Today on The Country, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Regional Development Minister (and the self-proclaimed “Prince of the Provinces”) Shane Jones, to find out more about regional and national projects of significance and whether he’s still concerned about a “dim-witted frog” getting in the way.
On with the show:
Shane Jones:
The Coalition Government’s new one-stop-shop fast-track consenting regime for regional and national projects of significance will cut red tape and make it easier for New Zealand to build the infrastructure and major projects needed to get the country moving again, so says the Regional Development Minister and the self-proclaimed “Prince of the Provinces”. He wants to dig it up and dam it up, and to hell with any “dim-witted frog” that gets in the way of progress.
Kerry Allen: