Business of Government: and so it begins …

Now comes the hard partA piece of wisdom attributed to the great Mongolian ruler Činggis Khan says that conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard. I alluded to this in yesterday’s story Mayor v the minister – Wellington’s Golden Mile will be an early test for both. Both mayor Tory Whanau and transport and local government minister Simeon Brown have been elected with a clear mandate from the people for the platforms on which they ran. The trouble for these modern-day rulers is that the...