Question time

Test your knowledge of the week in politics

1.

Where was the East Asia Summit held? a) Singapore b) Port Moresby c) Denpasar

2.

When is re-entry to the Pike River Mine drift expected to begin? a) By Christmas b) August 2019 c) February 2019

3.

Which profession held a week of rolling strikes across the country? a) Court staff b) Secondary teachers c) Primary teachers

4.

Which city received $400,000 from the Provincial Growth Fund to set up an aviation hub? a) Whanganui b) Palmerston North c) Hastings

5.

Who is heading the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the abuse of children in state and faithbased care? a) Dame Silvia Cartwright b) Mary Scholtens QC c) Sir Anand Satyanand

6.

What was the value of pine seedlings mulched as a result of a forestry project that went wrong? a) $160,000 b) $1 million c) $700,000

7.

Who called on Japan to stop its Southern Ocean whaling programme? a) Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage b) Foreign Minister Winston Peters c) Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash

8.

Which agency was cleared over its handling of the process to appoint Wally Haumaha as Deputy Police Commissioner a) The State Services Commission b) The Independent Police Conduct Authority c) The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

9.

Who has been named as the next High Commissioner to Canberra a) Nigel Fyfe b) Maurice Williamson c) Dame Annette King

10.

Which council has been scolded by the Ombudsman for blocking people’s emails a) Manawatu District Council b) Horowhenua District Council c) Wairarapa District Council

Answers: 1.A 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B

8.A 9.C 10.B