RNZ boss and editor in Chief, Paul Thompson has told Checkpoint an employment process is ongoing with the staff member at the centre of the altered wire copy scandal. 

Mr Thompson said he has not offered his resignation over the matter, or anyone else in management.

He said now is the time to be working together to fix the problem, and he is confident the problem is limited to the one area of pro-Kremlin misinformation in wire copy.

The audit of stories on the RNZ website is continuing. At least 250 have been checked so far.

Mr Thompson also confirmed the ongoing audit of stories is being done by senior staff, members of the web team and news team. He said they are the right people for the job as they know how the system works. He is confident the process is robust.

Mr Thompson said he has not made any decisions yet on changing the editorial structure of RNZ as a result.

"I think that will be something I will be reflecting on and I'll be looking to do anything which can make a positive difference because we need to get to the bottom of this and we need to improve things."