Hipkins and Wood will not welcome the distraction sucking up political oxygen for a day or two and frustrating Labour’s campaign to focus voters’ attention on the ‘Coalition of Cuts’. The 51%-state-owned Air New Zealand is deeply invested in Auckland Airport being Auckland’s only commuter airport for a start.īut it's uglier today than yesterday.
There are much bigger conflicts of interest at play here and plenty of reasonable reasons to stop the creation of a North Shore Airport Authority. In my view, Wood will probably survive and be brought back as minister after multiple mea culpas and a share sale. Thomas Coughlan reports for NZ Herald this morning that Wood blocked a plan for a new airport on the North Shore in 2021 to be formally made an Airport Authority, while owning the shares secretly, and despite officials saying it was a good idea. The revelation yesterday that Michael Wood didn't sell his $13,000 worth of Auckland International Airport shares after six warnings from the Cabinet Office was messy and 'unacceptable' enough for PM Chris Hipkins to stand Wood down as Transport Minister until it was 'resolved'.
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Usually, I put in a paywall for paying subscribers at this point in the email newsletter and lock off the podcast above from free subscribers. We’ll find out later today if Christchurch City Council’s pro-car councillors will be able to vote through the dismantling of the Park Terrace cycleway. James Renwick asks if Aotearoa is ready to become a climate refuge and, National dumps its support for He Waka Eke Noa, which was supposed to price farm emissions before a Zero Carbon Act deadline of Januįoodstuffs warns of a 57% increase in shoplifting early this year TL DR: There’s more awkward political news for Chris Hipkins this morning, with a fresh revelation of an appearance of a conflict of interest for just-stood-down Transport Minister Michael Wood.Įlsewhere, there’s news in our political economy on climate, housing and poverty, as: Yesterday’s revelation yesterday that Michael Wood’s ‘life admin’ got away on him and he didn't sell his Auckland Airport shares despite six warnings from the Cabinet Office was messy and 'unacceptable' enough for Hipkins to stand Wood down as Transport Minister until it was 'resolved'.
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