One of the things I said to the Iwi Chairs Forum yesterday was where any government moves too quickly and doesn’t bring people with them, you run the risk of the pendulum [swinging] back further in the other direction on the next political cycle – and I don’t want to see that continue.” Finance Minister Nicola Willis was clearly disappointed with yesterday’s unemployment figures, a rise to 5.4% in the December quarter from 5.3% in the previous quarter – the highest level for over a decade. Instead, I hear from a minister who wants to emulate Trump in withdrawing from the WHO and Paris Agreement and failed to stand alongside those who are like-minded, like the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the Scandinavians who recognised Palestine as a state ...
Author: Audrey Young
Published at: 2026-02-04 23:36:03
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