Reserve Bank chair Neil Quigley says sorry after knuckle rap from Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Reserve Bank chair Neil Quigley says sorry after knuckle rap from Finance Minister Nicola Willis
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's chair, Neil Quigley. (Photo: NZME)
Rebecca Howard
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's chair, Neil Quigley, says he regrets the delay in fronting up about why former governor Adrian Orr resigned, after a public knuckle rap from Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Quigley made the statement after Willis told reporters at Fieldays that she had “expressed my view they did not manage that Official Information Act request well and I expect them to do better”.BusinessDesk and other media outlets had requested communications and briefings about Orr's decision to resign in early Marc...

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