Police have reopened the Barclay investigation

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Press release

Re-investigation of allegations begins

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 – 11:00am

National News

Attribute to Assistant Commissioner (Investigations) Richard Chambers:

Police has commenced a re-investigation of allegations that the private communications of an individual were intercepted by Mr Todd Barclay MP.

This follows assessment of a range of information and comment in the public domain over the last week.

Police have commenced speaking to a number of individuals who may have relevant information.

Any new evidence which is gathered will be carefully considered to determine what, if any impact it has on the outcome of the original investigation.

This will be a thorough process with oversight from a senior detective, however at this stage we are unable to put a timeframe on how long it might take.

END

Media please note that Police will not be providing details or confirming specific steps being taken, as is standard for any investigation.

Issued by the Police Media Centre

Update for media coverage – 

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News of the police investigation broke while National MPs were in their weekly caucus meeting.

It was understood English had only just found out as he left because MPs could not take phones into the meeting.

Barclay was not at the meeting and English said he did not know if Barclay would be in Parliament later on Tuesday.

Asked whether Barclay should go early English said: “No, police are starting an investigation. I don’t think it changes the fact that he’s decided to retire at the election.”

It was “up to police” whether they wanted to get back in touch about his earlier statement, English said.

Barclay refused to cooperate with the original police investigation more than a year ago, which left it to stagnate with police saying they did not have enough evidence to issue warrants and obtain the recordings.

But English’s eventual admission that Barclay had made the recordings, which English relayed in his own police statement in April last year, appear to have opened the door for police to resume their investigation.

In a short statement late Tuesday evening, Barclay said he accepted English’s version of events.

That statement is one of a number of new pieces of information police are assessing, in consideration over whether to open the police investigation.

It could be treated as an admission from Barclay that he made recordings of Dickson without her knowledge and without being in a conversation with her.

The statement may add further weight to a text from English to the Clutha-Southland electorate chair that recordings existed.

Questions have been raised over whether police let the matter drop too soon, when Barclay went back on public statements that he would cooperate with the police investigation, only to have his lawyer communicate to senior officers heading it that he would not be speaking with them.

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  1. Anne 1
    27 June 2017 at 11:21 am

    Well, they had no choice. Hopefully this time it will be thorough and impartial.

    • Muttonbird 1.1
      27 June 2017 at 12:08 pm

      Unlikely. Our police force does the government’s bidding, and this particular government isn’t afraid to use them for political ends.

      This investigation is for appearances only and nothing will come of it. All arranged from the ninth floor.

      • dukeofurl 1.1.1
        27 June 2017 at 2:39 pm

        I agree . Its a sop to allow English to say nothing ‘as its under police investigation’

        It will shut down debate in parliament as well- any excuse will do

        Nothing will happen till well after the election and the usual carpet will be bought out to sweep everything under. Barclay will never talk to the cops now, yes circumstantial evidence is overwhelming but this is not US and the cops will want to push this aside

        • Richard Christie 1.1.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 2:47 pm

          The ultimate police response should be very carefully compared to their blow-hard statements at the conclusion of the Teapot tape investigation.

          I predict the comparison will be enlightening.

    • mary_a 1.2
      27 June 2017 at 7:31 pm

      @ Anne (1) … We can hope, but we won’t hold our breath will we?

      I’d say the police doing the re investigation will have been “briefed” to come out with a “favourable” result!

  2. The decrypter 2
    27 June 2017 at 11:22 am

    Another victory for Bill to celebrate, two in one day. You beauty!

  3. Cinny 3
    27 June 2017 at 11:29 am

    Good, may they be equipped with the time, resources and common sense to be transparent and unbiased before the spring equinox.

    May those involved not be bound by a confidentiality agreement when answering police questions.

    Does anyone know what the deal is there please? Are people who have such an agreement allowed to answer police questions, surely the agreement would be part of any evidence?

    Wonder how many search warrants will be issued?

    Where’s the PM who quit? Will he be questioned, he should be.

    • Anne 3.1
      27 June 2017 at 11:34 am

      I should have thought they have a case to break confidentiality if the information is relevant to a criminal investigation being conducted by the police.

    • weka 3.2
      27 June 2017 at 11:40 am

      it will be good to get a legal opinion on that, but afaik you can’t sign away statutory obligations or rights. So if you have legal right or obligation to talk to the police and be honest about it that will supersede any confidentiality agreement.

      I assume the Barclay can keep refusing to speak to the police up until the point that they compel him. Nothing to do with the confidentiality agreement.

      I also think that Dickson has a legal right to lay a complaint, and that will take precedent over any confidentiality agreement.

      And we don’t know what the confidentiality agreement said. It might just have been about not disclosing the amount paid and details of that in employment terms. That Dickson has already spoken to the media suggests to me that either she wasn’t bound by such an agreement, or that the agreement had already been broken by someone else.

      • Ross 3.2.1
        27 June 2017 at 12:56 pm

        Weka

        If police can compel witnesses to speak, they would have done so the first time. Police cannot compel Barclay to talk. If Barclay was to be charged he could also refuse to testify at his trial.

        But as Key was fond of saying: if he has done nothing wrong he has nothing to worry about, so he should do the right thing and front up to police.

        • weka 3.2.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 12:59 pm

          I was meaning that he can’t forever avoid them e.g. if they charge him he will have to respond, as compared to him having avoided them completely thus far. But thanks for the clarification, and yes what he says at that point, or doesn’t say, is up to him.

    • Draco T Bastard 3.3
      27 June 2017 at 12:03 pm

      May those involved not be bound by a confidentiality agreement when answering police questions.

      They’re not.

      Or, to be more precise, they can’t withhold information in such a way as to cover up a crime.

      Does anyone know what the deal is there please?

      You cannot contract out of the law.

      • Cinny 3.3.1
        27 June 2017 at 12:10 pm

        Thanks, I’m very happy to hear that. The fact that Todd did some illegal taping is just the beginning.

