Politics

Today’s Cabinet reshuffle has been sparked by the departures of Kris Faafoi and Trevor Mallard. Earlier, it was confirmed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would announce some “minor” changes to the Cabinet line-up. Ardern confirmed Faafoi had decided to leave Parliament to be with his family as his you

There’s a lot of spending flying around in Budget 2022 – here’s the main expenses in an easy-to-read list. Cost of living: $1b package: $814m for a $350 per person cost-of-living payment for individuals earning under $70k, equating to $27 a week per person over three months from 1 August for about 2

International student numbers at the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) have decreased since Covid 19. Across the country, the pandemic has seen numbers fall from 50,920 in 2020 to 39,005 in 2021 – a decrease of 23%. International students were once New Zealand’s fifth biggest export earner, bri

Invercargill Deputy Mayor Nobby Clark maintains the real issue with the Three Waters reforms is the fact the Government hasn’t withdrawn its co-governance model, despite now giving councils a non-financial shareholding. This effectively means that mana whenua (with a population base of 5%), would ha

When Christopher Luxon came to town on Saturday, whatsoninvers.nz founder Mike Sanford asked him some questions about the worker crisis, tax, inflation and mandates. After a tour of the Invercargill Central city centre redevelopment, and the Seriously Good Chocolate Factory where he tried his hand a

Labour’s Invercargill MP Liz Craig needs to reflect on who she’s representing in Parliament as she blocks a briefing into Government mental health funding, in her role as chair of the Health Select Committee, Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says. “As Health Select Committee chair this was Dr Craig’s

It was possibly the closest election race in the country between Penny Simmonds and Liz Craig, but National just got there in the end. Provisional votes released on October 17 had Simmonds as the winner with a margin of 685 votes, but on Friday that gap narrowed to just 225. “Phew! Thank you everyon

It’s business as usual for the primary sector with ministerial portfolios remaining relatively unchanged but from a few tweaks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the new Cabinet today. Damien O’Connor has kept his job as Minister of Agriculture, one he held last term, and picks up Trade and Ex