Bob Edlin: No, matauranga Māori has not been forgotten.....

No, matauranga Māori has not been forgotten as Govt focuses policy on advanced technology and redirects science funding

Shane Reti, in his last press statement as Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, last week said the Government is backing a shift in science spending to areas that will have the greatest national impact.

A stronger focus will be placed on advanced technology.

DTNZ: Government pours $1.2m into cow gadget to ‘fix climate’

The Government has announced a $1.2 million investment in a Canterbury start-up’s wearable device for cows, claiming it could slash nitrous oxide emissions by 95% and nitrate leaching by 93%.

Ministers Nicola Willis and Shane Reti praised the invention as proof of Kiwi ingenuity and a step toward “low-emissions farming.”

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 20/1/25

It’s economic growth that Luxon above all wants to resuscitate – but health (given fresh blood) is among priorities, too,

Our Beehive monitors found just one new post on the government’s official website, dealing with the Cabinet shake-up that has been widely reported and heavily analysed over the past day or so.

Much of the commentariat’s attention was focused on Shane Reti’s losing his Health portfolio.

Point of Order: Shane Reit worried - But Peeni Henare sanquine

Independent examination of the Maori Health Authority finds plenty to worry Shane Reti, but Peeni Henare is sanguine

Having found no fresh news on the government’s official website this morning, Point of Order turned its attentions elsewhere and…

Well, we were steered by National’s Health spokesman, Shane Reti, to an independent report on the Maori Health Authority which must be a different independent report from the one that Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare was spruiking yesterday.