The tip of a big brown iceberg:

‘Compromised official gets top job
Months after former Mental Health Commission head Selwyn Katene resigned amid allegations of dishonestly misusing taxpayer funding, he got another top taxpayer-funded job.
Dr Katene resigned suddenly from his $150,000 job in December 2008 when a whistleblower alleged he made multiple claims for travel, accommodation and meals when he was on personal business. An investigation found that Dr Katene used taxpayer money totalling $1501.80 for personal use and the misuse was possibly dishonest.
Dr Katene is married to Maori Party MP Rahui Reid Katene and was a government-appointed Capital & Coast District Health Board member and former Labour Party mayoral candidate for Porirua. The investigation found he used commission resources and time for personal business and politics in the lead-up to the 2008 general election….
……..Soon after his resignation, Dr Katene was appointed director of Manu Ao – an inter-university Maori academy launched by Associate Education Minister Pita Sharpleslast year with $2.5m of taxpayer funding. .’

and it gets worse