Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 8/11/24

Another Rogernomics era veteran lands a government job (this time to head the Social Investment Board)

Another veteran of the Rogernomics years has been given a job by the Luxon coalition government.

Former Labour government minister and ACT Party leader Richard Prebble was recently appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal. Today Graham Scott has been named head of the newly established Social Investment Board.

Geoffrey Miller: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy

New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is back.

That’s a key underlying message from Jacinda Ardern’s trip this week to Southeast Asia.

The New Zealand Prime Minister attended the East Asia Summit in Cambodia over the weekend. She will head to Thailand for the APEC leaders’ meeting later in the week.

In between, Ardern is also making a surprise four-day bilateral visit to Vietnam.