Was it ‘culture clash’ that forced top U.K. public sector bosses flee NZ?
Snap resignations of two top public sector bosses ‘who fled back to the motherland,’ prompted Britain’s Guardian newspaper to speculate that a culture clash was to blame.
“An unexpected journey” is the subtitle of the first Hobbit film, New Zealand’s latest contribution to world cinema. It’s also been the fate of Lesley Longstone, the senior British civil servant who was recruited to head up New Zealand’s Ministry of Education, and who is now returning home just over a year into a five-year contract.
Longstone’s abrupt departure follows that of Janet Grossman, who returned to the UK last year after only nine months as the head of Work and Income New Zealand …
The Guardian article is overloaded with mostly irrelevant details and excuses. Had the author done some basic research, he might have come up with the real reasons for the “unexpected journey” from the land of the Hobbit!
The departure of the two UK leaders from New Zealand follows a trend, which started a couple of years ago. Intelligent, professional people and caring parents have been leaving this country in droves mainly to avoid New Zealand’s cultures of violent crimes, road deaths, rapes, child sex, environmental poisoning, bullying ….
They leave NZ because they want to stay alive and unharmed! …. if you haven’t been following this blog…. See links!
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