In one speech Shane Jones has talked about the "hysteria surrounding climate change", promised to disregard targets agreed to under the Paris Agreement, ordered the halting of work at the Ministry for the Environment, promised the lifting the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration at pace, and said that Mining on Department of Conservation (DoC) and Stewardship land is also in the pipeline.
In the wake of New Zealand’s recent election, and subsequent coalition negotiations, Winston Peters has emerged as New Zealand’s foreign minister again. I’ve never been able to adequately explain to Australian readers (or myself) why a populist politician leading a party called New Zealand First .
Economist Brian Easton assesses Winston Peters' past performance as a cabinet minister and finds that Peters has been 'a reasonable but not outstanding minister' showing very good political skills - but mediocre policy ones
OPINION One of the most important jobs the new Foreign Affairs Minister will have to do is approve the next chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign.