Since 2002/03,
the number of people employed by the New Zealand
Customs Service has increased by 61 percent.
In 2002,
Customs employed 716 people. Today, it employs 1,274.
Customs did considerably better than other Government
departments, whose numbers have expanded by 'only' about
30% under the current Labour government. This sort of
thing is known in government circles as
'capability improvement'.
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