10 things Darren Hughes could do after Parliament

Columnist Rachel Glucina suggests a few things former Labour MP Darren Hughes could do with his time now that he's out of the political arena. Photo / Supplied

10. Board with Chris Carter.

9. Go into hiding and change his name to Ron Weasley.

8. Put his flame-red hair to work and get the job as Flick the Little Fire Engine at children's shows.

7. Lead student pub-crawls through Wellington each semester.

6. Be a spokesperson against sunscreen and represent not-so-sun-smart gingas everywhere.

5. Put his secret-keeping skills to work and join the SIS.

4. Hang out with teenagers and get paid for it by working as a mentor.

3. Have a lie down with a couple of gingernuts.

2. Be Rodney Hide's manny.

1. Just bum around.

Gaddafi's son paid for haka and night with Queenstown blondes

He shouted champagne, stipulated blondes only (and "no fat ones") and paid for his own ceremonial haka during a five-day jaunt to Queenstown, but the son of Libyan tyrant Colonel Gaddafi is hardly in the party spirit now.

Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi, 38, as his staff respectfully style him (the name means Sword of Islam) has accused those enforcing the UN mandated no-fly zone over his country of supporting terrorists.

As one of Gaddafi's eight children (one was reportedly killed in a suicide air attack last week), Saif is often called his country's Crown Prince.

He has made a job of flitting around the world, from hunting parties with the Rothschilds to his birthday bash in Montenegro and a New Year's celebration in Queenstown last year with gun-toting bodyguards and a private jet parked on the runway at his beck and call.

The second son of Gaddafi and his free-spending entourage saw in 2010 in a private room at popular Queenstown haunt Barmuda.

Doorman Regan Pearce told community tabloid Mountain Scene he was instructed by a ponytailed member of Saif's group: "Find me beautiful blondes - no fat ones. We buy them drinks, we will look after them."

Jenny Hodgson was among those rounded up for the private party. "There must have been 10 or 12 blondes. Whatever we wanted, we ordered it," she told the local rag.

Saif, who keeps four tigers and a collection of falcons, paid Queenstown's Kiwi Haka group to farewell him from the airport tarmac, but no hongi were allowed.

"I was told to address him as His Excellency at all times and only offer to shake his hand if he put his hand out," local Maori leader Darren Rewi said. The group were not allowed to get within a metre of Gaddafi or make any sudden