Was anyone held accountable?

Radio NZ reports:

After spending $23m but failing to modernise the births, deaths and marriages registry, officials are having another go.

The Department of Internal Affairs has written off $22.9m on the project abandoned last year, returned an unspent $58m to the Crown and remains locked in a dispute with the Australian company DWS over the contract it terminated in late 2023.

“Although some of the work completed will be able to be used for a future civil registration system replacement project, from an accounting standards perspective, it [decided] should impair (write off) all capital costs incurred to date,” DIA told RNZ.

So $23 million wasted. Has anyone been held accountable for the failed project?

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