Neil Quigley is making a fool of himself - and Nicola Willis

The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Nicola Willis to protect the dignity of the Reserve Bank and sack its chair, after yet another of Neil Quigley’s gaffes was made public today.

Commenting, Taxpayers’ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams said:

“Let’s call this for what it is: Neil Quigley was asking Treasury to break the law to protect ‘goodwill’ between Treasury and the RBNZ.  That alone should see his out the door.”

“Last month, Quigley was caught out having lied to the public. We said back then he had to go. Avoiding bad PR is not a reason to break the OIA, and Nicola Willis is looking weaker by the day she doesn’t show him the door.”

“We are hearing good quality people are passing up roles at the RBNZ because of Quigley’s continued tenure. He risks tainting the next Governor before they're even in the job, when it was never intended that the guy who picked Adrian Orr would get another go at it.”

"Why is Nicola Willis not putting Quigley out of his misery and protecting the Central Bank's reputation?"