A Newstalk ZB podcast features reporter Azaria Howell discussing allegations of creative accounting and information withholding in a scrapped immigration biometrics project, the public's loss of trust in MB officials, and Labour's proposed free maternity scans policy alongside a搁
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Yeah, an absolutely huge story. The public service commission confirming a review into this. Erica Stanford, the immigration minister says government officials deliberately withheld information from her about a now scrapped project. 33 million dollars spent, essentially nothing to show for it. It's all sort of come out at Scrutiny Week in Parliament during a hearing on immigration. Minister Stanford unveiled a report showing major issues in how Immigration NZ, a branch of MB, handled that biometrics upgrade for the border. The project cancelled last year. Immigration Minister Stanford made her views clear on this at that committee and in a follow-up press conference.
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