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    Quote Originally Posted by moka View Post
    https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/02...-never-before/
    A momentous day for Māoriwith five Māori in cabinet and another three Māori MPs in the wider executive - at the cabinet table as never before.

    Labour’s new cabinet gives more power to more Māori ministers across a whole range of areas than we have ever seen before. No longer are Māori only given Māori-specific roles. Māori are at the table, in numbers, in every major policy area including education, health, and housing.

    We have the first wahine minister of foreign affairs, recognising Nanaia Mahuta’s achievements as a consensus-builder. That is an immense honour and a display of belief in her from Jacinda Ardern.

    We saw some good progress for Māori in Labour’s first term – like fees free apprenticeships and training, higher wages and benefits, Best Start and Winter Energy Payments, Healthy Homes Guarantee and more state housing, as well as the creation of the minister for Māori-Crown relations. But there’s lots more to do.
    Labour has had the Maori seats for most of the last 90 years. Do you reckon they have delivered for Maori?

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    Quote Originally Posted by moka View Post

    We have the first wahine minister of foreign affairs, recognising Nanaia Mahuta’s achievements as a consensus-builder. That is an immense honour and a display of belief in her from Jacinda Ardern.

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    Cringe inducing to have that lazy minister as our foreign affairs minister. I will leave it at that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blackcap View Post
    Cringe inducing to have that lazy cow as our foreign affairs minister. I will leave it at that.
    What have you got against cows? Very important for our economy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fungus pudding View Post
    Maybe I'm wrong but I assumed you were looking for a bite. I thought it was a wind-up. I fully expected to see Twyford listed in the same post. I very much doubt that you expected anyone to agree with you


    Moka has never come across to me as someone who would bait people looking for a bite. Moka comes across as a pretty decent honest poster that doesnt play games to me. And I agree with Moka they are pretty good choices IMO

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    Posted twice.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by fungus pudding View Post
    What have you got against cows? Very important for our economy.
    Nothing actually, quite fond of cows, they provide milk and steak, and have adjusted my post accordingly. Not nice of me to denigrate the bovine family like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackcap View Post
    Cringe inducing to have that lazy minister as our foreign affairs minister. I will leave it at that.
    I see you edited your post which is very insulting. Do you have any facts that support your claim that she is lazy or is just based on her appearance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackcap View Post
    Cringe inducing to have that lazy cow as our foreign affairs minister. I will leave it at that.
    Agreed.

    The foreign affairs minister presents a face & image of NZ to the world.

    For all of Winston’s faults, he represented NZ well whenever he was foreign minister - well spoken, suave and knowledgeable.

    Nanaia’s appointment shows the lack of depth in the team of incompetents. What did she achieve in the last 3 years as a minister?

    Beggars belief to have someone like her represents NZ’s overseas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Balance View Post
    Agreed.

    The foreign affairs minister presents a face & image of NZ to the world.

    For all of Winston’s faults, he represented NZ well whenever he was foreign minister - well spoken, suave and knowledgeable.

    Nanaia’s appointment shows the lack of depth in the team of incompetents. What did she achieve in the last 3 years as a minister?

    Beggars belief to have someone like her represents NZ’s overseas.
    She certainly doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

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    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-in...urprise-or-two
    Restocking the Cabinet: Ardern spring clean packs surprise or two
    But to those who have not fared so well.
    Jenny Salesa is out as a minister altogether.
    RNZ understands a combination of underperformance and the political risk of a very high staff turnover in her office were the deciding factors.

    Phil Twyford is the other demotion - while still a minister he's out of Cabinet and loses transport. It looks like he's very much on the way out, with no signal from Ardern he has a potential path back to Cabinet.

    Overall the structure of the Covid ministers makes sense, to have details man Chris Hipkins oversee the nuts and bolts of the response without having to become enmired in the broader Health portfolio; that's been taken up by Andrew Little with back up from infectious disease specialist Verrall.

    One person who did not make it as a minister was Keiran McAnulty; he'll become senior whip and with 64 MPs (before specials are counted) keeping everything under control with such a big caucus will almost be worthy of a ministerial position in itself.

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