▁to ▁the ▁wrong ▁schools . ▁A ▁Man aw atu ▁school ▁principal ▁discovered ▁that ▁a ▁gl itch ▁in ▁Nov op ay ▁allowed ▁staff ▁at ▁a ▁different ▁school ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁pay ▁details ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁teachers . ▁Op iki ▁School ▁principal ▁B ede ▁Gil more ▁said ▁" the ▁bre ach ▁showed ▁there ▁was ▁opportunity ▁for ▁fra ud ▁on ▁a ▁huge ▁scale ". ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁errors ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁' b izar re '. ▁One ▁teacher ▁was ▁paid ▁for ▁ 3 9 ▁days , ▁instead ▁of ▁ 3 9 ▁hours ▁getting ▁thousands ▁of ▁dollars ▁more ▁than ▁he ▁should ▁have . ▁Another ▁teacher ▁was ▁over pa id ▁by ▁$ 3 9 , 0 0 0 . ▁She ▁returned ▁the ▁money ▁immediately , ▁but ▁two ▁months ▁later , ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁paid ▁since . ▁A ▁relief ▁teacher ▁was ▁paid ▁for ▁working ▁at ▁two ▁different ▁schools ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁– ▁one ▁in ▁Upper ▁H utt ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁in ▁A uck land . ▁Ash bur ton ▁College ▁principal , ▁Grant ▁Mc Mill an , ▁said ▁the ▁' most ▁lud ic r ous ' ▁problem ▁was ▁when ▁" Nov op ay ▁took ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁directly ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁school ▁bank ▁account ▁to ▁pay ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁teachers ▁who ▁had ▁never ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁college ". ▁Another ▁difficulty ▁was ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁taking ▁call ers ▁to ▁get ▁through ▁to ▁Tal ent 2 ' s ▁hel pl ine . ▁When ▁Glad stone ▁School ▁principal ▁Margaret ▁H ys lop ▁called