Taxpayers Pay Nearly $3M For Closed Immigration Office
January 5, 2023
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The ongoing rent for an immigration office closed more than a year ago has cost taxpayers almost $3 million.
Immigration New Zealand’s Beijing office was shut in August 2021, following the closures of sites in India, South Africa and the Philippines.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s annual report shows it could not get out of its lease in China and will only be free of it next month.
The rent has cost $2.89m since it closed.