Investigations

Will DoC make progress on stewardship land in 2022?
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Will DoC make progress on stewardship land in 2022?

In 2021, the conservation department again promised renewed vigour in reclassifying about 9% of NZ's total land. The latest promise in a more than 30-year process. The question is will any progress be made by the 40th anniversary.

Ian Llewellyn 03 Jan 2022
Govt ad campaign just water under the bridge
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Govt ad campaign just water under the bridge

Advertising worth $2.76 million barely shifted public understanding of the Three Waters reforms, while opinions moved into the negative. 

Nikitin Sallee 24 Dec 2021
KiwiRail boss gets $500k on the way out
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KiwiRail boss gets $500k on the way out

Since 2019, nearly 50 managers and executives left KiwiRail under its recently departed CEO.

Oliver Lewis 17 Dec 2021
What to do when the govt isn't organised right?
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What to do when the govt isn't organised right?

Government agencies acting together to solve big problems hasn’t always worked. Trying another way took a law change.

Nikitin Sallee 17 Dec 2021