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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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PM/Media Biffo, MFAT Loses Nat & Ching Pinged
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 3:42 pm | Kevin List
In This Edition: - PM Not Happy With New Zealand Herald - MFAT Official Joins Nats And Sparks Government Anger. - Ching Looks To Have No Chance Of Being A Labour Candidate For 2005 Election More >>
Kevin List's PM Presser Report
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:02 am | Kevin List
Thousands of redundancies and a scaled-down state sector were hinted at by the National Party's finance spokesperson John Key yesterday. While being interviewed on Auckland radio station BFM, regarding National's proposals to introduce a mini budget and ... More >>
A Week of It: Nazis, Parties & Media Matters
Friday, 20 May 2005, 2:40 pm | Kevin List
In this edition: - Anonymous Hidesight Reader Seeks Help And Provokes A Witch-hunt - Media Matters – The Dangers Involved In Working For The Sunday Star Times - When is 'Off The Record' Actually 'On The Record' - Journo With Special Insight Into NZ's ... More >>
Budget 2005 News And Web Diary Links
Friday, 20 May 2005, 12:17 am | Kevin List
NZ Herald - Budget 2005: Big tax secret turns into damp squib Stuff - Years before Budget delivers Just Left (Labour) - A solid budget Frogblog (Greens) - Of-pumpkins-and-hip-hop-tours Hidesight (ACT) - Budget 2005 Not PC Blogspot - Fisking the Budget No Right Turn ... More >>
Budget 2005 - Scoop Photo Essay
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 5:43 pm | Kevin List
Locked in a Logans Run type environment for two hours, more than a hundred lucky people where given the guts of Budget 2005 by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Michael Cullen. More >>
PM's Presser: TV3, DBP & Mudslinging To Come
Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 12:59 am | Kevin List
In This Edition: - TV3 And Rodney Hide Take Another Minister Down - Coalition Talks – Past, Present And Future - Fairfax Transcripts And The Doone Affair - More Muck To Come More >>
A Week Of It: Publishing & Punishment
Friday, 13 May 2005, 1:27 pm | Kevin List
In This Edition: 120 NZers Still Able To Read Objectionable Magazine - Benson-Pope And Allegations Of Tennis Ball Sadism - Is It time To Bring Back Doone? - Former National Party Leader Calls For NZ To Pull Out Of International Commitments More >>
Blumsky Provides Good Coffee And Dodgy Fashion
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 11:46 am | Kevin List
This morning Wellington commuters were treated to free coffee in Manners street brewed by a phalanx of Mark Blumsky supporters. The reason for this caffeine largesse was the opening of Mr Blumsky's campaign headquarters. More >>
Magazine Associated With Peron Found Objectionable
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 6:10 pm | Kevin List
A magazine containing writings by controversial American Libertarian, Jim Peron has been found by the Censor’s Office to be objectionable. According to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters the magazine, titled Unbound, was also published by Mr Peron. More >>
PM Hits Out At Politicisation Of Doone Defamation
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:04 am | Kevin List
Both the National Party and the ACT Party have somehow obtained ‘briefs of evidence’ prepared for the aborted Doone Vs Fairfax defamation case. More >>
Fairfax Makes PM An Offer She Can't Refuse
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 8:40 am | Kevin List
The reason the PM had been required to provide a brief of evidence for Fairfax's lawyers this year was that former Police Commissioner, Peter Doone had taken a five year old defamation case against the Sunday Star-Times to court. Kevin List writes... More >>
A Week Of It: Smoking Nazi’s And Outing Iraqis
Friday, 6 May 2005, 2:44 pm | Kevin List
In This Edition: Hide Blasts Insensitive Un-PC Politicians For Nazi References Winston Peters And His Excellent Sources Excellent Sources But Poor Tabling Skills Peters And Robson Have Very Short Robust Debate The Tamihere Star-Times More >>
New NZIS "Undesirability" Visa Policy Outlined
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 3:41 pm | Kevin List
When on Monday Immigration Minister Paul Swain revoked former Iraqi diplomat Zohair Mohammad al-Omar’s visa citing the fact Mr al Omar had a role in an oppressive regime, this may very well have been the first time this has ever happened in New Zealand. More >>
PM's Presser: Defence & Defending On Doone
Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:46 am | Kevin List
In This Edition: - Burton Plays Increased defence Spending Card - Academic Concurs With Minister - Doone Verification Defended By Prime Minister More >>
A Week Of It: Saddam, Doone & Lynton Crosby
Friday, 29 April 2005, 3:25 pm | Kevin List
NZ First leader Winston Peters looks set to cause a stir when Parliament resumes after a two-week recess. Mr Peters told Scoop today that he would be naming under parliamentary privilege the refugee status claimant whom he alleges was a high ranking ... More >>
What Doone Done - A Doone Retrospective
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 4:06 pm | Kevin List
Without building a Tardis, Scoop has nevertheless managed to travel back to January 2000 to discover how the various political parties viewed Police Commissioner (at the time) Peter Doone, and the driving incident that sparked his early retirement. More >>
A Month of It – Late April Politics, News & Stuff
Friday, 22 April 2005, 3:27 pm | Kevin List
It’s back, Scoop's 'A week of it' column, not by any popular demand but just for the sheer flippin' heck of it. Due to the sheer soporific nature of the Parliamentary year this irregular Scoop column went away. It’s hard to type a column when one has ... More >>
The Great (Scoop) V8 Debate With Mark Blumsky
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 2:53 pm | Kevin List
Wellington's civic establishment was close to boiling point late Monday. Tensions have been running high between pro and anti V8 race factions for weeks, and the entire superheated melting pot was ready to rumble come Tuesday night at the Paramount Theatre. More >>
NZ First Adverts Funding Snub Defended By National
Monday, 18 April 2005, 3:45 pm | Kevin List
Despite having only 27 MP’s and being consistently behind Labour in the polls for the last six months, the National Party’s election campaign manager, Steven Joyce was still a little miffed at getting less funding than Labour the allocations of ... More >>
Kevin List: Mr Zaoui Comes To Wellington
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 10:47 am | Kevin List
The last time Ahmed Zaoui flew on a plane, he got nabbed at the airport, whisked off to a jail cell and interviewed without a lawyer present by the Police and members of the NZ Security Intelligence Service. More >>
