Andrew Little says none of the money the government signed off on for a drug rehab programme while Justice Minister, is going to a gang.

$2.75 million is being poured into a live-in programme on a marae in Hawke's Bay.

Little told Mike Hosking the funding is going to an organisation called Hard2Reach, which has a programme targeting gang members.

He says it's run by Harry Tam, who Little describes as a former gang member.

“Because he specialises in programmes at people who don’t queue up at MSD or who are otherwise hard to get onto programmes.”

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