A week of it: Labour throws switch on campaign coasting

Unleashed: Bill English goes for Helen Clark's jugular, attacking her honesty over the "Paintergate" police inquiry.

Threatened: Helen Clark reaches for her QC to try to stop news media from reporting English's attack on her honesty (the same QC who initially convinced her she had committed no offence in the Paintergate affair).

Insulted: Helen Clark walks out of an ABC television interview after being questioned about lesbianism, her marriage and, the last straw, Paintergate.

Ambushed: After the famous interview last year with Jenny Shipley, TV3's John Campbell tries to make it two in a row, accusing Helen Clark of orchestrating a GM corn conspiracy.

Exploded: The campaign ignites after Nicky Hager's book alleging a cover-up over GM-contaminated corn-seed.

Dithered: The Government stayed silent on the cover-up claims for six hours before Helen Clark delivered a furious denial.

Revealed: Marian Hobbs' recent breast-cancer scare is used as an analogy to explain the GM scare: one bad test is not conclusive, she says.

Thundered: "I wonder how the Greens can care so much for the planet when they seem to spend so little time on it." Science Minister Pete Hodgson sees red over the Greens.

Sniped: "There's plenty of people saying 'take the little creep on'." Helen Clark exposes her feelings for Campbell.

Sorted: It takes an election campaign and a hammering on Holmes for the cut in health services at Kaitaia Hospital to become Annette King's top priority.


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