Peter Dunne: Last minute release of Covid report suggests we don't have things under control
Jacinda Ardern with Ashley Bloomfield. (Photo / NZ Herald)
Peter Dunne: Last minute release of Covid report suggests we don't have things under control
The Government has been criticised for leaving two major announcements to the week before Christmas.
On Thursday, the Government announced it is buying the land at Ihumātao from Fletchers for $30 million under a deal that will see it used for some housing – and could eventually see it passed into the ownership of tangata whenua.
Then on Friday, a prepared by the COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy advisory group, co-chaired by Heather Simpson and Sir Brian Roche, slated the Ministry of Health for bad communication around the criteria for testing, and keeping ministers in the dark about concerns raised by other government departments.