Nicola's destruction

Today, Stuff led with a headline claiming that forcing public servants to return to the office was “the number one” fix for Wellington’s ‘icy’ economy.

No mention until much later of the 6500+ positions the Government culled or its slashing of government programs and spend.

That’s been the key differentiator in Wellington, and it’s not a secret either. Was Stuff paid for the promotional piece? I’ll never know but I hold up hope for our media.

Robert Walters’ NZ and Australia CEO told Newshub in June that he had never seen the Wellington job market as bad as it was due to the public service cuts:

"This just seems more invasive. And yes we knew that the public sector had grown significantly also over that period of time, but so had population."

Our best and brightest were already heading or looking overseas because there was “no point” looking here. More similar reports in April - “the Wellington job market is dire”, May -‘public service firings are having a flow on effect to the private sec…