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Associate Minister Approves 63% Raise for Pharmac Chair Bennett
6/4/2026
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- Associate Health Minister David Seymour approved a 63.2% salary increase for Pharmac chair Paula Bennett.
- The raise lifts Bennett’s annual pay from $66,000 to $104,360, backdated to September 2025.
- Seymour said the previous salary was about one-third of comparable private-sector chairs.
- He added that after the increase the Pharmac chair will earn roughly half of a similar private-company chair, a balanced outcome.
