National's childcare policy is clever and just about fireproof. He didn't think that up on the spur of the moment. In Johnsonville, Wellington, it was $402 a week while in Kaitaia the average was $268.75 a week. Private consultants working on the merger were on contracts worth up to nearly $9000 a week, with the average nearly $6000 a week. He didn't think a select committee inquiry was the way to go.

Source: Stuff March 10, 2023 04:02 UTC