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Oliver Hartwich: NZ Initiative Executive Director on the new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport
Published 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Critics aren't convinced the Government's new mega-Ministry will work.
It's merging the environment, housing and urban development, and transport ministries into a new Ministry of Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport.
Right-wing think tank NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich says it will still report to the same number of ministers.
He told Heather du Plessis-Allan having it fully operational in six months is also ambitious.
Hartwich says the ministries are busy with RMA reforms, which are taking up all their resources.
He says putting a super merger on top of that could be asking too much.
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