Photo: Getty ImagesInland Revenue has concluded an investigation and found its staff members were not the source of a leak of New Zealand First leader Winston Peters' private information. However, Mr English said the government departments should not have told ministers, given the personal nature of the information. Newsroom has also reported details of the repayments, claiming the total Mr Peters paid was $18,000 and the overpayments were detected when Mr Peters' partner Jan Trotman applied for superannuation. Mr Peters was on the rate for a single person who was sharing accommodation rather than someone living with a partner. Mr Peters said they were unable to work out how the error was made.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 11, 2017 23:15 UTC