Investigations

Private v public CEOs: pay gaps widening
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Private v public CEOs: pay gaps widening

The latest ‘Pay at the Top’ report by remuneration consultants Strategic Pay shows, of 585 chief executives surveyed, median fixed pay increased by 2.1% between 2020 and 2021.

Oliver Lewis 15 Dec 2021
'Big four' consulting firms make hay on covid advice
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'Big four' consulting firms make hay on covid advice

The Ministry of Health spent more on top tier consultants in the first three months of the current financial year than it did in two of the last four years, largely due to covid-19.

Oliver Lewis 13 Dec 2021
Treasury's doubts about Kāinga Ora’s $2B war chest
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Treasury's doubts about Kāinga Ora’s $2B war chest

The government takes a different view from the Treasury on Kāinga Ora's role in the housing market 

Jem Traylen 13 Dec 2021
Capital gains: public service growing in Wellington
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Capital gains: public service growing in Wellington

Public service jobs are growing faster in Wellington than the rest of the country. 

Nikitin Sallee 09 Dec 2021