Covid 19 coronavirus: Business leaders call for more transparency on Covid advice
16 Mar, 2021 07:23 PM
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Auckland Airport chairman Patrick Strange says the government needs to be more transparent about the advice it gets on Covid. Photo / Nick Reed
Auckland Airport chairman Patrick Strange says the government needs to be more transparent about the advice it gets on Covid. Photo / Nick Reed
A group of senior business leaders say unless there is full transparency on the recommendations from a new Government Covid advisory panel it risks being seen as a cynical tactic aimed at dampening criticism.
The public call is the latest move by the group which includes chairman of Chorus NZ and Auckland Airport, Patrick Strange; Mercury Energy chair Prue Flacks; The Warehouse Group chairwoman Joan Withers; chairman of SkyCity, Summerset and Tourism Holdings Rob Campbell; and University of Auckland chancellor and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare chairman Scott St John.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government A newly established advisory group will ensure New Zealands 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 …
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.
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.