ACT Party Leader David Seymour is defending a small Rotorua school under fire for spending $700,000 on a trip to Hawaii.
Act Party leader David Seymour. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Ruamata took 139 students, 21 teachers and 73 caregivers on the trip last year.
In an audit report, the Office of the Auditor-General said it was unusual for a school to spend so much on a trip like that.
