Public Purse: The $457,000 in exec’s severance pay Te Pūkenga declined to disclose until the Ombudsman investigated
OPINION: Te Pūkenga's brush with Ombudsman and public interest in exec's severance pay. Source: NZ Herald Business News
$163,000 redundancy payout to Te Pūkenga chief executive triggered by Government disestablishment plan
Golden handshakes topping $719,000 paid to Te Pūkenga execs in recent years. Source: NZ Herald Business News
Covid inquiry: Tony Blakely’s advice to Government and what it means for the inquiry he chairs
The chair of the Covid-19 inquiry advised government officials during the pandemic. Source: NZ Herald Business News
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