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Kevin List
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Was sentenced to 15 years working at Parliament. Now free and willing to pay for my crimes.
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Peters Gives US Ambassador Good Kiwi Welcome
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 2:35 pm | Kevin List
Today, high among the upper levels of Bowen House New Zealand's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, set about warming up relations with the latest American Ambassador to New Zealand, William McCormick. More >>
Is Brand 'Wood' Now A Liability For TVNZ?
Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 6:40 pm | Kevin List
The media director for BBDO Colenso, Peter Myles considers it likely that Susan Wood will experience a "negative" reaction from TV viewers following her employment disputes with TVNZ. More >>
A Week Of It: TVNZ Salary Blowouts And Poetry
Friday, 4 November 2005, 5:02 pm | Kevin List
When Scoop made an Official Information Act request to TVNZ Company Secretary/General Counsel Noel Vautier last year requesting what the top salary was for the year ended December 1995 he declined the request, stating that no such information existed. ... More >>
SSC Reply To Scoop Questions On Higher Salaries
Thursday, 3 November 2005, 10:55 am | Kevin List
Taking his hands off the tiller of the ship of state (briefly) the State Service Commissioner Mark Prebble answered Scoop's written questions regarding the topical subject of higher salaries for Public Service chief executives. More >>
AUDIO: Meet The Ministers – Clayton Cosgrove
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 3:50 pm | Kevin List
This morning Scoop dropped by Bowen House to have a cup of coffee and a quick chat to Clayton Cosgrove, one of the new crop of Cabinet Minister's in the third term Clark labour Government. Mr Cosgrove entered Parliament in 1999 and was widely touted ... More >>
National Claim TVNZ 'Unfairly Hounded' Dr Brash
Monday, 31 October 2005, 4:59 pm | Kevin List
National's Broadcasting spokesperson Georgina Te Heu Heu has accused TVNZ of having abandoned political neutrality during the election campaign. She told RNZ that "during the election... [TVNZ's] political neutrality... seemed to be absent." More >>
A Week of It: Fat Cat Pay Packets - Winston Smiles
Friday, 28 October 2005, 5:14 pm | Kevin List
Earlier this week State Services Commisioner Mark Prebble released a report showing that Public Service chief executive's wages were not rising as fast as he wanted them to. In a graph on page 102 of the report a brave line clawed its way to salaries ... More >>
Smiles As Ministerial Employment Contracts Signed
Thursday, 20 October 2005, 12:14 am | Kevin List
Beneath an unsmiling portrait of Queen Victoria, a couple of likely lads in the shape of Winston Peters and Peter Dunne made up the numbers for the third successive Labour/Jim Anderton Government. More >>
Audio & Images: Clark Cabinet Press Conference
Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 3:16 pm | Kevin List
Prime Minister Helen Clark held a press conference today to announce her new look 3rd term Cabinet lineup. For the full list of cabinet positions and rankings see... Ministerial portfolios allocated . More >>
Audio: Maori Party Stays Out Of Any Potential Govt
Monday, 17 October 2005, 4:30 pm | Kevin List
Audio: Maori Party Stays Out Of Any Potential Govt Audio and images by Kevin List More >>
Flashback: National And The Seabed and Foreshore
Monday, 17 October 2005, 1:07 pm | Kevin List
At present there is much heated speculation that National is courting the Maori Party and offering concessions regarding the Foreshore and Seabed legislation - legislation passed with New Zealand First's support in late 2004 - Scoop has taken a trip down ... More >>
A Week of It: Iraq And The Return Of The Brethren
Friday, 14 October 2005, 5:27 pm | Kevin List
New Zealand freelance journalist Jon Stephenson interviewed acclaimed Middle Eastern correspondent Robert Fisk last week in Sydney. Mr Stephenson has been to Iraq seven times in the last few years and spent 100 days criss-crossing Iraq during 2004 and ... More >>
The Hunt Is On For Coalition Constructing MPs
Thursday, 13 October 2005, 2:53 pm | Kevin List
In normal times the media draw a politician to them like iron filings towards a highly powered magnet. However when there's coalition shenanigans to be had many MP' would prefer weave a little to the left of the limelight. More >>
National Moves To Drive Labour From Parliament
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 6:29 pm | Kevin List
Leonard Cohen, a couple of decades back, sang an odd tune about 'taking Berlin' and then somehow 'occupying Manhattan'. Mr Cohen's words could prove prophetic for New Zealand politics in the early 21st century should National prove successful in occupying ... More >>
A Week Of It: Beehive Musings And Rockin' Refugees
Friday, 7 October 2005, 3:24 pm | Kevin List
Long-time resident of the Beehive's ninth floor Mike Munro confirmed to Scoop this week that the just-completed election would probably be the last time he assisted in keeping the treasury benches under Helen Clark's lock and key. More >>
And It's Goodbye To Ronnie Barker
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 10:34 am | Kevin List
British comedian Ronnie Barker died yesterday, after a long illness, aged 76. During the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s there was scarcely a Ronnie Barker-free week on New Zealand television. More >>
Headless Child Mannequins Paint Disturbing Picture
Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 2:49 pm | Kevin List
A nameless department store in Wellington is seeking to lure parents into its classically furbished environs and get them to part with their hard-earned dollars through utilising headless mannequins. More >>
Kevin List: What's Dunne Got Against The Greens?
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 11:19 am | Kevin List
Last evening United Future leader Peter Dunne took a leaf out of his good friend National leader Don Brash's campaigning book and explained on TVNZ's Close Up at Seven that the Green Party's worldview was not that of the 'mainstream'. More >>
Pics & Audio: PM's Presser 19 September 2005
Monday, 19 September 2005, 3:44 pm | Kevin List
Prime Minister Helen Clark held her first post election press conference in Wellington at 2pm today discussing how she expects coalition discussions to progress. More >>
A Week of It: Winston Peters IV Transcript
Friday, 16 September 2005, 5:02 pm | Kevin List
Just before the election A Week of It thought it worthwhile to leave the funny stuff (or at least attempts at funny stuff) and furnish the public with a transcript of an interview with Winston Peters – conducted earlier this week. More >>
