco related diseases – and to do something about the situation. One idea being proposed by Mr Harawira ... More >>
Hide Cheats Dancing Death Despite Dreadful Doble
Monday, 29 May 2006, 11:44 am | Kevin List
After scoring possibly the lowest marks ever in a New Zealand Dancing with the Stars performance ACT's leader Rodney Hide and his partner Krystal Stuart live to fight another day thanks to the power of their fans. For the evicted David Wikaira's partner ... More >>
Hide Lives To Dance Again - Gurney A Goner
Monday, 22 May 2006, 11:35 am | Kevin List
ACT Leader Rodney Hide's twinkle toes will keep twinkling for at least another week after he pulled himself out of the scoring basement and edged his way up the cellar steps of dancing glory in last evening's Dancing with the Stars. More >>
Budget 2006 - A Social Perspective
Friday, 19 May 2006, 2:35 pm | Kevin List
While many in the media were obsessed with haranguing Dr Cullen for tax cuts – presumably to enable them to take that extra overseas holiday– Scoop rose before any self respecting crow the day after Budget 2006 and attended Public Health Association's annual post ... More >>
Scoop First: Budget 2006 Images And Audio
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 3:17 pm | Kevin List
A high powered collection of media types and analysts crowded into the bottom floor of the Beehive to hear Michael Cullen outline Budget 2006. Scoop's budget expert was of the opinion that the budget was 'A Budget For Auckland (And Internet Users) ... More >>
A Week of It: Employment and Peachey's Periodical
Monday, 15 May 2006, 3:34 pm | Kevin List
Once seen as the party that protects the poor and dispossessed Labour has recently come under fire from some new and unlikely champions of the marginalised poor – Business New Zealand, the National Party and Roger Kerr of the Business Roundtable. More >>
Dancing With The Stars - The First Elimination
Monday, 15 May 2006, 11:02 am | Kevin List
Last week the Prime Minister pointed out that she didn't have time in her busy schedule to sit down and Watch TVNZ's Dancing With the Stars – after Scoop paid a visit to the magical Avalon studios we consider the PM should make the time. More >>
