Nicola Willis has been well and truly under the pump after last week’s atrocious GDP numbers. The 0.9% dip in growth, with an even larger dip in per capita GDP, shows her growth policies are not working. There have been calls for her resignation, but Chris Luxon has expressed confidence in her – what else could he do? National has been under heavy Opposition fire in recent weeks over the parlous state of the country’s social housing.The Government’s concerns about the construction sector and its clearly wilting support among younger males, many of whom are tradies, is clearly part of the reasoning behind the decision to bring forward investment in school infrastructure. While the economy in general is stagnating, one sector is doing well…the Maori economy. To talk about how it is managing to do this while the general economy seemingly can’t and some of the lessons to be learned, I’m joined by professor of Maori Management Jason Mika, from the University of Auckland’s business school