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June 6, 2007 8:57am by David Farrar

O’Sullivan on Mercury

Fran O’Sullivan takes a good look at the Mercury Energy affair.

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anonymouse

You might also want to look at today’s editorial in the Press,

Press Editorial, Bring out the truth

Also in the Print edition on A11 Dan eaton has a item entitled “power cut tragedy- the Facts”

So it seems that the journalists have finally woken up from their slumber,
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June 6, 2007 10:22am
dime

ive heard from a few people now that the guy that cut the power is Samoan.

is this why the media havent tracked him down? im sure if he was blonde haired/blue eyed he would have been crucified by now.

guess its hard to play the race card if its a samoan guy that actually cut the power?
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June 6, 2007 10:40am
dad4justice

As a blond haired/blue eye gent I can assure you I am thankful I wasn’t the power cutter.
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June 6, 2007 10:49am
Horace

If either of those stories are “…journalists rising from their slumber…” what do they do the other days of the year? Is journalism another form of State Welfare? Even Fran O’Sullivan hasn’t gotten off her arse and extended her ideas with fact.

Opinion. It’s all baseless opinion.

We have a vocal minority of emotional socialists who are stuck in a delayed adolescence dictating what and how investigations are carried out. Then they go on to recommend change to laws and regulations to suit their irrational outlook. The media follows these barely literate morons like they are celebrities speaking gospel.

Rational NZders stay silent – and no one in the media is seeking to know what they might say.

The insane Socialist PM dances in the limelight.

Does this bother no one but me?
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June 6, 2007 10:59am
dad4justice

Horace I am mortified , I just heard on the wireless that the PM is at the funeral with flowers in her hair thinking oh my I wish I was dancing in San Franciso ?

We can all be hero’s for just one day !!
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June 6, 2007 11:09am
Frank

The Law comes before culture.

Crimes Act 1961

S.151 Duty to provide the necessaries of life.

The family had the responsibility of supplying Folole Muliaga with the necessaries of life after the hospital released her to their care.

After power was cut off this obligation was even greater, and needed actioning.

Frank
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June 6, 2007 11:12am
Swampy

The guy Sheehan who is doing their PR is a union troublemaker. He knows how to make a lot of noise and stir things up, but not constructively.

The accusation of racism against the police appears unreasonable, and a typical bit of left wing stirring. The protests against “Murder Energy” were all stirred up by left wing union activists.

It’s a bit rich that having accused the police of bias in saying they would not lay charges because of the lady’s serious illness, now they want the police to stop investigations.
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June 6, 2007 11:26am
dad4justice

Frank are you the former sonic? I think so, anyway the ” vulnerable” are already adequately protected under the articles, rights and provisions under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990. How it ever got to be a police matter and now a political liarbore tool is beyond belief?
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June 6, 2007 11:35am
DarrenG

John Armstrong in today’s NZ Herald also offers a decent summary too, noting that SOEs are “political tranvestites” having to be bothe commercial and socially responsible.

And he ends-

” the SOE model has worked pretty well over the past 20 years without ministers interfering and trying to come up with catch-all definitions of what is “socially responsible” which could cover the whole gamut of SOEs.

“But the contradiction remains. Given they are expected to act like private firms, SOEs not surprisingly have assumed they should behave like ones. It is a bit rich to cry foul after the event when nothing was done to disabuse them of that notion.”

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10443854
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June 6, 2007 11:43am
Craig Ranapia

While I largely agree with O’Sullivan, I’ve got to admit it would have been nice if she’d had the integrity (and the courage) to note that The Herald itself has been entirely complicit in what she calls “the ruthless campaign against Mighty River Power personnel that is being waged by a ‘spokesman for the family’.”

But I guess that would be biting the hand that signs your pay cheque, wouldn’t it? OTOH, I’d hardly blame her for not reading the paper her own by-line appears in.
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June 6, 2007 12:24pm
Craig Ranapia

While I largely agree with O’Sullivan, I’ve got to admit it would have been nice if she’d had the integrity (and the courage) to note that The Herald itself has been entirely complicit in what she calls “the ruthless campaign against Mighty River Power personnel that is being waged by a ‘spokesman for the family’.”

