7222 (2024). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

7222 (2024). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Does the Minister agree with National Party MP Simeon Brown when he said on RNZ “NZTA -we've been we've been incredibly critical of the fact that they've tripled the number of communications officers” and if so, how much has the communications headcount for Waka Kotahi/NZTA reduced since the week of 27 November 2023, if at all?

Hon Simeon Brown: Yes. I am advised that the FTE headcount of communications staff at NZTA has reduced by 6.8 since November 2023.