Politics
News in Brief
Collins picks Reti for health
Newly-minted National Party leader Judith Collins has named Shane Reti her new health spokesman and promoted him to the frontbench. He replaces Michael Woodhouse, under a cloud since it emerged last week that he’d received covid-19 patients’ private information from Michelle Boag...
Policy
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Are the Nats capable of an innovation-led covid recovery?
Many business people who listened to Judith Collins’ first interviews in her role as leader of the Opposition yesterday will have breathed a sigh of relief.
Economy
Gavin Evans: GAVIN EVANS: Southland jobs sacrificed to confused energy policy
The 2,600 jobs to be sacrificed in Southland next year are a high price to pay for confused energy policy and a multi-decade decline in this country’s economic ambitions. Despite the writing being on the wall for the Tiwai Point smelter since 2013, the plant – one of the world...
Economy
Govt goes to the regions to prop up airport, back business park
The government is providing a lifeline for Hawke’s Bay Airport and will inject additional funding to help establish a business park near Kaikohe. The government will loan Hawke’s Bay Airport $4.5 million on commercial terms, and the Napier city and Hastings district councils w...
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