MfE's Waste Strategy Ropu

With the release of the Ministry for the Environment's internal review of the Waste Strategy Ropu's appointment process last week, it's a good time to consider its findings and put them into context.

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The appointment of Gannin Ormsby and two other family members to the Ministry for the Environment’s Waste Strategy Ropu was one of the first concerns that I raised on twitter on 7 May and since then numerous government contracts and appointments to the family of Minister Nanaia Mahuta have emerged across a wide range…