Labour consulted Owen Glenn on GG
September 29th, 2009 at 6:01 am by David FarrarI think it is wonderful that Labour rewarded their (former) major donor by letting him help choose New Zealand’s Governor-General.
The Herald reports:
Sir Howard Morrison was in line to become Governor General of New Zealand, according to billionaire Owen Glenn. …
He said Sir Howard’s name was on a short list of six when the new Governor General was being chosen.
“When the Labour Party was still talking to me, I actually pushed to have Sir Howard on the Governor General list,” Mr Glenn told the crowded marae.
He said both parties – Labour and National – chose the Governor General.
“He would have been Governor General but for one person.
So Owen Glenn was in the loop enough that he knew how many were on the short list, and who was blocking Sir Howard’s name going forward. No wonder he kept donating money with such inside access. No wonder he thought he would be made Consul to Monaco.
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September 29th, 2009 at 6:36 am
Which Commie Anti – New Zealander vetoed Howard Morrison?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 6:58 am
WTF would have made Howard Morrison qualified to be governor general?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 7:09 am
He could have entertained guests, that all the GG does.
A real New Zealander would have supported Howard.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 7:17 am
With all due respect to the late Sir, Dinah Lee would’ve made a great G-G. Being voted ‘Australian Female Body Builder of the Year’ in the over-35s category tops a knighthood any day.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 7:28 am
What a fucking blowhard. Was he talking to Mike or Helen? I guess that depends on what the timing was. Helens stopped talking to him and Mike got busted at the enquiry. The man has no decorum at all.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 7:36 am
With all respects to Howard Morrison what did he know about politics, the law and constitutional matters? He was an entertainer. To me it shows only how useless the position is. In the 1970s the governor general of Australia dismissed the federal government of Gough Whitlam over constitutional problems. What would Howard Morrison have done here in similar circumstances? The governor general is irrelevant to most New Zealanders.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 8:17 am
To contemplate an Entertainer for this position shows just how useless it is constitutionally. But so far as Own Glenn is concerned it was probably more like Glenn pushing Sir Howard but we are left to guess who blocked it. My guess it was she who must be obeyed blocked it and it so it never really got off the ground other than Owen Glenn and Sir Howard having a few too many Chardys together. But really what a tackless thing to raise at his funeral.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Why tvb would an entertainer who retained close links with the people while enjoying widespread affection among a great number of New Zealanders be any less effective as a figurehead than a parade of senior aging political hacks, lawyers and a padre who just by coincidence happened to have been descended from a polynesian ancestor and whose curch whilst being nominally one of our major denominations but in fact was a minority church measuring its active adherents against the total population.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 8:59 am
In spite of his money and business success, Jennings still craves to be noticed. Perhaps he is jealous of the POWER politicians have. Still swaggering and name dropping. Short man syndrome. Sad.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 9:02 am
who’s Jennings?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
David – I think trout meant to say Norman. Qualifiers seem to fit.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Or perhaps , as usual, just a bit confused. It’ll do that to you you know!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jennings
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 9:09 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jennings of course – have you never seen him and Glenn in the same room together?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 10:00 am
When will we have a politician or leader strong enough to have an Royal commission into corruption?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Glenn certainly got his $500,000 worth didn’t he?
I am sure this is an example of ‘Colonial Cringe’ by the Labour chappies; someone stumps up a few quid and the school masters and trade unionists doff their caps because he lives in *gasp* Monaco – land of movie stars! jet setters! James Bond! (“wait till the blokes at Housie hear who I met today, ha ha”)
Hard to believe George W. Bush involved someone like, say, T. Boone Pickens in choosing a Supreme Court Justice…
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Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 10:08 am
“When will we have a politician or leader strong enough to have an Royal commission into corruption?”
What about John Neville Key, aka “The Man of Steel”? Just kidding.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I wonder if Labour ever asked Owen Glenn about which experienced legislators and judges might make top quality cabaret singers?
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Don’t be silly Manolo, that might show up Neville Key’s mate Klark as the corrupt person she is.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am
big bruv … methinks you confuse the courtesy due to someone who once held the office of Prime Minister with respect.
One goes with the territory, the other you earn … she didn’t.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Rumour is that Morrison was blocked by a high ranking National politician.
And yes I agree some of the points above about the very impotent role of the Governor-General, what we need is an elected Head of State with formal powers.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Can’t wait till Owen’s memoirs are published, should be a great read.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Apologies for the error. I meant of course Owen Glenn. My harddrive still associates ‘Owen’ with ‘Jennings’ as in ex FF leader. Had a look over Owen Glenn’s house in Fiji a couple of weeks ago – spectacular from the water but actually quite modest close up.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
“I wonder if Labour ever asked Owen Glenn about which experienced legislators and judges might make top quality cabaret singers?”
No but when he was asked before the 2008 party conference which incompetent Labour party harpies might make a good trio he replied “Dyson, Street and Chadwick. He made another huge misjudgement there as well I believe!
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Sir Howard was more than an entertainer. And he seems to have had more moral and backbone than the last GGs I can remember. Maybe he would have been the sort of guy to actually exercise veto rather than bend over and watch immoral and undemocratic law be made.
Vote:September 29th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
now that the Nats are back in Govt, I would expect them to reward Owen with a knighthood or even the GG job.
Vote:OG was the straw that broke the camels back .. he killed off Wnnie and made Clark and The Muss look like scared school kids at the opening of the building he donated. Well done Owen, and thanks.