On the Money: Joan Withers, Adrian Orr's principled slavery stance, George Kerr, and more

On the Money: Joan Withers, Adrian Orr's principled slavery stance, George Kerr, and more
TWG chair Joan Withers, sans glasses. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Stevenson
Welcome to On the Money, our column on money, and the people making itThe high turnover among senior staff at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised flags at both the media conference and the Finance and Expenditure Committee this week but Governor Adrian Orr said it was out of his hands.“Slavery has been abolished and people can choose to do what they wish,” he said.According to Orr, it’s not a question of the Reserve Bank's culture and the bank is on top of it anyway.“We do exit interviews and we have continuo...

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