More than 12,000 ineligible people, including a number who are dead, received the first cost of living payment due “coding and administrative” errors, a new document reveals.
That’s on top of nearly 108,000 payments – equal to $12.6m – going to people who were potentially overseas, despite the cost of living payment intended only for individuals present in New Zealand.
[…] Parker said the $12.6m that went to people potentially overseas was less than the extra cost of an application-based process.
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