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Acumen Republic ousted from govt virus comms team

An NBR query originally to Health Ministry just the start of ‘inside tip-off.’

Reweti Kohere Fri, 17 Apr 2020

The government’s lead Covid-19 comms team has dropped public relations agency Acumen Republic from its bench after a secondee gave their Acumen colleague an “inside tip-off” to contact a journalist who had made inquiries to the government.

On April 1, NBR asked only the Ministry of Health

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Reweti Kohere Fri, 17 Apr 2020
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