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Article: Row over officials' parties; LEAKY HOME PARTIES
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- The Press
- Article date:
- July 27, 2005
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LEAKY HOME PARTIES
* A Sound of Music party in Wellington on June 30. WHRS paid for
all food and alcohol and funded airfares and accommodation for
Auckland-based staff to Wellington, according to claims by Nick
Smith.
* A Pacific Islands "team- building extravaganza" at Auckland's
Stamford Plaza Hotel, involving kava drinking and dancing girls, on
June 17. A dozen Wellington staff were flown to Auckland for the
event.
* A Cowboys and Indians theme party in which all Auckland staff
were flown to Wellington at the taxpayers' expense last December.
Food and drink were paid for.
* An aeroplane theme party, on similar terms, earlier last year.
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The Government is promising to investigate ...