Housing acceleration fund will allocate $1.4 billion to upgrade five suburbs, with new social and private housing on the cards.
Its own staff gave the Ministry of Health a less than glowing review of its project planning and delivery abilities.
The government funds nurses working in aged care at nearly $20,000 a year less than it funds nurses working in public hospitals.
The government says NZ has to face up to difficult questions as it adapts to the extreme of climate change.