PAY UP

Public servants get their pay rise this week but not everyone is laughing to the bank. MOF data shows MPs and the head of the judiciary’s pay dips this new FY.

DEPUTIES

No word yet on the appointment of another two Council of Deputy members, despite budgetary allocations for three members for FY 2023/2024.

DIVERSION

Who was that Cabinet Minister who kept trying to get a scribe to change the topic when door-stopped at a recent public event? Sounds like a diversion tactic!

MODEL

Do you want transparency from State-owned entities? UTOS is showing the way by having multiple copies of its latest annual report at its counter for anyone to pick up.

TREATY

NZ Immigration Apia office is putting to shame the NZ-Samoa Friendship Treaty. How can you only open for an hour a day knowing the huge demand for your services?

WRONG

Seeing the elderly and family visa applicants wait in the sun, hoping to make the cut before the door closes, while officers sit in air-conditioned comfort, is wrong on all fronts.