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John Key's Video for David Letterman
Friday, 5 August 2011, 2:03 pm | Scoop Video
The National Party has posted to YouTube a video made in January 2009 by Prime Minister John Key to encourage talks show host David Letterman to visit New Zealand. More >>
bFM: Selwyn & Jon - Key's Elitist Strategy & Goff's Blunder
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 1:53 pm | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Jonathan discuss how National leader & PM John Key has refused to commit to an election party leaders' debate organised by 3News, causing Labour leader Phil Goff to say he wont show unless Key does. Elitist politics? A strategic blunder? More >>
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey's NZ Update
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 9:11 am | Scoop Audio
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss this weekend's International Rugby clash between the Wallabies and the All Blacks. Also dicussed is how the PM is refusing to take part in a televised leaders' debate. And the Greens Anti-Poverty-Plan. More >>
Scoop Audio: Harawira Returns To Parliament
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 2:57 pm | Scoop Audio
Mana Party leader Hone Harawira spoke to the media shortly before returning to Parliament to uneventfully complete his interrupted swearing in. More >>
PM's Press Conference 1/8/11: Money & Drugs
Monday, 1 August 2011, 5:20 pm | Scoop Audio
US debt plan - welcomed. - NZ in good position to deal with economic pressures. Should be back in surplus by 2013/14. - outlines measures taken by National to get country "back on path to longer sustained growth." More >>
Scoop Audio: Phil Goff on Election Deals and Savings
Monday, 1 August 2011, 3:29 pm | Scoop Audio
Electorate "stitch ups" - Phil Twyford won't be making a deal with Winston Peters in Te Atatu. - Winston Peters' comeback - up to people of New Zealand to decide. - Hone Harawira's use of parliamentary funds to pay for his assistant's travel. Practice ... More >>
Breaking: Obama Announces Debt Deal
Monday, 1 August 2011, 1:05 pm | Scoop News
President Obama has announced agreement between party leaders on deal to raise the debt ceiling. More >>
bFM: Selwyn Manning & Jon - An Idea For Labour's Strategists
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 1:59 pm | Scoop Audio
Audio: Selwyn Manning and 95bFM's Jon discuss how Labour is languishing in the polls. And Manning has an idea for its strategists to discover - Realise that 60% of those polled will determine their votes based on how well the health & education sector ... More >>
5AA Australia: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey's NZ Update
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 9:53 am | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss New Zealand's Big Freeze, snow storms and record low temperatures closed roads, schools, civic buildings, and there was even a dusting of snow near Auckland! Also, the latest polls show the Nationals well ahead. More >>
Snow Photos: Christchurch A Winter Wonderland
Monday, 25 July 2011, 6:02 pm | Scoop Photo-Essay
Snow Photos: Christchurch A Winter Wonderland - Photographs by Carol Stronach of Christchurch. Carol has captured the magic of today's suburban Christchurch snow-scape, transformed into a brilliant winter wonderland. More >>
Was Phil Goff Not Briefed On Israeli Backpackers?
Monday, 25 July 2011, 3:47 pm | Scoop Audio
At Labour leader Phil Goff's weekly press stand-up, the topics covered were: The Prime Minister claimed Mr Goff was "briefed" on the investigation of Israeli backpackers after the Christchurch earthquake. But at his Monday presser, Phil Goff repeated said SIS Director Tucker "flicked the issue past" him. Mr Goff feels the matter could have been raised before the parliamentary select committee. The Labour leader of the opposition had not dwelt on the briefing, and does not recall it. More >>
Norway Attacks
Saturday, 23 July 2011, 12:55 pm | Scoop Link
Norway has been hit by twin attacks - a massive bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack on young people at a governing Labour Party youth camp. At least seven people were killed in the bombing, which inflicted huge damage on government buildings in ... More >>
95bFM: Selwyn Manning On The Case Of The Suspicious Tourists
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 1:32 pm | Scoop Audio
Selwyn Manning & 95bFM's John discuss the facts and unanswered questions causing Kiwis to believe Israel was caught in the midst of an operation of sorts in Christchurch when the February 22 earthquake struck. Should we Kiwis be suspicious and concerned? More >>
5AA Aust: Selwyn Manning, Peter Godfrey's NZ Issues Bulletin
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 8:41 am | Scoop Audio
Scoop's Selwyn Manning and 5AA Adelaide's Peter Godfrey discuss how Fairfax Media reports claimed a team of Israeli spooks were investigated after one was killed during the February 22 Christchurch earthquake. More >>
Gaza Under Attack From A Swarm Of Drones
Tuesday, 19 July 2011, 9:23 am | Scoop News
Breaking News Report – From Julie Webb-Pullman in Gaza: The whole of Gaza City is under air attack with Israel Defense Force drones and other aircraft roaming the skies firing rockets and dropping bombs on the Palestinian population. More >>
Audio: Goff on Polls, Taxes 18/7/11
Monday, 18 July 2011, 3:53 pm | Scoop Audio
A sudden drop for Labour in Sunday's TVNZ poll, and Goff's ongoing low poll ratings. • Labour's plans for selling their capital gains tax plan to the electorate, and the numbers being crunched on Labour's tax package on both sides. • Today's high ... More >>
Scoop Coverage: Labour's Capital Gains Tax Launch
Monday, 18 July 2011, 10:23 am | Scoop Full Coverage
Labour Party leader Phil Goff unveiled the worst kept secret in recent New Zealand politics by confirming a Labour-led government would introduce a flat rate 15% capital gains tax, unadjusted for inflation, on all assets other than the family home from ... More >>
Scoop Video: Labour's Tax Plan Launch And Press Conference
Friday, 15 July 2011, 12:50 pm | Scoop Video
NZ Labour Party launches its campaign for the 2011 General Election at Westpac Stadium, 14 July 2011 (Bastille Day). The centerpiece of the campaign is a large tax reform package including a Capital Gains Tax. The campaign slogan is Own Our Future and ... More >>
Australian Government Letter To Australia West Papua Assn
Friday, 15 July 2011, 9:23 am | Scoop Letters
Thank you for your letter of 7 June 2011 to the Prime Minister regarding West Papua. I have been asked to reply on the Prime Minister's behalf. More >>
5AA Aust: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey's NZ News Update
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 9:13 am | Scoop Audio
Audio: Selwyn Manning & Peter Godfrey discuss the weather... in particular how NZ has been in the grip of powerful Southern Ocean and Pacific born storms. Also, PM John Key has been criticised for scaremongering on the plight of asylum seekers... More >>
