17 senior NZ DIA staff laid off; Taxpayers' Union urges further cuts to reduce bureaucracy.

New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has laid off 17 senior staff, each averaging NZ$152,000 in salary. While the Taxpayers' Union sees this as a positive step, they highlight that the department has added 477 bureaucrats over the past five years. They argue that further cuts are necessary to address the agency's remaining workforce of approximately 2,700 full-time employees and to achieve a more manageable bureaucracy.

October 31, 2024
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