Unscrambling Government: Less confusion, more efficiency
Update: 2025-09-03
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In this episode, Oliver talks to Roger Partridge about his new report "Unscrambling Government," which proposes consolidating New Zealand's extraordinarily complex government structure from 81 ministerial portfolios, 28 ministers, and 43 departments down to a more manageable 15-20 portfolios with corresponding departmental consolidation.
They discuss how New Zealand's fragmented ministerial system creates accountability problems, increases fiscal costs, and hampers effective decision-making on critical issues like housing affordability, comparing unfavourably to other small advanced economies that operate with far simpler structures.
Read the report here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/unscrambling-government-less-confusion-more-efficiency/
They discuss how New Zealand's fragmented ministerial system creates accountability problems, increases fiscal costs, and hampers effective decision-making on critical issues like housing affordability, comparing unfavourably to other small advanced economies that operate with far simpler structures.
Read the report here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/unscrambling-government-less-confusion-more-efficiency/
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