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The Women's Refuge says that they tried to help
their Palmerston North branch fix their accounts, but to no avail.
Winston Peters is now challenging the branch for dodgy accounting,
and today, they reply.
These are the workers at the centre of the political spat
accused of mismanagement.
The National Collective Office
has released a statement saying:
The Palmerston North agency in question had meanwhile reached out
to the Hamilton office for support.
Now Ruahine Albert and her colleagues have left
the National Collective who claimed the Minister was informed
about the unauthorised activity in audit reports.
Tariana Turia declined an interview with us today,
but in a written statement from her offices,
she stands by her comments
saying that no one raised the issue of fraud with her.
The Greens are calling for Turia to apologise
to the National Collective for her comments.
But for these workers there's no reason
to support the minister.
Peata Melbourne, Te Karere.