"The consultancy arrangement between
Mr Kit Richards and Timberlands West Coast Ltd is untenable
in the view of the shareholder," Minister Responsible for
Timberlands West Coast Pete Hodgson said
today.
Timberlands is a state-owned enterprise. The
shareholding ministers are Mr Hodgson and the Minister of
Finance, Dr Michael Cullen.
"I have conveyed the
shareholder's view to the chairman of the Timberlands board,
Mr Warren Young, this afternoon," Mr Hodgson said.
"I
anticipate hearing back from the chairman in due
course."
Mr Richards resigned as Timberlands' general
manager, planning, on January 28. His departure followed
public disclosure of an e-mail message in which he urged his
correspondents to apply pressure to the Government to change
its policy in respect of native forest
logging.
Timberlands' chief executive Mr Dave Hilliard
told a Parliamentary select committee today that Mr Richards
had since been contracted as a consultant to the
company.
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