The Building Minister says new importation rules will increase supply and competition. 

The Government has introduced new legislation to make it easier to import building supplies from abroad.

It'll enable recognition of overseas standards, and Building Consent Authorities will need to accept products already certified offshore. 

Chris Penk told Mike Hosking this is an important step to bringing down building costs. 

He says it goes alongside the work the government's doing in freeing up land to make it easier, quicker, and more affordable to build houses.

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The Building Minister says new importation rules will increase supply and competition.  
The Government has introduced new legislation to make it easier to import building supplies from abroad.
It'll enable recognition of overseas standards, and Building Consent Authorities will need to accept products already certified offshore.  
Chris Penk told Mike Hosking this is an important step to bringing down building costs.  
He says it goes alongside the work the government's doing in freeing up land to make it easier, quicker, and more affordable to build houses. 
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Chris Penk: Building Minister on the new importation rules regarding building supplies

When a Government has to issue an email directive the way they did on Friday over race, there is something profoundly wrong with the country.

Essentially it says the public service, whether on health, education, justice, welfare etc. - can not act on race.

It says they can't see race as an individual entitlement that allows services, or money, or support to be a determining criteria.

This is part of the coalition agreement - as directed by ACT and New Zealand First. National Party supporters might want to ask why they didn’t have it as part of their criteria as well.

The idea that one race trumps another is absurd, unfair and leads nowhere good, especially if you are after good race relations and harmonious existence.

The Māori Party called it anti-Māori, which shows their level of ignorance, unless the Māori Party argues Māori deserve things no one else gets, and I don’t think even they would be that extreme.

We are all equal. I have never been able to ascertain why that concept is so hard to grasp.

The fact it's taken the Government this long to issue the edict must also be of concern. David Seymour suggested it's been complex.

Has it? How?

What we also need to be concerned about, as we saw last week in Hawkes' Bay, is pushback. For a so-called colour blind public service, we have nothing of the sort.

You can't hand out health care based on race, and yet that was exactly what they were doing.

You can't unilaterally invent Māori seats at council level - and yet councils are threatening lawyers in a local body version of a tantrum.

In the meantime, the Waitangi Tribunal continues to pump out findings like confetti.

Race unfairly dealt with cripples countries. We have enough to worry about these days without something that really is so simple to administer. We are all equal. We all have equal access to everything, whether it be democracy, health, education or welfare.

Needs, not race. How hard can it be?

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When a Government has to issue an email directive the way they did on Friday over race, there is something profoundly wrong with the country.
Essentially it says the public service, whether on health, education, justice, welfare etc. - can not act on race.
It says they can't see race as an individual entitlement that allows services, or money, or support to be a determining criteria.
This is part of the coalition agreement - as directed by ACT and New Zealand First. National Party supporters might want to ask why they didn’t have it as part of their criteria as well.
The idea that one race trumps another is absurd, unfair and leads nowhere good, especially if you are after good race relations and harmonious existence.
The Māori Party called it anti-Māori, which shows their level of ignorance, unless the Māori Party argues Māori deserve things no one else gets, and I don’t think even they would be that extreme.
We are all equal. I have never been able to ascertain why that concept is so hard to grasp.
The fact it's taken the Government this long to issue the edict must also be of concern. David Seymour suggested it's been complex.
Has it? How?
What we also need to be concerned about, as we saw last week in Hawkes' Bay, is pushback. For a so-called colour blind public service, we have nothing of the sort.
You can't hand out health care based on race, and yet that was exactly what they were doing.
You can't unilaterally invent Māori seats at council level - and yet councils are threatening lawyers in a local body version of a tantrum.
In the meantime, the Waitangi Tribunal continues to pump out findings like confetti.
Race unfairly dealt with cripples countries. We have enough to worry about these days without something that really is so simple to administer. We are all equal. We all have equal access to everything, whether it be democracy, health, education or welfare.
Needs, not race. How hard can it be?
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Mike's Minute: Why did we need a directive on race?

There's growing concern from educational experts as more teachers are leaving Australian schools.

Over in New South Wales, PE and science teachers have been called in to plug the gaps left behind by maths teachers.

Australia correspondent Murray Olds says many educators feel like 'cannon fodder' amid poor pay and lack of respect from students and parents.

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There's growing concern from educational experts as more teachers are leaving Australian schools.
Over in New South Wales, PE and science teachers have been called in to plug the gaps left behind by maths teachers.
Australia correspondent Murray Olds says many educators feel like 'cannon fodder' amid poor pay and lack of respect from students and parents.
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Murray Olds: Australia correspondent on the teacher shortage set to impact Australian students

Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined Mike Hosking to discuss the Formula One results, the changes to Super Rugby and David Nyika's upcoming fight.

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Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt joined Mike Hosking to discuss the Formula One results, the changes to Super Rugby and David Nyika's upcoming fight.
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Chris Penk: Building Minister on the new importation rules regarding building supplies

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