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The Crown Commission in charge of Tauranga City Council is expected to be in place until the next local government elections in October 2022. Commissioners’ remuneration figures for February 9 to June 30 this year show the four commissioners – Anne Tolley, Stephen Selwood, Shad Rolleston, and Bill Wasley – were paid a total of $520,200. On top of that, there was more than $26,000 paid to the commissioners for mileage and expenses. Remuneration has been set by Minister Mahuta at $1800 per day for the commission chair, which is Tolley, and $1500 per day for the three other commissioners. The council is responsible for paying the commissioners remuneration.
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The new panel has been put in place after criticism over police use of facial recognition software. (File photo) Payments to all members would likely cost $25,000 to $30,000 a year. “We will be following the Cabinet Office guidelines which apply to these sorts of advisory bodies, which means that payment of panel members fall within the Cabinet Fees Framework rules,” Evans said. It is likely to meet about four times a year. “Police officials will not be sitting in on any of the panel meetings, nor will they be involved in the write-up of the panel’s advice. All the panel’s deliberations and preparation of advice back to Police will be done at arms-length, so as to expressly preserve the panel’s independence.”