But I guess that would be biting the hand that signs your pay cheque, wouldn’t it? OTOH, I’d hardly blame her for not reading the paper her own by-line appears in.
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June 6, 2007 12:34pm
Swiftman the Infidel

‘Horace I am mortified , I just heard on the wireless that the PM is at the funeral with flowers in her hair thinking oh my I wish I was dancing in San Franciso ? We can all be hero’s for just one day !!’ (dad4justice)

Good point d4j.

‘I never knew a man could tell so many lies,
He has a different story for every set of eyes,
How can he remember who he’s talking to?
‘Cause I know it ain’t me, and I hope it isn’t you.’

(Neil Young on Richard Nixon [‘Motion Pictures’ from the album ‘On the Beach])
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June 6, 2007 12:38pm
dad4justice

The king is gone but he is not ever forgotten, rock and lie will always die , hey hey , my, my …
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June 6, 2007 12:51pm
Inventory2

I wonder if their elctorate MP, the inimitable Taito Phillip Field was in attendance. If both he and Dear Leader are courting the PI vote, such a high profile funeral would be JUST the place to be!
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June 6, 2007 1:01pm
Swiftman the Infidel

I wonder how long it will take for our ‘queen’ to be forgotten?

You rarely hear references to Muldoon these days.
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June 6, 2007 1:01pm
Frank

D4J. I thought this hornet’s nest was stirred up by Sheehan?
Frank
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June 6, 2007 1:02pm
Falafulu Fisi

This Muliaga family has conned the whole country and every socialist suckers (even the PM) out there are falling into it. They should have waited for the coroners report before blaming Mercury Energy. But the family thru loudmouth Sheehan knows how to stir up leftist sympathizers , by pointing fingers at Mercury Energy. They got $10,000 out of Mercury Energy (some sort of indirect blackmail) plus heaps of donations from other suckers.
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June 6, 2007 1:36pm
Chuck Bird

Private companies like United Water and Contact Energy owned by share holders are in business to make a profit for the share holders. SOEs like Metrowater and ME owned by local or central government are tax collectors.

I used to be a customer or Metrowater and am now a customer of United Water. The later give service
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June 6, 2007 3:20pm
Swampy

Private companies like United Water and Contact Energy owned by share holders are in business to make a profit for the share holders. SOEs like Metrowater and ME owned by local or central government are tax collectors.

Yes, Meridian just gave the government a billion dollar dividend. Ever since the days of Muldoon, “special” dividends have been paid by Crown companies to the government. The costs are then being recovered from user charges increases etc.

Labour wrings its hands in public but privately pockets the dividend payments with barely a whisper. Hence the fuss over Solid Energy, a major source of government revenue, likewise the power companies.

Also the fuss over Metrowater is the ACC asking them for more money which is a hidden rate that they don’t have to consult the public on. Likewise the Christchurch City Council resolved this year to hold down the rates by seeking more money from its LATES.

Someone needs to tell these socialists that money doesn’t grow on trees.
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June 6, 2007 4:26pm
dad4justice

Off topic but someone just mentioned CCC and I am livid as they have been given big back handers ( lots of $$$$$$) from the boys who pull tits for a living , as H2O is becoming big time worry ,my fishing holes have dried up Minister , but commie shrill puppet Garry Moore will drill us a big bore well and we’ll all be happy clappy ducks that go quack , whack . What a nutbar country !!!
Thank you auntie smellon.
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June 6, 2007 4:50pm
Puff Daddy

D4J started out well on this thread – and then lost his rag again. Oh well. There’s always another thread.
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June 6, 2007 7:15pm
Mr Disgusted

Dear Puff Daddy , I am very worried , have you seen my huckster wife , as I am very hungry and the TV channel needs changing , firewood cut etc…? She is not lurking in your cell again is she ?
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June 6, 2007 8:19pm
Peter Burns

Mr Disgusted = PETER BURNS!!!
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June 6, 2007 10:17pm
MurrayM

Fran – fucking “A”
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June 6, 2007 10:22pm
dad4justice

Excuse me but I am think you are a confused wombat , as Peter Cause Havoc Burns is locked down in the cell number 69 with Paris Hilton .

Silly imposter .
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June 6, 2007 10:27pm
D4Fart

Silly imposter indeed – PETER BURNS. We see you skulking about in the shadows. Did you play fancy dress in the courtroom as well?
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June 7, 2007 2:16am
dad4justice

Great to see you sleep well Helen ? lol
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June 7, 2007 7:53am

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