Labour attacks National for not appointing an all male board!

3 News reported:

“I never like appointing all-male boards if I can help it,” says Environment Minister Amy Adams.

In choosing a board of inquiry to decide whether the controversial Ruataniwha Dam should go ahead, emails show Ms Adams “was underwhelmed with the potential line-up”.

“It’s always my preference to have a good balance of gender,” she says.

Labour leader David Cunliffe says it’s double-speak on the Government’s part.

“The National Party has done exactly what they criticised Labour for doing,” he says.

“Even though we didn’t do a man ban and now they’re doing it themselves; I guess people call that hypocrisy.”

A silly story, and I love seeing Labour attack the Government for not appointing an all male board.

As I have said all along, one can say it is healthy to have diversity on a board (or caucus) but you don’t do that by way of quotas which make gender the only criteria.

Labour proposed being able to ban men from even seeking the nomination in an electorate. That is a word of difference to a Minister saying they don’t think a board should be 100% male.