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24 September 2026

New boss pulled the plug on Immigration IT project, Audit Office eyes accounting

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New boss pulled the plug on Immigration IT project, Audit Office eyes accounting

It was an acting chief executive in the job for only three months who realised MBIE's biometric project had failed and pulled the plug.

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