RBNZ denies 10 of 25 senior staff have left since June

RBNZ denies 10 of 25 senior staff have left since June
RBNZ governor Adrian Orr says his management team is expanding. (Image: Getty)
Jenny Ruth
The Reserve Bank has denied that it has lost 10 of the 25 tier two and tier three senior staff it had in June."Those stats aren't right," Reserve Bank of NZ (RBNZ) assistant governor Juliet Tainui-Hernandez told parliament's finance and expenditure committee (FEC), adding that she didn't have exact numbers to hand.But the central bank has "absolutely not" lost so many senior staff. "It's been an expansion, actually," she said, although some staff have left. Tainui-Hernandez continued to deny the fig...

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