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Immigration New Zealand's boss says it's unacceptable staff concerns were ignored.

The Public Service Commission's released its report on the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme, which began after a whistle-blower alerted the Minister to a lack of checks and balances.

The review has found Immigration New Zealand should have done more to minimise migrant exploitation risk, when regulations loosened post-Covid.

MBIE Chief Executive Carolyn Tremain says concerns were first raised internally last April.

"What has occurred here is not good enough, and we're making sure that we have a two-way conversation with people about issues."

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Tonight on The Huddle, Neale Jones from Capital and Infrastructure NZ CEO Nick Leggett joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more! 

The National Māori Action Day Protest happened today- did it achieve anything of note? Will Luxon and National feel the pressure? What comes next?

The MBIE has begun an investigation into how a confidential Cabinet paper made it into the public domain- is this a bad look for the Government?

A number of councils are staring down the barrel of potential double-digit rate rises as part of their long-term plan discussions. Does the system need an overhaul?

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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and former Labour chief of staff Mike Munro joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

Chris Luxon has warned coalition negotiations will be extended for another week- and claimed it seems unlikely he'll make it to APEC. Is this a bad look for the National Party, or does this process need more time?

MBIE is planning to cut jobs and budgets in the coming months- is this a good idea?

ANZ brought in a net profit of over $2.2 billion in the year ending September. Is this a bad look in a cost of living crisis? 

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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and former Labour chief of staff Mike Munro joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

Chris Luxon has warned coalition negotiations will be extended for another week- and claimed it seems unlikely he'll make it to APEC. Is this a bad look for the National Party, or does this process need more time?

MBIE is planning to cut jobs and budgets in the coming months- is this a good idea?

ANZ brought in a net profit of over $2.2 billion in the year ending September. Is this a bad look in a cost of living crisis? 

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Tonight on The Huddle, Trish Sherson from Sherson Willis PR and former Labour chief of staff Mike Munro joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day- and more!

Chris Luxon has warned coalition negotiations will be extended for another week- and claimed it seems unlikely he'll make it to APEC. Is this a bad look for the National Party, or does this process need more time?

MBIE is planning to cut jobs and budgets in the coming months- is this a good idea?

ANZ brought in a net profit of over $2.2 billion in the year ending September. Is this a bad look in a cost of living crisis? 

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New Zealanders lost just under $200 million to scams over the past year.  

That's according to 11 of the country's largest financial institutions.  

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released the figure for Fraud Awareness Week.  

Spokesperson Ian Caplin told Kate Hawkesby they want to make people more aware of authorised scams – where people agree to a payment. 

“The scammers are getting very sophisticated and they are making things like sort of hoax sites.” 

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Immigration officials aren't committing to an all-out ban on out-of-hours compliance visits to suspected overstayers.

Authors of an independent review of Dawn Raids-style visits say the Government should consider banning or restricting the practice.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's chief executive says such visits are very rare.

But Carolyn Tremain says they're looking at the report's recommendations.

"And we'll be updating our standard procedures and operating procedures and guidelines for our compliance officers."

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The Regional Development Minister is hitting out at MBIE over its dealings with iwi on the Mount Ruapehu saga.

The government's providing a loan of up to $5 million to the liquidators of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, to ensure a ski season can go ahead this year.

Meanwhile, iwi have joined the table to bid to take over skifield operations against a joint bid from two companies, that was previously backed by the Government.

Regional Development Minister Kiri Allan says tangata whenua must agree to the terms of transfer.

"I disagreed with MBIE's approach and therefore instructed Te Arawhiti and the Department of Conservation to get into the room to make sure that they could manage that concession."

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MBIE have announced a review will be held into out of hours compliance visits carried out by Immigration NZ.

The head of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says there will be a pause on visits by immigration officers following concerns raised by the Pacific community.

MBIE CEO Carolyn Tremain says the Pacific community and several ministers have voiced feedback about the recent actions of Immigration NZ.

"They feel the actions of Immigration New Zealand during out-of-hours deportation visits is inconsistent with what is expected by the community."

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