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The New Zealand HeraldNews report · Aug 25, 10:27 PM
Officials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committee rules
Officials insisted they didn't deliberately mislead MPs.
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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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As of August 25, 2026 at 11:19 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Officials insisted they didn't deliberately mislead MPs.
The headline split 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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Left / center-leftMBIE officials found to have deliberately misled Parliament, committed contempt
Stuff (New Zealand) · Center-left · News report
CenterOfficials deliberately misled MPs over failing immigration IT project, Parliament committee rules
The New Zealand Herald · Center · News report
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Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Aug 25, 11:19 PM
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.
Details59/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
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Now: Wording Gap is 59/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.