The Social Development Ministry's being urged to crack down on misuse of the Wage Subsidy Scheme

An Auditor-General report's found the scheme was mostly well-managed - but needs more checks to verify eligibility.

Audits on companies have mostly consisted of verbal confirmation, rather than a document review.

Just over 14-billion dollars has been paid out through the scheme - with about 703-million dollars voluntarily repaid at March 5.

Another 25-million dollars has been "compulsorily recovered".