However, Stuff can reveal Platform Advertising was the company involved. The report revealed statements made by Platform in emails to the DHB said that “feedback had been sought from ... iwi” on the booklet, and that “endorsement” from iwi had been received. “[There was] an unusually high level of trust in that environment, people relied on what they’d been told”, he said. “Having spoken with the board chair and the CE of the BOP DHB, I am confident that they have investigated this incident and that they assure me their processes will ensure this doesn’t happen again,” he said. It would have been better to front up way back when the BOP DHB first mentioned that they had outsourced the work to an agency,” he said.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2021 22:05 UTC