Kāinga Ora CEO leaving with golden handshake

Kāinga Ora CEO leaving with golden handshake
Outgoing Kāinga Ora chief executive Andrew McKenzie. (Image: Supplied)
Maria Slade
Kāinga Ora chief executive Andrew McKenzie is leaving the agency at the end of October and will receive half his annual pay in compensation.Chair Simon Moutter said that following the independent review of Kāinga Ora led by former finance minister Bill English, McKenzie’s role was being reduced, and it had been agreed that his departure would be treated as a redundancy.His remuneration package in 2022/23 was $721,000, the New Zealand Herald’s public sector chief executive salary survey showed.When he left, McKenzie would receive his...

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