Unpaid student says scheme not Labour's fault, describes squalid conditionsDAVID WALKER/Fairfax NZ Leader of the Labour Party Andrew Little answers questions regarding the unpaid overseas students. The political science student from Virginia said the campaign had almost nothing to do with the Labour Party, and instead she blamed the organisers. READ MORE: Labour Party brings in unpaid overseas studentsThe scheme broke off from the main party in mid-May when Auckland Labour head Matt McCarten ended his employment with the Labour Party. Little told media in Christchurch that his office found out about the scheme quite recently. Some of the people who flown here to do political work were instead tasked with cooking, Dunne said.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2017 06:32 UTC