The Queen's Birthday Honours List is due to be released at the weekend.
Unfortunately, due to a SNAFU at Internal Affairs, it was briefly
published yesterday; the Herald reports:
A staff member from the Department of the Prime Minister has accidentally published online an embargoed list of Queen's Birthday Honours winners.
In a statement this afternoon a department spokesman said the list was published on a distribution website, which is accessible to the public.
"The list was inadvertently made briefly available on our media distribution website, but has now been removed from the site,'' the spokesman said.
APNZ understands a staff member from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet used the database website Media People NZ to send the embargoed list of honours winners to media organisations across the country this morning.
The list, which is embargoed until Monday, was accidentally published on the Media People website because an option not to post the media release online was not selected.
But we can't help but wonder; if a Cabinet Minister from the Clark government was to receive a titular honour (we're trying to be gender-neutral here) from the Queen after Labour voted to adopt a New Zealand based Honours regime, distant from Buckingham Palace, wouldn't that be rather...ahem...inconsistent?
5 comments:
Yes I was somewhat surprised by that mind you I guess that one has to balance that with the collective responsibility. It will be interesting to see how the minister handles that. I was appalled to note the elevation of another " Brit " to the ONZ. I work in a conservative office and the sentiment was shared
I guess the latter one to which you refer is a nod to his missus. He won't be around forever, so he won't keep anyone off that particular list for long methinks.
I would say the Helengrad era recipient would be taking the mickey, somewhat!
Unless he said he got a gong, you dind't, eat that!
You are correct KS I just don't think he should be there. I have been fortunate and have spent two days watching Louis Vuitton Cup racing with the man I consider to be the greatest ever New Zealander.
The award is for service to the crown not servicing the crown to put it in agricultural terms.
But one of Clark's Ministers received a NZ honour, then took the Royal titular title when it was reinstated in the post-Clark era. Clark contacted the conferree and harangued her about accepting the Royal title. The conferree essentially told Clark to sod off.
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