Former Waikato District Health Board chief executive Dr Nigel Murray. Photo: NZ HeraldFormer Waikato health board chief executive Nigel Murray spent more than $100,000 relocating to a job in Canada in 2007 after leaving his position as chief executive of the now defunct Southland DHB. Murray's CAD$103,502 [NZ$110,000] spend was higher than what was allocated for relocation in his contract as chief executive of Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia. Murray left Canada weeks after a damning British Columbia Government-ordered review found Fraser Health to be the worst performing authority in the country. Waikato DHB interim chief executive Derek Wright said the DHB did not know about Murray's Canadian expenses and would not comment further.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2018 04:30 UTC