    • paul andersen 3.4
      27 June 2017 at 12:55 pm

      good point. last weeks P.M. has varnished,er, vanished from the scene. wonder if he will put in an appearance with the cup somewhere, might be a good time to back him into a corner for some hard questions.

  4. BM 4
    27 June 2017 at 11:35 am

    Decision sometime in November.

  5. Tamati Tautuhi 5
    27 June 2017 at 11:47 am

    I wonder if the tapes are still around, or were there any tapes in the first place ?

    The plot thickens ?

    • SpaceMonkey 5.1
      27 June 2017 at 11:50 am

      My guess is the tapes have been destroyed.

      • Ross 5.1.1
        27 June 2017 at 1:04 pm

        It was reported recently that cctv cameras may have been used to record the convos. If true, someone local might know who installed them.

    • weka 5.2
      27 June 2017 at 11:50 am

      My guess is that they’ve been destroyed, or if not, they contain something else that we don’t know about yet (hence the reason for keeping them). Highly speculative though, Barclay could just be really stupid and still have them.

      • McFlock 5.2.1
        27 June 2017 at 12:06 pm

        or it was deleted but recoverable.

        • Draco T Bastard 5.2.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 12:08 pm

          But what can the law do now that there’s a probability that the tapes did exist at some point?
          Can they progress a prosecution without the actual recording?

          • McFlock 5.2.1.1.1
            27 June 2017 at 12:31 pm

            Doubtful.

            If he played the tape to several people, who then all reported it to the police, maybe.

            If he just told people he had recordings… well, Trump does thesame. Bignoting.

            But if he told people he had recordings and other people got together to pressure Dickson not to press charges, if one of those people gets shakey and coughs up then a few folks might get done for obstruction.

            • Ross 5.2.1.1.1.1
              27 June 2017 at 1:06 pm

              So why did the Nats pay out for an alleged breach of privacy if there were no tapes? How did the alleged privacy breach occur?

              • marty mars …
                27 June 2017 at 1:12 pm

                Yep I wonder what shonkey knows – perhaps he’ll be interviewed – between his sales gigs of course.

              • McFlock …
                27 June 2017 at 1:12 pm

                I know, it’s awesome, ain’t it.

                And why didn’t the payout come from parliamentary services.

                But the privacy breach could have been gossip, or whatever. as long as nobody outright says “he played me the tape”, it’s whether an alternative explanation is reasonably plausible.

              • Matthew Whitehead …
                27 June 2017 at 1:34 pm

                While that’s very good inductive evidence that a crime occured, it’s not actual proof.

          • Matthew Whitehead 5.2.1.1.2
            27 June 2017 at 1:33 pm

            If they have evidence the tapes were destroyed, that might actually put them in a good position to prosecute, right?

            • dukeofurl 5.2.1.1.2.1
              27 June 2017 at 2:42 pm

              The dictaphone was likely purchased with parliamentary service funds, so was owned by them.
              How is he going to explain its disappearance , buy another one ?

        • weka 5.2.1.2
          27 June 2017 at 12:26 pm

          Good point. Although wouldn’t it be that if you delete and then record to fill up the recordable space then the original is not recoverable? or the dictaphone doesn’t exist anymore. He’s had ample time to figure this one out.

          • McFlock 5.2.1.2.1
            27 June 2017 at 12:43 pm

            If he made recordings like he apparently claimed, did he make copies? Was the dictaphone bought especially for the job (is he an habitual ‘dictator’)? If he made copies, were they emailed as attachments so he could get them wherever? Were they automatically backed up to a cloud?

            Rawshark wrote about using dedicated equipment to hack and access dox dumping accounts and tweet, and then disposing of gear once done. Was deBarclay that thorough in his planning without once getting some perspective on his “employment dispute”? Or was he just an entitled little shit who was so sharp he cut himself – in which case the question become “how deeply and stupidly did he cut himself”?

            Followup question: was his stupidity enough to overcome police lethargy? 🙂

            • marty mars 5.2.1.2.1.1
              27 June 2017 at 12:56 pm

              Surely the police will have to go through all his electronic devices to check the recording isn’t there. That could prove troublesome for Todd and Bill I think.

            • weka 5.2.1.2.1.2
              27 June 2017 at 1:01 pm

              True. I’m thinking like a non-millennial. Who has time to put shit in the cloud? 😉

              • McFlock …
                27 June 2017 at 1:06 pm

                lol one of my current employers has a neat wee thing I didn’t notice – part of my “documents” library is actually stored on their server, not my local drive. It just connects automatically whenever I have net access. All archived nicely.

                • weka …
                  27 June 2017 at 1:09 pm

                  I have this leftie hippy distrust of the cloud but have to admit that lately I’ve been thinking about house fires and how my computer backups will burn just as fast as my laptop. Theft too, seeing as how the storage drive sits next to the computer. Automatic remote storage is starting to look attractive.

                  • McFlock …
                    27 June 2017 at 1:16 pm

                    Well, “cloud” is just another name for “someone else’s server space”. Whenever I have something precious but that is too confidential for facebook, I have a locket on me with a micro-usb inside. But them I’m a wee bit pretentious.

                    You can always zip it and email it to yourself in installments, too. It depends what you want to back up.

                    • weka …
                      27 June 2017 at 3:00 pm

                      How big is the micro-usb/locket?

                      Basically I just run backups of the laptop’s 500GB HDD. Most of that’s stuff I could live without, but some of it is important. Not sure I can be bothered trying to separate out the important stuff and update that separately. I don’t store it on the laptop in one discrete area.

                      I could do a separate back up and store it outside of the house. Been meaning to setup an outside of house emergency kit so maybe that’ll be the motivation. Or not, lol.

                    • McFlock …
                      27 June 2017 at 3:11 pm

                      old one, only 8GB, but more than enough for any important shit I need personally and to do my job.

