Tim Wilson

Having said that, there is a discussion to be had, and we'll probably have it next week with Christopher Luxem.

Not that he will necessarily confirm it, but there's a bit of a buzz around the place at the moment that there might be something in the budget around the super fund.

So what I understand to be happening is that I don't know how they run it because I thought the super fund was independent.

But the feel seems to be that you might want to cajole or twist an arm or two or direct the super fund to put a bit more money into some local projects.

Now, there are lots of people who argue that there is money out there, and if you put it into local projects, infrastructure projects, all that sort of stuff, there's a return to be had.

So I'm not arguing against that.

But the Superfund is in charge of getting the best return for their money within the auspices of the general rules.

You don't want to invest in a lot of bombs and nuclear weaponry and all that other angsty stuff.

You want to invest in stuff that gives a return.

Now, if it happens to be in New Zealand, fantastic.

but what's the government doing going, oh, you might want to look at that motorway over there.

What's that about?

So I don't know where the government wants to go on that before the budget, but we'll see.

Anyway, we're on the ground in Beijing in a couple of moments.

Here in New Zealand, they've got this ongoing issue of losing quite a lot of money, and Dave Rennie, the new All Black coach, is with us after 7.30.

All still to come this Friday morning here on Newstalk ZB.

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