RNZ staff have been called to an all-staff meeting at short notice this afternoon, hours before the public broadcaster is due to open its books.
The NZ Herald reported the meeting related to a budget blowout in the past year.
RNZ has said its annual report, due out today, will set out its financial result and its response, but it declined to discuss the figures before publication.
On October 2, the broadcaster's chief financial officer Hilary Parker unexpectedly resigned and left immediately.
Her departure triggered an emergency board meeting on Sunday, October 4. The board appointed director Richard Dellabarca as interim finance chief to complete the accounts.
Board chair Brent Impey previously said Parker had resigned of her own accord. He said there was “definitely not” any suggestion of criminality.
However, Impey declined to explain why she left, saying it was an employment matter.
RNZ previously said its board approved the annual report on the condition that accounting company EY completed independent checks of the accounts on behalf of the Auditor-General.
In his letter of expectation in March, Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith told RNZ to become more efficient and rely less on cash reserves and land sales to fund its operations.
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