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MP for Pakuranga. Minister of Health, State Owned Enterprises, and Auckland. Auth by S Brown, 120 Pakuranga Road, Auckland. OIAs: S.Brown@Ministers.govt.nz.
Mar 19 10 tweets 3 min read
My expectation is that Health NZ should focus on its core job of providing timely, quality healthcare for all, not distracting itself by advocating against fast food outlets, or telling councils they should ban community groups from fundraising with raffle tickets. 🧵 Health NZ has been making submissions on issues that are far removed from their focus of delivering timely and quality access to healthcare, and it’s time it stopped. Here are just some examples.
Dec 6, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
#REVEALED Transport Minister Michael Wood has used the $350m ‘Transport Choices’ programme for blatant pork barrel politics.

The Minister wrote to his own MP’s asking them to pitch projects directly to him prior to Councils being able to l place an expression of interest. ImageImage Not only were his own MP’s given a heads up and asked to pitch projects directly to the Minister, but final decisions on the fund were then signed off by Ministers Wood and Robertson.