Immigration overhaul: should INZ be separated from MBIE?

Immigration overhaul: should INZ be separated from MBIE?
With 23 ministerial portfolios to look after, MBIE risks becoming "unwieldy" says the report. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
The Government was told to consider putting immigration in a stand-alone agency or at least installing a governance board to advise the minister on how to improve efficiency.But immigration minister Erica Stanford told BusinessDesk that structural separation of Immigration New Zealand (INZ) wasn't one of her priorities.The advice came in an independent “rapid review” of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) undertaken for Budget 2024 by former public service chief executive Brendan Boyle.He questioned how INZ...

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