Prominent Maori performing arts educator Donna Grant has appeared at the Rotorua District Court on charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office.
Mrs Grant faces representative charges of ‘Dishonestly using documents’ and ‘Obtaining by deception’ and individual charges of ‘Creating a forged document’ and ‘Using a forged document’.
The SFO alleges that the defendant used her position in several organisations to fraudulently obtain funding from the tertiary education provider Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and the Tertiary Education Commission.
