Auckland Transport media release

9 December 2016

Statement from Auckland Transport

In 2013, Auckland Transport began an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption within the road corridor maintenance area and subsequently handed the matter over to the Serious Fraud Office. Today a guilty verdict was handed down in the High Court.

Below is a statement from AT chief executive David Warburton:

Auckland Transport welcomes today’s guilty verdict in a corruption and bribery case brought by the Serious Fraud Office against a former Rodney District Council and Auckland Transport manager, Murray Noone and Stephen Borlase, a director of a private company, Projenz.

Concerns were first raised in 2013 following an internal review of systems and processes by Auckland Transport. As a result, Mr Noone and another staff member were dismissed from their roles and the matter handed over to the Serious Fraud Office.

AT’s Chief Executive, Dr David Warburton, acknowledged the “very thorough and professional” work of the SFO in bringing the matter to court.

“The type of behaviour exhibited by Mr Noone and Mr Borlase is completely unacceptable in any organisation,” he says. “Their actions are not an indication of any sort of systemic failure but rather those of two individuals betraying the trust placed in them.”

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