tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post1544279516986186778..comments2023-10-12T00:07:25.722+13:00Comments on roarprawn: NZTE UPDATEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-87419756334895948862009-10-03T20:12:56.207+13:002009-10-03T20:12:56.207+13:00"However we still think that NZTE is still a ..."However we still think that NZTE is still a fat govt department."<br /><br />What govt. dept is not a fat govt. dept?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-47261770505331819892009-10-03T09:20:46.720+13:002009-10-03T09:20:46.720+13:00Should probably point out that the reason tradenz ...Should probably point out that the reason tradenz was taken off MFAT in 2003 (when NZTE was set up) was because the diplomat boys and girls had turned it into an adjunct to the cocktail circuit.<br /><br />are you so confident that one CEO with a short tenure (3-5 years, if he can be bothered that long with the bureacratic bullshit of Wellington) is really going to change the MFAT culture?<br /><br />My take would be to take the trade role off MFAT altogether (after all they aren't using it) and set up the old trade and industry department again - with a central focus on trade.<br /><br />Of course this would also require Treasury to start taking some interest in economic policy (as opposed to constant internal "refocusing" and rearrangement of its deckchairs) - ridiculously naive and unreasonable I know!thedeityformerlyknownasnigel6888noreply@blogger.com