NZ Post: The secretive SOE transforming into a courier operator

NZ Post: The secretive SOE transforming into a courier operator
NZ Post is merging the parcel and mail delivery networks. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
When it comes to the national postal service, the Government works in mysterious ways.The tectonic shift away from snail mail in favour of digital communication is obvious to all, and New Zealand Post has been frank about its couriers’ modern role as an online shopping delivery service. Yet plans for the state-owned operator’s future remain perplexingly obscure.NZ Post’s Deed of Understanding, its legal arrangement with the Government setting out its obligations, was due to be reviewed by June 30 last year.Three weeks out from...

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