The adherents of network governance and its variants overlook the difficulties of
the managing and delivering of public services on the ground in regard to the need for
standardisation and conforming to audited targets on the type and amount of outputs
In a reformed public sector, the legacy of privatisation and marketisation, reinforces
the need for regulatory oversight in the form of contracts, which are legacy enforceable.
For example, in New Zealand, a country in the forefront of NPM, the running of public