▁for ▁assistance , ▁she ▁found ▁she ▁was ▁ 1 , 1 1 7 th ▁in ▁the ▁compla ints ▁queue . ▁ ▁The ▁problems ▁seem ▁to ▁comp ound ▁with ▁each ▁success ive ▁pay day ▁ups et ting ▁school ▁staff ▁nation wide . ▁Only ▁three ▁months ▁after ▁Nov op ay ▁was ▁rolled ▁out , ▁the ▁teachers ' ▁union , ▁the ▁N ZE I , ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁public ▁inqu iry ; ▁N ZE I ▁National ▁Secretary ▁Paul ▁G oul ter ▁said ▁Nov op ay ▁had ▁been ▁causing ▁' end less ▁stress ▁for ▁schools ▁and ▁staff ▁for ▁months ▁and ▁needs ▁to ▁be ▁fixed ▁immediately '. ▁By ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁over ▁ 1 4 , 0 0 0 ▁teachers ▁and ▁school ▁support ▁staff ▁were ▁ow ed ▁nearly ▁$ 1 2 ▁million ▁in ▁back pay ▁because ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁mistakes . ▁More ▁than ▁$ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁had ▁been ▁over pa id ▁to ▁teachers ▁by ▁Nov op ay ▁although ▁about ▁ 8 0 % ▁has ▁already ▁been ▁rep a id . ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁errors ▁in ▁their ▁pay , ▁school ▁staff ▁have ▁had ▁to ▁spend ▁hours ▁entering ▁additional ▁data ▁on ▁the ▁system ▁to ▁try ▁and ▁correct ▁the ▁mistakes . ▁By ▁February , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁had ▁received ▁ 2 2 5 ▁in vo ices ▁for ▁extra ▁administration ▁costs ▁( for ▁which ▁then ▁Associ ate ▁Education ▁Minister ▁Craig ▁F oss ▁had ▁promised ▁to ▁compens ate ▁schools ) ▁tot alling ▁nearly ▁$ 1 . 2 ▁million . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2