Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol

He waka eke noa e hoa. Together we are strong as academics and as citizens. The reason this political class is so scared of academics is because we teach students how to ask critical questions.