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At Pharmac, sorry seems to be the hardest word

OPINION: The public’s trust in Pharmac must surely be at an all-time low, and the ‘fortress mentality’ identified in the Pharmac Review will continue without the introduction of new leadership.

NBR columnist Rachel Smalley speaks with Hamish McNicol.

There is an important role that senior public servants play in government -- identifying and mitigating risk.

The most experienced members of the bureaucracy can sniff out a communications or operational issue from a mile away. It’s nipped in the bud quickly before it becomes an issue for the

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