Inquiry dead end

The Department of Internal Affairs has been unable to establish how a report into an incident involving former government minister Meka Whaitiri and a staff member was leaked to the Herald. Deloitte was asked to find out how the report got to the Herald ahead of its official release. The $74,000 inquiry failed to answer the question, but did highlight poor practices in the department’s handling of the Whaitiri report, including inadequate information security and access controls of the electronic copy of the report, and a deficient redaction process.