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Marc Ellis has revealed himself as one of the celebrity sportsmen connected to the so-called 'white collar celebrity drug ring'. He was fined and escaped a jail sentence. Marc Ellis (Drugs Offender); Ric Salizzo (Sports Café Producer & Presenter); Ross Bell (Drug Foundation Executive Director).
Labour and National are resisting pressure to drop the controversial petrol levy if either wins the General Election. Earl Hagaman (Scenic Circle Hotels); Greg Hunting (AA Spokesman); Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Don Brash (National Party Leader); Peter Griffiths (BP Managing Director).
Labour officially unveiled it's Maori Policy today with an emphasis on economic development. A comparison of the policies of Labour and National. Gerry Brownlee (National Maori Spokesman); Helen Clark (Prime Minister).
United Future today announced it's new family policy, including the teaching of life/parenting skills in secondary schools. Peter Dunne (United Future Leader).
More than a thousand civil servants remain on strike in Tonga, and today were joined by people from an outlying island offering support. David Tupou (Eua High School Tutor).
The Week That Was Labour and National both launched their election campaigns this week, with National releasing it's tax policy that should have been the major story of the week, but was instead overshadowed by Brash's poor performance in the Head to Head debate with Helen Clark and then blaming his performance on the fact that Clark is a woman. Plus Winston Peters continued to refuse to say who New Zealand First would prefer to be in coalition with, while National gave out confusing messages over it's forestry policy. Stephen Parker (Political Editor).