Immigration officials deliberately withheld information about a $33m technology project that delivered nothing – and the senior team responsible may still be working in the public service, writes Henry Oliver in today’s excerpt from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here . On Tuesday this week, immigration minister Erica Stanford publicly shamed her own ministry after an independent review revealed that officials at Immigration New Zealand spent $33 million over seven years on a biometrics technology upgrade that delivered nothing.