Ministerial commitments

The Herald asked Ministers to name one thing they commit to doing. Some of the answers were waffle (Winston said he is committed to straight talk, which is of course the opposite of what he does). But some useful answers:

• Jacinda Ardern: Reducing child poverty and improving access (and New Zealanders’ love) of our arts, culture and heritage.
• Kelvin Davis: Reducing prison population by 30 per cent over the next 15 years.
• Phil Twyford: All I can to get more New Zealanders into warm, dry homes and get Auckland moving.
• Andrew Little: I will work relentlessly to ensure New Zealand has a justice system that reduces offending and keeps all New Zealanders safe.
• Carmel Sepuloni: Making the welfare system fairer and more accessible and helping people to realise their potential.
• Stuart Nash: Work towards recruiting 1800 extra police over three years as per the Coalition Agreement.
• Clare Curran: Putting non-commercial public media news and New Zealand-made content at the centre of our media.
• Ron Mark: Achieve the best possible cross-party consensus on Defence matters, to give security and confidence to the men and women who serve our country.

In a year or so let’s judge how they have gone.