December 3, 2025 • 7 mins
Southland MP Joseph Mooney looks at airport woes in regional New Zealand.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
South and the MP Joseph Mooney joins us once again
on the muster. Good afternoon, Joseph, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yeah, very good. I've finished my i rather long week
in parliament. It's only been a few days, three days precise,
and very glad to be back in the South. It's
then I've got to say, it's been a lot easier
to get back south. And it was to get north
on Sunday. I made up people to drive from Queens
down to christ Hitch and then catch a I used
to say, and flight at the Crosshach early in it's
(00:37):
morning to be there in time to share my buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
There's been a lot of issues of regional New Zealand
at the moment, trying to get flights linking up. Yesterday,
for example, my wife was trying to get north and
she hit a hell of a job regionally import working
at the moment, because yeah, they.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Bumped me to a flight the next evening and next
I've it was after I was supposed to be cheering
a committee for a full day and on Monday, so
that wasn't going to work. And then the other people
who are being bumped a Friday, so yeah, it was
it was rather challenging for anyone to get anyway, but
I managed to manage to get the last rental car
out of Queen's sound.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Apparently it brings out the wider conversation. Like I allarded
to before though, Joseph around here New Zealand and the
fact that is New Zealand rural is rural New Zealand
as such being serviced by our airline as it should be.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, look, there's there's some real connectivity issues going on
for regional New Zealand. For sure. It's something I've raised
repeated within His Zealand and I know I certainly aware
of it, and I know the CEO has made some
positive noises about it, but it is an issue for
us without question.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Scrutiny week This sounds as though everything just goes on,
nothing's off the table, and mean people getting called to
jerk and all sorts of stuff. It's just made for
some really interesting viewing.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, look, I've I'm happy to say, well from my perspective,
I cheered the Social Student Community SLIK Committee, which is
we have this. We have the largest number of industries
to review by a long margin. We've got twenty six
of them and about a third of the govern's budget
that we're trying to, you know, oversee how the aid
and Season's departments are a young and I say try
(02:18):
to see because we do the best we can in
the time available. But we have had some interesting times
in the past. But I've got to say that this
year was I thought of made it clear that questions
through the chair and I wanted people to receipt from government.
Chance asked the questions as long as I did that,
and it seemed to work fairly well. So we didn't
have some of the sheernigans that went on in other committees,
(02:41):
which you know, I can't say it's all me, but
certainly I was pleased with the way my committee went. Well.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Perhaps it's a reflection on the way you go about
your business, Joseph. You can't understand yourself here.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
I like to saya south and way, don't try and
don't try and you know, shout too much. But I
am I am happy to say that that it went
pretty well. I think everyone's pretty respectful. Everyone got a
chance to answer the questions and yeah, scrutiny, we went
reasonly well. We didn't certainly didn't have a shating is
like like I said in other committees.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
So Justin and Nuts shall explain what Scrutiny Week is
all about.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
So it's an opportunity to look at the year and review,
so it's the last financial year twenty twenty four to
twenty twenty five, and to analyze how agencies and departments
have performed against you know, the metrics in terms of
what they said they were going to do, what had
been set in place in terms of their performance measures,
(03:37):
and whether they've had the adequate financial controls in place.
And so it's an opportunity to basically get a performance
check up and opportunity to members of Parliament to scrutinize,
ask questions of them and ann of ministers. The primary
focus is on whether the agencies and departments have been
(03:57):
performing as we'd accept them.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
To what is it disintegrate into just a shouting match
like it has this.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Week because the majority of the time is actually spent
scrutinizing officials, but there can be of short segments we
ministers come in, and when the ministers come in, the
reporters come in, and when the reporters come in, people
are looking to perform for the reporters to try and
get some attention in the media. So that's when you
(04:26):
see that kind of behavior.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So from your perspective of the parliamentary week sover you
back in the electorate, Yeah it is yep.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I've finished my journeys in parliament for this week and
yeah back an electric for the well most of it.