                      Ultra-confidential stuff like datasets are backed up offsite as part of enterprise policy (with lots of encryption etc), the locket normally just has the emergency kit on it – basic scripts, templates, some generated reports and web stuff. Theoretically if the place burns down we can relocate and work off new machines within a day or so.

                      Oh, and a couple of movies to play on flights 🙂

              • Draco T Bastard …
                27 June 2017 at 4:10 pm

                Who has time to put shit in the cloud?

                I spend more time making sure my stuff doesn’t go up on the cloud. Almost every single electronic device (including scales and video cameras) automatically does it these days.

            • Anne 5.2.1.2.1.3
              27 June 2017 at 1:03 pm

              It must also be remembered that Glenys Dickson talked in the newsroom interview about Barclay disclosing information that could only have come from the recorded phone conversations. (For the sake of the pedants among us I paraphrase what she did say, but that was the understanding I took from her comments.)

              If the police interview the recipients of those conversations then I think Barclay could be in big trouble.

              • marty mars …
                27 June 2017 at 1:06 pm

                I wonder if Todd or bill told her some of the content.

              • Sacha …
                27 June 2017 at 1:27 pm

                I imagine any people or matters she was talking about might be relevant to the inquiry, especially if recordings were subsequently destroyed. What’s the bet it’s not all about Lil Toddy?

              • weka …
                27 June 2017 at 3:04 pm

                I’d forgotten about that, she did indeed say that were things known that couldn’t have been known otherwise. Hard to prove that though, that the other person hadn’t spoken to someone else etc.

      • Red 5.2.2
        27 June 2017 at 2:28 pm

        Probably kept at the Same place trump has the Comey tapes

  6. Tamati Tautuhi 6
    27 June 2017 at 11:55 am

    I would say he would have had good professional advice on what to do with the tapes.

  7. Draco T Bastard 7
    27 June 2017 at 12:06 pm

    Copied over to keep the discussion in the right thread:

    That press release from the police sounds like the police are searching for reasons to drop it despite the fact that the recording, an actual crime, has now been confessed to.

    • Muttonbird 7.1
      27 June 2017 at 12:12 pm

      Exactly.

      • garibaldi 7.1.1
        27 June 2017 at 12:17 pm

        Hey it’s pretty obvious this will be yet another whitewash by our biased police, as muttonbird said at 1.1

        • Red 7.1.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 2:31 pm

          The real question is Will Barclay make future editions of crimes of the century

    • ianmac 7.2
      27 June 2017 at 12:32 pm

      “…the fact that the recording, an actual crime, has now been confessed to.”

      The comment by the PM questioning whether the tapes exist, may be the line to be taken by police. No body? No crime.

  8. ianmac 8
    27 June 2017 at 12:29 pm

    It would seem unlikely that the Police would admit that they were remiss in previous investigations, so after a spell they would reaffirm their previous decision.

    Since it is now again under investigation, questions in the House will be ruled out of order. Sub Judice is it called?
    Will they be allowed today:
    1. Rt Hon Winston Peters to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements on the Clutha-Southland electorate office issue; if so, how does he do that?

    3.Andrew Little to the Prime Minister: Have all the answers given by him and given on his behalf to questions in this House regarding Todd Barclay been fully accurate and complete?

    • Anne 8.1
      27 June 2017 at 1:09 pm

      They probably can still ask the questions but English will hide behind the “I cannot comment as there is now a further police investigation in progress”.

    • weka 8.2
      27 June 2017 at 1:11 pm

      Is if sub judice even if no charges have been laid yet?

    • Cinny 8.3
      27 June 2017 at 1:35 pm

      Number 12…

      Stuart Nash to the Minister of Police: Does she believe her Government has to accept any responsibility for the fact that almost 60 percent of Police staff do not believe New Zealand Police delivers on the promises it makes to the public; if not, why not?

      As well shouldn’t Barclay be stood down immediately?

      • Red 8.3.1
        27 June 2017 at 2:34 pm

        Answer every once and a while we get a labour government, thankfully not often but things do go backwards and need to be tidied up

        • McFlock 8.3.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 2:43 pm

          Nine years in government, still blaming Labour. 🙄

          • Red 8.3.1.1.1
            27 June 2017 at 3:53 pm

            Stupid answer for a stupid question 🙄

            • McFlock 8.3.1.1.1.1
              27 June 2017 at 3:56 pm

              Nah, it’s only fair to ask if a minister takes responsibility for the failings of their department. Give the minister an opportunity to actually show integrity for once.

              But I agree that you gave a stupid answer.

            • Ed 8.3.1.1.1.2
              27 June 2017 at 10:15 pm

              Troll

        • ianmac 8.3.1.2
          27 June 2017 at 3:06 pm

          Red. Do you mean that the current Government’s mess needs Labour to “tidy up” the mess. I read your comment twice and that’s what it says to me.

  9. Robert Guyton 9
    27 June 2017 at 12:46 pm

    If the investigation is thwarted by a technicality, Southlanders, at least, will know they’ve had the wool pulled over their eyes and they won’t like it. Winston will make hay though. The last time I spoke to Todd Barclay was to tell him that Winston was about to win in Northland. If I see him around the traps, I’ll tell him Winston’s on track to do the same down here.

    • marty mars 9.1
      27 June 2017 at 1:09 pm

      Yep. Bet the wires are humming down there Robert with all sorts of rumours and speculation at the moment. ☺

    • Tamati Tautuhi 9.2
      27 June 2017 at 2:15 pm

      NZ First have announced Mark Patterson a Lawrence sheep and beef farmer as their candidate for Clutha Southland, could Winston and NZF do what they did in Northland last year ?

  10. Sacha 10
    27 June 2017 at 1:31 pm

    What’s the story behind the staffer from the Queenstown office resigning just before Dickson did?

    • Cinny 10.1
      27 June 2017 at 1:54 pm

      From last April….

