在新西兰
纳税人有充分理由对国家党最近的大部门机构重组侧目而视，因为被披露的数字显示被合并到国家党的“超级大部”的那些机构单单在遣散费一项就已经花掉1200万纽元。 工党国家机构事务发言人克里斯希普金斯在指出
 |
工党国家机构事务发言人克里斯希普金斯在指出上述事实时表示：由于国家党缺乏前瞻的眼光，导致纳税人要为如此巨大的遣散费买单，同时使改善公共服务没有一个连贯的计划。
斯蒂芬•乔伊斯日前承认很难令人相信这些部门合并本来可以同时进行――第一次合并的结果是造出一个科技与创新部，第二次合并则生出个商业、创新及就业部。
我们希望部长们涉及花纳税人的钱之前能想到后果。组建科技和创新部时各机构的遣散费就花掉了1600多万纽元，结果却为的是让这个部被再次重组。
而耗费的钱还不止这么多。3年来，经济发展部花在裁员遣散费上的费用达4500万，而因为他们要并入新的超级大部，2008到2011年间花在请顾问和外包合同上面的费用从6700万飙升至1亿9200万纽元。
重组过程一样是效率极低。国家党的公共服务机构重组十分草率，权力扩张才是它的驱动力。
MoBIE（商业、创新及就业部）的创立对于一些雇员而言意味着经历第二轮、甚至是第三轮的机构改组，这显示出国家党的施政混乱不堪。
与其把人赶来赶去、把钱浪费在花言巧语的公关宣传上，政府不如把注意集中在如何为新西兰人提供更好的公共服务上。（霍建强议员办公室供稿）
Chris
HIPKINS
State Services Spokesperson
20 August 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT Ad-hoc restructuring at its worst
Taxpayers have good reason to look askance at National’s latest state sector shuffle as figures reveal the organisations recently absorbed into National’s ‘mega ministry’ have spent $12 million on redundancy payments alone, says Labour’s State Services spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
“National’s lack of foresight has left taxpayers with an enormous bill, and no coherent plan for improving public services,” Chris Hipkins said.
“Steven Joyce’s admission today that the mergers – the first of which created the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the second, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MoBIE) - could have happened at once is hardly reassuring.
“We expect ministers to be forward thinking when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. Over $1.6 million was spent on redundancies in agencies forming the Ministry of Science and Innovation, only for it to be restructured again.
“And the costs don’t stop there. The Ministry of Economic Development spent $4.5 million on redundancies over the past three years as it prepared to morph into MoBIE while its spending on consultants and contractors soared from $6.7 million to $19.2 million between 2008 and 2011.
“This process is as inefficient as they come. National’s public sector restructuring has been ad-hoc and motivated by empire building.
“The fact that the creation of MoBIE will mean a second or even third round of restructuring for some of the employees involved underscores National’s shambolic approach.
“Rather than shuffling people around and wasting money on slick PR campaigns, the Government should be focused on how it can deliver better public services to New Zealanders,” Chris Hipkins said.