Do have to be up in Auckland Saturday for a
little bit and be back down. Apart from that, yep,
I'll be in the region.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So what's happening in Auckland on Saturday?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
For example, there's a conference on blockchain and they've decided
their wisdom to nominate me for an award. Cupping trying
to get a bit of a more awareness amongst other
members of parliament and officials about blockchain because it's becoming
quite a big technology around the world in terms of
(05:13):
how it's used for a variety of different purposes. And
so I've arranged a few conferences in parliament for an
option to raise a witness and they've decided to nominate
me for an award from my well, if it's to assist,
so it's a good way to get me to come
on to the vent.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
I guess oh I congratulations that's two major wins. A
sweet your committee didn't have yelling matches and you've gotten awards.
There are many to go to in Auckland as well.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, I've wad you take the wins where you can.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
So how long until the parliamentary year wraps up?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Our last sitting day is the eighteenth, so we've got
quite a bit of work to go yet. I've got
the Resource Management Act replacement, first reading of that coming
before the end of the year, so I'm anticipating we're
going to be pretty flat out leading up to the end.
But yeah, the eighteenth of the last day in parliament.
It won't be the last day working, but it will
be the last day in parliament.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
The Ari May situation is going to be interesting to you,
given all the talk around these amalgamations of councilors, and
it's certainly got the tongues wagging Joseph as to what's
going to happen and how it happens.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, absolutely, it's going to be probably not something to
change in thirty odd years, and we're aiming to significantly
simplify the entire process and put the focus more back
on you know, property rights and make sure we're actually
you know, when we're doing things, it's going to have
improve environmental bottom lines rather than just tying people up
(06:40):
the knots, which is what's going to happen unfortunately a
lot of cases for a long time. And you know
importantly that's also going to reduce the cost and complexity
for local government, you know, and it will change some
of the way the local government operates. So that's that's
neverly you know, it means that we need to rethink
the way regional coalp was working. That's going to lead
(07:02):
to the attention of all conversations which has already started
in South and around you know, the way the local
government operates.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Good on you, Joseph. Always appreciate your time on the muster.
Will chat again before the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Goody, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Joseph Mooney, MP for Southland. You're listening to the muster.
Jordy Yed is up next farming in the river era
of the South, which is Riverton,
South and the MP Joseph Mooney joins us once again
on the muster. Good afternoon, Joseph, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yeah, very good. I've finished my i rather long week
in parliament. It's only been a few days, three days precise,
and very glad to be back in the South. It's
then I've got to say, it's been a lot easier
to get back south. And it was to get north
on Sunday. I made up people to drive from Queens
down to christ Hitch and then catch a I used
to say, and flight at the Crosshach early in it's
(00:37):
morning to be there in time to share my buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
There's been a lot of issues of regional New Zealand
at the moment, trying to get flights linking up. Yesterday,
for example, my wife was trying to get north and
she hit a hell of a job regionally import working
at the moment, because yeah, they.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Bumped me to a flight the next evening and next
I've it was after I was supposed to be cheering
a committee for a full day and on Monday, so
that wasn't going to work. And then the other people
who are being bumped a Friday, so yeah, it was
it was rather challenging for anyone to get anyway, but
I managed to manage to get the last rental car
out of Queen's sound.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Apparently it brings out the wider conversation. Like I allarded
to before though, Joseph around here New Zealand and the
fact that is New Zealand rural is rural New Zealand
as such being serviced by our airline as it should be.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Yeah, look, there's there's some real connectivity issues going on
for regional New Zealand. For sure. It's something I've raised
repeated within His Zealand and I know I certainly aware
of it, and I know the CEO has made some
positive noises about it, but it is an issue for
us without question.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Scrutiny week This sounds as though everything just goes on,
nothing's off the table, and mean people getting called to
jerk and all sorts of stuff. It's just made for
some really interesting viewing.
Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yeah, look, I've I'm happy to say, well from my perspective,
I cheered the Social Student Community SLIK Committee, which is
we have this. We have the largest number of industries
to review by a long margin. We've got twenty six
of them and about a third of the govern's budget
that we're trying to, you know, oversee how the aid
and Season's departments are a young and I say try
(02:18):
to see because we do the best we can in
the time available. But we have had some interesting times
in the past. But I've got to say that this
year was I thought of made it clear that questions
through the chair and I wanted people to receipt from government.
