13 Dec 2022

Commissioner says conflicts of interest not properly identified

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 13 December 2022

The Public Service Commissioner has found no evidence of favouritism, bias or undue influence due to a connection with any minister in decisions made by some government agencies.

Peter Hughes looked into how agencies awarded four contracts to relatives of Nanaia Mahuta, while she was associate minister for those agencies.

He found conflicts-of-interest were not properly identified.

RNZ political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Māni Dunlop