GREECE

Stock markets around the world have gone into meltdown on the Greece crisis.

Turmoil ahead then until the Greeks vote on effectively to stay in the Euro or not.

Greece will have already defaulted on their debt when they go to a referendum so its uncertain where this is heading.

Its the contagion effect and NZ will not be immune if it hits other international markets.

Analysts believe that the Greeks want to stay in the Euro and if they vote that way -the socialist government is dead.

MAORI TV

The Maori TV have lost the plot lately. Key staff have been leaving. There have been allegations that the executive has closed down stories that are contentious.

And now they have a journalist and a cameraman arrested by the Israelis. They were on board a boat attempting to break the blockade to Gaza.

The outcome was predictable. The blockade is legal. Its designed to prevent weapons and war material from reaching Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza via the sea. Its illegal to breach the blockade.

Maori TV are totally to blame for the position their two employees find themselves in. They were always either going to get in a confrontation and get arrested.

It's hardly much of a story either - a storyline no doubt designed to deride the Israelis when its just another boat of terrorist sympathisers who have attempted to break the law being escorted to another port.

If these people really wanted to help innocent people in Gaza they would take their so called humanitarian aid through Israel but that's not their objective.

Dumb decision by Maori TV. The taxpayers of NZ are paying for this by the way.

SHEARER

I like David Shearer. He's smart and has a lot to add to the political discourse.

But he's having a brain fade with his milk price campaign. Its pointless breakdown the price of milk -it varies.

It varies between supermarkets and countries. The UK and Australia don't have GST. They also have price wars. If we had more supermarket chains we might have a price war too.

The comparison with Coke doesn't stack up either. Milk has different input costs, transport, taxes, compliance.

The Commerce Commission has looked into the milk prices and everything was above board.

Shearer is wasting his time.

TICKETS

The Government is looking at the possibility of declaring the Super Rugby final a national event which would prevent further ticket scalping.

Tickets bought yesterday for 50 dollars are being offered on line for 500.

Its called a marketplace. You are not forced to buy tickets at exorbitant prices. If buyers are scarce the price drops.

There has always been a secondary market for sports tickets.

In the US they have a legal secondary market and it works well.