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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: Election
Briefing: Prime Minister Helen
Clark
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2:
National
Is A Step Away From The Treasury Benches
In one of the final polls due before Saturday, the latest Fairfax New Zealand ACNielsen poll, gives National a six-point lead over Labour heading into the final three days of the campaign.
3:
Marginal
Predictions: It's Turning Blue Out
There
There's a fight taking place out in marginal seats where even a high-placed Cabinet minister looks likely to lose. Scoop can confirm National is gaining traction. Here is a list of marginal seats and what to watch for on Election-Night.Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Scoop
Images: Helen Clark At Canterbury
University
Prime Minister Helen Clark today visited Canterbury University. Greeted by a rowdy crowd she made a fairly hurried exit after speaking briefly. Ms Clark later told Scoop that she had felt threatened by the proximity of a group of aggressive students ...
5:
$512,000
for news service to the
Pacific
The Government will provide $512,000 for a satellite service to South Pacific television broadcasters, Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey and Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said today.
6:
Labour
finished over loans deceit
ACT Leader Rodney Hide said today that Treasury costings of Labour's interest-free student loans had sunk any chance of Labour being re-elected to office on Saturday.
7:
Kevin
List: The Best NZ Democracy Money Can
Buy
In the 2005 election both the National and Labour parties are likely to push election advertising spending close to its limits. So far as Scoop can determine this is the first time this has happened in a New Zealand General election.
8:
Scoop
Election Briefing: NZ First's Winston
Peters
Is your policy going with the party that gets the most votes a bright line absolute test. If for example the Labour + Greens gets more than National + United Future is there wiggle room to go with Labour? Or is it simply a matter of which major party ...
9:
Te
Putatara: Racial Politics
Racial Politics Te Putatara a newsletter for the kumara vine Maori news, views and comment Tuesday, September 13. 2005
10:
Generation
Jones is driving NZ Voter
Volatility
A new analysis of recent New Zealand political polling reveals that the current voter vacillation is primarily driven by one demographic-- Generation Jones, the large generation between the Baby Boomers and Generation X. U.S. political analyst and ...
11:
Student
loans policy easily
affordable
“Costings released today show Labour’s interest free student loans policy is easily affordable and, even over a 15 year timeframe, would have a negligible impact on government debt,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.
12:
Loans
deception calculated and
deliberate
"Trevor Mallard, Michael Cullen and Helen Clark have consistently lied about the cost of their student loan policy," says National Party Education spokesman Bill English.
13:
Video:
Paul Buchanan To Launch Security/Intel
Book
Former US security advisor and current Auckland University lecturer, Paul Buchanan, is about to launch a book that examines security and intelligence relationships in NZ and abroad. Scoop caught up with him for a preview of the book.
14:
Poll
Watch: Fairfax ACNielsen - Nat 43%, Lab
37%
National 43% Labour 37% NZ First 7% Green 6% United Future 3% ACT 1% Maori 1% Destiny 1% Progressive 1% Other 1%
15:
Laissez-faire
Polygamy Condoned In Utah
Don’t think that the Internet news, Scoop or Counter Punch is not being read or getting passed around. On March 24, 2005, an article entitled, "Utah Prosecutors Are Soft On Polygamy," authored by Yours Truly, was published in Scoop, and within two weeks ...
16:
Treasury
confirms National's fear on loans
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says the Treasury costings released on Labour's last-minute student loans promise confirm National's worst fears.
17:
Public
Address 14/09/05 - Hitching
Sinners
This election has brought me into a mild epistemological crisis. What has really shocked me, after seeing into the hivemind of our polity, is that nobody really knows what's going on. It's not that anyone is particularly incompetent, it's just that ...
18:
Labour
Stoops to All-Time Low in
Manukau
Labour list candidate and Manukau City Councillor, Su'a William Sio has released a statement equating Destiny New Zealand to former Christian Heritage Party leader Graham Capill on the basis of shared Christian values.
19:
Energy
Policy
Labour is committed to a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future. New Zealanders need modern, reliable sources of energy that will ensure that our lights will stay on and our businesses keep working. We want to continue to have energy available ...
20:
Dr
Jon Johansson: On Treaty and
Race
In a few days New Zealanders will go to the polls with our eclectic mix of motivations. Some of us will vote according to the party we identify most strongly with, or against, some of us will vote in self-interest, some will vote with their hearts, some will ...
21:
Eyewitness
Account: Marooned At The Ritz
Eyewitness Account: Marooned At The Ritz - Stranded in New Orleans during Katrina, medical professionals set up a treatment center at the Ritz Carlton. by Joseph Pulvirenti, M.D.
22:
Getting
Things Crystal On Coalitions With
Winston
In an effort to ensure that there are no miss-understandings of precisely what New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters means by his stated policy of backing the party which wins the most seats actually means, Scoop's Alastair Thompson questioned Mr ...
23:
Greens
the albatross around Clark's
neck
United Future leader Peter Dunne says the time has come for the Prime Minister to cut the Greens loose, since it's now clear the Greens have become the major obstacle to Miss Clark's getting a third term as Prime Minister.
24:
Sam
Smith: The Amazing, Scary History Of
FEMA
This Undernews extra gives background on the amazing, scary history of FEMA and a bizarre funeral scandal that involves George Bush, one of his major contributors, the former head of FEMA and the corporation just named to handle body removal in ...
25:
Woosh
launches low-cost phone
services
Households and small businesses stand to make big savings on the cost of telephone services as broadband provider Woosh Wireless starts rolling out phone packages over its network this month.
26:
Migrant
Effect - The Changing Face of NZ Voters
This year, as with every election year, migration is a hot issue amongst politicians vying for the public’s vote. Like a repetitive tune stuck on replay, at election time we hear racist jibes being thrown at migrants and ethnic groups that do not ...
The Impreza 2006 WRC will make its public debut at next month's Frankfurt Motor Show.
28:
Students
aren't like you, Mr Key
In protesting about the potential cost of interest-free student loans, National is wrongly assuming that young Kiwis will act like property speculators in a vain effort to mimic John Key, the Green Party says.
29:
Don
Brash On Williams Up Front
Award winning broadcaster, Larry Williams, deals to current affairs in a straightforward and provocative manner. His "no spin" approach cuts through the rhetoric as he interviews the newsmakers and experts of the moment:
30:
Key
pleased loans papers will be released
National Party Finance spokesman John Key says he is looking forward to analysing the student loans papers which Labour was trying to bury until after the election.
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