Beehive Diaries: Simon Bridges confessions, MPs wayward texts
14 May, 2021 12:29 AM
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National leader Judith Collins on the government s announcement for combatting gangs and organised crime. Video / Mark Mitchell
National leader Judith Collins on the government s announcement for combatting gangs and organised crime. Video / Mark Mitchell
This week, Minister Ayesha Verrall got into a slippery situation, Simon Bridges wrote enough words to make a book, and Herald journalists got some wayward texts.
Sunday: Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall in a slippery situation
Ayesha Verrall turned up at a cervical smear clinic in Lower Hutt for her first pre-Budget announcement: funding for self-testing for cervical cancer.
Richard Prebble: Why Grant Robertson is the worst Finance Minister since Robert Muldoon
5 May, 2021 05:23 AM
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Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / Mark Mitchell
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OPINION: On Saturday the Herald s political editor stepped down to become a special correspondent. As acknowledged by her peers and politicians at the Press Gallery 150th celebration Audrey Young is a remarkable journalist who has served us readers very well. As a parting gift last week Audrey rated the present Cabinet out of 10.
How Audrey could rate obscure ministers such as Priyanca Radhakrishnan and Jan Tinetti is a mystery.
Then there is the Yes Minister factor. Any minister who has an able chief executive can look competent. Ministers often get a low rating because they have an incompetent, virtually impossible to sack, head of department.
Audrey Young: Lifting the lid on how the parliamentary Press Gallery works
26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The 2020 official Press Gallery photo with Speaker Trevor Mallard. Photo / Mark Coote
Audrey Young is political editor for the New Zealand Heraldaudrey.young@nzherald.co.nz@audreyNZH
The Parliamentary Press Gallery is marking its 150th anniversary this week – a year late because of Covid-19. Audrey Young hasn t been there quite that long but as one of the most experienced members of the Press Gallery, she explains the work of the gallery, whether anything is really off the record and how close journalists get to politicians.
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