Kate MacNamara
Business Journalist
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Check out Kate’s latest content
Public Purse: The new Three Waters bosses and why their pay is so extraordinary
OPINION: Money like water - the execs now presiding over diminished Three Waters fiefdoms.
Billion-dollar blowout for Three Waters ‘mega-bureaucracy’
Taxpayers, and potentially ratepayers, will foot $1 billion cost overrun for water reform.
DoC tackles budget shortfall with a half-million-dollar spend on consultants
Budget shortfall prompts the Department of Conservation to call in the consultants
Revealed: New figures show extent of Three Waters consultant spending
Three Waters Reform a fountain of funds for the hourly crowd advising the government.
Kate MacNamara: How to reform the Three Waters Reform
Reforming the Three Waters Reform will take more than a new(ish) ministerial face.
$70m from Covid fund flows toward Three Waters
Covid response money repurposed for spending on Government's contentious water reforms
'Huge upfront payment': Kāinga Ora's $70m farm land grab trumped private sector offers
The housing agency failed to price risk in the land purchase.
New report: Time to rebalance RSE visa scheme
Rising numbers of temporary migrants haven't boosted horticulture's productivity.
Seasonal workers on hardship funds peaked amid harvest panic
RSE workers on government help peaked last year, just as horticultural hiring crunch hit.
Labour pains: Vineyards struggle to find hands for pruning season
The wine industry is the latest sector to struggle due to a lack of foreign workers.
Kate MacNamara: Labour shortage an unnecessary blight on the harvest season
Scarce labour this season stems from another chronic shortage: fresh Government thinking.
Major strawberry grower calls it quits amid labour shortage
NZ horticulture stalwart, Francie Perry, is throwing in the towel on strawberry growing.
MacNamara: Thorny issues for NZ's new Trade Minister
Securing greater access to the United States market is just one of many issue.