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Rob Campbell: Former Health NZ Chair on the agency overspending at a rate of $130m a month

Published: July 22, 2024, 7:49 p.m.

Questions are being raised as to where the blame lies for issues within Health New Zealand.\xa0

The board is being replaced with a commissioner as the agency was found to be overspending at the rate of around $130 million a month.\xa0

Back office staff numbers have increased significantly in recent years.\xa0

Former Health New Zealand Chair Rob Campbell told Mike Hosking there's a possibility the budget was never right from the start.\xa0

He suspects the original budgeting appropriations were never adequate, and it's been impossible to manage.\xa0

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