The Public Service Association says lifting public sector board member paychecks is total hypocrisy. 

A quietly-released Cabinet paper reveals annual governance board chair fees have jumped from up to $90,000, to more than $160,000.

PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says this decision comes from the same leaders who cancelled pay equity claims and offered meagre minimum-wage increases.

"It's astonishing from a Government that was elected on addressing the cost of living crisis - and it seems for low-income workers and middle-income workers, this Government is nowhere to be seen."

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The Public Service Association says lifting public sector board member paychecks is total hypocrisy.&nbsp;
A quietly-released Cabinet paper reveals annual governance board chair fees have jumped from up to $90,000, to more than $160,000.
PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says this decision comes from the same leaders who cancelled pay equity claims and offered meagre minimum-wage increases.
"It's astonishing from a Government that was elected on addressing the cost of living crisis - and it seems for low-income workers and middle-income workers, this Government is nowhere to be seen."
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With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Fleur Fitzsimons: PSA National Secretary on the Government lifting Crown body board members' pay

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