NZDF spends $1.35m on IT planning workshops

NZDF spends $1.35m on IT planning workshops
NZDF's digital team is holding quarterly meetings. (Image: Getty)
Cécile Meier
New Zealand Defence Force says it stands by its digital team spending $1.35 million on 19 two-day workshops at Wellington venues since 2019.According to data released under the Official Information Act, each quarterly event cost, on average, $71,000 – about half the total catering spending for the entire Inland Revenue Department (IRD) in the past financial year.An insider, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the spending was a “staggering waste of public money”. A large portion of the costs were for venue hire,...

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