Long stories shortest in our political economy this week:
David Seymour’s lunch programme came under increasing scrutiny;
Adrian Orr resigned unexpectedly after clashing with Nicola Willis over his request for more funds;
Stats NZ reported house-building and construction slumped to multi-year lows in the Government’s first year;
Simeon Brown pushed aside Lester Levy as Health NZ commissioner and withdrew early bowel cancer screening from Māori aged 50 to 58;
Winston Peters sacked Phil Goff to avoid offending Donald Trump, who threatened to annex Canada, our fellow ally; and,
Germany abandoned the fiscal restraints now being adopted by New Zealand because the restraints hollowed out its economy and boosted the far right.
Long stories short, the top six things that stood out to me in our political economy around housing, climate and poverty in the week to Sunday, March 9 were:
Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The Kākā by Bernard Hickey to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
