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Some public sector leadership salaries: Matt Whineray, CEO NZ Super Fund: $929,000 (after COVID-19 reduction) Scott Pickering, CEO ACC: $826,000 Ailsa Claire, CEO ADHB: $677,000 John Ryan, Auditor General: $670,000 Peter Hughes, Public Service Commissioner: $630,000 Rob Everett, CEO Financial Services Authority (just resigned): $623,000 Cherly de la Rey, VC University of Canterbury: $594,000 Tim Fowler, CEO Tertiary Education Commission: $560,000 Judge Peter Boshier, Chief Ombudsman: $456,000 Sid Miller, CEO Earthquake Commission: $437,000 A lower public sector staff salary: Jane Doe, administrator Dept of Corrections: $45,000 Helen Roberts is an Associate Professor in Otago University Department of Accountancy and Finance. She put those remuneration packages into perspective. "I just looked at the data that's out on the public sector websites, you can go and look yourself. I looked at the top five paid individuals in the state sector who were full term.
Internal communications obtained by Stuff under the Official Information Act show board member Michael Quirke told DHB bosses he was “slightly uncomfortable” with the prospect of being vaccinated prior to some frontline and second-line staff. Meanwhile, a hospital staffer contacted the chief executive after news the board had been vaccinated to say they “virtually had to beg” to be jabbed, despite working in a patient-facing department. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Some members of the 11-person Auckland DHB received their first Covid-19 jab early in a bid to lead by example. (File photo) Quirke's email responding to the invitation on March 31 said “perception is important, and I wouldn't want this to be an own goal on our part”.
Chris Hipkins unveils New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccination timetable. A leaked letter has revealed the Auckland District Health Board is inviting all “non-patient facing” workers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, despite the current focus of Government’s roll-out being border workers and frontline health staff. Stuff can also reveal Auckland’s three DHBs have collectively vaccinated 47 per cent of non-frontline staff. It comes after Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed more than 500 Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) workers have still not received one dose of the vaccine, while members of the ADHB’s board have received a jab before some frontline health workers.
Additional reporting by Carmina Blewett Doctors at Auckland Hospital have been told they cannot fly to Australia for business or continuing education when the bubble opens later this month. Photo: 123rf Auckland DHB has advised all staff it will not approve business travel - except for critical reasons - and strongly discourages taking holidays across the Tasman. DHB chief executive Ailsa Claire has laid out the organisation's expectations for the upcoming trans-Tasman travel bubble. In a memo to all staff, she said they were "taking a cautious approach". "For now, we are not approving any overseas business or CPE (Continuing Professional Education) travel. There will be some exceptions for critical activity," said Claire.
Transtasman bubble: Employers hesitant over Australian trips nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Trans-Tasman bubble: Employers hesitant over Australian trips stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
+Undoctored Email response on behalf of Auckland's three DHBs Friday 12 March 2021, 01:38 PM 2 minutes to Read Email response from Auckland DHB chief executive Ailsa Claire to New Zealand Doctor/Rata Aotearoa questions New Zealand Doctor - Can you tell me how the invitations are made and confirmed? Ailsa Claire - "Our plan is always to use unexpected opportunities that come up to vaccinate people who are next in the priority order to ensure that no vaccine is wasted. "In Auckland metro DHBs, when a batch of vaccine is a day away from expiry, the local immunisation team process is to first ask employers at MIQ and the airport and port if any of their workforce can be made available to get their vaccination in the next 24 hours in addition to the scheduled vaccinations that day.
How maternity services could change at Auckland Hospital after four mothers died nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New targets quietly approved by DHBs in 2019 are aimed at turning this situation around. These include recording employee ethnicity, employing a Māori workforce that reflects Māori population proportionally for their region by 2030, and Māori staff turnover being no greater than DHB turnover for all staff. There are also targets around cultural competency training being delivered for all DHB staff in their interactions with Māori patients and whānau. Debbie became a registered nurse to care for her whānau, but she feels her Māori identity has been an obstacle to career progression. Christel Yardley/Stuff
Auckland Hospital caesareans: Woman saw psychiatrist to get C section, warns others 'robbed' of choice 20 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Nicholas Jones is an investigative reporter at the New Zealand Herald nicholas.jones@nzherald.co.nz@nickjonesnzer A first-time mother who paid hundreds of dollars to see a psychiatrist to prove mental health grounds for a caesarean section worries other women will miss out, amid a drive to bring down the number of surgeries. "I would like to ensure other women have access to this procedure if it's the way they would like to give birth," the woman, whose boy was born in July, subsequently wrote to the DHB.