Embattled Emirates Team New Zealand, the subject of complaints of financial mismanagement which are now being probed by government investigators, also claimed nearly $1.5 million under the wage subsidy scheme.
According to the register published by the Ministry of Social Development, Team New Zealand applied for both rounds of the
scheme - the first iteration and its extension - and received $1,478,529 to cover 126 employees.
The yachting syndicate headed by Grant Dalton are defenders of the America's Cup and scheduled to defend their trophy early next year in an Auckland event that has attracted $250m in central and local government funding.
The wage subsidy scheme is the centrepiece of the Government's economic response to Covid-19, allowing businesses negatively affected by the pandemic to receive $585.80 per week to continuing paying each full-time employee. It has seen more than $11b paid out to date.
