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A housing expert is backing the move to overhaul Kainga Ora leadership.   The Housing Minister's announced a refreshed board and new expectations to reduce operating losses. It follows a review by former Prime Minister Bill English saying the ministry's been financially unsustainable.   Former CEO of Monte Cecilia Housing Trust Bernie Smith says private community housing providers can be better at supporting tenants.   He told Mike Hosking that Kainga Ora's previous board made unilateral decisions which negatively affected the market.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A National-led Government would not increase taxes or cut benefits, its leader Todd Muller has promised.In fact, the new opposition leader today revealed that if he is Prime Minister, National would spend more money on the "welfare safety net".He also said the previous National Government did not move fast or boldly enough on issues such as climate change and addressing New Zealand's social deficit.Muller made the commitments in a wide-ranging speech in his home town of Te Puna this afternoon.The National leader touched on many topics, including his family, his early life and his private-sector experience.But a major element of his speech was setting out the priorities of a National-led Government.Chief among those was "the welfare of every New Zealander" and rebuilding the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 recession."National will not increase the taxes New Zealanders pay. Nor will we ever cut benefits, and we will continue to increase New Zealand's investment in hospitals, schools and the welfare safety net," he said.And he revealed he has been getting advice from some National Party heavy-hitters of old."I have taken advice in the last few weeks from my friends, colleagues and mentors John Key, Bill English and Steven Joyce."Muller praised former Prime Minister Bill English's Living Standards Framework and confirmed that the metrics would be at the heart of any budget put together by a National Government he leads.Although full of praise for English – a political mentor of Muller's – the National leader was somewhat critical of his party when it was last in Government.Todd Muller, centre, with former prime minister John Key, left, and Simon Bridges. Photo / FileHe said successive governments should have acted "faster and more boldly" on issues such as water management and climate change.On the latter, Muller said he was proud of the work he had done on getting National to support the first reading of the Zero Carbon bill.He cited the work done by Greens Co-Leader James Shaw on that piece of legislation.Muller also said the previous government had not moved fast enough, or boldly enough, to address New Zealand's social deficit, help the underclass, or "however you describe the deep-seated social problems we continue to see all around us".Although critical of previous governments, Muller was at times complimentary of past Labour governments."Credit where due: Helen Clark and Michael Cullen also ran strong surpluses for most of their time in office."But that was where the credit for Labour began, and ended in his speech.He took aim at today's Government, accusing it of using "wellbeing" as a "cheap slogan"."The Government speaks of 'wellbeing' but I struggle to see 'wellbeing' embedded in anything it is doing. For the Government, I think 'wellbeing' means no more in practice than 'KiwiBuild' did."He lambasted the Government for failing to deliver in a number of areas, including mental health, tertiary education, the economy and child poverty."The Prime Minister put herself in charge of child poverty reduction, but her clumsy and incompetent ministers have made it worse," he said."It's KiwiBuild, but this time it's more of our children living in poverty, much to the Government's shame."He said New Zealand could not risk a Labour Government being in charge of the economic and unemployment crisis ahead."Someone once said: 'Let's do this,'" he said in reference to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's 2017 campaign slogan."I say: 'Sure. But you need a National Government to get it done'. 

On this Bhuja podcast, Leigh & Jase interview Prime Minister Bill English, discuss "big bush" and excess skin...

On this Bhuja podcast, Leigh & Jase interview Prime Minister Bill English, discuss "big bush" and excess skin...

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the last three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's United Future leader Peter Dunne. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy; who has the better understanding of it, how they're the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy's ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day-to-day level?Do our politicians remember what it's like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Do they have a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to United Future leader Peter Dunne, about how to use your KiwiSaver better, particularly for saving up for a first home.We also talked about how he'd like to see KiwiSaver expanded to help first home buyers, whether there's enough education about the scheme, and what to do post-KiwiSaver when people retire. For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern.Already out: Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell, Prime Minister Bill English, Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David Seymour.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Have a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don't forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 and on the Apple podcasts app.

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the last three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's United Future leader Peter Dunne. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy; who has the better understanding of it, how they're the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy's ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day-to-day level?Do our politicians remember what it's like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Do they have a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to United Future leader Peter Dunne, about how to use your KiwiSaver better, particularly for saving up for a first home.We also talked about how he'd like to see KiwiSaver expanded to help first home buyers, whether there's enough education about the scheme, and what to do post-KiwiSaver when people retire. For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern.Already out: Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell, Prime Minister Bill English, Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David Seymour.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Have a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don't forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 and on the Apple podcasts app.

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the next three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party currently in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy. Who has the better understanding of it, how they're the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy's ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day to day level?Do our politicians remember what it's like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Maybe even a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell, about the importance of teaching kids to save from a young age.We also talked about how he learned to count his pennies from a school post office account, and whether financial literacy should be taught in schools.For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: United Future leader Peter Dunne, and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Already out: Prime Minister Bill English, Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David Seymour.Have a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don’t forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here and on the Apple podcasts app https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 .

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the next three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party currently in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy. Who has the better understanding of it, how they're the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy's ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day to day level?Do our politicians remember what it's like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Maybe even a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell, about the importance of teaching kids to save from a young age.We also talked about how he learned to count his pennies from a school post office account, and whether financial literacy should be taught in schools.For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: United Future leader Peter Dunne, and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Already out: Prime Minister Bill English, Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David Seymour.Have a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don’t forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here and on the Apple podcasts app https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 .

To kick off a new series of interviews with the leaders of NZ Political Parties, Podcast host, Ed McKnight interviews Prime Minister Bill English, leader of the New Zealand National Party. What are his top priorities and how do they affect NZ’s Young Professionals? The post NZ Young Professionals Podcast 5: The Political Series – Prime Minister Bill English appeared first on Podcasts NZ - top podcasts: Tech, Business, Investment.

Earlier this year a whakaaro was released by Prime Minister Bill English referring to most of New Zealanders cringe at Waitangi Day. We posed this patai to our local community. These are some of their responses. A collective program - which I produced on Waitangi Day.