A troubled immigration project delivered no measurable benefits and an uncertain price tag before it was dumped last year.
The project's unclear finances were a result of attempts to keep costs below Cabinet's mandated limit, according to officials.
Biometrics project marked by 'creative accounting'
Minister says more than $30 million wasted
Reviews investigating what officials and governance staff knew, and what they told ministers
Soaring costs in a troubled immigration project have left officials unable to say how much was spent.
‘Furious’ minister reveals officials misled her, knowingly avoided Cabinet over ‘doomed’ immigration project, millions wasted
MBIE boss defends staff INZ staff integrity after Stanford claims officials misled her
Staff dismissals likely for public servants implicated in immigration project scandal – Public Service Commissioner
Winston Peters says officials who misled ministers, avoided Cabinet should lose jobs, be imprisoned
Trump administration wasted 'millions of dollars' at Texas ICE facility: GAO
Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief
The Immigration Minister says more than $30m was wasted and two governments weren't told the truth.
The Public Service Commission will investigate officials' behaviour.
An independent report has identified major flaws in MBIE's handling of a biometrics upgrade project, which wasted more than $30m.
The total costs of the digital transformation program are now estimated to more than double to $119 million, the auditor-general…
But CEO Nic Blakeley said if issues were substantiated, employment action would follow.
Spending committee finds MoD most wasteful and also points to cancelled schemes such as Rwanda and Stonehenge
