Missing in action
Jun 12, 2022
4 minutes
JANE CLIFTON
Patience is a virtue, but in politics, it’s one easily mistaken for lack of commitment.
The government’s generally successful first term in office was nonetheless sandbagged by having a housing minister who could barely scare up two new houses, yet seemed relentlessly upbeat about his progress.
Phil Twyford’s legacy is now under threat – from a foreign minister who seems allergic to leaving the country and a police minister exuding beatific serenity despite nearweekly gun sprays in suburban Auckland.
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is an immensely capable politician, and Police Minister Poto Williams may well be. The mystery is their refusal to look as
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