From Bernard Hickey’s subscriber chat
Morena! Here's my 6 newsey things at 6 am: One - The revelation yesterday that Michael Wood didn't sell his $13,000 worth of Auckland Airport shares after six warnings from the Cabinet Office was messy and 'unacceptable' enough for Chris Hipkins to stand Wood down as Transport Minister until it was 'resolved'.
It's about to get messier. Thomas Coughlan reports for NZ Herald this morning that Wood blocked a plan for a new airport on the North Shore in 2021 while owning the shares secretly, despite officials saying it was a good idea.
Wood will probably survive and be brought back as minister a
