The troubling gaps in Treasury’s performance - and in its knowledge of how it might tackle them

Dr Eric Crampton
The Post
17 August, 2026

New Zealand’s Treasury has two big jobs that nobody else can do.

They’re both highlighted in the first line of Treasury’s “Who we are” website. Treasury is “the Government’s lead economic and financial adviser and steward of the public sector financial management systems.”

June’s performance improvement review for Treasury did not go well at all on one of those big jobs. It may point to issues in staff capabilities.

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