Episode

Officials in firing line over $30m immigration failure

Podcast: Politics NZ
Published: Jun 19, 2026
Duration seconds: 970
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Summary

A failed immigration technology project has left taxpayers more than $30 million out of pocket. Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says officials misled Cabinet. Now an independent investigation is being launched into what went wrong. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch has more. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details