Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Gordon CampbellScoop Image – Lyndon Hood***** Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock made a good point on RNZ this morning about the unfair hurdles facing anyone who wants to bring a Citizens Initiated Referendum in this country. Yesterday, the organisers of the petition for a referendum against the child discipline ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Scoop Image – Lyndon Hood*****“It's clear that [Pamela] Stirling's approach to the eco-column - like her approach to the Listener - has been a lot more right of centre than the line of the old days.Stirling took over in 2004 and she says that for a long time the Listener ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
While media coverage of the China-NZ Free Trade Agreement has focused almost entirely on the possible dollar gains, scant attention has been paid to the equally valid exposure of New Zealand to compensation claims - should any NZ government be so bold in future as to pass laws or regulations ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
John Key’s $1.5 billion boost for broadband is his first major policy announcement that isn’t an endorsement of existing Labour practice ( interest free student loans etc) or a dog bone and whistle ( boot camps for young offenders) to a niche support bloc.
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
To date, media coverage of the Iraq war has barely touched on its startling new phase - namely, the convergence of interests between Iran and the US. This odd relationship was played out in last month’s onslaught by US forces and Maliki government troops against the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Good point here from National Party immigration spokesperson Lockwood Smith, who says the Immigration Service flap involving chief executive Mary-Anne Thompson will do nothing to boost public confidence
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
By Gordon Campbell
Official headshot of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton *****OK, in the Pennsylvania vote, Hillary Clinton should still get home by between 5 and 10 points – which would mean a continuation of the stalemate. Anything more gives her the big victory she needs – and anything less continues ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Under MMP, small parties are assumed to be niche players with clearly defined identities - but even in a small caucus of MPs, a diversity of personalities and ideological hues will co-exist. If nothing else, the mixture adds volatility to the negotiations, post election.
The Maori Party is no exception. On ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
3 News Opinion Poll Results
April 10th -16th 2008
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Poll conducted evenings on 12-17 April 2008:
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