Justamugpunter

you said that The Sate 'owns' the Tab... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_New_Zealand my last post here... you are welcome to the company of the likes of Barrby and Pete... mental midgets like so many in racing!!!

is it yours to sell igit boy!

other state owned stuff don't need their own minister...

Dear I ask then? why then is there a Minister for Racing then? Set up by the Nats if I recall correctly?

As I have mentioned previously! This approach is classical Procedural Politics!!! The work of a desperate lot! Par for the course in a Sunset Industry! Circle the wagons sort of stuff! Not a breeding buff myself! but I ponder how many in current leadership have doses of Custer in their Whakapapa???

I hear that a new right wing party is about to be formed! The Chicken Little Party! lead by Henny Penny! their catch cry is going to be "the sky is falling". ps. as this is a things racing site! please remind me again what the Nat$ done for racing during their 9 years in power? the silence to this question is deafening!!!! I will give you all a hand with this, they threw a few dollars for race course maintenance!

Can one actually answer that sort of question without all the economic facts???

You off course don't understand proportional representation! ps, I bet you were foaming at the mouth when you typed that out! ?

tick! and don't they bleat! baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…. Perhaps the blue team (and I'm sure that just about all the *leaders* in Racing fit that bill) can share what team blue delivered to racing! It's interesting to speculate why they didn't/would touch *Racing* with a barge poll!!! perhaps because any personal venue into thing$ racing didn't delivery! Reflecting on the M report, I've not see much about the cost of getting the products to the Track being way to expensive! and nothing about real wages not growing for 30+ years for 'the average' kiwi! always amusing to note that 70% of kiwi's not coming up to the average!

mean while! deep in the bowels of nat$land….

read and weep for all those heard yelling "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!" ? Economy performance a 'cracker' By Dene Mackenzie Business The New Zealand economy produced a cracker of a performance in the three months ended June, ASB senior economist Jane Turner says. The economy grew at 1% in the three months, double the growth rate of 0.5% in March. The 1% growth was above both economists' and Reserve Bank forecasts. The annual growth rate was 2.8%, ahead of 2.6% in March and the Reserve Bank's forecast of 2.5%. Ms Turner said growth in the quarter was strong and would have been phenomenal if not for a near 20% decline in mining production due to an unplanned shut down in gas production. As expected, GDP growth was led by strong growth in electricity generation, a large broad-based lift in agricultural production, a strong performance in retail and wholesale trade, and strong growth in arts, recreational and cultural services. There was also stronger than expected growth in other parts of services, including a strong 1.8% lift in transport, postal and warehousing, and a 1.1% lift in information media and telecommunications. "It is evident in the second quarter all parts of the economy were performing well as the strength was remarkably broad-based. "This sits with our view the economy is currently benefiting from a number of supports." Those supports included high terms of trade, low interest rates and high population growth. Statistics New Zealand reported a leaking pipeline led to an unplanned shut down in New Zealand's largest gas field. It led to downstream effects on manufacturing production, adding to some drag from the planned shut down at the Marsden Point oil refinery. Looking ahead, Ms Turner was concerned growth might have lost momentum in the three months ended September. Negative business sentiment posed a threat to economic growth being sustained at current rates in the coming year. Taking recent business confidence readings at face value, in particular business investment and employment intentions, growth could be much weaker than forecast. <ends> https://www.odt.co.nz/business/economy-performance-cracker

the expected rain meant for Dunedin today threatened! but hasn't/didn't arrive... looking at the 3 day rain radar it looks like the next southerly rain belt will be arriving Sunday! ps. Lol! you are reminding me of the late great Mr Eales! he had set a horse for a Woodville meeting and it needed a hard and fast track! (he had moved to Awapuni by this time), the jockey he had on for the ride was based in Woodville! the first phone call came in at 3am!!! "please go outside and see what the weather looking like! ", then the jock got another call every 30 minutes for the next 4 hours! Noel was very strong on certain horses for certain courses on certain conditions! happy to report the horse did the right thing and won! ?

over the years I found the more they water the less I have bet...

Isn't this the track where they sometime water the outside of the track but not down by the rail?????

made even worse by the rail being so far out! a long long way to be coming around the outside! ?