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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-917/
- Published: 2024-02-23T17:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-22T19:25:04.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

> The boss of a government agency which hired a disgraced former teacher in a senior role has known his whanau for years, but had no involvement in him getting the job, the agency says.  
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> However, Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) Maori development secretary Dave Samuels acknowledges his relationship to Taurapa has “given rise to a perceived conflict of interest” and has asked the Public Service Commission to investigate the recruitment process which led to the appointment.  
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> Taurapa, formerly Connor Taurapa Matthews, was struck off the teaching register in 2023 after the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal found he’d had [a sexual relationship with a student, and groomed another](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300919846/teacher-at-elite-girls-school-had-sexual-relationship-with-16yearold-student?ref=goodoil.news).  
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> Stuff

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