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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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Audio: PM Traverses Around The Fate Of Rickards
Monday, 5 March 2007, 5:38 pm | Kevin List
While the Prime Minister was keen to avoid discussing the fate of embattled and currently suspended Auckland District commander Clint Rickards she did give her views around issues touched upon in relation to the court cases Mr Rickard's has been through ... More >>
Taser Trial Puts Green MP In A Tizz
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 6:36 pm | Kevin List
This morning Green MP Keith Locke found himself momentarily fondling the electric stun gun known as the Taser at a Law and order select committee meeting. More >>
Scoop Audio: PM Talks Housing, Fiji And Whaling
Monday, 26 February 2007, 5:03 pm | Kevin List
At today's post-cabinet press conference the Prime Minister was able to attack Japanese whaling and throw the odd barb at John Key – however the Prime Minister steered well clear of certain foreign policy hypotheticals – such as the future of Iraq ... More >>
Audio: Downer on Fiji, Iran, Iraq and David Hicks
Monday, 26 February 2007, 1:47 pm | Kevin List
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his Australian counterpart Alexander Downer held a joint media conference this morning at the completion of their regular six-monthly talks. More >>
PM Answers Field and Whaling Ship Questions
Monday, 19 February 2007, 5:43 pm | Kevin List
Today's regular post cabinet press conference given by the Prime Minister was a rather more good-natured affair than a slightly torrid dual press conference with Aussie PM John Howard that occurred last Friday. More >>
Green And Labour Politicians Launch Timor Book
Thursday, 15 February 2007, 11:09 am | Kevin List
Last evening in the Beehive foyer politicians that do not always see eye to eye came together to help launch a book on the plight of east Timor following Indonesian annexation in 1975 and the attitudes of Western powers to that annexation (pretty much hands ... More >>
Hon Robson Becomes Contemptuous Robson
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 6:27 pm | Kevin List
Former Privileges Committee Chairperson Matt Robson, has been found guilty by the people he once drank tea and ate biscuits with of heaping contempt on the head of the leader of United Future Party Peter Dunne More >>
Ministers Make Ultimate Sacrifice For Planet
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 6:08 pm | Kevin List
The Labour Government is perhaps fortunate that maverick ex-MP John Tamihere lost his seat in the last election and is forced to wander the outer limits of Asia making snide comments about the Prime Minister for the benefit of the reality TV. More >>
The Refugee Decisions That Have Catholics Bemused
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 3:50 pm | Kevin List
In the last few days the case of an Iranian granted refugee status due to his sexual orientation has been in the news. This has caused some consternation among champions of another Iranian seeking refugee status in New Zealand Thomas Yadrgary. More >>
Images: Are Fans More Interesting Than The Sevens?
Friday, 2 February 2007, 4:56 pm | Kevin List
Risking sunburn and the sight of too many Borat's in lime G strings Scoop's potentially award winning photojournalists went in search of the real spirit of the WellingRisking sunburn and the sight of too many Borat's in lime G strings Scoop's potentially award ... More >>
Images:Parade Infiltrated By Bike Riding Satanists
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 3:07 pm | Kevin List
The Wellington Sevens parade would have impeded those citizens indifferent to Darth Vader riding a chopper bicycle – fortunately industrial action had made catching a bus next to impossible anyway so the good people of New Zealand's capital city ... More >>
Cullen Espouses More Fiscal Discipline
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 1:55 pm | Kevin List
Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen played down expectations of personal tax cuts today when talking with the media about where the Government intended investing a better than expected tax take. The tax take was up due to higher than expected economic ... More >>
PM Wraps Up 2006
Monday, 18 December 2006, 6:14 pm | Kevin List
At the last post cabinet press conference for 2006 the Prime Minister took a short wander down memory land and preferred to be upbeat about the fading year - citing the roll out of Working for Families, interest free student loans and legislation ... More >>
New Zealand Inches Towards A Review of Pharmac
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 5:14 pm | Kevin List
As part of the Government's confidence and supply agreement with United Future a review of New Zealand's medicines strategy was implemented. More >>
PM On Carbon Neutrality, Liam Ashley Report
Monday, 11 December 2006, 6:53 pm | Kevin List
The Government's draft energy strategy, which proposes that as much new electricity generation as possible should be renewable was released today. Keeping with the green flavour that has infested Parliament in the last few months the PM's regular post ... More >>
Attack On Dunne Leads To Privileges Committee
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 3:43 pm | Kevin List
The former Privileges Committee Chairperson Matt Robson turned up this morning to sample some of the medicine he would once have dished out. Mr Robson - the current deputy leader of the Progressive Party - was hauled before the Privileges Committee More >>
Asylum Seekers May Get Seperate Detention Facility
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 5:07 pm | Kevin List
Immigration Minister David Cunliffe today unveiled a package of proposals for a new Immigration Act – among which was the possibility of building separate detention facilities for asylum seekers who are at present detained in Auckland Central Remand ... More >>
Images: RNZAF Boeing 757 In Top Gun Like Action
Friday, 1 December 2006, 2:14 pm | Kevin List
One aspect missing from Scoops' coverage of the recent dedication of the London Memorial was piccies of the RNZAF Boeing 757 and some RAF Typhoon jets whizzing above – mainly because Scoop was terrestially based for the event. However, thanks to the ... More >>
2005 Vs 2006: Key And Climate Change
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 11:56 am | Kevin List
"I firmly believe in climate change and always have," was new National Party Leader John Key's answer to nine-till-noon interviewer Kathryn Ryan earlier this week when asked whether the climate was being affected by Greenhouse gas emissions. More >>
Scoop Audio: PM's Presser Monday Nov. 27, 2006
Monday, 27 November 2006, 8:42 pm | Kevin List
Today's Prime Minister's post cabinet press conference was held much later than is the norm at 5.40pm. The PM explained that this was because of an unusually busy agenda including major cabinet papers on energy and immigration. More >>
