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Chris Hipkins can't put final figures on scrapped TVNZ-RNZ merger

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 8 Feb 2023, 7:14pm
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo / NZ Herald
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Photo / NZ Herald

Chris Hipkins can't put final figures on scrapped TVNZ-RNZ merger

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 8 Feb 2023, 7:14pm

The Prime Minister can't yet put final figures on how much has been spent on policies he's now scrapping.

The TVNZ-RNZ merger is gone, and the social insurance scheme is on ice.

Work on hate speech laws is also being withdrawn and won't be progressed this term - and the Biofuels mandate will be stopped.

Chris Hipkins says changes to Three Waters will be considered soon.

He says about 23 million's been spent on the merger - but final figures are still to come.

Hipkins explained the nature of a re-prioritisation is that money already spent can't be recouped.

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