Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Simeon Brown alienates another National electorate
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, December 9 are:
* Warkworth residents are angry that Transport Minister Simeon Brown has blocked work on a long-planned upgrade to a dangerous intersection because it included plans for walking and cycling, RNZ’s Peter de Graf reported on Saturday. It’s the latest National electorate where Brown’s abrupt and ideological rulings have overturned locally driven plans and expectations for safer and toll-free roads.
* The Greens launched a set of alternative…
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