More on the laziest Ministers
The Taxpayers Union asked the Cabinet Office how many cabinet papers each Minister had submitted to Cabinet or a Cabinet Committee since they were sworn in. The Ministers in order from most to least productive are:
- Hipkins 41
- Parker 31
- Little 23
- Wood 23
- Robertson 20
- Faafoi 17
- Clark 15
- Sepuloni 14
- Mahuta 13
- Woods 12
- Nash 11
- Whaitiri 10
- O’Connor 9
- Williams 8
- Shaw 7
- Henare 7
- Ardern 7
- Verrall 6
- Tinetti 5
- Davis 3
- Sio 2
- Allan 1
- Radhakrishnan 1
- Jackson 1
- Mallard 1 (as Speaker)
- Twyford 0
- Davidson 0
Twyford and Davidson haven’t done a single paper to their colleagues in almost six months. Yet they are getting almost $300,000 a year remuneration.
UPDATE: Twyford has been on leave since December as his wife is sick so that would explain his lack of papers. No excuse for Davidson though.