The NZ Super Fund wants it known that it has not been under any political direction to buy Kiwibank shares.
It operates independently and at arm's length from Government.
Most informed people would accept that.
But the fund has been a little too precious when reacting to the raft of opinion from editorial writers and columnists who have focused on the obvious political utility that surrounds NZ Post's decision to entertain a $495 million indicative offer for 45 per cent of Kiwibank (NZSF 25 per cent and ACC 20 per cent).
It wouldn't have taken an Einstein - or for that matter a Beehive politician