The Primary Production Select Committee sees its role as being the voice of rural New Zealand, says chair Mark Cameron.
The Government believes greater transparency will help small firms get paid on time.
James Dunphy says he is ‘cut from the same cloth’ as outgoing Auckland mayoral candidate Viv Beck.
The only place people are still required to wear masks are in healthcare and aged care facilities.
The department warned about 204,000 people could get the payment if the eligibility was not tightened.
The board is neither a statutory entity nor legal entity in its own right.
As widely expected, Shaw is back in the leadership seat.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fondly recalls meetings and phone calls with the Queen.
It warned that to meet its housing targets Kāinga Ora might have to absorb much higher construction costs.
The investment is the first in the vein of the draft forestry industry transformation plan.