New Zealand's Public Service Overhaul: A Mixed Bag of Cost Cutting and Reform New Zealand's Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced plans to overhaul the country's public service, aiming to reduce the number of public servants from 63,600 to around 60,000 by 2029.
This move is touted as a cost cutting measure, but it also signals a shift towards more streamlined and efficient government operations.
The plan to reduce the number of public servants to 1% of the working age population by 2029 has precedent in Finland, which has achieved a similar ratio with a smaller bureaucracy.