It's being suggested that face masks being found in a deteriorated condition, raise questions over why the stock was left for 10 years

There are 90-thousand masks with corrupted elastic at Capital and District Coast DHB and a further 10-thousand at Hutt Valley DHB.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director Sarah Dalton says it wouldn't surprise her if checks on other DHB's Pandemic stockpiles hadn't been done.

She says you can't manage stock properly, if you're not aware of what's there.