FENZ told MPs its 2022 procurement system 'didn't work' and no new firetrucks hit the road in seven years

Fire and Emergency New Zealand admitted systemic failures to the Governance and Administration Committee on 20 July 2026: a procurement system introduced in 2022 that "didn't work," paper-based maintenance records, and a seven-year truck-buying process that failed to put any of 30 new firetrucks on the road. CEO Kerry Gregory told MPs, "We will do better." New board chair Raveen Jaduram called the years of problems "not acceptable."