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Ihumātao deal under scrutiny as Housing Minister accused of using KiwiBuild as 'slush fund' Newshub 4 days ago © Getty Megan Woods The Government's Ihumātao deal is coming under scrutiny as Housing Minister Megan Woods is accused of using a KiwiBuild programme as a "slush fund".  The Housing Minister rejected the assertion by National's housing spokesperson Nicola Willis, saying she's "confused" and doesn't understand what the KiwiBuild programme in question is for.  The disputed south Auckland land was purchased from Fletcher Building in December for $30 million by the Government's ...

Willis asked Dr Woods in Parliament on Wednesday how she could justify using funds to purchase the land at Ihumātao that were "explicitly earmarked in Budget 2020 for KiwiBuild homes". Budget 2020 states that the Land for Housing Programme is "intended to facilitate the development of KiwiBuild affordable homes".  Dr Woods said Willis was "confused" and hadn't looked at the broader purpose of the Land for Housing Programme, which was to "acquire land suitable for residential development" that it can "on-sell to developers".  In the case of the Ihumātao deal, a Memorandum of Unders...

The Government is facing questions over redacted information in a Cabinet paper.

11:40 Murray State University is halfway through the spring semester and, MSU President Bob Jackson says, is looking forward to a semblance of normalcy on the horizon. He joins WKMS News Director Rachel Collins to chat about vaccines on campus, potential impacts of a Kentucky employee pension bill and the need for more federal stimulus funding. Jackson noted on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinics for university faculty, staff and graduate assistants are taking place this week, and more received the vaccine even ahead of those clinics. By the end of this week, he said, he believes most of the fac...

Eastern Kentucky University’s College of Science has honored three of its retired faculty members as its first Iconic Professors as part of a new college initiative. Dr. Sanford L. Jones Sr., Dr. John L. Meisenheimer Sr. and the late Professor Meredith J. Cox are the first faculty members to earn the prestigious honor.