Scoop: Top Scoops + Campaign 2002

Thursday, 11 July 2002, 4:50 pm
Article: Alastair Thompson

TODAY’S TOP SCOOPS
Hager Answers His Critics In Government
TODAY'S SEEDS OF DISTRUST FALLOUT:
Hager’s Conclusions, But Not Facts, Disputed
Keith Rankin: Hager Throws Election Way Off Course
Seeds Of Distrust: How The Spin Was Spun
Seeds Of Distrust - Recovered History
Blunted In Blighty – UK Decriminalises Cannabis
Poll Watch: Peters’ Message Getting Through
Tube Talk: The Dark Prince Of Bel Air
Correctives Take Zero Tumescence Stand
Katya Rivas

CAMPAIGN 2002
Cant Trust Greens, Guess That Leaves Me – Anderton
Harre’s Policies For Her
Prebble Makes A Skyhawkish Speech
Sue Out Of The Office, Into The Community
We Can Handle The Truth, Helen, Says Hide
Greens Launch Nasties Tax Policy
Anderton’s Health Policy - Hospitals Close By
Labour Transport Policy Neither Here Not There

Hager Answers His Critics In Government

- ‘Seeds of Distrust’ author, Nicky Hager, says that the Government seems to be trying to create confusion over the contaminated sweet corn story instead of actually refuting the evidence in the book. See... Seeds Of Distrust Author Replies To Government [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00081.htm

TODAY'S SEEDS OF DISTRUST FALLOUT:

- Scientists’ Assn. - Key Scientific Evidence Absent [1] - United Future - Greens GE indignation [2] - Winston Peters - In Search Of Truth Or Power? [3] - Jim Anderton - GE Tactics Based On Untruths [4] - Libz - The Marlborough Corn-Field War [5] - Greenpeace - Deceit [6] - CLICK THROUGH TO THE SEEDS OF DISTRUST FEATURE PAGE [7]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00130.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00318.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00314.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00310.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00127.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00128.htm
[7] - http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=seedsofdisgrace

Hager’s Conclusions, But Not Facts, Disputed

- The information presented in Nicky Hager’s Seeds of Distrust is largely factually accurate, Ministry for the Environment Chief Executive Barry Carbon said today. See... Hager’s Facts Fine – Environment Ministry CEO [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00083.htm

Keith Rankin: Hager Throws Election Way Off Course

- I find it deeply frustrating that this election campaign is being dominated by the mainstream media relentlessly pushing two non-issues: cover-ups relating to inappropriately autographed artwork and the limited release of genetically modified organisms. See... Keith Rankin: The Campaign We Didn't Need [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00078.htm

Seeds Of Distrust: How The Spin Was Spun

- Both of the Green Party leaders had been successfully misled by the misinformation and clearly neither of them had any inkling there was a cover-up. They had been cleverly used as part of the Government's media plan. See... Seeds Of Distrust - (Extract) Media Manipulation [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00079.htm

Seeds Of Distrust - Recovered History

- 19 December 2000 (Wellington): New measures are being developed by the Government to guard against the inadvertent introduction of genetically-modified seed, the Minister for the Environment and Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs, announced today. See… New Safeguards Against GM Seed Introduction [1] . See also the Green Party response… GE Standards For Seed Protects NZ's Market Edge [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0012/S00303.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0012/S00307.htm

Blunted In Blighty – UK Decriminalises Cannabis

- The possession of cannabis for personal use is to be effectively decriminalised in the UK. See... Cannabis Effectively Decriminalised In Blighty [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00082.htm

Poll Watch: Peters’ Message Getting Through

- Labour Down 3.2 to 48% - National Down 0.1 to 24.5% - Green Up 0.5 to 10.1% - NZ First Up 2 to 6.4% - NZ First Up 2 to 6.4% - Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition Up 0.1 to 1.5% - Christian Heritage Up 0.3 to 1.2% See... Poll Watch: Herald DigiPoll, Minor Parties Advance [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00080.htm

Tube Talk: The Dark Prince Of Bel Air

- Election coverage is undoubtedly the most boring point of the TV year. To compensate, TVNZ have served up a symphony of entertaining trash. And with Sex and the City and starved meerkat Ally McBeal’s now gone, the trash-fest couldn’t be more welcome. See... Tube Talk: Ozzy And Ruby Serve Up The Trash [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00077.htm

Correctives Take Zero Tumescence Stand

- “The Corrective Party takes no pleasure at all in shamelessly ripping off the Labour Party and launching our own Nuncard!!!” exclaimed Sister Malodora earlier today. See... Correctives Launch Nuncard!!! [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00125.htm

Katya Rivas

- Beloved daughter, My Peace be with you, thank you for helping Me with the pain that is on My shoulders; blessed be your shoulders for helping Me, just as your hands and feet have been so blessed for all these months past. See... Katya Rivas: So Much Dew Has Come Down from Heaven [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0207/S00076.htm

http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=seedsofdisgrace
Revelations of the corn - SPECIAL FEATURE

Cant Trust Greens, Guess That Leaves Me – Anderton

- “The Greens’ tactics and threats, show that the Progressive Coalition is the best option for a coalition with Labour,” says Progressive Coalition leader Jim Anderton. See... New Zealanders have Progressive option [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00321.htm

Harre’s Policies For Her

- Alliance leader and Women’s Affairs Minister Laila Harré has released a women’s policy aimed at improving women’s health and wellbeing, and progressing their economic equality and educational outcomes. See... Alliance releases Women’s Policy [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00311.htm

Prebble Makes A Skyhawkish Speech

- I've come to Ardmore today to launch ACT's defence policy because based here at Ardmore are planes in the Warbirds Squadron - fighter aircraft from the Second World War, that are flown by enthusiasts. See... ACT is Campaigning on Security - Prebble Speech [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00319.htm

Sue Out Of The Office, Into The Community

- Thanks very much for coming along today to share in our launch of the Green Party's Income Support and Community Economic Development policies. See... Greens launch CED / Income Support policy - Speech [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00317.htm

We Can Handle The Truth, Helen, Says Hide

- "Helen Clark has run down New Zealand's defence capability but has been refusing for over a year to release the advice that the Chief of Defence Carey Adamson gave her government,” ACT Finance Spokesman Rodney Hide claimed today. See... PM Challenged to Come Clean on Defence Advice [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00316.htm

Greens Launch Nasties Tax Policy

- Green Party Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons today launched the party's Ecological tax reform policy outside the toxic waste site at Mapua, near Nelson. See... Making the polluters pay [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00315.htm

Anderton’s Health Policy - Hospitals Close By

- Progressive Coalition leader Jim Anderton today told Orewa Grey Power members that the Progressive Coalition wants 90 per cent of New Zealanders to be within 60 minutes by road of a hospital offering general specialist services. See... Hospitals to be 60 km from 90 % NZers [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00313.htm

Labour Transport Policy Neither Here Not There

- Labour's transport policy is a mish-mash of cliches and contradictory objectives, ACT leader Richard Prebble says. See... Labour's Transport Policy Is A Mish-Mash [1] and Labour's Transport Policy Is Completely Lacking [2]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00309.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0207/S00308.htm

ENDS

© Scoop Media

Alastair Thompson

Scoop Publisher

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

Contact Alastair Thompson

• Linkedin
• Twitter - @althecat
• Facebook
• Email - alastair@scoop.co.nz