OPINION: Maori Party brutally outflanks Kelvin Davis again waateanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from waateanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
DAILY BLOG EDITOR, Martyn Bradbury, has lambasted the state bureaucracy for its failure to tell its political “masters” the truth. While entirely justified, his criticism does not go far enough. There’s an old saying: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” When, as has happened on multiple occasions since 2017, public servants have been caught out lying to their ministers, why haven’t the individuals responsible (and their superiors) been sacked? What is it that prevents Labour politicians from taking steps to ensure both the transparency and accountability of the public service? A coherent answer to this question would not only explain much, it would allow even more to be improved.
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Kelvin s handling of the Waikeria Prison riot was questionable enough, as was his bizarre attack on a Prison reform group whom he claimed was to blame for the riot, but in this new move, the Māori Party are setting the Minister up for one almighty fall.
It seems apparent that Corrections had not kept the Minister informed of how badly conditions had deteriorated at Waikeria Prison and the Māori Party know this.
Business Insider: Fresh details emerge about Sean Plunket s media ambitions
1 Apr, 2021 11:00 PM
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Controversial broadcaster Sean Plunket is mulling a comeback. Photo / File
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Stay up-to-date with The Insider, a weekly column featuring what s happening behind the scenes in business. Plans are apparently underway to create a new media platform for New Zealanders who claim to have been exiled from existing media platforms.
Integral to this is former Magic Talk radio host Sean Plunket, who is now listed as a director of a newly formed media company.
The company, dubbed Impartial Media, was quietly registered on the Companies Office last month and is fully owned by Wellington-based Mark Jones. Sources say an online radio show called The Platform is being worked on.
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