Lindsay Mitchell: Oh, the irony

Appointed by new Labour PM Jacinda Ardern in 2018, Cindy Kiro headed the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) tasked with reviewing and recommending reforms to the welfare system. Kiro had been Children's Commissioner during Helen Clark's Labour government but returned to academia subsequently.

In 2019 the WEAG reported back with 42 recommendations including:

Cam Slater: Don’t Expect Cindy Kiro to Stand Up for Your Rights

David Farrar has a guest post from Jason Collie, a UK-based Kiwi journalist who has had an interesting, though fruitless, interaction with our Governor-General Cindy Kiro.

Grounded Kiwis did a magnificent job winning its court case that the Government breached New Zealanders’ rights by effectively preventing them from freely travelling into their own country with its MIQ set up but a troubling point remains: Are you confident Jacinda et al have learnt their lesson and someone will ultimately stand up for your rights when push comes to shove?