Back in the 16th century, good Queen Bess said to her Privy Council of advisors something along the lines of: “I want your free, frank advice, without consideration of fear or favour.” In other words, tell me what you think, and don’t expect either a new estate, or a beheading. New Zealand inherited those traditions.

The public service was born.

In the New Zealand of 1988, they smothered it.

– See more at: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/07/23/guest-blog-chris-perley-confessions-of-an-ex-public-servant-watching-the-slow-death-of-the-public-sector/#sthash.oMxy6uPe.dpuf 

Chris Perley