Point of Order: What becomes of the broken hearted?.....

.....Nanny State will step in to comfort them

The Nanny State has scored some wins (or claimed them) in the past day or two but it faltered when it came to protecting Kiwi citizens from being savaged by one woman armed with a sharp tongue.

The wins are recorded by triumphant ministers on the Beehive website.

The decision to leave us to protect ourselves from the words and ideas of someone who calls herself Posie Parker (this can best be done by staying out of hearing range) has not been recorded there because it was decided by an official rather than a minister.

Point of Order: More work on moa

Marsden Fund grants $870,000 for research into an extinct bird and Maori food gathering

More millions have been dished out by Ministers in the past 24 hours and/or we have been shown what has happened to funding previously distributed.

In the second category, the PM has officially opening a surf live saving centre in Tauranga. We can see what we got for our money.

In the first category, on the other hand, is the latest approval of grants from the Marsden Fund.