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A Very Sharp Contrast: NZ Labour ministers vs NZ Opposition spokespeople

Looking at ten key portfolio areas and  at the backgrounds of those MPs who are involved in each. It is pretty much a case of ability versus inability.

Prime Minister: Ardern vs Collins

Jacinda Ardern — Post university she worked as an adviser to Helen Clark and in London for the Government Cabinet Office.

Judith Collins — Worked as a commercial lawyer. President of the Auckland District Law Society. Vice-President of the New Zealand Law Society. Judith ran her own practice for a decade. She was a director of Housing New Zealand from 1991 to 2001 and worked as special counsel for law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts from 2000 to 2002.

Finance:  Robertson vs Bayly and Woodhouse

Grant Robertson — Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1997. Worked at the UN on global and environmental issues. Then became an advisor to Helen Clark (where have I read that before?) before taking a business development role with the University of Otago.

Andrew Bayly — Worked as a merchant banker, founding the firm of Cranleigh with his brother Paul, where he offered corporate advisory and capital markets advice to a range of government entities, local authorities and corporate clients. Cranleigh had offices in New Zealand, Australia and Singapore. He was a director of numerous companies, the chair of the board of New Zealand Financial Planning and a trustee of the Enterprise Financial Development Trust. He is a chartered accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Management, the New Zealand Chartered Institute of Corporate Management and the UK Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Michael Woodhouse — Worked at the National Bank and at Taylor McLachlan Accountants in Dunedin, also Dunedin Hospital and at ACC. Michael was the CEO of Mercy Hospital in Dunedin from 2001 to 2008.

Housing: Woods vs Willis

Megan Woods — Worked as a Business Manager at Plant and Food Research.

Nicola Willis — Worked as a research and policy advisor to Bill English and a senior advisor to John Key. Nicola has also worked at Fonterra where she held a number of senior management roles. These included leadership of the business’s global strategy team, permanent membership of the global management incident team, operational management of Fonterra owned farms and work on a number of major projects alongside Fonterra’s global customers, manufacturing teams and farmer shareholders. Nicola has also served on the boards of Export NZ and the policy think-tank NZ Initiative.

Education: Hipkins vs Goldsmith

Chris Hipkins — Worked in the industry training sector and then at Parliament first as Senior Advisor to two Education Ministers and later, wait for it, in the office of Helen Clark.

Paul Goldsmith — Worked as a press secretary and speechwriter for Phil Goff, Simon Upton and John Banks. Paul has also been a public relations adviser and worked for Tranz Rail and Auckland University. He has also written a number of books e.g. about the Fletcher empire and about Don Brash.

Health: Little vs Reti

Andrew Little — Worked as a lawyer with the Engineers Union. In 2000 he was appointed EPMU national secretary, a job he held for a decade.

Shane Reti QSM — Worked as a general practitioner for 17 years. For seven years he served as a member of the Northland DHB. In 2007 Shane was awarded a Harkness Fellowship and took up a position at Harvard University. He remained in Boston for six years and resisted offers to stay longer.

Justice: Faafoi vs Bridges

Kris Faafoi — Worked as a journalist for a decade at both TVNZ and the BBC.

Simon Bridges — Began his legal career as a litigation lawyer at Kensington Swan. Simon moved to Tauranga in 2001 to take up a position as Crown Prosecutor in the District and High Courts. During this time he took leave to study at the London School of Economics and later completed a post-graduate law degree at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. Simon also worked as an intern in the House of Commons.

Transport: Wood vs Woodhouse

Michael Wood — Worked as an Auckland Council member in his community. He has held roles providing advice for Habitat for Humanity and as a senior negotiator for the finance sector union Finsec.

Michael Woodhouse — Worked at the National Bank and at Taylor McLachlan Accountants in Dunedin, also Dunedin Hospital and at ACC. Michael was the CEO of Mercy Hospital in Dunedin from 2001 to 2008.

Foreign Affairs: Mahuta vs Brownlee

Nanaia Mahuta — It appears Nanaia hadn’t worked before entering Parliament and, using that as a benchmark, she hasn’t worked there either but got paid regardless. Nice work if you can get it.

Gerry Brownlee — Worked as a teacher, woodwork I think. Should have the wood on Mahuta.

Maori Development: Jackson vs Luxon

Willie Jackson — Worked as a trade union organiser, record company executive, broadcaster and urban Maori advocate.

Christopher Luxon – Served on the boards of Tourism NZ and Virgin Australia. Christopher served as the President and CEO of Canada’s Unilever operations. He succeeded Rob Fyfe as CEO of Air NZ.

This to me is a sad reflection on the public who voted for this bunch of Labour no-hopers in a landslide. It was a Covid election so I can only assume many thought death was just around the corner. For the economy, it probably is.

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