I see Bernard Hickeys website was overwhelmed:

[Our Apologies

Enormous interest in the Hanover Finance shutdown and the Reserve Bank interest rate cut has overwhelmed our news and blog pages. We have moved to a temporary and basic system for publishing news while we upgrade to meet this new demand. We apologise for this and are working as hard as we can find a better solution.

Kind regards Bernard Hickey]

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Good on the Greens.

National have gone down in my estimation.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

hey frog/greens..!..

bob jones says he’ll give you some money..

..you only need to ask..eh..?

(this from a kiwiblog post on peters/ones/money..

“..Sir Robert has said he has not voted National since 1981 so unlikely to be National.

“I’ve never been approached by the Greens and Maori Party, I must confess,� Sir Robert said.

He did not like the thesis of the Maori Party and wouldn’t have given them money

but asked if he would give to the Greens he said: “I probably would, but I don’t want to say that�.

Frog better get onto this!..”

c’mon..!..off yr lily-pad..!

get cracking..!

phil(whoar.co.nz)

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

and jh..watson and hotchins pulled $20 million each in ‘directors dividends..

(..hanover has $15 million ‘left’..

now..as i noted at whoar this morning..

..that readers of that scurrilous rag would have known a year ago that the finance companies were going to fall like ten-pins..

cos’ i’ve been reporting/forecasting/linking to stories..about this since late 2006..

..and you can bet that watson etc had better ‘intelligence’/knowledge of this than i did at whoar..eh..?

sorta puts the timing of their extraction of $40 million in a new light..

eh..?

phil(whoar.co.nz)

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

the greens have asked the most potent questions..

utu..?

eh..?

(how sweet it is..!..)

you must ensure you keep hammering away that green party policy.

..is to ban all ‘anonymous’ donations to political parties..

..this is one of your ‘potent’ points of difference..

phil(whoar.co.nz)

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

OH, and the environmental damage from this Labour vote buying spree has been assessed by Transit.
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/research/reports/313.pdf
The key findings are on page 56. Some more ammo for Russel.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

toad, This is what will save Peters:
Compare Labour’s attitutude to the second Tauranga Harbour Bridge in August 2005:
“The Government has agreed the $244 million Harbour Link bridge in Tauranga should be partially funded by tolls. Without tolling we would be waiting more than 10 years to get started, because this is a $250 million project, give or take,” the minister (Pete Hodgeson) said.”
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10338948
And this from Winstaon 22nd June this year: “You see I told the people of Tauranga last election we would get them a toll free harbour bridge – too many didn’t believe me – but we did.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0806/S00342.htm

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

toad,

And well done too. I’m pleasantly suprised.

The Greens performance was in direct contrast to the performance (or rather non performance) of John Key and the National party.

Expected much more from the Nats.

Good on the Greens for taking up the questions.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

There you go Gerrit, the Green MPs are all getting stuck in now.

jh, I don’t think there are enough votes a the high end of the racing insustry to save Peters. Maybe there are enough $$$ though!

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

ie there is a market niche for NZ First.

[Someone posted some stuff at interset.co.nz about Hanovers owners taking out large dividends.... Also called dave hendersen a wanker for wanting to build a town the same size a Queenstown at present... then the website went down... Did someone trip on the plug... or....?]

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Peters will pick up a few votes from those who feel the other parties are full of people following their own agenda.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)