Rubbish. The mortgage only reduces if he pays some or all of it back. The nominal increase is not a 'double win'.
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Winnie is active on twitter surprisingly.
I don't think many NZers want the country to be flooded with low value migrants when the restrictions end (as all other parties want).
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Kāinga Ora hid the fact it was using Labour candidate Arena Williams in taxpayer-funded advertising
EXCLUSIVE
10/11/2021
Tova O'Brien
Newshub can reveal the Government's housing developer Kāinga Ora brazenly took steps to cover up the fact it was using a Labour candidate in its taxpayer-funded advertising - risking its political neutrality.
Although it knew Manurewa MP Arena Williams was planning to run for Labour, emails show it hid the fact, choosing to act like it was unaware.
The Minister has scolded the agency but won't say if anyone has been sacked.
Arena Williams is a rising star in the Labour Party and before politics she was already hot property - so much so that Kāinga Ora, the Government's housing developer, wanted her as a face to advertise their work, posing as a news article.
The problem is, they knew she was running for Labour, and covered it up.
"It wasn't really about me," Williams told Newshub in June.
When asked if she should have disclosed that she was planning to run for Labour at the election, Williams said: "Yeah, so, I did."
And yet, Kāinga Ora conspired to hide that key detail.
The emails also show the department's senior communications advisor wrote: "She's understandably nervous about people perceiving this as her electioneering ahead of her campaign announcement" but "we can just act as though we don't know anything!"
Labour, Ardern take hit in new polls | Otago Daily Times Online News (odt.co.nz)
Down to 41%. Need more "stardust".......
To be fair, Kainga Ora is not a core govt department, its a govt funded agency & the Housing Minister was both furious & dobbed them in to the Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes.
Although it reflects poorly on everyone, its a big stretch to link it to a lack of transparency by the govt.
Core govt departments are actually incredibly careful & transparent.