Labour has promised to create 62 Ministers, Ministries, Offices, Funds:

Industry New Zealand
New Local Economic Assistance Fund
Minister of Rural Affairs
FARM Partnership Pilot Scheme
Heart of the Nation project
Arts Capital Fund
Community based Employment Enterprises – Artworks
Community Based Employment Enterprises (COMBEES)
Artists Fellowship Fund
Maori Cultural Foundation
Hazards Control Commission
Natural Heritage Fund
Environment Court
Community Environmental Advocates network
New Zealand Waste Reduction Foundation
Green Jobs Unit
The specialist competition court
New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Office of the Guardian of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Employment Relations Commission
Employment Equity Office
Music Commission
Pacific Islands Broadcasting Foundation
Industry Forum (Communications)
Minister of Disability Services
National advisory committee for the Minister of Disability Services
Local Economic and Employment Task Force
Small business division in IDENZ
New Zealand Purchasing Council within IDENZ
Strategy New Zealand
Rethinking Working Time Unit
Technology for Business Growth Fund
National Health Archive
Healthy Beginnings programme
Family/Whanau care services programme
Rural Services Scheme (Health)
Register of Immigration Consultants
New Zealand Immigration and Investment Association.
Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Minister of Civil Aviation
Transport Advisory Council
Safer Community Councils
Community Safety Office
Commissioner for Victims of Crime
Schools Out Child Minding Centres
Youth Councils
Maori Development Commission
Maori Broadcasting Company
National Crime Authority
Social Science Research Council
Stepping out
Advances for Major Home Repairs Programme
Seniors Discount Card Scheme
Healthy Beginnings
Minister for the Community/Voluntary Sector
Social Audit function
Regional Tourism Development programme
Minister of Ethnic Affairs
Venture Capital Scheme
Youth Advice Centre
Ministry of Emergency Services

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>