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Story summary
- Auditors flagged inappropriate spending in New Zealand schools, citing 64 audit reports across 21 schools.
- Glenview School spent $29,458 on trips without sufficient evidence of business purpose.
- Sutton Park and other schools misused funds during the COVID-19 lockdown by distributing food and vouchers without justification.
- Twenty-seven schools required financial guarantees from the Ministry of Education, up from the prior year.
- New guidance on sensitive expenditures is expected soon.
