Business of Government: Census censure, 40 shades of Musk, 'right-sizing' and more

Elon Musk's DOGE moves seem to be sinking into NZ's policy thinking. (Image: NZME)

Wed, 19 Feb 2025

Does the Census still make sense?Having claimed the scalps of two head statisticians, the national Census may now itself be heading either for the scrapheap or a radical reshaping.That follows the current head of Stats NZ, Mark Sowden’s decision to leave the post following findings of systemic failure to adequately plan for or protect personal information in the last census in 2023.The public service commissioner, Sir Brian Roche, announced Sowden’s departure at the release of a report authored by Mike Heron KC and Pania Gray into h...

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