Listen "NZTA pauses millions in funding over false police breath tests"
Episode Synopsis
The New Zealand Transport Agency has frozen $6 million dollars of funding to police until it's satisfied they've met their alcohol breath test targets. It comes after RNZ revealed 30,000 breath tests had been "falsely or erroneously recorded" by frontliner staff. About 130 police around the country are under investigation. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood spoke to Lisa Owen.
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