Business of Government: trick or treaty, AI is coming, and more

Business of Government: trick or treaty, AI is coming, and more
Winston Peters was an influential minister of Māori affairs under a previous National government. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Where will coalition talks land on Māori-crown relations?While public servants nervously wait to find out what scale of spending cuts will emerge from the coalition talks, many will also wonder where the negotiations will land on the hot-button issue of Māori-crown relations.The election’s implications for such policies as co-governance of water infrastructure may be obvious, but its ramifications for public servants will be more far-reaching than that.For three decades, the public service has generally marched in a progressive direction,...

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