Nicola Willis

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1,507 appearances 29 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 4d ago

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the Government extending the temporary fuel support measures · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

I will this morning ask to see the policies and give them a check to make sure they are consistent with our guidelines.

I have confidence in my chief executives that they will be adhering to public sector guidelines.

Because the Māori economy is a very fast-growing part of our economy, there are opportunities to grow it faster.

Being able to engage with some of the biggest holders of capital in this economy, which are iwi and post-settlement entities, is part of their job.

Well, I suspect that staff... Am I living in a different world?

Yes, I don't think, Mike, that this is something they're spending hours each day on.

If they were, I'd be outraged.

But I don't think that's the case.

I think this is a very, very, very small part of what Treasury does on a daily and weekly basis.

I don't think that this is something getting in the way of them doing their job.

Well, we want to see competition in the electricity sector.

We haven't seen evidence that an intervention to just split the gen tailors from their retailing arms would in fact increase competition or lower electricity prices for New Zealanders.

That's our focus.

We've been working on consenting more generation, ensuring...

The incentives are there for generators to build generation, particularly to cover a dry year.

We're making progress on that.

I do think a split of that sort could be extremely disruptive and could ultimately have perverse consequences and that it could chill investment in the generation that we need.

No, there was no ear bashing at Cabinet.

I think it's actually the mark of the man, as the Rotorua Mayor has reflected this morning.

He was simply sorry that his comments hadn't.

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