Taxpayers left in dark over alleged KPMG-led probe into $33m MFAT IT cloud project leaks

Taxpayers left in dark over alleged KPMG-led probe into $33m MFAT IT cloud project leaks
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Foreign Minister Winston Peters has questions to answer over spending on an MFAT investigation into media leaks. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade cites national security as the reason it is withholding details about the cost of an investigation it allegedly commissioned KPMG to undertake to stop its staff from leaking details about issues with its troubled $33 million cloud project to the media. Labour leader Chris Hipkins said Foreign Minister Winston Peters has questions to answer about the money spent on the investigation. The Taxpayers' Union has said it was “laughable” that the cost of a Ministry of Foreign Aff...

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