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MFAT slammed for ‘shameful misuse’ of $9m conference

'It's a shameful misuse of public money and officials are no doubt praying that the Christmas rush allows them to avoid public vilification'

Jamie Ball
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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The Taxpayers’ Union is slamming the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade for bankrolling a four-day UN conference in Samoa last September has cost New Zealand taxpayers over $9 million.

According to an Mfat spokesman, New Zealand’s $9 million contribution to the third Small Island Developing

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Jamie Ball
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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