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The chair of Health NZ is unrepentant for political comments he made on social media about a National Party policy announcement that’s led to a call for him to “pull his head in or resign”.
“Nothing to apologise for and nobody I need to apologise to,” he told Newshub. “Has someone asked for an apology? If so I have not seen it.”
Rob Campbell, chair of Te Whatu Ora, was critical of National’s Three Waters announcement on Sunday on LinkedIn.
“What on earth would make anyone think this was a sensible idea for debt raising alone, let alone the managment (sic) and delivery of the tasks,” he wrote.
“Geographic and social inequities deepening while the infrastructure rots.
“I can only think that this is a thin disguise for the dog whistle on ‘co-governance’.
“Christopher Luxon might be able to rescue his party from stupidity on climate change but rescuing this from a well he has dug himself might be harder.”
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