Covid-19 coronavirus: The state sector bosses who ignored Jacinda Ardern s pay cut plea
5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last April during the Covid lockdown she and her ministers would take 20 per cent pay cuts for six months. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
One in five public sector bosses ignored the Prime Minister s example and declined to take a Covid pay cut, opting instead to continue pocketing their full six-figure salaries. Those who did not follow Jacinda Ardern s lead included judges earning more than $400,000 and chief executives with annual wages as high as $500,000.