Frivolous and expensive: the government's lost luggage bill
The whole point of this lost luggage bill is to waste time. That is why it is there. And the time costs taxpayers $43,000 an hour.
Suddenly the government is keen on finding people’s luggage.
There is a tale from the late 1960s of New Zealand Railways losing a passenger’s luggage on a trip to Wellington.
The passenger happened to live in the Pahiatua electorate – held by the prime minister of the time, Keith
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Frivolous and expensive: the government's lost luggage bill
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