Megan Woods, David Parker, and Meka Whaitiri will temporarily take over Stuart Nash’s ministerial responsibilities after the MP for Napier was booted from Cabinet on Monday night.
Nash was dismissed from all his portfolios last night after Stuff revealed he had emailed some donors details about private Cabinet discussions about commercial rent relief in March 2020.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the email he sent set out both his opposition to the decision reached and the position that other ministers took.
“Stuart Nash has fundamentally breached my trust and the trust of his Cabinet colleagues and his conduct is inexcusable.”
Two recipients of the email, Troy Bowker and Greg Loveridge, were both donors to Nash’s campaigns and commercial property owners with an interest in the decision.
Minister Megan Woods, number five on Labour’s party ranking, will take on the bulk of Nash’s workload as Acting Minister for Economic Development and Acting Minister of Forestry.
This is in addition to her existing responsibilities which include the housing, energy, and construction portfolios. She is also an Associate Minister of Finance.
Veteran minister David Parker will step in as Acting Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, while Meka Whaitiri , MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti a Māori electorate which includes the Hawke's Bay region, will lead the Hawke's Bay Cyclone response on an acting basis.
This means the Hawke's Bay Cyclone response will be led by a minister outside of cabinet, at least temporarily.
Bye-byelection
Stuart Nash has told media he will stay in parliament as the Napier MP until October in order to avoid a by-election, despite the National Party calling for him to step down immediately.
Former advertising executive Katie Nimon had already been selected as the party’s candidate to challenge Nash for the Napier seat. She currently works as the transport manager for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council.
Nash has held the Napier seat since winning it from National in 2014, despite the Labour Party losing the general election. He comfortably beat Nimon in 2020, with 51% of all votes to her 37% that year.
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This animated GIF reflects Labour from 2017 to today (keeping in the Reliant Robin theme):
... d'yer reckon Nashi will be a good boy & sit quietly in the back row between now and October 14 ...
He'll be breathing belligerent down the back of Hipkins neck ... " I know where you live ... I know what keeps you awake at night .... ssssss ... I know where the skeletons are ! " ...
Any speding on a by elelction just gets spent through the economy. As long as they don't spend it on advertising that goes to overseas companies, isn't it a good thing? IMO it isn't good to use the cost as a justification not to have a by-election, if that is what is needed, as we do live in a democracy.
Petition for Marama Davidson to resign for her antiwhite comments. About 2400 signatures now.
https://www.change.org/p/remove-marama-davidson-as-minister-for-the-pre…
What gets me, and this applies to all sides of the house, past and present, that our MPs are entrusted with the very serious responsibility to legislate. As such they pass laws purposed to remove and/or expose corruption in political party donations, and then with obscene haste, set about in earnest to circumvent or defeat that very same law. It’s a rotten state of affairs, the whole damn lot of those that involve themselves, suck.
yes and no . In business or any other organisation , everyone knows and expects the real talking and negoiating goes on behind the scenes , often at the bar or restaurantAre we holding politicans to too high a standard ?.Perhaps if we allowed dissenting voices in cabinet to be heard(which seem to be is biggest crime) , we might get better decisions made.
And really , how can you be minister of the police without having the ear of top police brass? So long as you don't penalise or offer sweetners with your view , what's the problem ? Surely a parties politics on crimes is well publicised , so why can't a politicans be ?
Having said that , I think he did cross the line with the latest rent related one. .
Hard to imagine in the history of our parliament that any of Mr Nash’s actions would be unique. As well I would wager that his thoughts on the police & court matters would mostly get head nods at pub and table talk all over NZ. The thing is though, things have changed. For example the proliferation of high speed email etc communication has put more accent on convenience than thought process. If in the old days Mr Nash had had to sit down and pen, even dictate, a letter he may well have had a moment’s opportunity to reconsider either that action or its contents or both. These days the vast amount of data being communicated electronically is a real loitering with intent foot trip compared to the old days. Just ask the Royal Family or both the Clintons for example.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/03/30/most-stupid-thing-ive-seen-simon-bri…
Bridges pretty much saying it happens all the time , just don't get caught by putting it in a email.
It seems a change of leader several months before an election (such as for Hipkins or English) is not a good idea. There is too much time for the original honeymoon period of a month or two, to be killed by reality and gaffes. A change of leader much closer to an election, such as when Ardern took over from Little, is far better, as the hope for a better future doesn't have time to be tainted by the realities of delivering on the promises made.
Does anyone with a serious thought in their head consider that Labour, all at odds and a house divided, could form a stable government with the Greens & TPM, with all their wackiness and extremes flying off the wheel, sitting alongside and actually having ministers in cabinet. Hell each party can’t live with itself, let alone each other. It’s a shambles now, who in their right mind, would want to treble that.
Does anyone with a serious thought in their head consider that National, all at odds and a house divided, could form a stable government with the ACT & TPM, with all their wackiness and extremes flying off the wheel, sitting alongside and actually having ministers in cabinet
Which leads then, to Mr Trotter’s summation here some weeks back, that it will come down to a vote for the least worst. On that basis the National side looks somewhat ahead in that their odds at present look under a reasonable degree of control and they wouldn’t be counting at all on TPM, both parties have made that abundantly clear often enough, one would think.
If that did happen to any great degree a lot of it was rural based.,That will definitely not happen again and the same sentiment to keep the Greens out at all costs, would be a surer bet with National. Don’t forget that last time National had self destructed, were in an even more woeful state than Labour at present. But if Hipkins should think to more distinctly distance Labour from the Greens then he should promptly sack Davidson. That would certainly do it, for either side.
And you think National is any better.
Listen to this guy. The country needs massive investment into export industries or we will go broke, not worrying about speeds bumps.
They just won’t let go of running an immigration lead housing ponzi.
He has never worked a day in his life to earn a dollar,straight off to parliament from uni.
watch this video and tell me we are good hands with national. When he talks of productivity and competition does he have any clue what he’s talking about?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-goldsmith-07b19380_enough-of-labour…
As an aside; Nash has promoted the mantle - and is often stated - that he is Sir Walter Nash’s great grandson (such as when he initially contested the nomination for the Napier seat in 2008).
Nash was adopted and he was two years old when Sir Walter died; so there is nothing relevant in a hereditary / genetic implication, nor any benefit in association with Sir Walter. (But, yes, he is legally Sir Walter’s great grandson)
(No problem if you want to fact check this)
Fact check - it's great grandson.
The rest is public record from the man himself.
That's a pretty narrow view. Just because a grandparent or great grandparent dies when a child is young doesn't mean there cannot be some kind of awareness of legacy instilled, as part of family 'folklore' if you like. Although all things being equal it's certainly not usually likely to be as significant as if some kind of relationship had been established.
I never met my great grandfather but I am certainly quite aware of, and respectful of, his notable achievements.
If the next poll shows Labour and the Greens have maintained thier % rating I would see no future in this country and will see a better future in the west Island.....
After all, if they maintain support after this debacle it will confirm that NZ is full of Crazy Leftie loonies!
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