"The regional approach was found to best meet the needs of contributing primary schools in New Zealand. For example, many small primary schools serve remote communities. Having multiple suppliers means the programme can deliver to these schools, while saving the taxpayer an expected $145 million in 2026.”

#DavidSeymour, 2026

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-school-lunch-programme-serves-communities-and-taxpayers

What an embarrassing climb-down for Rimmer.

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#NZPolitics #PublicServices #SchoolLunches

🚨£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system! It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff.🤬
Join me & 300K others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account!😤

Sign the #petition now!👇
#PostOffice #PublicServices #Democracy #Justice #Politics #UkPolitics
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/hold-fujitsu-to-account-for-post-office-scandal via @38degrees

🚨£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system! It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff.🤬
Join me & 300K others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account!😤

Sign the #petition now!👇
#PostOffice #PublicServices #Democracy #Justice #Politics #UkPolitics
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/hold-fujitsu-to-account-for-post-office-scandal via @38degrees

Here's another example of the lack of digital sovereignty in our public health system. A survey about a recent experience at the local hospital's A+E department.

Not only is this survey system clearly not being run by the boffins at Te Whatu Ora, it's not even being served from a subdomain of tewhatuora.govt.nz. But from forms.office.com, a domain controlled by the original US technofeudalists, BorgSoft.

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#DigitalSovereignty #PublicServices #TeWhatuOra

Kāinga Ora should be operating a not-for-profit electricity retailer for their tenants. Buying electricity on the spot market, and selling it to their tenants at-cost.

In fact, such a not-for-profit retailer could buy and provide electricity to all public entities. This would give them huge leverage to negotiate a low wholesale price. Reducing the operating costs of public services, as well as the household costs of Kāinga Ora tenants.

#PolicyNZ #electricity #PublicHousing #PublicServices