CLARK KISSY KISSY HUGGY HUGGY WITH GREYPOWER

Now thats not going to please Winston.


This from Tv3

At a Grey Power meeting later in the afternoon Miss Clark didn't
need her safety gear but she tried to saw into support for National.
Miss Clark told the audience of about 100 in Masterton not to put the
economy, health and education at risk by voting for National.
She didn't mention support partner New Zealand First leader Winston Peters while extolling the virtues of several measures his party got out of Labour - including free off-peak public transport for senior citizens, hearing aid discounts, and increased superannuation.
Miss Clark said the elderly were also getting more elective surgery,
benefiting from rates rebates and those who entered into reverse mortgages would be better protected under Labour.
She argued against the time for a change message, asking what gains the
older folk wanted dumped.

A GOOD CHICK HAS SOME GOOD NEWS

This is great news when you have to drive to the Wairarapa every weekend to get far away from the madding crowd.

Petrol prices fall again
Major oil companies dropped fuel prices by 6c a litre in New Zealand today. Shell spokeswoman Jackie Maitland told NZPA tonight 91 octane petrol had dropped to 189.9c a litre, 95 octane to 195.9c and diesel to 147.9c.
It was the second fall in fuel prices in a fortnight. OnSeptember 17 the companies dropped petrol prices by 4c a litre and diesel by 6c.
NZPA

HOOTONS DIGGING WILL MAKE PLODS UNCOMFORTABLE

Hooton's blog today on the police involvement ( or lack of it ) in the Brash email saga was enlightening

Stuff thinks so as well


There are many more questions that need to be answered on this.

SNIFTER LOLLY WITHDRAWAL GUERRILLA MARKETING?

We here at Roarprawn love our snifters - best theatre lolly ever made -

And Stuff has a nice yarn about public outrage about the withdrawl.

But the women who is heading the Sugar Liberation Army Leigh Paterson seems to be part of the " theatre" crowd in Dunedin.

Perhaps someone in the MSM should ask Cadburys if this is a stunt?

JAPANESE SPIES? SORRY QB THATS A TOYOTA TOO FAR.

Oh my , We at the Prawn admit that the whole Don Brash email thing stank more that a pile of snot eels in the noon day sun, but Japanese spies??? Or a governemt orchestrated theft, aided and abetted by the GCSB? perhaps?

Looks Like QB at the Hive has been on the tutu berries...

She should write novels instead of far fetched blog posts...

We here at the Prawn will stick with Hooton . Our confidence in the boys in blue at Head Office is waining.

We like the front line guys though. They are our heroes.

But the bureaucrat bobbies under Mr Broad's Commandantship - sorry the jury's out.

GUESS WHO IS GRUMPY?

Well, we thought that this would happen.

Clark has merrily gone about claiming all the credit for the handouts to the oldies...
So it looks like the gloves are off between Clark and Peters....

So we predict there will be a divorce before the weeks out..

Stop Stealing Our Thunder Says Peters

Wednesday, 1 October 2008, 1:57 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party

1 October 2008

Stop Stealing Our Thunder Says Peters

Rt Hon Winston Peters has asked the Labour Party to stop stealing all New Zealand First’s thunder over benefits for senior citizens that take effect today.

Mr Peters says the Prime Minister and her colleagues are riding around in trains and buses claiming credit for free off-peak travel which New Zealand First insisted on as part of its SuperGold Card deal.

“While we are delighted to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of senior citizens, we are not so pleased to have the Labour Party trying to grab the glory.

“We negotiated those concessions and we did the work.

“The SuperGold Card was our policy and we intend to go further with the benefits after the next election, including power, petrol and other concessions,” said Mr Peters

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SCREAMING CABBAGES, ITS WORLD VEGETARIAN DAY

Whale meat

Sheeps head

lapin....

Militant carnivores like me think that World Vege Day is a Complete Crock.

And I will defend any cultures right to eat whatever they want as long as its sustainable.

hat tip No Minister

HOOTON HAS THE GOODS ON DODGY DEALINGS AT POLICE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

There is a bit of traffic on some blogs about NZ being pretty much corruption free - Bollocks, corruption comes in many forms and I've seen heaps of it in my previous life as a journo and in some other roles.

Hooton has an interesting yarn about a police enquiry into serious matters of state that seem to have taken a long long time .. Now what's thatsaying about Justice delayed is Justice denied???

ROARPORN HAS HEALTHY INTEREST IN POSTERIORS

Queen Bee at the Hive appears to be worried about the moral decline of the RoarPrawn. So what, if we like boys bums. We llike boys fronts too but dont want to offend our mums.

And this is not a bad bum but is fluffy and we dont like fluffy bums.


And we can see how many times people visit this site and which pages they view and Queen Bee has been visiting this particular site a lot.

what can that mean ?????

MORE CYNICAL POLITICS FROM LABOUR

The Dom Post reports on Labour's shrill call for an investigation into power prices.

Commerce and energy ministers Lianne Dalziel and David Parker hit out at "alarming" rises of up to 12 per cent in Wellington and parts of the South Island, and said they would seek Cabinet approval for an inquiry.

But National's energy spokesman, Gerry Brownlee, said the promise of an inquiry was too little, too late, after a 48 per cent rise in domestic power prices in the past five years.

"Suddenly, on the eve of an election, they announce a review ... After nine long years and regular complaints about the state of transmission and generation, they are trying to pretend they will do something about it."

Mr Brownlee questioned whether a review would carry any more clout than the recent inquiry into petrol prices, which found no evidence of anti-competitive behaviour among petrol companies

But the stuffy, prudish but elegant Queen Bee at Wellington Hive points to a cracker of an idea from Fran O'sullivan to open the government books this week to allow for better planning in the face of the global financial crisis.

Neither leader has any excuse for failing to inject a reality check at this juncture. Clark has had nearly a decade of golden economic weather under her belt during her prime ministership.
This may have lulled her into a sense of false security. But she was Deputy Prime Minister after the 1987 international sharemarket crash and should be well aware how long it took for the New Zealand economy to climb back as our companies found themselves well down the pecking order in the hunt for international equity.
Key - who also ought to know better given his financial trading background - still appears to be clinging to the notion that his party's "well-structured economic plan" will ensure the New Zealand economy is hermetically sealed from the global shocks.
But the upcoming hunt for international credit will impose constraints on New Zealand irrespective of the underlying health of our companies in much the same ways they were impacted in the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Neither prospective Prime Minister seems to have grasped the nettle - at least publicly - that their plans to buy our votes at this year's election also need to be urgently recast.
Continuing on their respective "default" modes (Clark promising more cash to Labour's people and Key promising another round of tax cuts without compensating expenditure cuts) is questionable as will be obvious on Monday.
On that day, the parlous state of the Crown's coffers will be confirmed as Treasury releases the pre-election economic and fiscal update.

Bloody good thinking from Fran ... Top chick and smart with it.

NZ BUSINESSES NOT MEASURING FOR GREENHOUSE GASES YET

The word is that the government is also finding it tough developing tools that will adequately measure GG.

Companies not measuring greenhouse emissions

New Zealand companies are ill-prepared for emissions trading, a new survey shows.

A nationwide survey of 2794 firms found the overwhelming majority were not measuring their greenhouse-gas emissions and had no plans to start.

The sectors expected to face the biggest bills from the price of carbon agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and transport were the least prepared.

The findings, released yesterday, follow the passing of legislation setting up an emissions trading scheme (ETS) that will force polluting industries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions or pay penalties.

The bill was pushed through Parliament under urgency after Labour struck deals with the Greens and New Zealand First. The National Party opposed the legislation, saying it was rushed.

National's climate change spokesman, Nelson MP Nick Smith, said the survey showed New Zealand had "a huge way to go" to be ready for the implementation of an ETS.

"It reinforces National's view that the legislation was rushed through Parliament without many businesses understanding the full impacts," he said.

"We need to sit down with the business community, particularly in this very uncertain business climate, to make sure that the way in which we implement the emissions trading scheme is not going to sock another blow to the engine room of the economy."

Critics warn the ETS could result in the loss of up to 22,000 jobs by 2025 and shave as much as $8.5 billion off gross domestic product.

The poll conducted for the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development revealed only 7 per cent of companies were measuring their greenhouse-gas emissions and only 12% were developing plans to do so.

SOUTHLAND REMAIN STOIC IN THE FACE OF VOLITILE MONEY MARKETS

The Southland Times reflects the Southland conservatism as the Wild West Show raises nary an eyebrow in the deep south.

Impossible to predict impact of sharemarket fall: advisers

Southern investment advisers yesterday said while the fall in the New Zealand sharemarket was of concern, it was impossible to predict the full impact.

Forsyth Barr Invercargill manager Paul Tuckey said he expected at least short-term market volatility.

"But the current market is down about 3 percent while the United States market is down about 7 percent; at this stage it has not hit quite as hard." While the downturn in stocks could be concerning for some investors, for others it created a new opportunity to expand their portfolios, he said.

"A lot of investors these days have a good understanding of the market," he said.

Mr Tuckey said he had not had any phone calls from concerned clients yesterday.

Southern investors were more conservative than elsewhere, which was often reflected in their investment portfolios, he said.

"Good advice is important, but no more now than always," Mr Tuckey said.

ABN Amro Craigs Invercargill branch manager John Wilson said the sharp drop in share prices was largely reactionary to the events overnight but was buoyed by the stability shown by the New Zealand sharemarket at its close.

However, he said there could be market fluctuations until a resolution was found in the United States.