Waikato Hospital former executive cost taxpayers $50,000supplied Former Waikato Hospital communications director turned Waikato DHB member Mary Anne Gill. Waikato Hospital paid the Chiefs rugby franchise $50,000 after a contract bungle created by an executive member and only narrowly avoided being liable for $200,000. Waikato DHB In 2013 Waikato Chiefs player Liam Messam on a hospital visit. Waikato Hospital executive director of public and organisational affairs Lydia Aydon said the $200,000 contract was for a two-year period before it was cancelled. The fiasco comes at a time when a Waikato Hospital executive member's spending is being examined.

Source: Stuff September 15, 2017 05:15 UTC