28 Feb 2018

Indebted West Coast polytech gets $33m bailout

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 28 February 2018

The West Coast's Tai Poutini Polytechnic is so deep in debt the government is having to give it a $33 million bailout. The polytech's also in theory owes the government $21 million for failing to teach some courses - but it's not going to have to pay that back. RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen has been looking at Tai Poutini's financial mess. He talks through the details with Guyon Espiner.