Winston Peters: Mfat will not get a 'cent' to fix $33m IT problem after PWC report

Winston Peters: Mfat will not get a 'cent' to fix $33m IT problem after PWC report
Peters says the foreign ministry isn't getting more money for a cloud computing fix. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Deputy prime minister Winston Peters says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade will “not get one more cent” to fix the mismanagement of public funds on a $33 million cloud computing project. A spokesperson for Peters said the deputy PM “considers the cost overruns with, and poor governance, of this programme under the previous government to be disappointing and unacceptable.”“The minister will continue to receive updates from the ministry’s senior leadership team so as to monitor its response to the...

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