Officials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committee rules

Stuff (New Zealand) and The New Zealand Herald describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedOfficials insisted they didn't deliberately mislead MPs.

What changedThe left frames it as "MBIE officials found to have deliberately misled Parliament, committed contempt". The center frames it as "Officials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committ...".

ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "MBIE officials found to have deliberately misled Parliament, committed contempt". The center frames it as "Officials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committ...".

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Aug 25, 10:27 PM: The New Zealand Herald joined the source map.

Aug 25, 11:19 PM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 59/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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The New Zealand Herald1h ago

Officials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committee rules

Officials insisted they didn't deliberately mislead MPs.

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Center-left ·News report

Stuff (New Zealand)1h ago

MBIE officials found to have deliberately misled Parliament, committed contempt

The Privileges Committee has found top MBIE officials deliberately misled Parliament when answering questions about the failed Immigration Capability Biometric Upgrade project in March.

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