"The truth is that I can say things now I could not say when I was a public servant, so I'll say them: The only disagreement I ever had with Minister Verrall was about a request to tone down my public statements about Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority), and the role of Māori in health governance." "I'm very disappointed to be not working alongside the team at EPA anymore, and I'm disappointed in the attitudes that lie behind the minister's decision," he said. In announcing Campbell's firing from the EPA - which also includes his board membership - Environment Minister David Parker said he had taken advice from the Public Service Commissioner that the comments were a clear breach of Code of Conduct requirements for such roles.Ĭampbell told RNZ he did not think it had much to do with the post. The government had been under pressure over Campbell's positions after he posted criticism on social media of the National Party's policy on water infrastructure, its answer to the government's Three Waters legislation. Rob Campbell says his removal from the Environmental Protection Authority is "Muldoonism in action", and thinks it unrelated to his social media post.īut Public Service Commissioner Peter Hughes has advised the government Campbell's comment was a clear breach of conduct.Ĭampbell has been removed as chair of the Environmental Protection Authority, just days after his firing from the same position at Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ.
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