Jo Moir

2 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Jo Moir

Labour has sent a last-minute offer to the government to try and cut a deal and prevent a long debate on the privileges committee report in the House Tuesday afternoon. The Labour caucus have agreed to not deliberately filibuster in the privileges committee debate, and to put up amendments to be voted on that would lessen the punishment for Te Pāti Māori.

2 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Jo Moir

Labour has sent a last-minute offer to the government to try and cut a deal and prevent a long debate on the privileges committee report in the House Tuesday afternoon. The Labour caucus have agreed to not deliberately filibuster in the privileges committee debate, and to put up amendments to be voted on that would lessen the punishment for Te Pāti Māori.

3 weeks ago | rnz.co.nz | Jo Moir

In a belated u-turn Labour's Chris Hipkins has taken responsibility for one of his MP's using Question Time to quote a newspaper column that called female ministers the c-word. The party leader fronted reporters at Parliament on Thursday - a media appearance usually filled by his deputy Carmel Sepuloni - to take the rap for Labour MP and former minister for women, Jan Tinetti.

3 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Jo Moir

Nearly a quarter of the money spent on National's flagship FamilyBoost policy has gone towards running the scheme, instead of helping families. Of the $62 million spent so far, just $48m has been paid out to parents, while $14m has gone towards administration costs. Claims began being accepted by Inland Revenue (IRD) for the early childhood education rebate in October last year. Families can claim 25 percent of their weekly cost of childcare, up to a maximum of $75.

3 weeks ago | 1news.co.nz | Politicsrnz.co.nzBy Jo Moir |Jo Moir

Nearly a quarter of the money spent on National's flagship FamilyBoost policy has gone towards running the scheme, instead of helping families. Of the $62 million spent so far, just $48m has been paid out to parents, while $14m has gone towards administration costs. Claims began being accepted by Inland Revenue (IRD) for the early childhood education rebate in October last year. Families can claim 25% of their weekly cost of childcare, up to a maximum of $75.