
Jamie Ensor
Digital News Producer and Reporter at Newshub
Political reporter for @nzherald in Parliament’s Press Gallery. Formerly @NewshubPolitics DM or email me - [email protected]
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2 days ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Julia Gabel |Jamie Ensor |Thomas Coughlan
Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp is being remembered as a “beautiful soul” dedicated to helping young people in South Auckland and a “wonderful community leader” in her Tāmaki Makaurau electorate who was looking forward to the next election. The MP died early Thursday morning, aged 50. She was battling kidney disease.
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2 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Jamie Ensor |Jenée Tibshraeny
The Finance Minister has told the Reserve Bank chairman that his organisation did not appropriately handle how it communicated information relating to the resignation of former governor Adrian Orr more than three months ago. After the central bank yesterday released information about the resignation, Nicola Willis provided a statement saying it was her view “that it would have been appropriate for the bank to share that information earlier”.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Julia Gabel |Jamie Ensor
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi holds up a noose in Parliament during a debate on possible sanctions for him and two of his colleagues. Photo /Jamie EnsorTe Pāti Māori is fiercely condemning an “ugly and sad” debate that led to three of its MPs receiving the harshest penalties in Parliament’s history despite warnings from the Opposition it could set a precedent for governments to come.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Jamie Ensor
The sacking of Phil Goff as New Zealand’s High Commissioner in London was swift, taking less than 24 hours from the time officials were told of his now infamous Donald Trump-related remarks to when he was formally told to stop representing his country. Documents obtained by the Herald this week highlight the frenzy of activity that day between Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) staff, High Commission representatives in London, Goff, and even his wife, Mary.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Jamie Ensor
Simeon Brown has made his expectations clear to state-owned enterprises. Photo / Alex BurtonSimeon Brown has told various Government-owned companies they must explain why they are failing to deliver their cost of equity and how they will improve their return to the Crown. He told several of the state-owned entities (SOEs) – including NZ Post and Landcorp - that the Government was “disappointed and concerned” by their performance and they must deliver a “bold and challenging turnaround plan”.
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David Seymour rejects the Prime Minister's comment this morning on ZB that Act had "started to shift their position" on social media restrictions.

@actparty has not shifted its position on social media policy. We opposed the Bill introduced last week as too simplistic, and now the Government accepts more work is needed. That is a shift. The best way forward is a full and open Public Inquiry, as we called for last week. The

The Government spent $20k flying former Donald Trump aide Chris Liddell to speak in Auckland. https://t.co/GjnkuCOfR0

David Seymour’s regulation legislation proposal was supported by just 0.3% of submitters - but he blames social media campaigns and says this is a robust solution to a real issue. https://t.co/pMsPN0Rnih