Taxpayers' Union Call on Pauline Winter to Front up
Or Resign
31 JULY 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Responding to the Fairfax report that taxpayers are
footing the bill for the Ministry of Pacific Island
Affairs’ Chief Executive and to fly to Auckland most
weekends, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director
Jordan Williams says:
“This is a Ministry whose
Chief Executive is out of control. Taxpayers foot the bill
for Pauline Winter and her personal assistant to fly back to
Auckland most weekends, and for rental cars in both cities.
She’s not living in either city, she’s living on the
taxpayer.”
“Ms Winter is supposed to be advocating on
behalf of some of the poorest New Zealanders. Instead she is
using taxpayer money for a lavish lifestyle and and to
personally ordain staff.”
“Taxpayers fork out $270,000
per year for this Chief Executive and she is refusing to
take calls from the media. She should front up, or
resign.”
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