NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand former head of the United Kingdom child abuse inquiry charged taxpayers almost £6000 ($10,300) to fly treasured possessions including a vase 18,346km across the world from New Zealand.
Dame Lowell Goddard, who became Britain’s highest paid civil servant when she took up the role as the third chair of the beleaguered inquiry, reportedly had a favourite vase and other personal items be flown from her home in Wellington to Britain, the Daily Mail reported.
The Kiwi judge, who was paid £360,000 ($622,000) – double the wages of the UK Prime Minister – billed the public purse £5812 ($10,036) to fly out cherished possessions.
She reportedly said she needed to have the objects in her flat in Kensington, West London, for which taxpayers were also paying £119,207 ($205,870) in rent and utility bills.
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