3.15pm: National created two versions of election review – report
A follow-up to a news story from earlier (see: 12.40pm) on National’s review into last year’s election loss.
Newshub’s Tova O’Brien has revealed that the National Party has created two versions of its election review. One is the full, unedited report while the other is a sanitised version with all the “gory details taken out”. Those are the words, according to O’Brien, of a party insider.
Newshub has been told that the party is frustrated with the closed process after being told to disclose everything during the review process. We can, almost certainly, expect more on this at 6pm.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Sir Brian Roche, Rob Fyfe among team brought in to oversee review of NZ s pandemic response
8 Mar, 2021 08:39 PM
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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins during the post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament, Wellington. 08 March, 2021. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
The Government has appointed a special advisory group, led by business executive Sir Brian Roche, to help ensure it learns and adapts when it comes to the Covid-19 Response.
Former Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe is also on the new group.
In a statement this morning, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said this new advisory group would formalise its ongoing approach to independent review and improvement around Covid-19.
The Government has assembled an independent advisory group to review its ongoing Covid-19 response, after criticism of its handling of the latest outbreak.
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 9:55 am
A newly established advisory group will ensure New
Zealand’s COVID-19 response continues to learn and adapt
with a focus on continual improvement, COVID-19 Response
Minister Chris Hipkins says.
“Throughout our
response to the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19
we have been committed to continual improvement, and
independent advice has been a really important part of that
process,” Chris Hipkins said.
“Independent reviews
of our contact tracing systems and the implementation of our
testing strategy provided useful advice and recommendations.
Implementation of those recommendations has left us better
protected and better prepared.
“This new advisory
group will formalise that ongoing approach to independent