12 Mar 2024

How old is too old?

From Nights, 10:17 pm on 12 March 2024

New Zealand's Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has been forced to resign due to a 50-year old law that restricts the age of the Ombudsman to 72-years old.

What other roles have an upper age limit? Why do we have them?

Andrew Geddis is a public law professor at the University of Otago and joins Emile Donovan.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier

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