Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 22/7/24

Karen Chhour can cobble whatever words she likes, but the media are sure to stick to “boot camp”

The government’s official website today serves as much as a ministerial travel guide as a record of governmental decisions.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 24/4/24

At a time of media turmoil, Melissa had nothing to proclaim as Minister – and now she has been demoted

Melissa Lee – as may be discerned from the screenshot below – has not been demoted for doing something seriously wrong as Minister of Media and Communications.

To the contrary, her career has been besmirched by her failure to do anything – an accomplishment embarrassingly recorded on a blank sheet on the official government website (which was updated this afternoon to remove her name from the page).

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive 9/2/24

Peters officially posts new diplomatic appointments – Jones has yet to do the same with changes to fishing rules

A slew of new diplomatic appointments has been announced by Foreign Minister Winston Peters while Transport Minister Simeon Brown at last has got around to having the Government decision to axe the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax posted on the government ‘s official website.