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Azaria Howell: Will Erica Stanford name and shame officials behind $32m waste?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 16 Jun 2026, 5:30pm
Photo / Mark Mitchell
Photo / Mark Mitchell

Reviews - and a potential employment process - over how officials advised on a now-scrapped $32-million-dollar project are set to take place.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says a report shows officials deliberately withheld information on a border biometrics upgrade, launched in 2018 without ministerial sign-off.

Stanford says she's extremely disappointed 'creative accounting' was used.

Newstalk ZB reporter Azaria Howell explained what could happen next.

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