      “He (Barclay) told Fairfax Ms Swan (Queenstown staffer) resigned to travel and spend time with family and had given plenty of notice. “

      LMAO yeah right Todd you are so full of it, Key resigned for the same reasons, family reasons… oldest trick in the book when trying to cover something up.

      Notice how this has only really gained traction since Key left?

      • Graeme 10.1.1
        27 June 2017 at 6:39 pm

        Barbara Swan and her group effectively ran Queenstown, you didn’t mess with them, and if you did it wasn’t going to end well. Made for a lot of entertainment watching people try though.

        The same could be said for Glenys Dickson in Gore.

        But both had a reputation for being pretty straight and running a good electorate office.

        What hasn’t come out yet is what the fallout was over.

        • Andre 10.1.1.1
          27 June 2017 at 6:59 pm

          “What hasn’t come out yet is what the fallout was over.”

          Seems to me Barclay being an entitled arrogant little dick trying to lord it over established hard-working electorate staff is more than sufficient explanation. You reckon (or know) there’s more to it than that?

          • weka 10.1.1.1.1
            27 June 2017 at 7:05 pm

            What remains unanswered for me is why National stuck with Barclay for so long after they knew he broke the law. There are things here we don’t know about yet.

            • Andre 10.1.1.1.1.1
              27 June 2017 at 7:14 pm

              They may have thought they had successfully brazened it out and covered enough that after the police closed the file it would raise new questions if they cut Barclay loose. Arrogance and entitlement and Key’s success at brazening things out can do that to people’s thinking.

              Of course, even though that might be sufficient reason, it doesn’t preclude there being more. On the form displayed so far, if there is more it will likely get fed to us over the next wee while.

              • weka …
                27 June 2017 at 7:39 pm

                Arrogance explains a lot but still, something’s not right. Melanie Reid reckons there is probably more, and she also reckons the board won’t be wanting her to release all the copies of letters sent to the board about Barclay. Police are probably interested in those though.

            • dukeofurl 10.1.1.1.1.2
              27 June 2017 at 7:26 pm

              Any woman would have had to be twice as good as Barclay to get all these opportunities.
              There is some saying hes part of the Collins faction and thats why hes been protected.
              Some stories mentioned Saunders- Unsworth were roped in to ‘wrangle’ his first pre-selection. Why would they bother with Mr Average and they cant have come cheap.

              Is he Big Tobacco’s/ FGC man on the inside ( along with a few others). Like the GOP in America are they doing the long game ?

          • Graeme 10.1.1.1.2
            27 June 2017 at 7:35 pm

            I’m not close enough to “know”, but in observing how the government has effectively taken over planning in Queenstown I’ve been wondering what the fuck is going on.

            One comment of toddles’ that has had me really wondering, going back to when this first started, was that the reason for moving a lot of the Gore office’s functions to Queenstown was “because that’s where the business was”. I’ve been trying to find the source in the last week without success.

            In terms of votes cast, Queenstown is only 13% of the electorate. Don’t add up if it was normal electorate stuff.

            There’s also the depth that the dissatisfaction goes into the community.

            • weka 10.1.1.1.2.1
              27 June 2017 at 7:48 pm

              Didn’t they threaten to suspend the council over housing?

            • Gabby 10.1.1.1.2.2
              27 June 2017 at 7:51 pm

              13% of the population maybe, but possibly a bit more of the capital (the getettable capital).

              • Graeme …
                27 June 2017 at 10:19 pm

                13% of votes cast, more like 25% of population. Turnout up here is pitiful, total opposite to down south where it’s pretty good

            • Paul Campbell 10.1.1.1.2.3
              27 June 2017 at 10:36 pm

              yes but it may be where the money is, Queenstown has a whole lot of Auckland rich-lister second homes and presumably they’re a mine for political money

        • BM 10.1.1.2
          27 June 2017 at 7:09 pm

          She didn’t rate Barcley thought he was a poor choice so decided along with a few others to try and get rid of him.

          Barcley found out which is why he was taping her.

          In the rush to hang Barcley little focus seems to have fallen upon Dickenson and the reason behind why Barcley was taping this individual.

          Young Man getting undermined by his staff, how does one get proof? unfortunately, the option he chose was not the legal one.

          • dukeofurl 10.1.1.2.1
            27 June 2017 at 7:18 pm

            he was bad mouthing the staff and blaming them for his mistakes- that was the heart of the breakdown. It seemed all Bills staff quit on him but Dickson wasnt a quitter

          • Graeme 10.1.1.2.2
            27 June 2017 at 7:24 pm

            Nice attempt at minimising this, but the dissatisfaction with toddles goes a lot further than the electorate staff.

            This covers part of what’s been spoken around the place https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/20-06-2017/who-the-hell-is-todd-barclay/

          • Anne 10.1.1.2.3
            27 June 2017 at 7:35 pm

            It was the other way around. Barclay would have viewed someone like Glenys Dickson (you can’t even get her surname right) as a threat to him. Especially as we now know there were ‘sex and drugs’ involved in his off-duty behaviour. Hence the reason he recorded her conversations to find out how much she knew? Having done so, he then discredited her by spreading false claims about her. For instance, he made up a story that Parliamentary Services had received complaints about her. P.S. were forced to refute the claims. In other words he lied.

            As I said last week on TS… a sociopath in the making:

            10 signs for spotting a sociopath

          • weka 10.1.1.2.4
            27 June 2017 at 7:37 pm

            sounds good BM until you understand there are processes in place for exactly this kind of situation so that new MPs don’t end up having to deal with disgruntled staff bent.

            Then there’s the fact that Dickson oozes integrity and Barclay is a smarmy little shit. On the balance of probabilities I just can’t see her conspiring to get rid of him if he wasn’t doing anything wrong. Even when it’s obvious that he was doing something wrong, I still can’t see her conspiring. FFS, they went through the National Party processes to raise attention to the problems and those higher up ignored them.

            Get used to it, the party you vote for are corrupt.

