TAGATA PASIFIKA - PASSPORTS

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Year
1997
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TZP190698
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Year
1997
Reference
TZP190698
Media type
Moving image
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Series
TAGATA PASIFIKA
Categories
News & Production
Duration
005:14
Broadcast Date
21/09/1997
Production company
TVNZ
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
PRESENTER: Evan Charlton
PRESENTER: Lisa Taouma
REPORTER: Evan Charlton
DIRECTOR: Evan Charlton
PRODUCER: Stephen Stehlin
TPA: Elaine Parker

Labour MPs Trevor Mallard and Phillip Field have tabled documents in Parliament about the alleged selling of Western Samoan passports in Hong Kong to gain entry to New Zealand under the special immigration and citizenship relationship between Western Samoa and New Zealand. Currently charges are being brought against senior Samoan Immigration officials, but it is thought the scam might involve more top level government officials.