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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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.
LISTEN ABOVE

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Azaria Howell: Newstalk ZB reporter on Erica Stanford confronting officials over creative accounting that hid $32m waste

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