Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 14/3/24

Melissa remains mute on media matters but has something to say (at a sporting event) about economic development

The text reproduced below appears on a page which records all the media statements and speeches posted on the government’s official website by Melissa Lee as Minister of Media and Communications and/or by Jenny Marcroft, her Parliamentary Under-secretary.

Point of Order: Wood is chuffed about 22km stretch of expressway “falling into place” but he keeps quiet about the cost

Transport Minister Michael Wood left the dollar signs out of his press satement when declaring that the Hamilton Section of the Waikato Expressway has opened, marking the final chapter of a 30 year roading project.

It was terrific to see the last 22-kilometre piece of the Expressway “falling into place”, he enthused. This reflects somewhat curiously on the work of the engineers and construction gangs.

The road connects Auckland to the agriculture and business centres of the Waikato and would improve economic growth and productivity in the region.