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Further to Written Question 6242 (2026), how many Immigration Compliance Officers, if any, currently hold powers relating to detention under the Immigration Act 2009, broken down by region?

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Ricardo Menéndez March

List MP · Green Party

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  • Further to Written Question 6242 (2026), how many Immigration Compliance Officers, if any, currently hold powers relating to detention under the Immigration Act 2009, broken down by region?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Immigration

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I am advised there are currently 54 in total nationally. This includes 25 in Auckland, 4 in Hamilton-Tauranga, 7 in Porirua-Napier, and 18 in Christchurch-Nelson teams.