Fujixerox
NZ’s Former Auditors, EY, Try to Muzzle NBR
New Zealand
First is blasting Ernst & Young (EY), FujiXerox NZ’s
former auditors, for its ham-fisted attempt at censoring
NBR’s entry for the EY sponsored Business Journalism
Awards.
“It is rich of National to claim that New
Zealand is ‘least corrupt,’ when EY, which does a lot of
work for this National-led government, has now turned
censor,” says the Rt Hon Winston Peters, Leader of New
Zealand First and Member of Parliament for
Northland.
“EY is throwing its sponsorship weight around
over Karyn Scherer’s exposé on FujiXerox NZ. As they
say, that goes to character because EY seems to value
business journalism, just so long as the lens isn’t turned
on it or a former client.
“It’s also inept, almost as
inept as an auditor who misses up to $500m of transactions
that have all the appearance of fraud.
“New Zealand
First has referred a complaint about EY to Chartered
Accountants Australia New Zealand,” says Mr
Peters.
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