Minister’s letter aimed at unseating Te Pūkenga chair Murray Strong, and his rejoinder
Strong resigned on December 8 - three days after he received the letter. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Reinstating the Christchurch Cathedral and the wobbly numbers it relies on
Victorian Gothic: Christchurch's ruined cathedral and romancing the rebuild numbers. Source: NZ Herald Business News
New Zealand’s grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden on the marathon feat of reviving competition
Grocery dysfunction: Watchdog Pierre van Heerden admits he, too, stockpiles cheese. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Planned cuts to the public service so far won’t even wind back the last six months of expansion – Public Purse
OPINION: Eight new agencies across the public service helped fuel record staffing levels. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Commerce Commission outlines case against proposed supermarket merger
Commerce Commission outlines objections to Foodstuffs merger, final decision to come. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Public Service added thousands of new hires late last year, data shows
Public service hiring spree continued through the end of 2023 while outside spending fell. Source: NZ Herald Business News
What Te Pūkenga’s four chief executives were paid to offer (and stop offering) their services – The Public Purse
OPINION: The payments to send off Te Pukenga's leaders and the efforts to conceal them. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Chateau Tongariro costing taxpayers $2.2m a year to sit empty
A year after closing, the future of the empty hotel is uncertain. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Why the Ministry for Regulation will be treble the size of the Productivity Commission
The old ministry had 22 staff, but the new one will have around 60. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Former Oranga Tamariki boss Grainne Moss tapped to set up new regulation ministry
Controversial former head of Ministry for Children now establishing regulation ministry. Source: NZ Herald Business News