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Ryan Bridge: To Health NZ's new commissioner - Good luck, I think you'll need it
The press conference yesterday for Health New Zealand - Boy, Oh boy, what a doozy.
So they've appointed Lester Levy as the commissioner, the CEO Margie Apa was there alongside him. She's been in the job two years, that's how long the organisation's been set up for.
They're overspending $130 million a month. We know that — that can be nothing more than mismanagement if you take Levy's word for it.
He says they don't need more money. They basically just don't know how to spend efficiently within the organisation as it stands.
So, that's mismanagement short and simple start to finish.
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