A whistleblower who exposed irregularities at a Taranaki polytech has been quizzed at an Employment Relations Authority hearing about whether she could comply with a compliance order.
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The Western Institute of Technology (Witt) and its former academic director, Christine Fenton, have accused each other of breaching a non-disparagment clause in a settlement between them.
Dr Fenton was made redundant by Witt in 2014, the same year it was forced to withdraw hundreds of qualifications and repay more than $4 million in funding.
The details of the comments are subject to a suppression order.
An authority member, Rachel Larmer, warned Dr Fenton that if a compliance order was issued against her, breaking it would have serious consequences.