            • BM 10.1.1.2.4.1
              27 June 2017 at 7:50 pm

              Dickson oozes integrity

              Have a read of this

              http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2017/06/about_todd_barclay.html

              • weka …
                27 June 2017 at 7:51 pm

                you want me to read the opinion of the spin doctor of the political party that’s just been shown to be full of liars?

                • BM …
                  27 June 2017 at 7:56 pm

                  Good grief,
                  If you want to know what;s going on in National, it makes sense to read the views of someone that actually is part of the National machine.

                  Have a read weka, it’s not going to hurt you.

                  Btw, you do know this Dickson woman ended up working for Ria Bond, so much for integrity.

                  • weka …
                    27 June 2017 at 8:47 pm

                    1. Farrar is spinning.
                    2. I already have a reasonable understanding of the Nat spin here.
                    3. if you think Dickson lacks integrity, make the argument. Referring to a spinner doesn’t count, for obvious reasons.

                    What’s wrong with Dickson working for Ria Bond?

                  • Ed …
                    27 June 2017 at 10:19 pm

                    Farrar is a spin merchant and not reliable.

          • Cinny 10.1.1.2.5
            27 June 2017 at 7:50 pm

            What kind of ‘bad mouthing’? Maybe she was a hard working, STRAIGHT, loyal team player, who believed and backed her party… until Todd came along.

            Maybe too many people turned a blind eye to her concerns, maybe she tried so very hard to stop something which could bring down more than one person in her preferred political party. 17 years of loyalty…..

            Sometimes people will do what is right, rather than what is easy no matter what their political convictions are.

            What do people in their 20’s get up to now when they are out at night partying? Do they drink? Do other things? NZs P epidemic is out of control. Or are they STRAIGHT and stay at home reading reports and drinking tea?

            Police are already conducting interviews.

            • BM 10.1.1.2.5.1
              27 June 2017 at 7:53 pm

              Would have been better for Barclay to give everyone the boot and hire staff that had his back

              Having said that I reckon Barclay was far too young, 30 should be the minimum age for an MP.

              • Andre …
                27 June 2017 at 7:57 pm

                You don’t reckon being able to work with an established team is a valuable skill for an aspiring young politician to learn? The civil service bureaucracy all pollies have to work with is pretty well entrenched.

                • BM …
                  27 June 2017 at 8:00 pm

                  I’d sack the lot of them, clean state, no baggage.

                  • Robert Guyton …
                    27 June 2017 at 8:05 pm

                    You’d sack Bill English’s proven long-standing friend and supporter, out of hand?
                    Why?

                    • BM …
                      27 June 2017 at 8:09 pm

                      Too old.
                      40+ years difference in age it would never work.

                      And it didn’t.

                    • marty mars …
                      27 June 2017 at 8:27 pm

                      gotta be something other than what everyone else thinks – this is called sowing doubt

                    • McFlock …
                      27 June 2017 at 8:42 pm

                      40+ years difference in age it would never work.

                      That’s another thing most tories lose from bitching about students’ associations: lessons on how to work with gender, ethnic or age diversity to its best advantage.

                      The concept of respecting someone else’s significantly greater experience while supervising them just blows their fucking mind.

                    • Muttonbird …
                      27 June 2017 at 9:02 pm

                      If Todd Barclay was any sort of leader with the support of the National Party he’d have been able to bring the existing employees with him on his vision.

                      This is basic stuff.

                      However, Todd’s not a leader, and he didn’t have any support from the National Party.

              • Draco T Bastard …
                27 June 2017 at 8:00 pm

                Would have been better for Barclay to give everyone the boot and hire staff that had his back

                Translation: We need more corruption and crony-ism in this country

              • Andre …
                27 June 2017 at 8:05 pm

                Y’know, looking through the “Baby of the House” list for New Zealand, there’s quite a few illustrious names that got their start before turning 30. Maybe the quality of their character matters a bit more than their age?

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_of_the_House#New_Zealand

          • Draco T Bastard 10.1.1.2.6
            27 June 2017 at 7:57 pm

            Young Man getting undermined by his staff, how does one get proof?

            Wrong question but that’s not really surprising as you’re still looking for defence the deBarclay.

            The right question is: Why did his staff think he wasn’t worthy of the position?

            And the answer to that is that he’s an incompetent schmuck.

            • BM 10.1.1.2.6.1
              27 June 2017 at 8:01 pm

              Nope, Ageism.

              Also, it’s not their fucking call, support staff support, that’s their only role, you can’t do that, fuck off.

              • marty mars …
                27 June 2017 at 8:17 pm

                Yeah obvious you’re too junior to have ever had support staff.

              • Cinny …
                27 June 2017 at 10:09 pm

                Support staff aren’t so awesome when you are dodgy and they are not.

                For goodness sake get rid of the straight staff and grab some dodgy ones to cover the bosses ass instead of questioning their behaviour.

                Or at the very least someone you are able to manipulate enough to keep quiet.

                Maybe some threatening phone calls might shut them up… your son’s girlfriend is a pretty wee thing….

                Glenis would have been terrified, and now people questioning her behaviour, bloody cheek of it.

              • Draco T Bastard …
                27 June 2017 at 11:12 pm

                Not ageism and it is their role. Not calling out a bad manager only makes things worse.

                Of course, you’re a RWNJ and so only think that people are only there to kowtow and kiss arse to those in power.

  11. Carolyn_nth 11
    27 June 2017 at 1:48 pm

    More from Melanie Reid today:

    Parliamentary officials knew details of the Todd Barclay tapes and confirmed their content to the lawyer of the woman he clandestinely recorded.

    The Parliamentary Service told Christchurch lawyer Kathryn Dalziel that there was a tape and her client, Glenys Dickson, was recorded discussing the MP.

    Dalziel was told one intercepted conversation involved talk of “sex and drug matters”.
    Dickson was Barclay’s electoral agent based in Gore.

    Yesterday, she was re-interviewed by police in Gore – and police headquarters has now confirmed it is re-opening the investigation into Barclay under a senior detective.

