Jacinda like a Boss takes a 20% pay cut when she deserves a 20% pay rise 

By
Martyn Bradbury
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Jacinda Ardern takes 20 per cent pay cut alongside all her ministers and public sector bosses – even Ashley Bloomfield

The Prime Minister and Dr. Ashley Bloomfield will both take a 20 per cent pay cut, along with all ministers and public sector CEOs.

Jacinda Ardern announced the pay cut at her daily Covid-19 press conference. 

The cut will last for six months, and also includes public service chief executives. 

Taking a pay cut during the pandemic to show solidarity with those in lockdown is extraordinary because as far as I’m concerned, she deserves a 20%  pay raise for the incredible leadership she has shown during this event.

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25 COMMENTS

  1. Totally agree Martyn. The New Zealand curve on the chart, especially when compared to the rest of the world, is testament to Jacinda’s superb leadership. Yet there will still be those who will continue to do everything they can to denigrate Jacinda. If she found a vaccine for COVID-19 they would find a reason to criticise her. If she masterfully manages the economic climate, which I believe she is doing and will continue to do, they will continue to criticise her. What is it about these people who fill this category? Oh, I know, they cannot handle young intelligent women especially young intelligent women who are leaders. Somehow it makes them feel insecure and inadequate, probably highlighting their own internal weaknesses. Luckily they are in the minority.

    • Political right wing factions along with various corporate sectors and lobby groups contract the likes of Hooton, Hosking, Soper and all the sycophantic cling-on poodles in the MSM to sow the seeds of dissension. We should know all their names and what streets they live on.

      • Better still, cut the umbilical cord to the MSM that support their lifelines, after all it appears the Herald is struggling, which given its slanted content is hardly surprising. Could Hosking survive on $585 a week?

  2. Jacinda like a Boss takes a 20% pay cut when she deserves a 20% pay rise……….Oh FUCK OFF YOU WANKER

    • Gary – great response. Thank you. Yet again it is a typically negative angry retort from you, a bit like run-off from a toxic swamp and it absolutely confirms what youngsuffrajet said, especially the bit about not being able to handle young intelligent women and feeling insecure and inadequate. Next you will blame Jacinda for wrecking the economy because she and her government put the country into level 4 lockdown.

  3. certainly has been a volatile environment to govern in this term

    just as much as any other PM , Jacinda’s earnt every dollar . i never considered that she should or shouldn’t , take a paycut but has so good on her .

  5. I think it’s the wrong question. Rather, do we, the people of Aotearoa, deserve another chance with a leader who actually gives a damn? A leader who exemplifies leadership of the people. A leader who has earned the respect of others all around the world.

    Or are we too blind, to dense, too self-centre’d, to materialistic, too demanding of instant rewards, too disloyal (the “Left), too sly and underhand (the “Right), too bullying (the baying-for-blood wannabe big-media “journos’).

    Do we deserve another chance to actually work with her, as she initially asked of us (“Let’s do this”), rather than attacking and smearing and focussing on what has not been able to be achieved in the time and conditions that were available.

    Do we? I really don’t know.

  6. What a weird time for the executive to debate remuneration. The government have had three years to address their salaries and they do it in the middle of a medical crisis, to show their solidarity? Just looks a bit virtue signally and also condescending when a lot of people suddenly don’t know when their next paycheck will be. Don’t get me wrong, Jacinda is probably one of the best world leaders to emerge in modern times but these sacrifice Olympics we see every day, along with every pseudo celebrity telling us to stay home and save lives is becoming a joke. Though another joke is the fact that Ashley Bloomfield and other government executives get paid more than the Prime Minister.

    • these sacrifice Olympics we see every day

      It was Seymour who brought it up – he put it out there. Once it was on the table, it had to be acted on.

  7. For the second time, this is a hats off to Channel three. Earlier it was for The Project, who have upped their game considerably from where they once were and have become much more human-centre’d, immediate, unpretentious and Kiwi-as.

    This time it is in appreciation of Newshub’s Managing Editor for digital, Mark Longley. At a time when other news outlets are oftentimes throwing shade and subtly (or not so subtly) undermining her efforts, Mark has posted this: Trump v Ardern – How our Prime Minister trumped the most powerful man in the world Well worth a read.

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