Man About Town
October 30, 2009
Happy Anniversary Hawke’s Bay
By Andrew Frame
You’ve seen a lot, haven’t you? You may remember when a young Lieutenant named James Cook sailed into your bay 240 years ago (on Monday 12th October to be precise) and named you after his boss, Edward Hawke, the First Lord of the Admiralty. It’s probably one of the reasons [...]
Rodney Hide de-fanged
October 29, 2009
Rodney Hide’s biting review of local government, which signaled a drastic re-write of the Local Government Act to curb local spending and provide greater fiscal transparency, has been de-fanged by the National Cabinet.
What has emerged from Cabinet is a marshmallow.
The ACT party media release summarizes the reforms as follows:
Councils being encouraged to focus on core [...]
Healthy reorg: a model for Councils?
October 28, 2009
Last week, Health Minister Tony Ryall announced a package of reforms that are promised to save $700 million in backroom savings, which would be transferred to frontline health care. By way of illustration, Ryall challenged the need for 21 District Health Boards to each have separate, different, disconnected IT systems.
Said Ryall: “To better focus on [...]
“Crusher” Collins vs “Mum” Maxine
October 26, 2009
New legislation has been passed that would empower police to seize and destroy the vehicles of boy racers who are charged a third time for street-racing, having two prior offences in four years.
This more punishing measure is enthusiastically championed by Police Minister Judith Collins, earning her the new nickname “Crusher” Collins.
Said Collins in a press [...]
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