    The information regarding Dalziel’s discussions with the Parliamentary Service is contained in Dickson’s original statement to police on February 29, 2016.

    Newsroom has Dickson’s un-redacted statement, which has not previously been made public.

    I get the impression the sex,drugs stuff was about Barclay.

    • mickysavage 11.1
      27 June 2017 at 1:50 pm

      With sex and drugs now in the picture this story has at least another week to run …

      • Carolyn_nth 11.1.1
        27 June 2017 at 1:50 pm

        I see there’s now another TS post about this latest article and its revelations.

      • dukeofurl 11.1.2
        27 June 2017 at 2:47 pm

        Could he be quitting parliament much sooner than the election and going on a European OE?

        • ianmac 11.1.2.1
          27 June 2017 at 3:08 pm

          Could just get leave to swan around on OE on the $80,000 taxpayers money perhaps. Be on a “fact finding tour.”

          • dukeofurl 11.1.2.1.1
            27 June 2017 at 7:16 pm

            Not in the 3 months till election time- they are all expected to be working in electorates in any time not in Wellington

  12. mary_a 12
    27 June 2017 at 3:40 pm

    Barclay will only be required to attend Parliament when some murky legislation is required to be passed to get the numbers.

    Todd Barclay’s valedictory speech should be very interesting at the end of this parliamentary term! Wonder if he will be invited to the retiring MPs knees up, when Parliament goes into recess mode prior to the election?

  13. Whispering Kate 13
    27 June 2017 at 4:18 pm

    Well, with all this going on all I can say is – like Buck Shelford – bring back Nicky Hager to collaborate with Melanie Reid and get to the bottom of this murk and bring out another book. Sooner or later the lazy hobbits will realise we have a sleazy lying Government and they need to be removed from office. Until now National lovers have rubbished Nicky’s books – well there seems to be far too much dodgy stuff going down, that now it cannot be rubbished or ignored. The previous PM needs to be questioned ASAP.

    Fun and games ahead in his election year.

    .

  14. patricia bremner 14
    28 June 2017 at 12:15 am

    Why Barclay? Follow the money!! Phillip M??? Greed is usually the big motive/or power.

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    Democracy ProjectBy bryce.edwards
    3 days ago

  • Was Hawkesby entirely wrong?
    David Farrar  writes –  The Broadcasting Standards Authority ruled: Comments by radio host Kate Hawkesby suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery due to their ethnicity were misleading and discriminatory, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. It is a fact such patients are prioritised. ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • PRC shadow looms as the Solomons head for election
    PRC and its proxies in Solomons have been preparing for these elections for a long time. A lot of money, effort and intelligence have gone into ensuring an outcome that won’t compromise Beijing’s plans. Cleo Paskall writes – On April 17th the Solomon Islands, a country of ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    4 days ago

  • Climate Change: Criminal ecocide
    We are in the middle of a climate crisis. Last year was (again) the hottest year on record. NOAA has just announced another global coral bleaching event. Floods are threatening UK food security. So naturally, Shane Jones wants to make it easier to mine coal: Resources Minister Shane Jones ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    4 days ago

  • Is saving one minute of a politician's time worth nearly $1 billion?
    Is speeding up the trip to and from Wellington airport by 12 minutes worth spending up more than $10 billion? Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: The six news items that stood out to me in the last day to 8:26 am today are:The Lead: Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    4 days ago

  • Long Tunnel or Long Con?
    Yesterday it was revealed that Transport Minister had asked Waka Kotahi to look at the options for a long tunnel through Wellington. State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the ...
    Greater AucklandBy Matt L
    4 days ago

  • Smoke And Mirrors.
    You're a fraud, and you know itBut it's too good to throw it all awayAnyone would do the sameYou've got 'em goingAnd you're careful not to show itSometimes you even fool yourself a bitIt's like magicBut it's always been a smoke and mirrors gameAnyone would do the sameForty six billion ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    4 days ago

  • What is Mexico doing about climate change?
    This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the ...
    Skeptical Science
    4 days ago

  • State of humanity, 2024
    2024, it feels, keeps presenting us with ever more challenges, ever more dismay.Do you give up yet? It seems to ask.No? How about this? Or this?How about this?When I say 2024 I really mean the state of humanity in 2024.Saturday night, we watched Civil War because that is one terrifying cliff we've ...
    More Than A FeildingBy David Slack
    4 days ago

  • Govt’s Wellington tunnel vision aims to ease the way to the airport (but zealous promoters of cycl...
    Buzz from the Beehive A pet project and governmental tunnel vision jump out from the latest batch of ministerial announcements. The government is keen to assure us of its concern for the wellbeing of our pets. It will be introducing pet bonds in a change to the Residential Tenancies Act ...
    Point of OrderBy Bob Edlin
    4 days ago

  • The case for cultural connectedness
    A recent report generated from a Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) survey of 1,224 rangatahi Māori aged 11-12 found: Cultural connectedness was associated with fewer depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and better quality of life. That sounds cut and dry. But further into the report the following appears: Cultural connectedness is ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago

  • Useful context on public sector job cuts
    David Farrar writes –    The Herald reports: From the gory details of job-cuts news, you’d think the public service was being eviscerated.   While the media’s view of the cuts is incomplete, it’s also true that departments have been leaking the particulars faster than a Wellington ...
    Point of OrderBy poonzteam5443
    5 days ago

  • Gordon Campbell On When Racism Comes Disguised As Anti-racism
    Remember the good old days, back when New Zealand had a PM who could think and speak calmly and intelligently in whole sentences without blustering? Even while Iran’s drones and missiles were still being launched, Helen Clark was live on TVNZ expertly summing up the latest crisis in the Middle ...
    Gordon CampbellBy lyndon
    5 days ago

