
Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the public service reform, experimenting with AI to streamline tasks
From The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Published 5/19/2026
Another swathe of Government agency job cuts and public sector reform. Finance Minister Nicola Willis says they want to return the public servant headcount to 1% of the population by mid-2029, culling about 8,700 jobs. Government agency operating budgets will again be reduced – 2% now,…







