The costly lessons ministers keep making, but why?

PremiumOpinionRichard Prebble is a former Labour Party minister and Act Party leader.

‌New ministers need real leadership training, writes Richard Prebble. Photo / Mark Mitchell

New ministers need real leadership training, writes Richard Prebble. Photo / Mark Mitchell

We would not ask a pilot to fly a Boeing 787 without extensive training.Yet we expect first-term ministers to take charge of departments with thousands of employees and budgets of billions of dollars, having received virtually no training.

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