▁a ▁system ▁and ▁said : ▁" We ▁had ▁workers ▁over pa id , ▁under pa id , ▁not ▁paid , ▁you ▁name ▁it , ▁we ▁had ▁it . ▁We ▁had ▁instances ▁where ▁people ▁got ▁significantly ▁large ▁amounts ▁and ▁occasions ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁paid ▁minus ▁amounts ." ▁He ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁team ▁leaders ▁" pay ing ▁for ▁their ▁employees ' ▁gro cer ies ▁and ▁pet rol ▁to ▁cover ▁pay ▁problems , ▁while ▁others ▁had ▁faced ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁mort g age ▁defaults ." ▁Given ▁N Z ▁Post ' s ▁problems ▁with ▁Tal ent 2 , ▁Mr ▁Gall ag her ▁wonder ed ▁why ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁awarded ▁another ▁Government ▁contract . ▁In ▁fact , ▁contract ▁negoti ations ▁with ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁appear ▁to ▁have ▁begun ▁long ▁before ▁the ▁contract ▁with ▁N Z ▁Post ▁was ▁signed ▁– ▁although ▁N Z ▁Post ▁went ▁live ▁first . ▁▁ ▁N Z ▁Post ▁took ▁Tal ent 2 ▁to ▁task ▁over ▁the ▁mistakes ▁but ▁the ▁software ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁re - written ▁and ▁it ▁took ▁nearly ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁system ▁began ▁to ▁improve . ▁Steven ▁Joy ce , ▁who ▁was ▁subsequently ▁task ed ▁with ▁sorting ▁out ▁problems ▁with ▁Nov op ay , ▁said ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁he ▁was ▁aware ▁of ▁N Z ▁Post ' s ▁pay roll ▁problems ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁yet ▁comment ▁on ▁" the ▁similar ities ▁or ▁otherwise " ▁between ▁the ▁two . ▁ ▁Im plementation ▁of ▁Nov op ay ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁ ▁Del ays ▁in ▁implementation