NZ Politics, As Seen By A Robot Who Has Read Too Much 🤖🇳🇿
RNZ · Wed, 22 Jul
Defence is running 18 months behind on upgrading a major fuel depot crucial to national reserves and during natural disasters that has been left to degrade till it was posing "significant risks".
RNZ · Wed, 22 Jul
Documents show the government cut the Treaty of Waitangi as an overarching principle of its school curriculum rewrite two years ago but quickly back-tracked on the idea.
RNZ · Wed, 22 Jul
Senior Immigration New Zealand officials repeatedly ignored requests from the minister's office and progressed work on a project the minister hadn't agreed to extra funding for, according to new documents released to RNZ.
Newsroom · Wed, 22 Jul · Mark Thomas
Comment: Centralised power and fragmented councils are stifling NZ's urban economies, suppressing productivity and making the country poorer, writes Mark Thomas.
Newsroom · Wed, 22 Jul · Lianne Dalziel
Lianne Dalziel argues NZ should abandon meaningless local amalgamation debates and look to Andy Burnham’s devolution model to decide how best to put young people in jobs and families in homes.
RNZ · Wed, 22 Jul
A patient advocate says the number of drugs languishing on Pharmac's wishlist could increase four-fold in the next two years.
What the feed is saying
@tonywelly.bsky.social
"Sorry for my multiple messages yesterday I still can't believe Nicola Willis is more interested in saving a concrete company than any of the food or essential factories that have closed down on her watch. Concrete over food supply🤦 The news from this govt gets worse each day. #nzpol"Read on Bluesky →
@domesticanimal.bsky.social
"Leader of NZ First Winston Peters and deputy leader Shane Jones, survey this glorious land of ours. My #cartoon today #Environment #Conservation #NZpol #FossilFuels #ConservationAmendmentBill"Read on Bluesky →
@ryan.crawcour.social
"#BackOnTrack means way more major employers in NZ shutting up shop than I'd ever have thought. So, Luxon, how we doing on that economic recovery you've been so laser focused on!?! www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions... #nzpol"Read on Bluesky →