New Zealand Taxpayers' Union: Hipkins Must Rein In Te Pūkenga And Stop The Waste
December 16, 2022
Te Pūkenga needs to find savings of nearly $500 million and the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union argues cutting out duplication of highly paid management roles is a great place to start. They are currently recruiting for regional co-leaders who will earn between $200,000 and $350,000 each while vital teaching and support staff worry about their future.
“Te Pūkenga has a serious spending problem in no small part caused by an ideological drive to create layer after layer of bureaucracy. It is no surprise to see that redundancies are on the table in order to find desperately needed savings of nearly half a billion dollars,” New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager Callum Purves says.