Bryce Edwards: The Troubling report into Stuart Nash’s conflicts of interest

Maybe we’ve all got scandal fatigue. This is the best explanation for why there’s not more public and media concern in the wake of the disturbing report into former Minister Stuart Nash’s relationship with donors. There have been so many integrity violations lately from Government politicians and officials – including Michael Wood, Kiri Allan, Jan Tinetti, and Meng Foon – that it seems hearing about a minister’s dodgy communications with donors barely registers.

The results of the investigation released on Friday morning – in what seems to be something of a calculated government news dump (along with news of Meng Foon’s forced resignation) have largely been ignored or downplayed.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 16/6/23

Now that the police have been equipped to nobble drug importers, let’s equip them to nobble the ram raiders

Our buzz from the Beehive today alerted us to the buzz some Kiwis might have got from the contents of maple syrup jars.

A shipment of maple syrup from Canada – the police said – was found to be concealing 713kg of methamphetamine, which they estimated had a street value of $250 million and would produce around 35 million doses.