Ministry for Regulation
What it actually does
A Seymour coalition win, the Ministry for Regulation was established on 1 March 2024 to identify and remove unnecessary or poorly working rules and oversee regulatory quality. It was funded by closing the New Zealand Productivity Commission.
Source: Wikipedia · 2024-03
The Trump take
“A ministry to get rid of rules? That's DOGE before DOGE. David invented DOGE, maybe. No, I invented it. But he was close.”parody
Why it scored this way
Red tape
A department dedicated to cutting red tape
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Loves it
Big government
Creates one agency while closing another
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