工党政府机构服务发言人 克里斯•希普金斯 （Chris Hipkins）
过去5年来政府机构花在顾问上的经费激增，表明国家党政府没能兑现他们关于要打造更高效的、重在一线服务力量的公共服务设施的承诺。
2006年7月至2010年11月间政府花在顾问和合同承包商上的钱从3.36亿暴涨到了5.25亿。其间最大的增长出现在国家党执政的第一年，恰与他们肆意斧斫“封顶”公共服务机构雇员人数同时。
国家党对公共服务机构员工人数的“封顶”已经导致请顾问和外包业务费用的暴涨。
他们没有提供更见成效的公共服务设施，事实恰恰相反――新西兰人如今花更多的钱却只得到更少的服务。
前一天把人解雇，后一天再把被解雇的这些人再请来当顾问――如此做法不可能产生更好成效。
设若国家党确实意在令公共服务设施卓有成效，那么他们已经悲惨地以失败告终。失败于未能合理掌控裁减政府资助带来的后果，没能制止在其他领域的经费暴增，以及没能实现自己所谓要打造更高效公共服务的承诺。
国家党治下的顾问文化已经太失控了，连财政部长比尔英格里希自己的部门――财政部，也居然专门雇个顾问来写一份检讨顾问使用问题的报告。
眼下新西兰还处于经济困境，老百姓要政府把纳税人的钱花在正道上。打造一个更高效的公共服务系统对于任何政府而言都应视之为头等大事。国家党却无法做到。
Chris
HIPKINS
State Services Spokesperson
19 May 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT
National’s consultancy culture is out of hand
An explosion in the cost of state sector consultants and contractors over the last five years clearly shows that the National Government has failed to live up to its promise of a more efficient public service focused on the frontline, says Labour's State Services spokesperson Chris Hipkins.
"Between 2006/07 and 2010/11 the total spend on consultants and contractors leapt from $336 million to $525 million. The biggest leap came in National's first year in office when it imposed its arbitrary 'cap' on the number of staff the public service can employ.
"National's cap on staff numbers has caused this blowout in consultants and contractors costs, plain and simple,” Chris Hipkins said.
“They're not delivering more efficient public services, in fact quite the opposite - Kiwis are paying more to get less.
"It can't possibly be more efficient to make someone redundant one day and then pick them up as consultants a few days later.
"National's supposed drive for greater efficiency in the public service has failed miserably. They've failed to adequately monitor the effect of their cuts, failed to stop cost blowouts in other areas, and failed to live up to their promise of a more efficient and effective public service.
"The consultancy culture has gotten so out of hand under National that Bill English's own department, the Treasury, even hired a consultant to write a review on the use of consultants.
"In these tight economic times, Kiwis want to know that the government is spending their tax dollar wisely. A more efficient and effective public service should be a major priority for any government. National has failed to deliver it," Chris Hipkins said
