Let’s do this

• advantage
• 6 years ago
• Categories: Deep stuff, greens, labour, nz first, Politics

We have a mildly reforming government, with just a very few structural governance shifts in its tank.

Since that’s the case, the government needs the right people in the right institutions to affect policy.

This is about the only moment in the life of this term of government where the right people get in. This doesn’t imply that all previous government appointees are compromised by politics. It does imply that we are a highly disaggregated state with almost zero horizontal policy force, MP’s are but the most visible part of the great disaggregated machine, and reforms occur much faster if the right skilled people who are attuned to their Ministers’ goals are governing the right institutions.

The Clark government did this in only a half-assed fashion, and the National-led government was pretty thorough at getting their people in there over nine years. Big task and this government needs help.

So this is an appeal: if you think you or people you know are qualified to get into the boards of these positions, get that cv together and written support from your friendly MP and send it to the Prime Minister’s office.

Here’s a few for you to go for, and there’s others in the link provided:

– ACC

– Civil Aviation

– DHB’s

– Earthquake Commission

– Education NZ

– EECA

– EPA

– Fire and Emergency NZ

– Health Quality and Safety Commission

– HNZ

– Maritime NZ

– NZQA

– NZTourism Board

– NZTA

– NZTE

– Sport and Rec

– TEC

– Worksafe

– Arts Council

– Broadcasting Commission

– Guardians of NZSuper

– NZSO

– Public Trust

– BSA

– Electricity Authority

– FMA

– Law Commission

– Productivity Commission

– Privacy Commission

– Transport Accident Commission

– AgResearch

– Landcare

– NIWA

– Plant and Food Research

– Crown Irrigation Ltd

– NZVIF

– RNZ

– TVNZ

– City Rail Link Ltd

– Crown Infrastructure Holdings

– Predator Free 2050

– Tamaki Redevelopment Co Ltd

– Kiwirail

– Kordia

– Landcorp

– Metservice

– NZPost

Let’s Do This.