Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 26/3/24

The PM baulks at cyber grilling but Collins is not so shy – and McCully is given a job by the Minister he mentored

China has loomed large in Beehive considerations over the past 24 hours, largely because of that country’s mischief-making in the cyber espionage department.

Two media statements emerged on that subject hard on the heels of the PM baulking at questions put to him on RNZ’s Morning Report – he would not even confirm that ministerial statements were in the offing.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 31/1/24

Deliverance: after a dry patch, a deluge of media statements

After several days in which ministers had little to post on the government’s official website, there has been a flurry of activity.

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly delivered a speech, Health Minister Shane Reti delivered an assurance about free Rapid Antigen Tests, and Regulation Minister David Seymour delivered the bill that will shut down the Productivity Commission.