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Morgan Godfery weighs in

These stories are pathetic, and possibly racist, beat ups. Mr Ormsby literally declared his relationship on the application form, the funding wasn’t under Nanaia’s delegation, and these funding decisions are always made by officials, not ministers, anyway

media narratives about Mahuta - that her husband is getting special government contracts, that she’s too lazy to be foreign affairs minister, and that Three Waters reform is a Māori takeover attempt - are lifted straight from telegram and white supremacist talking points

In that thread someone mentioned Bill English's wife. Remember when she was on the board of an organisation that won million-dollar suicide prevention contract while her husband was prime minister? Me neither

"He and other ministers had no involvement in that decision, as it was made by an independent evaluation panel," the spokeswoman said.

the ministry follows "robust, open and contestable tender processes when doing due diligence on tenders and awarding contracts".
"We followed this rigid process to identify a service provider to deliver a national suicide prevention training programme," she said.
An independent evaluation panel - made up of people selected from ministries, agencies and consumers - analysed 11 proposals and recommended LeVa as the preferred provider.
The ministry accepted the panel's recommendation, Lane said.

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