PM not amused: Public service bosses fail to show up

The Prime Minister took time out from Parliament today to address the Heads of Ministries and CEOs of Crown Agencies at a workshop session on the current fucntional review of the public service. But Henry Puna wasn’t particularly happy with what he saw at the venue - too many empty seats! About a dozen bosses of departments didn’t show up for today’s meeting. And at least a further eight more were late arriving - after the PM!
The meeting was acknowledged for its importance as a result of the future impacts on the public service and although the PM was half-joking about the absentees, there was a seriousness to his message. The workshop was an opportunity for the heads of departments to start thinking about the review processes, which will be examining what they do and how they do it. The aim of this project is to better define the public service so that it performs the core functions it is required to, in an efficient manner.
The (Black) List of no-show bosses
If anyone is interested in knowing who the government bosses were that didn’t show up to yesterday’s meeting (for whatever reason) on the review of the Public Service, here they are:
Tingika Elikana, Solicitor General
Tupou Faireka, Secretary of Health
Sonny Williams, Secretary of Culture
Bob Williams, Director of Financial Intelligence Unit
Jim Gosselin, Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Apii Timoti, CEO of Te Aponga Uira
George Ellis, CEO of Pearl Authority
Carmel Beattie, CEO of Tourism Cook Islands
Vaine Arioka, Manager of Bank of Cook Islands
Bim Tou, Manager of Ports Authority
Charles Carlson, Head of Emergency Management
Arona Ngari, Head of Meteorological Service
Kave Ringi, Principal Immigration Officer
All CEOs of Cabinet Ministers didn’t show up too:
Edwin Pittman (for PM)
Patrick Arioka (for DPM)
Ben Mose (for Minister Heather)
Man Unia (for Minister Glassie)
George Turia (for Minister Bishop)
Soko Roi (for Minister Brown)
And here’s the list of those who showed up late (but at least came):
Bredina Drollet, Secretary of Internal Affairs
Donye Numa, Acting Secretary for Infrastructure and Planning
Anthony Brown, Secretary of Agriculture
Terry Rangi, Head of Business Trade and Investment Board
Vaitoti Tupa, Head of Environment Service
Ben Ponia, Secretary of Marine Resources
Janet Maki, Ombudsman
Maara Tetava, Commissioner of Police

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