Bradley Nathan Coe

Interesting to see former TOP leader Geoff Simmons, now Chief Economist/Advisor to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, at Parliament today. Just visiting, on business or one of Opportunity’s secret public servant negotiators? Has Simmons had any input into party policy this election cycle? Fair and reasonable questions when Qiulae Wong and Opportunity refuse to be transparent.

On Herald Now, RNZ Chair Brent Impey was crystal clear, saying he kept the Minister fully informed “in real time” when the CFO resigned and as the problems started to surface. David Seymour confirmed on Breakfast that he was told about financial irregularities when CFO Hilary Parker quit and as a shareholding minister, that update would have landed with him before Impey started talking to the media. Yet Impey’s public line at the time was that there was “nothing untoward.” So the CFO walks out suddenly, the board holds an emergency meeting, ministers get briefed on financial problems and Impey is still telling everyone there’s nothing to see here. If Impey was really keeping ministers updated in real time, then that “nothing untoward” claim doesn’t hold up and neither does his later explanation that it simply reflected what he knew at the time.

This is farcical. RNZ’s $2 million land sales error is in their Statement of Performance Expectations, approved by the Board and the Audit & Risk Committee Chair back in June 2025. So they have had almost 16 months and 5 Audit & Risk Committee meetings to pick up a basic accounting error.