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The Government has spent millions upon millions of dollars on outside consultants pursuing major policy ideas.
This is despite Prime Minister Chris Hipkins saying there’s a need to lessen the Government’s reliance on the private sector to get things done.
In fact, this is one of the few areas where we’ve seen bipartisan consensus, with National Party leader Christopher Luxon also critical of the level of consultant spending.
So how much is too much? And are there signs of the Government breaking free of consultants?
Today, on the Front Page, NZ Herald senior business journalist Kate MacNamara, follows the money and helps us understand how it got there in the first place.
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