Chance asked the questions as long as I did that,
and it seemed to work fairly well. So we didn't
have some of the sheernigans that went on in other committees,
(02:41):
which you know, I can't say it's all me, but
certainly I was pleased with the way my committee went. Well.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Perhaps it's a reflection on the way you go about
your business, Joseph. You can't understand yourself here.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
I like to saya south and way, don't try and
don't try and you know, shout too much. But I
am I am happy to say that that it went
pretty well. I think everyone's pretty respectful. Everyone got a
chance to answer the questions and yeah, scrutiny, we went
reasonly well. We didn't certainly didn't have a shating is
like like I said in other committees.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
So Justin and Nuts shall explain what Scrutiny Week is
all about.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
So it's an opportunity to look at the year and review,
so it's the last financial year twenty twenty four to
twenty twenty five, and to analyze how agencies and departments
have performed against you know, the metrics in terms of
what they said they were going to do, what had
been set in place in terms of their performance measures,
(03:37):
and whether they've had the adequate financial controls in place.
And so it's an opportunity to basically get a performance
check up and opportunity to members of Parliament to scrutinize,
ask questions of them and ann of ministers. The primary
focus is on whether the agencies and departments have been
(03:57):
performing as we'd accept them.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
To what is it disintegrate into just a shouting match
like it has this.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Week because the majority of the time is actually spent
scrutinizing officials, but there can be of short segments we
ministers come in, and when the ministers come in, the
reporters come in, and when the reporters come in, people
are looking to perform for the reporters to try and
get some attention in the media. So that's when you
(04:26):
see that kind of behavior.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
So from your perspective of the parliamentary week sover you
back in the electorate, Yeah it is yep.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I've finished my journeys in parliament for this week and
yeah back an electric for the well most of it.
Do have to be up in Auckland Saturday for a
little bit and be back down. Apart from that, yep,
I'll be in the region.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
So what's happening in Auckland on Saturday?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
For example, there's a conference on blockchain and they've decided
their wisdom to nominate me for an award. Cupping trying
to get a bit of a more awareness amongst other
members of parliament and officials about blockchain because it's becoming
quite a big technology around the world in terms of
(05:13):
how it's used for a variety of different purposes. And
so I've arranged a few conferences in parliament for an
option to raise a witness and they've decided to nominate
me for an award from my well, if it's to assist,
so it's a good way to get me to come
on to the vent.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
I guess oh I congratulations that's two major wins. A
sweet your committee didn't have yelling matches and you've gotten awards.
There are many to go to in Auckland as well.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Yeah, I've wad you take the wins where you can.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
So how long until the parliamentary year wraps up?
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Our last sitting day is the eighteenth, so we've got
quite a bit of work to go yet. I've got
the Resource Management Act replacement, first reading of that coming
before the end of the year, so I'm anticipating we're
going to be pretty flat out leading up to the end.
But yeah, the eighteenth of the last day in parliament.
It won't be the last day working, but it will
be the last day in parliament.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
The Ari May situation is going to be interesting to you,
given all the talk around these amalgamations of councilors, and
it's certainly got the tongues wagging Joseph as to what's
going to happen and how it happens.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Yeah, absolutely, it's going to be probably not something to
change in thirty odd years, and we're aiming to significantly
simplify the entire process and put the focus more back
on you know, property rights and make sure we're actually
you know, when we're doing things, it's going to have
improve environmental bottom lines rather than just tying people up
(06:40):
the knots, which is what's going to happen unfortunately a
lot of cases for a long time. And you know
importantly that's also going to reduce the cost and complexity
for local government, you know, and it will change some
of the way the local government operates. So that's that's
neverly you know, it means that we need to rethink
the way regional coalp was working. That's going to lead
(07:02):
to the attention of all conversations which has already started
in South and around you know, the way the local
government operates.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Good on you, Joseph. Always appreciate your time on the muster.
Will chat again before the end of the year.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Goody, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Joseph Mooney, MP for Southland. You're listening to the muster.
Jordy Yed is up next farming in the river era
of the South, which is Riverton,
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