Did the Minister for Mining, Pork Barrels and Ethnic Slurs get a new client?
Shane Jones: China meets Pacific aid needs
New Zealand First Deputy Leader Shane Jones says China is providing the practical aid Pacific nations are seeking.
The Fisheries Minister is in the Solomon Islands for a preliminary meeting with Oceanic leaders ahead of the 2025 United Nations Oceans Conference in France this June.
He says China’s recent deals with the Solomon Islands and the Cook Islands highlight a growing trend of Pacific nations prioritizing robust infrastructure aid that supports economic development in their territories.
“A lot of our aid has historically gone into human capital, institutional building and what you might call soft infrastructure. And no doubt they’re going to continue to look for options that give them, for example, the new hospital here in the Solomons was built by China,” says Jones.
Did the Minister for Mining, Pork Barrels and Ethnic Slurs get a new client?
I ask because Matua Shane only speaks nicely of someone if they are also a donor…
Revealed, fast-track ministers’ personal picks that govt had denied existed
A year after the information was requested, pressure from the Ombudsman has forced the Ministry for the Environment to reveal the 97 ministerial nominations
The Ministry for the Environment has released a list of the hand-picked projects put forward by Cabinet ministers for the controversial fast-track regime, after almost a year of denying the existence of this information.
The list of projects – half of which ended up in the Fast-track Approvals Act – was withheld from the public by the ministry, despite first being requested under the Official Information Act in March last year.
It wasn’t until the Ombudsman started investigating a complaint from an environmental lobby group that the ministry admitted the information existed, and then released the list.
…I’m waiting for Shane to describe the Chines fleet currently live firing weapons in the Tasman Sea as a great opportunity to get the nephews off the couch and help the Chinese warships catch fish and grow the economy by allowing Chinese mining corporations to own the South Island.
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Pedantic. child, who, socialist thought.
owning the South Island is pretty florid to me – couldn’t be more dramatic than that – we could do B-Grade Kung Fu movies in Xi-town and Yuanaka.
I have a relative who teaches theatrical movement. It looks as if Shane Boy has been taking lessons. To earn their MP salary they could teach us Tai Chi or Yoga poses as they are interviewed. What a good idea Grey!
No not really. Shane Jones is a complete wanker, and has thoroughly earned the assumption that he would only open his enormous gob if it was to have money shoved in his coffers.
He’s thoroughly detestable. How is this so and so anywhere Parliament.
Even though he is an arsehole he is right .Our aid to our Pacific friends is piss poor and comes with strings attached all the time .We only give them the minimum required to keep them quiet.
He just wants his corrupt mates with construction companies to get paid 5x what Chinese infrastructure projects cost to not actually build anything.