Taxpayers are still shelling out thousands of dollars to the board apppointed to set up the new public media entity - weeks after the decision was made to can it.
After years of planning and millions of dollars spent, the government cancelled the merger less than a month before the formal start date of March the 1st.
National says with so many New Zealanders struggling just to pay the bills - the spending is ludicrous.
Political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Guyon Espiner.
