It's been revealed the police have again breached confidentiality over a secret payout to another person in the Halatau Naitoko shooting case and it could cost them more money.
At a news conference on Monday, the police said truck driver Richard Neville, who was injured in the Armed Offenders Squad shooting on an Auckland motorway in 2009, had already received compensation from them.
Courier van driver Halatau Naitoko, 17, was hit by a bullet while officers were firing at another man trying to escape on an Auckland motorway.
On Tuesday, Mr Neville's lawyer Nicholas Taylor said he'd just found out from his client that he did get a small payment of some thousands of dollars for financial hardship because his truck was seized as part of the police investigation.
But that payment was confidential and was not compensation for his client's ongoing injury and suffering.
Mr Taylor says he will contacting the police over the breach, which may aggravate ongoing compensation negotiations he's been having with them.
The police issued a brief statement on Tuesday, saying that anyone entering into an agreement with police is entitled to seek whatever legal advice they wish.
Mother meets again with police
Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Naitoko's mother Ivoni Fuimaono and her lawyer Colin Pidgeon met with the police over their breaching her confidentiality.
On Monday the police announced they paid her $100,000 in 2009 for her hardship, a confidential payment she was forbidden to talk about.
Mrs Fuimaono says only she was meant to know about the first payment and she feels like naming the police officer who shot her son but there is a court order preventing that.
"You know if I could, New Zealand would have known by now but because I couldn't, because otherwise I'd go to prison, I have to keep that confidentiality. It's OK for them to do whatever they want but it's not OK for me."
Mrs Fuimaono says the mistake has caused the family further grief.
However, Mr Pidgeon says the police acknowledged their mistake and Mrs Fuimaono is leaving the matter there.
Mr Naitoko's family has received an additional $100,000 in compensation and $25,000 to meet legal costs, on top of the $100,000 that was meant to remain confidential.