  • Govt ignored economic analysis of smokefree reversal
    Costello did not pass on analysis of the benefits of the smokefree reforms to Cabinet, emphasising instead the extra tax revenues of repealing them. Photo: Hagen Hopkins, Getty Images TL;DR: The six news items that stood out to me at 7:26 am today are:The Lead: Casey Costello never passed on ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    5 days ago

  • True Blue.
    True loveYou're the one I'm dreaming ofYour heart fits me like a gloveAnd I'm gonna be true blueBaby, I love youI’ve written about the job cuts in our news media last week. The impact on individuals, and the loss to Aotearoa of voices covering our news from different angles.That by ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    5 days ago

  • Who is running New Zealand’s foreign policy?
    While commentators, including former Prime Minister Helen Clark, are noting a subtle shift in New Zealand’s foreign policy, which now places more emphasis on the United States, many have missed a key element of the shift. What National said before the election is not what the government is doing now. ...
    PolitikBy Richard Harman
    5 days ago

  • $41m to support clean energy in South East Asia
    New Zealand is demonstrating its commitment to reducing global greenhouse emissions, and supporting clean energy transition in South East Asia, through a contribution of NZ$41 million (US$25 million) in climate finance to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-led Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    8 hours ago

  • Minister releases Fast-track stakeholder list
    The Government is today releasing a list of organisations who received letters about the Fast-track applications process, says RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop. “Recently Ministers and agencies have received a series of OIA requests for a list of organisations to whom I wrote with information on applying to have a ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    11 hours ago

  • Judicial appointments announced
    Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of Wellington Barrister David Jonathan Boldt as a Judge of the High Court, and the Honourable Justice Matthew Palmer as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. Justice Boldt graduated with an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990, and also holds ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    11 hours ago

  • Education Minister heads to major teaching summit in Singapore
    Education Minister Erica Stanford will lead the New Zealand delegation at the 2024 International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) held in Singapore. The delegation includes representatives from the Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA) Te Wehengarua and the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa.  The summit is co-hosted ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    12 hours ago

  • Value of stopbank project proven during cyclone
    A stopbank upgrade project in Tairawhiti partly funded by the Government has increased flood resilience for around 7000ha of residential and horticultural land so far, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says. Mr Jones today attended a dawn service in Gisborne to mark the end of the first stage of the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    12 hours ago

  • Anzac commemorations, Türkiye relationship focus of visit
    Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters will represent the Government at Anzac Day commemorations on the Gallipoli Peninsula next week and engage with senior representatives of the Turkish government in Istanbul.    “The Gallipoli campaign is a defining event in our history. It will be a privilege to share the occasion ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    13 hours ago

  • Minister to Europe for OECD meeting, Anzac Day
    Science, Innovation and Technology and Defence Minister Judith Collins will next week attend the OECD Science and Technology Ministerial conference in Paris and Anzac Day commemorations in Belgium. “Science, innovation and technology have a major role to play in rebuilding our economy and achieving better health, environmental and social outcomes ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    15 hours ago

  • Comprehensive Partnership the goal for NZ and the Philippines
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with the President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  The Prime Minister was accompanied by MP Paulo Garcia, the first Filipino to be elected to a legislature outside the Philippines. During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon and President Marcos Jr discussed opportunities to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Government commits $20m to Westport flood protection
    The Government has announced that $20 million in funding will be made available to Westport to fund much needed flood protection around the town. This measure will significantly improve the resilience of the community, says Local Government Minister Simeon Brown. “The Westport community has already been allocated almost $3 million ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Taupō takes pole position
    The Government is proud to support the first ever Repco Supercars Championship event in Taupō as up to 70,000 motorsport fans attend the Taupō International Motorsport Park this weekend, says Economic Development Minister Melissa Lee. “Anticipation for the ITM Taupō Super400 is huge, with tickets and accommodation selling out weeks ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Cost of living support for low-income homeowners
    Local Government Minister Simeon Brown has announced an increase to the Rates Rebate Scheme, putting money back into the pockets of low-income homeowners.  “The coalition Government is committed to bringing down the cost of living for New Zealanders. That includes targeted support for those Kiwis who are doing things tough, such ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Government backing mussel spat project
    The Coalition Government is investing in a project to boost survival rates of New Zealand mussels and grow the industry, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced. “This project seeks to increase the resilience of our mussels and significantly boost the sector’s productivity,” Mr Jones says. “The project - ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago

  • Government focused on getting people into work
    Benefit figures released today underscore the importance of the Government’s plan to rebuild the economy and have 50,000 fewer people on Jobseeker Support, Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston says. “Benefit numbers are still significantly higher than when National was last in government, when there was about 70,000 fewer ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Clean energy key driver to reducing emissions
    The Government’s commitment to doubling New Zealand’s renewable energy capacity is backed by new data showing that clean energy has helped the country reach its lowest annual gross emissions since 1999, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. New Zealand’s latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990-2022) published today, shows gross emissions fell ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Earthquake-prone buildings review brought forward
    The Government is bringing the earthquake-prone building review forward, with work to start immediately, and extending the deadline for remediations by four years, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says. “Our Government is focused on rebuilding the economy. A key part of our plan is to cut red tape that ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Thailand and NZ to agree to Strategic Partnership
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Thai counterpart, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, have today agreed that New Zealand and the Kingdom of Thailand will upgrade the bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership by 2026. “New Zealand and Thailand have a lot to offer each other. We have a strong mutual desire to build ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Government consults on extending coastal permits for ports
    RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have today announced the Coalition Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years, providing port operators with certainty to continue their operations. “The introduction of the Resource Management Act in 1991 required ports to obtain coastal ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago

  • Inflation coming down, but more work to do
    Today’s announcement that inflation is down to 4 per cent is encouraging news for Kiwis, but there is more work to be done - underlining the importance of the Government’s plan to get the economy back on track, acting Finance Minister Chris Bishop says. “Inflation is now at 4 per ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • School attendance restored as a priority in health advice
    Refreshed health guidance released today will help parents and schools make informed decisions about whether their child needs to be in school, addressing one of the key issues affecting school attendance, says Associate Education Minister David Seymour. In recent years, consistently across all school terms, short-term illness or medical reasons ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Unnecessary bureaucracy cut in oceans sector
    Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery of the economy. “I am working to realise the untapped potential of our fishing and aquaculture sector. To achieve that we need to be smarter with ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago

