"Not the time to be dramatically cutting Government spending and cutting taxes."
At least 400 of the 3179 of jobs on the line so far are outside of Wellington.
"What I've been saying really clearly is frontline services need to be protected and that is because I want the focus on the outcomes."
The Ministry of Education this week proposed to cut 565 roles, while Oranga Tamariki proposed to cut 447..
"I think what we saw was a hiring binge under the previous Government."
"The simple number of people being hired doesn't mean you get better results."
The removal of public sector jobs has now reached the 3000 mark.
A combined 1000 jobs are on the chopping block at Oranga Tamariki and the Ministry of Education.
Two ministries are set to make announcements.