http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1308/S00163.htm National sets poor example for women leadership roles Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:45 am Press Release: Green Party 9 August 2013 National sets poor example for women leadership roles The number of women on state appointed boards has declined under this National Government, the Green Party said today. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs today released their latest Gender Stocktake of State Sector Boards and Committees, which is done yearly to monitor the number of women appointed by the government to state sector boards and committees. The latest figures show that the percentage of women on state appointed boards has dropped to 40.5% from 41.1% last year. In 2008, when National first took office, the total number of women in these positions was 1153. It is now 1059. [....]