  • Patterson promoting NZ’s wool sector at International Congress
    Associate Agriculture Minister Mark Patterson is speaking at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide, promoting New Zealand wool, and outlining the coalition Government’s support for the revitalisation the sector.    "New Zealand’s wool exports reached $400 million in the year to 30 June 2023, and the coalition Government ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Removing red tape to help early learners thrive
    The Government is making legislative changes to make it easier for new early learning services to be established, and for existing services to operate, Associate Education Minister David Seymour says. The changes involve repealing the network approval provisions that apply when someone wants to establish a new early learning service, ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • RMA changes to cut coal mining consent red tape
    Changes to the Resource Management Act will align consenting for coal mining to other forms of mining to reduce barriers that are holding back economic development, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. “The inconsistent treatment of coal mining compared with other extractive activities is burdensome red tape that fails to acknowledge ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • McClay reaffirms strong NZ-China trade relationship
    Trade, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has concluded productive discussions with ministerial counterparts in Beijing today, in support of the New Zealand-China trade and economic relationship. “My meeting with Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reaffirmed the complementary nature of the bilateral trade relationship, with our Free Trade Agreement at its ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Prime Minister Luxon acknowledges legacy of Singapore Prime Minister Lee
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today paid tribute to Singapore’s outgoing Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.   Meeting in Singapore today immediately before Prime Minister Lee announced he was stepping down, Prime Minister Luxon warmly acknowledged his counterpart’s almost twenty years as leader, and the enduring legacy he has left for Singapore and South East ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • PMs Luxon and Lee deepen Singapore-NZ ties
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon held a bilateral meeting today with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. While in Singapore as part of his visit to South East Asia this week, Prime Minister Luxon also met with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.  During today’s meeting, Prime Minister Luxon ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Antarctica New Zealand Board appointments
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made further appointments to the Board of Antarctica New Zealand as part of a continued effort to ensure the Scott Base Redevelopment project is delivered in a cost-effective and efficient manner.  The Minister has appointed Neville Harris as a new member of the Board. Mr ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Finance Minister travels to Washington DC
    Finance Minister Nicola Willis will travel to the United States on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Five Finance Ministers group, with counterparts from Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  “I am looking forward to meeting with our Five Finance partners on how we can work ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Pet bonds a win/win for renters and landlords
    The coalition Government has today announced purrfect and pawsitive changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to give tenants with pets greater choice when looking for a rental property, says Housing Minister Chris Bishop. “Pets are important members of many Kiwi families. It’s estimated that around 64 per cent of New ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago

  • Long Tunnel for SH1 Wellington being considered
    State Highway 1 (SH1) through Wellington City is heavily congested at peak times and while planning continues on the duplicate Mt Victoria Tunnel and Basin Reserve project, the Government has also asked NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider and provide advice on a Long Tunnel option, Transport Minister Simeon Brown ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • New Zealand condemns Iranian strikes
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have condemned Iran’s shocking and illegal strikes against Israel.    “These attacks are a major challenge to peace and stability in a region already under enormous pressure," Mr Luxon says.    "We are deeply concerned that miscalculation on any side could ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago

  • Huge interest in Government’s infrastructure plans
    Hundreds of people in little over a week have turned out in Northland to hear Regional Development Minister Shane Jones speak about plans for boosting the regional economy through infrastructure. About 200 people from the infrastructure and associated sectors attended an event headlined by Mr Jones in Whangarei today. Last ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Health Minister thanks outgoing Health New Zealand Chair
    Health Minister Dr Shane Reti has today thanked outgoing Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Chair Dame Karen Poutasi for her service on the Board.   “Dame Karen tendered her resignation as Chair and as a member of the Board today,” says Dr Reti.  “I have asked her to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Roads of National Significance planning underway
    The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has signalled their proposed delivery approach for the Government’s 15 Roads of National Significance (RoNS), with the release of the State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) today, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.  “Boosting economic growth and productivity is a key part of the Government’s plan to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Navigating an unstable global environment
    New Zealand is renewing its connections with a world facing urgent challenges by pursuing an active, energetic foreign policy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.   “Our country faces the most unstable global environment in decades,” Mr Peters says at the conclusion of two weeks of engagements in Egypt, Europe and the United States.    “We cannot afford to sit back in splendid ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • NZ welcomes Australian Governor-General
    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced the Australian Governor-General, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley and his wife Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, will make a State visit to New Zealand from Tuesday 16 April to Thursday 18 April. The visit reciprocates the State visit of former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Pseudoephedrine back on shelves for Winter
    Associate Health Minister David Seymour has announced that Medsafe has approved 11 cold and flu medicines containing pseudoephedrine. Pharmaceutical suppliers have indicated they may be able to supply the first products in June. “This is much earlier than the original expectation of medicines being available by 2025. The Government recognised ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • NZ and the US: an ever closer partnership
    New Zealand and the United States have recommitted to their strategic partnership in Washington DC today, pledging to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says.    “The strategic environment that New Zealand and the United States face is considerably more ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • Joint US and NZ declaration
    April 11, 2024 Joint Declaration by United States Secretary of State the Honorable Antony J. Blinken and New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs the Right Honourable Winston Peters We met today in Washington, D.C. to recommit to the historic partnership between our two countries and the principles that underpin it—rule ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

  • NZ and US to undertake further practical Pacific cooperation
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced further New Zealand cooperation with the United States in the Pacific Islands region through $16.4 million in funding for initiatives in digital connectivity and oceans and fisheries research.   “New Zealand can achieve more in the Pacific if we work together more urgently and ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 week ago

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