The Teachers' Council says it has made changes to information-sharing after a convicted sex offender was found teaching in schools in the North Island.
Teachers' Council director Peter Lind told a select committee it now made sure information was being exchanged between court registrars and the council.
Members of the select committee asked the council how Terito Miki, a convicted sex offender, bypassed Teachers' Council registration processes to teach in schools across the North Island.
Miki, 40, stole the identity of a teacher in order to teach in primary schools. He was sentenced to four years in jail in May at Auckland District court after admitting seven charges of using a document to obtain a pecuniary advantage and four charges of breaching a supervision order.
Select committee chairwoman and National MP Nikki Kaye asked if it was a rare example of a person who bypassed the teachers council systems through identity theft.
Labour's education spokeswoman Nanaia Mahuta said there was a gap in the system if the onus was on teachers to self-report if they had a conviction. APNZ