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<title>07:01pm More revelations in Thompson case</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170334247</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 09:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  division. It&apos;s her that allegedly ordered other staff to approve residency application&apos;s for Thomspon&apos;s Kiribati family members - despite failing immigration criteria. &quot;These things need a thorough investigation. We  ...
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<title>More revelations in Thompson case</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170334246</link>
<pubDate>17 May 2008 09:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  division. It&apos;s her that allegedly ordered other staff to approve residency application&apos;s for Thomspon&apos;s Kiribati family members - despite failing immigration criteria. &quot;These things need a thorough investigation. We  ...
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<title>Audrey Young: Career in Govt stormy at start and end</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170262780</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 21:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  job she had got since arriving back in New Zealand from a stint in Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands. She had travelled there in 1983 with her first husband,  ...
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<title>No action for years on CV</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170241380</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 19:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the SSC began its investigation into residency permits given to Ms Thompson&apos;s relatives from Kiribati. He would not say whether he had passed on the information about Ms Thompson  ...
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<title>Ex-head seen as behind CV probe</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170237829</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 19:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  week as Thompson faced fresh scrutiny about help she gave her extended family in Kiribati when they applied for New Zealand residency. She stood down on Monday and the  ...
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<title>Corruption alleged in NZ&apos;s Immigration Pacific Unit</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170217217</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  was revealed that she helped three of her relatives move to New Zealand from Kiribati in 2005. Today, she&apos;s in more hot water. Police are investigating whether Ms Thompson  ...
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<title>Bribery allegations rock NZ Immigration Dept</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170184672</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 09:38 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Anne Thompson quit after it was revealed she helped three of her relatives in Kiribati get into New Zealand, and now she is accused of lying on her resume  ...
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<title>Tong Calls For Greater Transparency In Public Finance Management</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170168353</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  The Workshop forms part of an ongoing Parliamentary Strengthening project for the Parliament of Kiribati and was facilitated by Professor Peter Loney of ...
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<title>Head knew of Thompson PhD doubts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170167761</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at the time, says he wasn&apos;t briefed on the matter. Mary-Anne Thompson worked in Kiribati in the 1980s, then at the Institute of Economic Research in 1987. It is  ...
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<title>06:09pm Head knew of Thompson PhD doubts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170167758</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 06:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  at the time, says he wasn&apos;t briefed on the matter. Mary-Anne Thompson worked in Kiribati in the 1980s, then at the Institute of Economic Research in 1987. It is  ...
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<title>800 vine workers approved</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170145264</link>
<pubDate>16 May 2008 04:04 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for Marlborough, some of whom have already arrived, hail from Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati. The amount of land under vines is somewhere between Statistic New Zealand&apos;s latest figure  ...
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<title>Alleged corruption at Immigration probed</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170106875</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 21:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  relatives from Kiribati, despite their application forms being filed late and the quota for Kiribati being full at the time. Ms Thompson&apos;s lawyer said she would co-operate fully with  ...
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<title>Cosgrove to check residencies of ex-chief&apos;s relatives</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170074721</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 17:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  any action is required. The residencies for three members of Ms Thompson&apos;s family from Kiribati were approved despite being outside immigration policy - a power reserved for ministers alone.  ...
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<title>Former immigration head welcomes inquiry</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=170072377</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 17:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  an inquiry into preferential treatment for extended family members seeking New Zealand residency from Kiribati. The most serious questions relate to Thompson&apos;s credentials at the time she went to  ...
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<title>As instructed by...</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/oceania/news.php?wid=169996071</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 08:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  mightily damaging disclosures about the circumstances leading to preferential treatment being given to her Kiribati relatives&apos; residence applications. Now it transpires she&apos;s also under police investigation after &quot;serious questions&quot;  ...
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