David Fisher: NZ Herald investigative reporter on NZSAS offering retention payment to senior staff to delay collapse
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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The NZSAS are reportedly offering experienced personnel significant retention payments to prevent them from quitting.
Military leaders have been told the unit is 'near collapse', with at least one third of the uniformed workforce leaving since 2021, most citing poor pay.
NZ Herald investigative reporter David Fisher says NZSAS needs a significant funding boost before mid-2025.
"The capabilities that it's lost, the stressors that it has are deep, and they're widespread. There's no quick fix to it, it needs the Government to lean in to boosting the military."
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