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Yesterday's top 30 rating items on Scoop were...
1: NEWSFLASH:
Govt. Formation Expected At 5pm
A press conference is being held at 5pm today in the Legislative Council Chamber. Scoop will provide full audio, video and photographic coverage of the event from later this evening at this link.
2:
Amnesty
May Declare Abortion A Human
Right
At the recent Amnesty International International Council meeting in Mexico a remit motion seeking to declare abortion a human right was discussed. In their latest "Freedom Letter" it is noted that Amnesty International was consulting world-wide on ...
3:
New
Govt: Peters & Dunne Ministers, Greens
Out
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and United Future leader Peter Dunne have been allocated ministerial positions in a Labour-led Government. Labour has successfully negotiated a Centre-Right deal that offers immediate assurance that it can govern ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
4:
Government
Arrangements Announced
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Labour had finalised arrangements with the Progressive Party, New Zealand First, United Future, and the Green Party, to enable it to form a government with a majority on confidence and supply.
5:
NEWSFLASH:
Maori Party Not Supporting
National
In a press conference held at 3.30pm this afternoon Maori Party Leader Tariana Turia formally announced that the Maori Party will not be supporting any National Party attempt to form a government.
6:
Flashback:
National And The Seabed and
Foreshore
At present there is much heated speculation that National is courting the Maori Party and offering concessions regarding the Foreshore and Seabed legislation - legislation passed with New Zealand First's support in late 2004 - Scoop has taken a trip down ...
7:
A
Week of It: Iraq And The Return Of The
Brethren
New Zealand freelance journalist Jon Stephenson interviewed acclaimed Middle Eastern correspondent Robert Fisk last week in Sydney. Mr Stephenson has been to Iraq seven times in the last few years and spent 100 days criss-crossing Iraq during 2004 and ...
8:
Peters
and Dunne Betray Voters
"Winston Peters and Peter Dunne's betrayal of voters will cost Kiwi families dear," predicted ACT Leader Rodney Hide today.
9:
Peters
"An Insult" For Foreign Affairs
Labour's offer to make Winston Peters the Minister of Foreign Affairs outside of Cabinet is an insult to New Zealand's friends overseas, says ACT Defence spokesman Heather Roy.
10:
The
Letter
It is a Labour/NZ First/United government. Your interest rates are going up.
11:
Greens
achieve significant policy gains
The Green Party has negotiated a comprehensive policy agreement in exchange for an abstention on issues of confidence and supply.
12:
Maori
Party Makes Stand for
Independence
The Maori Party has chosen to end its first month in Parliament, with a clear statement of intention, to uphold its commitment to be a strong and independent Maori voice in Parliament.
14:
Audio
& Images: PM Clark Govt. Formation
Presser
Scoop Audio & Images: PM Helen Clark Government Formation Press Conference - 17 October 2005 By the Scoop team
15:
Thank
you Clevedon Electorate!
I was absolutely delighted with the wonderful majority of 12,871 for the candidate vote. What was even more pleasing was Clevedon's National Party vote rocketing from 7,764 in 2002 to 19,527 in 2005. The National Party received 52% of the Party vote ...
16:
Public
Address 17/10/05 - The Detail On The
Detail
There you go. I finish a blog explaining why Winston Peters was never going to countenance the cantilevered coalition allegedly offered him by National and the Herald puts it beyond doubt by leading today with the news that New Zealand First party president ...
17:
Emirates
Completes Entire Airbus A340-500 Order
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline equipped with one of the most modern fleets in the world, has received its entire order of Airbus A340-500s with the arrival of its tenth A340-500 aircraft.
18:
National
will hold new government to account
National Party Leader Don Brash says the onus is now on Helen Clark to hold her coalition government together.
19:
Suzan
Mazur: The Dorak Affair's Final Chapter
The Dorak mystery flower has opened at last. Earlier this week in phone conversations I had with David Stronach, Professor of Near East Archaeology at the University of California - Berkeley, Stronach disclosed that Jimmie Mellaart invented Dorak. He ...
20:
Voters
have until 8pm to decide next NZ
Idol
Despite a congratulatory promotion being accidentally screened this afternoon, voting for NZ Idol is open until 8pm tonight – half an hour into the live final. Two promos congratulating the eventual winner were made in preparation for tonight's results ...
21:
Rice
Interview on Meet the Press With Tim
Russert
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, welcome. Are you confident the Iraqi people adopted a new constitution yesterday?
22:
Support
for Labour Progressive government
welcomed
Jim Anderton welcomes the announcement of the "inner" coalition agreement between Labour and the Progressives, and the other agreements of support in varying forms from the three parties for a Labour-led government.
23:
Minister
pays tribute to departing
Commissioner
The Minister of Police, George Hawkins has paid tribute to Police Commissioner Rob Robinson, who has announced that he would be stepping down from his role at the end of the year.
24:
Greenpeace
appeals Marsden B
decision
Auckland, Monday 17 October 2005: Greenpeace today lodged an appeal to the Environment Court over the decision by Commissioners acting for Northland councils to allow the coal station to go ahead.
25:
Polanski
Not Worried About Thai Extradition
Law
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Roman Polanski, who recently dodged possible extradition from England to America where he was convicted for illicit sex with a 13-year-old California girl, said he has "no problems" being arrested as a fugitive while traveling to other ...
26:
Workers
Charter New Political Developments on
Left
A conference to establish a national campaign in support of a Workers Charter is being held in Auckland on the Saturday of Labour Weekend – 22nd October.
27:
Scoop
Link: Judith Miller & NYT Come Clean
In July 2003, Joseph C. Wilson IV, a former ambassador, created a firestorm by publishing an essay in The New York Times that accused the Bush administration of using faulty intelligence to justify the war in Iraq. The administration, he charged, ignored ...
28:
Rice
With French Foreign Minister
Douste-Blazy
FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, dear Condoleezza, first of all, I would like to tell you that I am most delighted to host my friend, Condoleezza, here at the Quai d'Orsay. We have worked a great deal since our meeting ...
29:
‘New
Zealand’s fashion bible’ launches ‘Pink
issue
Print edition celebrates first year, spilling the beans on this week's catwalk shows at Air New Zealand Fashion Week
30:
Moana
& the tribe to play to Russia's
'Elite'
Moana & the tribe are minus their bass player Pete Hoera as they fly out to Moscow tonight. The band were invited by a wealthy businessman to play one 40 minute set at an exclusive party in one of Moscow’s high market clubs, First Mansion for 500 ...
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